Phips, Spencer, 1685-1757 [Appointment of John Fry as Muster Master for three companies during the French and Indian War]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.270 Author/Creator: Phips, Spencer, 1685-1757 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 16 August 1755 Pagination: 1 p. ; 32.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
The three companies were led by Fry, John Hazzelton, and Josiah Cowers, all in the regiment of foot under Colonel Samuel Willard, and "part of the Forces now raising for reinforcing the Expedition against Crown Point." These forces joined Major General William Johnson's 1755 unsuccessful attempt to take Crown Point.
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