Gaylord Nelson Papers, 1954-2006 (bulk 1963-1980)

 
Contents List
Container Title
Volume   7
Reel   15
Series: Joseph Brant Papers: 7 F
Scope and Content Note

Miscellaneous papers centered about Sullivan's campaign: letters to Draper, extracts copied from contemporary newspapers and later published sources, copies of a few pension statements, and clippings. One group of letters relates to the family and military service of John Cantine, and another group to Robert Shankland's family, particularly the captivity (1779) of his son Thomas.

One newspaper clipping contains a portion of a diary by Nathaniel Webb written during the campaign. A series of news articles recorded John S. Clark's research on Indians and his retracing of Sullivan's route in 1879 and another group described in prose and poetry the centennial commemoration of the battle of Newtown and the erection of a monument to Sullivan (1879). Among the clippings are small wood engravings or woodcuts depicting Brant, Sullivan, and the Sullivan monument.