The Fenimore Museum sits on Lake Otsego as it flows (at you) into the Susquehanna River. In 1779, these waters bore Clinton’s flotilla to join Sullivan at Iroquoia’s edge. With Indians gone, Lake Otsego became J.F. Cooper’s “Glimmerglass,” and today it ports Baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Note: Searing visions of Sullivan/Clinton by Haudenosaunee Artists at the 5th Iroquois Biennial Art Exhibition, curated by Peter Jemison, at the Fenimore Museum in Cooperstown, NY (ended 12/31/05)
From George Washington to Major General John Sullivan, 31 May 1779 Sir, The expedition you are appointed to command is to be directed against the hostile tri...
Simeon DeWitt Central NY Military Tract
“21st. this morning set of about Day Break on the same line of march and went about 6 Miles when we halted, Capt. Graham with his Compy. was sent forward as ...
In 1779, General George Washington suspended the colonial war against England and moved to extinguish the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois) with his “Sull...
