Johnson and Campbell family papers

The papers contain correspondence, legal documents, maps, and printed material by or relating to Guy Johnson and his experiences as Superintendent of Indian Affairs during the American Revolution, as well as documentation of his efforts to regain his confiscated property in the United States. Series I holds Johnson's papers, which includes correspondence with family members and British military officers Guy Carleton and Thomas Gage, Also present are two printed almanacs and two autograph manuscript journals recording Johnson's activities and voyages between Quebec and England, and New York and Quebec. A group of documents include several on parchment recording Johnson's services to the crown and his lands in New York, and a manuscript record titled "Return of Services performed by the Indians of Colonel Guy Johnson's Department" which details "the Killed, wounded, etc. & damages done to the Rebels from the beginning of the Year 1780 to the end of 1781." Series II holds material related to Johnson's family in Ireland and Great Britain, in particular records of his son-in-law Colin Campbell and daughters Mary Johnson Campbell and Julia Johnson, documenting their involvement in the settlement of Guy Johnson's estate and their efforts regarding his confiscated property. Correspondence includes letters from banker Thomas Coutts, and several petitions the family submitted to the Commissioners for American Claims. The earliest document in the collection is an autograph manuscript copy of the Patent of Creation awarded to Sir William Johnson (1757) and the latest is a photographic reproduction (1918) of a 1772 manuscript survey of Johnson's lands in New York; the original manuscript map, drawn by William Johnson's surveyor Robert Picken, is also in the collection.