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From here you can navigate to each of the
four manuscripts written within 4 days of
the Harpersfield Raid April 7, 1780

 

    Harpersfield Raid, April 7-10 location map
  Saturday, April 8th, 1780 Copy of Letter from Alexander Harper to his wife
  Monday, April 10th, 1780 Joseph Brant letter translated from Mohawk and forwarded with Alexander Harper letter to Governor Clinton
 

Wednesday, April 12th, 1780

Examination of Walter Elliot
  Wednesday, April 12th, 1780 Cover Letter to Governor Clinton informing himof Harpersfield Raid and forwarding Harper's and Brant's letters

Notes:

These four manuscripts were all written within 5 days of the April 7th, 1780 raid. Put into the chronological order in which they were written, and knowing where they were from April 7th through April 12th gives us a good picture of the raid. This information has been reported in exagerated tails, in incomplete histories, and studied by historians. By combining the primary documents into one source, I hope to paint a more clear picture of this snapshot in time.

 

 

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