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MORGAN LEWIS, 1777 Autograph Letter Signed

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American Revolution

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1777 Revolutionary War Letter Signed by Officer Morgan Lewis

MORGAN LEWIS, Revolutionary War Officer and Governor of New York, Vice-President of the Society of Cincinnati.
Autograph Letter Signed, "Morgan Lewis," as Deputy Quartermaster, January 20, 1777, Albany, NY, 12.5" x 8", Choice Fine. This letter is regarding defensive preparations being made by the Continental Army against the advance of British General Burgoyne and his army invading from Canada. This letter regarding the rate of payment to carters for the "drawing of Saw Logs to the Saw Mills at Fort Ann". It reads, in part:
"I have received an answer from Genl Schuyler... respecting the Allowance to be made the Carters who should engage in the Service for the Purpose of drawing Saw Logs to the Saw Mills at Fort Ann, and have his orders to use my Discretion in the Settlement..."
Fort Ann, named after Queen Anne, was built in 1757 and the location for Arnold's Lake Champlain Fleet. There is a bit of paper loss at one fold that affects only the closing of the letter.

In 1774 Morgan Lewis joined the Continental army as a volunteer; was subsequently chosen captain of a regiment of New York militia; but upon the organization of the 2d New York militia regiment he was commissioned major. He was appointed chief-of-staff to Gen. Horatio Gates, with the rank of colonel, and accompanied him into Canada, and soon after congress appointed him quartermaster-general of the Northern army. He was prominent throughout the campaign that ended with the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, and in 1775 he planned and executed the night attack on Stone Arabia, and was in command at the battle of Crown Point, where he was accompanied by Governor Clinton.

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