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OMG. OMG. OMG and All That Jazz....
#1) The Manuscript Reading Room at the Library of Congress is a wonderful place and an even better resource.
#2) Microfilm readers are easier to use than I remember them being.
#3) On my first, brief pass it's utterly clear that there will never be enough time.
#4) OMG Redux: The librarian told me there was a journal, too. When he brought the single 15-foot roll of microfilm over, he apologized, saying "I may have mislead you. This is a different Ephraim Squier." (He noticed that from the date.) Oh, my. It's Ephraim George's grandfather, Ephraim B. Squier. The one who lived in Ashford, CT, 19 miles from Wales, and was the cousin of my 4 or 5 great-grandfather Daniel Squier, also of Wales. The journal is from 1775 September 7 - November 25 and documents Ephraim B's "march with his battalion (under the command of Roger Enos) from Cambridge, Mass. to Quebec via the Kennebec River as part of Benedict Arnold's Canadian invasion forces." There's also an "account (1777 September 4 - November 2) of another march from Providence, R.I. to Albany, N.Y. including references to the battles at Saratoga and Burgoyne's surrender."
Daniel may have been along on one or both of these campaigns.
Sorry for the placeholder post; backstory to follow.
#1) The Manuscript Reading Room at the Library of Congress is a wonderful place and an even better resource.
#2) Microfilm readers are easier to use than I remember them being.
#3) On my first, brief pass it's utterly clear that there will never be enough time.
#4) OMG Redux: The librarian told me there was a journal, too. When he brought the single 15-foot roll of microfilm over, he apologized, saying "I may have mislead you. This is a different Ephraim Squier." (He noticed that from the date.) Oh, my. It's Ephraim George's grandfather, Ephraim B. Squier. The one who lived in Ashford, CT, 19 miles from Wales, and was the cousin of my 4 or 5 great-grandfather Daniel Squier, also of Wales. The journal is from 1775 September 7 - November 25 and documents Ephraim B's "march with his battalion (under the command of Roger Enos) from Cambridge, Mass. to Quebec via the Kennebec River as part of Benedict Arnold's Canadian invasion forces." There's also an "account (1777 September 4 - November 2) of another march from Providence, R.I. to Albany, N.Y. including references to the battles at Saratoga and Burgoyne's surrender."
Daniel may have been along on one or both of these campaigns.
Sorry for the placeholder post; backstory to follow.
