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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Sir. William Johnson"”.
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Butlers of the Mohawk Valley: Family Traditions and the Establishment of British Empire in Colonial New York
… as not only the personal creation of folk legend Sir William Johnson but a bulwark of imperial strength on the New York frontier, was much weaker than earlier supposed, in terms of the ability to direct Indian peoples and control frontier settlement by European peoples. The Butlers amassed great …
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Mediation and Middlemen Undone: The Demise of the Colonial Go-Between in Revolutionary New York
… Revolution. Joseph Brant, a Mohawk, and Guy Johnson, the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the British, were two go-betweens whose powers and roles as mediators were subverted, even extinguished, by the conclusion of the War for Independence. This thesis examines the events that …