Orderly Book Of Capt Ichabod Norton Of Col Motts Regiment Of Connecticut Troops Destined For The Northern Campaign In 1776 At Skeensborough Now Whitehall Fort Ann And Ticonderoga Ny And At Mount Independence Vt

Author : Robert O. Bascom
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333881924
Total Pages : 72 pages
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Download or read book Orderly Book of Capt. Ichabod Norton of Col. Mott's Regiment of Connecticut Troops Destined for the Northern Campaign in 1776 written by Robert O. Bascom and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Orderly Book of Capt. Ichabod Norton of Col. Mott's Regiment of Connecticut Troops Destined for the Northern Campaign in 1776: At Skeensborough (Now Whitehall), Fort Ann and Ticonderoga, and at Mount Independence, Together With a Fac Simile of Captain Norton's Map of Ticonderoga and Mount Independence Captain Ichabod Norton, the second son of Thomas Norton, was born in 1736 and married Ruth Strong, February 21 st, 1760; he succeeded to his father's estate about three miles north of the meeting house at Farmington, Conn., where he lived most of his life. Following the period covered by the Orderlv Book he wasin the service, in 1777, at Peeks kill, under Colonel Hooker, and for a number of years he represented Farmington in the State Legislature of Connecticut. His eldest daughter, Elizabeth, mar ried the Rev. William Robinson August l0th, 1790. Their son, Charles, had a son Arthur, the father of Charles Mulford Robinson, now ofrochester, n. Y., the present owner of original manuscript Orderly Book. The book itself is somewhat the worse for time and wear. In the Memoir of Rev. William Robinson it is stated that Captain Norton, bv his activitv and per sonal example, exerted great in uence upon his fel low townsmen in behalf of the American cause. Captain Norton died October lst, 1825, at Granby, where he then resided. He was the father Ofnine children. In printing the Orderlv Book an effort has been made to preserve the original spelling as far as possible. The punctuation is that Of the editor, and while it would be too much to hope that no mistakes have been made, nevertheless, great care has been taken in reading the proof sheets and in comparingthem with the manuscripts, and the hope is enter tained that in most cases the meaning is reasonably clear, and while the writing is not always that of a literary man, still there is not a word or a line in the book to indicate that Captain Norton was other than an honest, earnest, clear headed patriot, endur ing great hardship and undergoing suffering and pri vation for the benefit of the great cause which he served. A great many proper names occur in the work and of these the spelling is not always uniform nor does it always conform to the modern method adopted bv the several families whose names are here found, but there can seldom be little real difficulty in determining what name is intended. Some few words have occasionally been supplied by the editor; wherever this has been done the fact is indicated by the use of parentheses. The map which accompanies this pamphlet is a fac simile of one in the Orderlv Book, except that the letters and explanations have been added. The book itself does not contain aword to indicate what the drawing is designed to represent, still, to one familiar with the locality, there can be no doubt that it is a rude cut of Lake Champlain, Ti conderoga, Mount Independence, Ti. Creek and East Creek, and while it is not mathematically correct, the situations are shown with great fidelity. The publishers have thought that it would add to the in terest and value of the work if a few words were added here descriptive of the several localities men tioned in the Orderly Book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."