HERKIMER, NICHOLAS

1728–77, American Revolutionary general. He was born in a German colony near the present town of Herkimer, N.Y. He served in the French and Indian War and was appointed (1776) brigadier general in the New York militia. In 1777 in the Saratoga campaign, Herkimer was leading a relief party to the Americans besieged by General St. Leger at Fort Stanwix when at Oriskany Creek they were ambushed by a force of Loyalists and Native Americans. Herkimer was mortally wounded, and his force had to retreat, but St. Leger later abandoned his plan to join Burgoyne.

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books on: Herkimer Nicholas  - 254 results

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New York: A Guide to the Empire State
Book by New York State Writers' Program; Oxford University Press, 1940
Subjects: New York (State), New York (State)--Guidebooks
...Wevertown Blue Mountain Lake Old Forge Herkimer Oneonta Kingston State 28...Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Monroe, Oneida...to the Palatine churches that at Fort Herkimer with its beautiful high colonial pulpit...
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The American Revolution in New York: Its Political, Social and Economic Significance. for General Use as Part of the Program of the Executive Committee on the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the American Revolution
Book by Peter Nelson; University of the State of New York, 1926
Subjects: New York (State)--History--Revolution, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Bibliography
...Peter Gansevoort 152 Nicholas Herkimer 154 John Stark 156...Historical Society 179 Nicholas Fish 180 Washingtons...
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De Witt Clinton and the Rise of the People's Men
Book by Craig Hanyan, Mary L. Hanyan; McGill-Queens University Press, 1996
Subjects: Clinton, Dewitt--1769-1828, New York (State)--Politics And Government--1775-1865, Political Parties--New York (State)--History--19th Century
...Clintonians. Rosecrantz, a prosperous fifty-seven-year-old Herkimer County farmer had not voted against any of the charter bills...and a Clintonian Republican physician, Westel Willoughby of Herkimer. 82 An earlier meeting in Montgomery County had followed...
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Daily Life during the American Revolution
Book by Dorothy Denneen Volo, James M. Volo; Greenwood Press, 2003
Subjects: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social Aspects, United States--Social Conditions--To 1865, United States--Social Life And Customs--1775-1783
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Horatio Gates: Defender of American Liberties
Book by Samuel White Patterson; Columbia University Press, 1941
Subjects: Gates, Horatio--1728-1806, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
...acquaintance of Hans Yost Herkimer, the wealthy head of a powerful...to history the redoubtable Nicholas, whose heroic death at Fort...in Americas textbooks. The Herkimers were holding up the hands...William, fearing to offend the Herkimers, pocketed the message. Captain...
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journal articles on: Herkimer Nicholas  - 3 results

 
 
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Louisa Picquet C. 1829-1896
Journal article by Reginald H. Pitts; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 24, 2007
Subjects: African American authors--Biography, African American authors--Criticism and interpretation, African American authors--Works, African American writers--Biography, African American writers--Criticism and interpretation, African American writers--Works, Picquet, Louisa--Biography, Picquet, Louisa--Criticism and interpretation, Picquet, Louisa--Works
...Census. 1900. Hamilton County, Ohio, Enumeration District 197, 23rd Ward of the City of Cincinnati, 1216 Poplar Street. Vansant, Nicholas. Work Here, and Rest Hereafter: A Life of Reverend Hiram Mattison. New York: Tibbals, 1870. REGINALD H. PITTS Independent Schola...
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The Fordham Urban Law Journal: A New Millenium.
Journal article by Constantine N. Katsoris; Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 30, 2003
Subjects: Fordham University. School of Law--Services, Fordham Urban Law Journal (Periodical)--History, Legal literature--History
...the Experiment Off on the Right Foot Johnson, Nicholas J. Shots Across No Mans XXII 441 ...
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Nontraditional Public Enterprise as a Local Economic Development Policy: Dimensions, Prospects, and Constraints
Journal article by David L. Imbroscio; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 23, 1995
Subjects: Government ownership--Evaluation, Local government--Economic policy
...entitled "The City as a Real Estate Investor," city council leader Nicholas Carbone, the architect of these efforts, described Hartfords...Alperovitz and Faux (1984) note that a subsidiary of Sperry Rand, in Herkimer, New York, facing closure because it was not producing the...


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magazine articles on: Herkimer Nicholas  - 1 result

 
 
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International Representatives
Magazine article; PSA Journal, Vol. 75, July 2009
Subjects: Photographic Society of America--Directories, Photographic Society of America--Officials and employees, Professional associations--Directories, Professional associations--Officials and employees, Trade and professional associations--Directories, Trade and professional associations--Officials and employees
...limbukb@gmail.com or limbukbc@yahoo.com Netherlands--Gerrit Nicholas Groshart, EPSA, Valkhof 145, Sliedrecht 3362 GG, Netherlands...European Affairs Committee: Chairman, Timothy Morton, APSA, 507-36 Herkimer Street, Hamilton, Ontario L8P 2G3, Canada, 905-777-0199, mortont...


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newspaper articles on: Herkimer Nicholas  - 2 results

 
 
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Obituaries
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 18, 2000
...officiating. Born Feb. 22, 1924, in Herkimer, N.Y. the son of Clarence and Arimina...to Joyce Mitchell on Dec. 5, 1953 in Herkimer, Richard was a dedicated Little League...Yelle; and sisters, Theresa Lynch of Herkimer, Lydia Vivacqua of Frankfort, N.Y. and...
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The Public Record
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 30, 2004
...Possession or consumption of alcohol by a minor: case dropped. Nicholas R. Dawson, 20, 713 E. Elmwood Drive, West Chicago. Driving...guilty; court costs/fines, $130. Jesus R. Flores, 36, 205 Herkimer St., Joliet. Driving while license suspended: guilty; court...


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encyclopedia articles on: Herkimer Nicholas  - 3 results

 
 
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Herkimer, Nicholas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HERKIMER, NICHOLAS 1728 77, American Revolutionary general...German colony near the present town of Herkimer, N.Y. He served in the French and Indian...In 1777 in the Saratoga campaign , Herkimer was leading a relief party to the Americans...
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Saratoga Campaign
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Stanwix (Fort Schuyler). An American party under Nicholas Herkimer , which had come to relieve the fort, was ambushed (Aug. 6, 1777) when crossing Oriskany Creek; Herkimer was mortally wounded, and the force dispersed. The...
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St. Leger, Barry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Fort Stanwix (Fort Schuyler), where Continental troops barred his way to Albany; meanwhile a relief force led by Nicholas Herkimer was ambushed at Oriskany Creek. However, when St. Legers Native American allies heard that a Continental force...


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