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294 HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTON. [1T58.<br />

one hundred n<strong>in</strong>ety-five miles <strong>in</strong> thirteen days. Lieut.<br />

Mart<strong>in</strong> Dewey <strong>of</strong> Westfield led his company <strong>of</strong> over thirty<br />

men about one hundred eighty miles <strong>in</strong> thirteen days.<br />

Capt. Ezra Clap <strong>of</strong> Westfield had between forty and fifty<br />

men, who were absent fourteen days, and marched nearly<br />

two hundred miles. Capt. Moses Marsh, <strong>of</strong> Hadley, with<br />

forty-four men, was on the march for fourteen days.<br />

Capt. John Fellows <strong>of</strong> Sheffield, with about thirty men,<br />

went to Fort Edward, march<strong>in</strong>g two hundred four miles.<br />

Major John Ashley led another company <strong>of</strong> more than seventy<br />

men <strong>from</strong> Sheffield to Fort Edward, where they rema<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

eight or n<strong>in</strong>e days. Capt. Jacob Cumm<strong>in</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Ware<br />

River, with thirty-seven men, went to K<strong>in</strong>derhook ; they<br />

saw fifteen days' service and marched two hundred miles.<br />

Lieut. David Black <strong>of</strong> Blanford was eighteen days on the<br />

march, and Capt. Joseph Warner <strong>of</strong> Hardwick went to<br />

K<strong>in</strong>derhook. The <strong>of</strong>ficers <strong>of</strong> Col. Israel Williams' regi-<br />

ment, who marched to relieve the fort, were :<br />

Col. Israel<br />

Williams and Major Elijah Williams, both <strong>of</strong> Deerfield,<br />

Major Joseph Hawley^ <strong>of</strong> <strong>Northampton</strong>, Chapla<strong>in</strong> Timothy<br />

Woodbridge <strong>of</strong> Hatfield, and Adj. Elisha Pomeroy, Col.<br />

Cad'. Seth Pomeroy, Ens. Cad'. Noah Strong, and Ens.<br />

Cad'. Elisha Strong, all <strong>of</strong> <strong>Northampton</strong>. Lieut. Joseph<br />

Bill<strong>in</strong>gs, with eighteen privates marched to the relief <strong>of</strong><br />

Fort William Henry.<br />

Death <strong>of</strong> Lord Howe. With a chaugc iu the British m<strong>in</strong>istry, by<br />

Capture <strong>of</strong> Fort whicli William Pitt was placed at the head<br />

Frontenac. «• •<br />

<strong>of</strong> aff^airs,<br />

t • c i • c i<br />

new lire and energy was mtused<br />

<strong>in</strong>to the war. Lord Loudon gave place to Gen. Abercrom-<br />

bie, and three expeditions were planned for the year 1758.<br />

The first under Gen. Jeft'rey Amherst and James Wolfe,<br />

succeeded <strong>in</strong> captur<strong>in</strong>g Louisburg ;<br />

the second, commanded<br />

by Gen. Abercrombie and Lord Howe, was repulsed <strong>in</strong> an<br />

1 While on this march Major Hawley addressed the follow<strong>in</strong>g letter to his wife,<br />

which is copied <strong>from</strong> the orig<strong>in</strong>al <strong>in</strong> the Lenox Library, N. Y. —<br />

:<br />

" Sheffield, Thursday, Aug. 1T57.<br />

" My Dear Cliild.<br />

" 1 am well here—came here last night—have someth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> the difQculty<br />

I used to have <strong>in</strong> hot weather by rid<strong>in</strong>g. We are proceed<strong>in</strong>g as fast as we well can<br />

towards Ft Edward. Uncle Billy, Co. and Elisha are well. My duty most s<strong>in</strong>cerely to<br />

Mother. Love to Moses and Hannah.<br />

" I am your faithful and affectionate Husband as long as God shall give us life.<br />

Joseph Hawley."

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