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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  PLATE 
  15 
  

  

  Sir 
  William 
  Johnson, 
  sole 
  Indian 
  superintendent 
  in 
  colonial 
  times. 
  Died 
  

   in 
  1774. 
  He 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  Ireland 
  in 
  171*, 
  and 
  came 
  to 
  America 
  in 
  1738 
  to 
  

   manage 
  his 
  uncle's 
  estate, 
  soon 
  becoming 
  prominent 
  in 
  Indian 
  affairs. 
  In 
  

   1755 
  he 
  was 
  made 
  a 
  baronet 
  for 
  his 
  services 
  at 
  Lake 
  George. 
  His 
  published 
  

   manuscript 
  are 
  voluminous, 
  but 
  a 
  large 
  collection 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  

   Library 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  published 
  and 
  are 
  now 
  being 
  indexed. 
  The 
  plate 
  

   is 
  the 
  best 
  portrait 
  accessible, 
  but 
  the 
  Documentary 
  History 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   of 
  New 
  York, 
  2 
  1545, 
  contains 
  a 
  good 
  one 
  published 
  in 
  1756. 
  An 
  American 
  

   soldier 
  writing 
  at 
  Johnson 
  Hall 
  in 
  1776, 
  said 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  Sir 
  William 
  

   Johnson's 
  picture, 
  which 
  was 
  curiously 
  surrounded 
  with 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  beads 
  

   of 
  Wampum, 
  Indian 
  curiosities, 
  and 
  trappings 
  of 
  Indian 
  finery, 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  

   received 
  in 
  his 
  treaties 
  with 
  the 
  different 
  Indian 
  nations." 
  

  

  