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Campbell, William W. Annals of Tryon County; or, the Border Warfare of New York. 1831. Cherry Valley, New York: The Cherry Valley Gazette, 1880.

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Howe, Archibald M. Colonel John Brown of Pittsfield, Massachusetts The Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold In An Address Delivered Before The Fort Rensselaer Chapter of the of the D. A. R. and Others By Archilbald M. Howe At The Village of Palatine Bridge, New York September 29, 1908. Boston: W.B. Clarke Company. 1908.

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Porter, Captain Andrew. "The Journal of Andrew Porter." The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany, Volume 44, Yearbook. 1972-1974, 50th Anniversary. Albany, New York.

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Fisher, Colonel Frederick. Colonel Frederick Fisher's Letter Book. ms. The Rome Historical Society. Rome, New York. Copies courtesy of the Rome Historical Society.

Fox, Christopher. An undated muster roll of Captain Christopher W. Fox's Company of the Palatine District Regiment of Tryon County Militia which seems to pre-date the Battle of Oriskany(Revolutionary War Rolls, Jacket 121). Note with interest the fact that many of the names found on this roll fail to appear in Revolutionary War Records after the Battle of Oriskany on August 6, 1777.

Frey, S. L. The S. L. Papers. mss & tss. Rare Books and Manuscripts Department. New York StateLibrary. Albany, New York. Collection #SC9829. Copies courtesy of the N. Y. State Library.

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Glen, Henry. Henry Glen Letterbook. mss. New York State Library, Rare Books and Manuscripts Collections. Albany, New York. Manuscript #16410. [This volume was extensively damaged in the New York State Library Fire of 1911]. Copies courtesy of the N. Y. State Library.

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Lane, Daniel. "Journal of Captain Daniel Lane of Buxton, Maine." The Thomas Sewall Papers. Manuscript Collection #499, Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine. Copies courtesy of the Maine Historical Society.

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Schuyler, Peter. Indian Affair Papers. mss. New York Historical Society, Rare Books and Manuscripts Collections. New York, New York. Copies courtesy of the New York Historical Society.

Sewall Papers. The Thomas Sewall Papers. Collection #499. The Maine State Historical Society. Portland, Maine.

Stewart, Colonel Charles. The Colonel Charles Stewart Papers. mss. New York State Historical Association, Rare Books and Manuscripts Collections. Cooperstown, New York. Copies courtesy of the New York State Historical Association.

Tallmadge, Second Lieutenant Samuel. Diaries of Samuel Tallmadge, 1780-1782. ms. New York State Library, Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection. Albany, New York. Copies courtesy of the New York New York State Library.

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Titus, Captain Jonathan. Captain Jonathan Titus' Orderly Book. mss. New York State Library, Rare Books and Manuscripts Collections. Albany, New York. Copies courtesy of the New York New York State Library.

Tremper, Lawrence. The Journal of Lawrence Tremper, 1782-1784. mss. The Library of Congress, Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection. Washington, D. C. Copies courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Tryon County Deeds. mss. Montgomery County Clerk's Office, Fonda, New York.

Van Dyck, J. North. "The Red Brick Mansion." ts. Cherry Valley Museum, Cherry Valley, New York. Copies courtesy of the Cherry Valley Museum.

Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah. "Map of the 1772 Division of the Rutger Bleeker Patent." Map 160 ms."Map Collection." Albany County, New York Clerk, Albany, New York.

Van Slyke, Captain Jesse. Revolutionary War Rolls. United States National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C. Jacket 170.

Vosburgh, Royden Woodward, ed. "Records of the Lutheran St. Paul's Church in the Town of Minden otherwise known as the Geisenberg Church formerly at Hallsville, in the Town of Minden, Montgomery County, New York." ts. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York, New York, 1914. [The original being housed in the Rare Manuscripts Collection of the New York State Historical Association Library. Cooperstown, New York].

Vosburgh, Royden Woodward, ed. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Fort Plain, in the Town of Minden, Montgomery County, New York, formerly known as the Reformed Calvinistic Church of Canajohary." ts. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York, New York,1918.

Vrooman, Isaac. "A map of the County of Albany, Tryon, and part of Charlotte made at the request of his Excellency George Washington Esqr. General, and Commander in Chief of all the land and naval forces of [the] thirteen United States of America. Protracted and laid down from actual surveys which are chiefle preformed by me Isaac Vrooman, June 7th Anno 1779." Copies courtesy of the New York Historical Society.

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Washington, George. Papers of George Washington. mss. The Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. Copies courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Willett, Marinus. Colonel Marinus Willett's Regimental Orders and Letter Book. ms. New York State Library, Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection. Albany, New York. Mss #SC15705. Copies courtesyof the New York State Library.

Willett, Marinus. Colonel Marinus Willett's Letter Book. ms. New York State Library's Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection. Albany, New York. Mss #16670. Copies courtesy of the New York State Library.

ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
FROM WHICH DATA HAS BEEN EXTRACTED SINCE
THE BLOODIED MOHAWK
WAS PUBLISHED IN JUNE OF 2000

The Governor George Clinton Papers. Wisconsin State Historical Society. Madison, Wisconsin.

Malcom, William. Letters of William Malcom to Governor George Clinton. The New York Historical Society.

New York, The State of. Certificates of Quit Rent Remission. The New York State Archives Collection #A1211. The New York State Archives, Albany< New York.

New York, The State of. Certificates of Quit Rent Remission. The New York State Archives Collection #A1228. The New York State Archives, Albany< New York.

Petrie Family Papers. Onedia County Historical Society, Utica, New York.

Revolutionary War Application Files. The United States National Archives, Washington, D.C. Microfilm Series 804: Reels 0013, 0077, 0078, 0131, 0135, 0141, 0146, 0147, 0148, 0160, 0170, 0171, 0172, 0175, 0176, 0214, 0284, 0440, 0441, 0442, 0443, 0445, 0692, 0694, 0695, 0696, 0703, 0704, 0705, 0786, 0789, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1026, 1028, 1029, 1031, 1033, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1044, 1045, 1050, 1051, 1053, 1054, 1054, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1125, 1130, 1133, 1137, 1141, 1204, 1205, 1208, 1225, 1363, 1386, 1471, 1473, 1474, 1475, 1479, 1483, 1484, 1485, 1486, 1487, 1488, 1491, 1492, 1493, 1495, 1645, 1646, 1649, 1638, 1639, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1643, 1758, 1869, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1993, 2003, 2014, 2033, 2034, 2073, 2132, 2133, 2137, 2138, 2185, 2186, 2187, 2188, 2189, 2189, 2190, 2324, 2328, 2334, 2338, 2410, 2411, 2412, 2480, 2584, 2659, 2667 [N.B. The films listed in this bibliography and the earlier bibliography, have been studied only for those pensioners who have been designated in the National Archive's index as having served in the War's New York Theater].

The Surveyor General's Maps. The Maps of the Commissioners of Forfeitures in the New York State Archives in Albany, New York Collection #AO273, Portfolio E.

Spielberg, Stephen, dir. "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", with Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, and Allison Doody. Paramount Pictures. 1989.

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