Journal of Private Lemuel Lyon, Wednesday, June 7, 1758

We had Carts to press,¹— then we marched of from their to Landard Strengs in Harford and from their to Landard Geds & had raw Pork for dinner-then we marched to Landard Crews and the Chief² lodges their — My mess lodged at a private house one Daniel Catlins.

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¹ To take carts for the military service. Under martial law, any private property may be used for the public good. A just government always pays a fair price for the same.

² Probably General Lyman, who was the commander-in-chief of the Connecticut forces at that time.

SOURCE: Abraham Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 12

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