Printed & Manuscript Americana

Printed & Manuscript Americana will feature an important 1776 diary by an officer from the Revolution named Benjamin Beal, tracing the journey north to reinforce the Invasion of Quebec, only to meet the shattered patriot army decimated by a smallpox epidemic and preparing to retreat. Arriving safely back in Fort Ticonderoga, our diarist is appointed to lead a company of carpenters and detailed across the river to build fortifications at the newly christened Mount Independence, witnessing the aftermath of the Battle of Valcour Island before receiving his discharge. Also included are several scarce and important early American pamphlets, most notably...