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Open book Orders 1778 May 10

Title Orders 1778 May 10

Creator De Peyster, Arent Schuyler, 1736-1822

Date 1778

Place Michigan--Fort Michilimackinac, United States

Language French

Subjects Manuscripts, American

Description Signed: At. S. DePeyster, Major Commandant.
Official wax seal attached.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

Summary Military orders dated May 10, 1778 written by Major Arent Schuyler De Peyster, commandant at Fort Michilimackinac. In this document De Peyster instructs all traders in the region to bring two or three indians in their canoes to the fort for service to the king. De Peyster states that officers Langlade and Verville may not have a sufficient number of canoes for this purpose.

Biographical/Historical Note Arent Schuyler De Peyster, British army officer, was born in 1736 the son of a prominent New York family. Following duty in the Seven Years' War, D ePeyster was appointed in 1774 commandant of Fort Michilimackinac, the only British-garrisoned outpost on the Great Lakes above Detroit during the American Revolution. He served in this capacity until 1779. With the assistance of his interpreter, Joseph-Louis Ainsse, and a former French officer and fur trader, Charles-Michel Mouet de Langlade, De Peyster was able to raise Indian war parties to fight in the British war effort on the western frontier. After the revolution, De Peyster returned to England and eventually retired to Scotland where he died in 1827.

Extent 1 item (1 leaf) ; 23 cm

Format Manuscripts, Orders (Military records), Seals

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Ayer MS 236

BibID 138441

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2142px × 2729px 16.76 MB

Filename 991384418805867_Ayer_MS_236_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11E8UL