Beschreibung:

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR -- CROWN POINT EXPEDITION]. HARDY, Sir Charles (1780-1780), British officer, Governor of New York, 1755-1757 . Letter signed ("Chas. Hardy," with autograph closing and postscript) as Governor to Lt. Col. John Van Renselaer in Albany; Fort George [New York], 7 June 1756. 1½ pages, folio, integral address leaf, small stain in corner, address leaf with a few tears . PREPARATIONS FOR THE CROWN POINT EXPEDITION. The British commander at Fort George discusses the raising of provincial troops to serve in the planned Crown Point Expedition against the French. Hardy tells Van Rensalear his county has called on him to enlist a quota of 211 men "exclusive of 150 which the House supposed to be at Forts Edward and William Henry and would re-engage in the service against Crown Point." The quota must be filled, "and the number wanting...must be detached from the militia at Albany," though "without any Hardship on the people of Albany," as they may be recruited throughout the province. He notes that "some of the Officers are enlisting in Ulster [County]," and approves Van Rensalear's plan to fill Schuyler's company. Ultimately, Hardy, a naval officer, was replaced as commander of the frontier armies. It was not until June 1758 that Maj. General James Abercromby, commanding a large force of provincials and British regulars was able mount an expedition against Crown Point and the recently completed Fort St. Frederic (Ticonderoga). In that battle, his forces were repulsed with heavy losses by the well-entrenched French defenders.