Post Rider and Supplies

| February 25, 2010

The post rider arrived today with some basic supplies to keep us through the rest of this winter.  Just these last few days has it been warm enough for the snow to abate on the roads, allowing for comfortable passage of the wagon and the horses.  In his supplies were additional bandages and some medicines […]

Additional Staffing

| February 14, 2010

Over the last few weeks, I have been busy with the treatment of the men in winter quarters.  Great scores of snow have blanketed the land, preventing us from getting fresh meat and other provisions by hunting or by supply trains.  The air inside the fort has been very stuffy, which has also, I feel, […]

A Letter to Doctor Roberts

| February 1, 2010

(January 28 1760) Dear Doctor Roberts, I trust that this note finds you in good health as well as your good daughters.  I am writing on behalf of my brother William, with who you served with at the Siege of Niagara this July past.   He sends his regards as he is still abroad in the […]