250 Years ago, in the pre-dawn hours of New Year's Eve 1775, New Yorkers from the 13 United Colonies attacked Quebec City. The attack failed. The American General lay dead in the snow.
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| Location in Quebec City of failed attack on New Year's Eve 1775. |
One company of New Yorkers was led by John Nicholson. He was familiar to Campbells living in Ulster County such as Joel Campbell (b ~1735). The records were not well kept, but there was one "Reuben Callam" in the ranks who could be Joel's brother of that name. There is no indication that Nicholson was successful in recruiting any other Campbells for this failed expedition.
Nicholson's home still stands. It is only a few hundred yards from where Joel Campbell was enumerated in the 1790 census.
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| Nicholson home in what was Hanover, Ulster, New York in 1775. |
Read my recent article on John Nicholson published in the Orange County Historical Society Journal!
