A Calendar of the Manuscripts of Sir William Johnson in the Library of the Society.

The article describes manuscripts related to British colonial official William Johnson that have been collected by the library of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS). The collection includes correspondence between Johnson and British general Thomas Gage regarding relations between the British and Indian tribes and between Johnson and William Petty, the Earl of Shelburne, on commerce with the Indians. Letters between William Shirley, former governor of Boston, Massachusetts, and Benning Wentworth, former governor of New Hampshire, discuss attacks by French forces on New England.

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18
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367-401
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