Item 251: A Letter by Frederick Todd to [Gilbert Stuart] McClintock Concerning the Massacre of Wyoming Flag (oversized, removed to Print Box #7), 1959 May 15
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 74
Dates
- Created: 1959 May 15
Creator
- Todd, Frederick (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter.
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
10 ¼ in. x 8 in.
Description:
A letter from Frederick Todd, director of the West Point Museum, to Gilbert McClintock regarding the flag present at the Massacre of Wyoming. In the letter, Todd is responding to a request for an image of the flag carried by Zebulon Butler’s rangers by an L. McClintock. The letter is misaddressed, meant to be addressed to Gilbert Stuart Mclintock. Todd goes on to say that he is including two images, one of the actual flag, item 22.74, and another, a drawing of it rendered by Richard Smith, item 22.76. Todd waives the fee for the photos but notes that credit for the photos should they be published must go to the West Point Museum Collections.
The Battle of Wyoming or Wyoming Massacre took place on July 3, 1778 in the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. It was a military engagement between the Patriot militia and a force of British Loyalist soldiers and Iroquois warriors that occured at the same time as the American Revolutionary War. About 300 Patriots died, the Americans suffering a great defeat. Many were killed by the Iroquois as they fled the battlefield or were taken prisoner. Much looting and burning of buildings transpired all over the Wyoming Valley. Many inhabitants of the area fled to the Pocono Mountains, Stroudsburg, Easton, and to the Susquehanna River in Sunbury. An inaccurate newspaper report claimed that many women and children had been reportedly massacred and unfortunately taken as fact for many years after.
Location:
West Point, NY, Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Creator
- Todd, Frederick (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu