Letter from Joseph Brant : to Sir John Johnson Bart.

Collection — huntington box: 39 - folder 1

Identifier: 9006

Scope and content

Letter appears to have been written from a place called Beach. It discusses Brant's arrangements to meet Johnson. The letter also mentions public opinion on General De Puisaye. Brant says he will dispatch two young men to Johnson, and also references a previous letter from Johnson in which Johnson expressed a desire to meet with the Missisaqua [sp] chiefs, probably refering to Mississauga. Also two copies of a transcript, a slide, and a condition note.

Dates

1799 March 17.

Creator

Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. (Person)
Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)

Biographical / Historical

Joseph Brant was a Mohawk Chief and an officer in the British military during the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Ohio and named Thayendanegea. He served in expeditions during the French and Indian War. As a Captain during the American Revolution, he led the four Iroquois Nations that sided with the British as well as a group of loyalists. He married three times, lastly to Catharine Adonwentishon. Brant worked as a negotiator for the Six Nations in talks with the British to provide tracts of land for the Mohawk Reservation on the Grand River in Ontario. Brantford, Ontario, a city located on a portion of his land grant, is named for him.

Biographical / Historical

Sir John Johnson, Bart. was born in the Mohawk Valley, but left for Canada because of his loyalist sympathies. He commanded two battalions of the King's Royal Regiment during the American Revolution. In 1783 he was appointed as the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs in British North America.