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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crown Point, (search)
Crown Point, A town in Essex county, N. Y., 90 miles north of Albany, which was quite an important tradingstation between the English and the Indians until 1731, when the French took possession of the cape projecting into Lake Champlain on its western side, and built a military work there, which they called Fort Frederick. The plan of the campaign for 1755 in the French and Indian War contemplated an expedition against the French at Crown Point, to be commanded by William Johnson. He accomplished more than Braddock or Shirley, yet failed to achieve the main object of the expedition. The Assembly of New York had voted £8,000 towards the enlistment in Connecticut of 2,000 men for the Niagara and Crown Point expedition; and after hearing of Braddock's defeat, they raised 400 men of their own, in addition to 800 which they had already in the field. The troops destined for the northern expedition, about 6,000 in number, were drawn from New England, New Jersey, and New York. They
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Watson, Winslow Cossoul 1803- (search)
Watson, Winslow Cossoul 1803- Author; born in Albany, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1803. He published Pioneer history of the Champlain Valley, giving an account of the settlement of the town of Willsboro, by William Gilliland, together with his journal and other papers, and a Memoir; The history of Essex county, N. Y., and Military annals of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, etc.