Diary of Captain Samuel Jenks, Wednesday, June 4, 1760

Arivd at Fort Miller at night & landed the provisions, & am here stationed for the transportation of provisions from hence to Fort Edward.

SOURCE: Samuel Jenks, Diary of Captain Samuel Jenks During the French and Indian War, 1760, pp. 4-5

Diary of Captain Samuel Jenks, Sunday, June 8, 1760

Orders for my company to proceed with the party that is ready for Fort Edward; myself to tary till Col° Th^os arives for my orders to proceed. This day my company put of in battoes for Fort Edward, & I have recd orders to follow them in the first boats.

SOURCE: Samuel Jenks, Diary of Captain Samuel Jenks During the French and Indian War, 1760, p. 5

Diary of Captain Samuel Jenks, Monday, June 9, 1760

Imbarqud on board Capt. Dunbars battoe for Fort Edward; arivd there before night; found my company incampt on the plain; went to view the fort, which I think is well built, but not well sictuated for to stand a seige.

SOURCE: Samuel Jenks, Diary of Captain Samuel Jenks During the French and Indian War, 1760, p. 5

Diary of Captain Samuel Jenks, Wednesday, June 25, 1760

This morning Capt Harris's company came up to ye incampment; brings no news or letters. This day, about 9 oclock A. M., a flag of truce arivd from Canada. There is a general officer in the flag of truce, & they was sent down directly to Genl Amherst, who we hear set of 3 days agon from Shenaetada.² I hear, by Capt Harris, that Mr. Sam1 Berry is stationed at Fort Edward; is got so far promoted as to have a second lievtenancy with Cap Henry Brown.

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² Probably Schenectady.

SOURCE: Samuel Jenks, Diary of Captain Samuel Jenks During the French and Indian War, 1760, p. 7

Journal of Private Lemuel Lyon, Tuesday, June 20, 1758

Their marched of 3 Hundred of the Bay Force¹ for Fort Edward² and I received my abilitan in full £1.8s.0d.

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¹ Massachusetts Bay troops. The Massachusetts colony was called Massachusetts Bay until after the War for Independence.

² Fort Edward was situated upon the east bank of the Hudson, about fifty miles north from Albany.

SOURCE: Abraham Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, pp. 14-5

Journal of Private Lemuel Lyon, Monday, June 26, 1758

Rainy and wet — I come up the River in a Battoe to Fort Edward to the incampment — their we drad ½ a pound of powder and 10 Bullets a peace and 8 days provision in order for to march to the Lake¹ — Barnabas Evings was very poor with fever nago² and was forst to stay behind & David Bishop with him — we Lodged in Bush tents and very wet it was.

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¹ Lake George.

² Fever-and-ague.

SOURCE: Abraham Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 16

Journal of Private Lemuel Lyon, Tuesday, June 27, 1758

Marched all of Colonel Phiches¹ Regiment that were hear with 3 teams to carry the officers we arrived at the half way Brook² and their a great percel stashond for a while & from thence we Marched to Lake George and went over upon the hill East & their Encamptt one with myself went upon guard this night.

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¹ [Eleazer] Fitch's.

² Afterward called Snook's creek. It enters the Hudson three miles below Fort Edward.

SOURCE: Abraham Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 17

Journal of Private Lemuel Lyon, Thursday, June 29, 1758

Stil here General Limon¹ & Colonel Phiches Regiments come up to the Lake this day I washed my Cloths 1 more rigiment come up.

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¹ General Phineas Lyman, who built Fort Edward. He was a native of Durham, Connecticut, where he was born in 1716. He completed his education at Yale college, and afterward became an eminent lawyer. He was appointed commander-in-chief of the Connecticut forces in 1755, and in the expedition to Lake George deserved all the honor awarded to General Johnson, who was jealous of Lyman's abilities as a soldier. Lyman did his duty nobly, and was but little noticed. Johnson was unfit for his station, but being a nephew of Sir Peter Warren, then a popular English admiral, he received the honor of knighthood, and the sum of twenty thousand dollars, for his services in that campaign! General Lyman served with distinction until the close of the campaign in 1760, and in 1762 commanded the American forces sent against Havana. He was in England about eleven years, and, after his return, went with his family to the Mississippi, where he died in 1788.

SOURCE: Abraham Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 17