SOURCES (written) pertaining to the life and times of Molly/Degonwadonti

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PRIMARY SOURCES

O'Callaghan's The documentary history of the state of New-York (1849—1851)
  • The documentary history of the state of New-York, vol. II. Ed. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1850.
  • The documentary history of the state of New-York, vol. IV. Ed. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan. Albany: Charles van Benthuysen, 1851.
O'Callaghan & B. Fernow's Documents relative to the colonial history of the state of New-York (1853—1887)
  • Documents relative to the colonial history of the state of New-York; procured in Holland, England, and France by John Romeyn Brodhead, vol. VI. Ed. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1855.
  • Documents relative to the colonial history of the state of New-York; procured in Holland, England, and France by John Romeyn Brodhead, vol. VII. Ed. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1856.
  • Documents relative to the colonial history of the state of New-York; procured in Holland, England, and France by John Romeyn Brodhead, vol. VIII. Ed. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1857.
  • Documents relative to the colonial history of the state of New-York; procured in Holland, England, and France by John Romeyn Brodhead, vol. X. Ed. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1858.
  • General index to the Documents relative to the colonial history of the state of New-York. Ed. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1861.

Calendar of the Sir William Johnson manuscripts in the New York state library. Ed. Richard E. Day. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1909.

Sullivan et al.'s The papers of Sir William Johnson (1921—1965)
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. I. Ed. James Sullivan. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1921.
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. II. Ed. James Sullivan. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1922.
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. III. Ed. James Sullivan. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1921.
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. IV. Ed. Alexander C. Flick. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1925.
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. V. Ed. Alexander C. Flick. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1927.
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. VI. Ed. Alexander C. Flick. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1928.
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. VII. Ed. Almon W. Lauber. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1931.
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. VIII. Ed. Almon W. Lauber. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1933.
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. IX. Ed. Almon W. Lauber. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1939.
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. X. Ed. Milton W. Hamilton. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1951.
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. XI. Ed. Milton W. Hamilton. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1953.
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. XII. Ed. Milton W. Hamilton. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1957.
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. XIII. Ed. Milton W. Hamilton. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1962.
  • The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. XIV. Ed. Milton W. Hamilton. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1965.

Elliot's HTML transcription of Hamilton's 1962 edition of Robert Adems's Daybook (The papers of Sir William Johnson, vol. XIII, ed. Milton W. Hamilton. Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1962), pp. 532–616)

SECONDARY SOURCES

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Bilharz, Joy and Trish Rae. Oriskany: A place of great sadness: A Mohawk Valley battlefield ethnography. Fort Stanwix National Monument special ethnographic report. Boston: Northeast Region Ethnography Program, National Park Service, 2009.

Carson, James Taylor. "Molly Brant: From clan mother to loyalist chief." In Theda Perdue, ed., Sifters: Native American women’s lives, pp. 48–59. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Graymont, Barbara. "KOÑWATSIˀTSIAIÉÑNI (Mary Brant)". In Dictionary of Canadian biography, vol. 4: 1771–1800. Ed. Francess G. Halpenny and Jean Hamelin. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1979. Online at http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/konwatsitsiaienni_4E.html

Gross, Judith. "Molly Brant: Textual representations of cultural midwifery". In American Studies 40, No. 1 (Spring, 1999): 23–40.

Hamilton, Milton W. "Sir William Johnson's wives". In New York History 38, No. 1 (January, 1957): 18–28.

MacLeitch, Gail D. Imperial entanglements: Iroquois change and persistence on the frontiers of empire. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.

O'Toole, Fintan. White savage: William Johnson and the invention of America. London: Faber and Faber, 2005.

Stone, William Leete. The life and times of Sir William Johnson, Bart. 2 vols. Albany: J. Munsell, 1865.