THE JOURNAL OF NICHOLAS QUACKENBUSH A good content Ms, a leather bound journal, 55 leaves, 8vo., [Albany], May 1778 to August 1782 kept in pen and pencil by Major Nicholas Quakenbush (1734-1813), Assistant Deputy Quartermaster for the Continental Army at Albany, New York. In this capacity, Quakenbush, situated roughly half way between Albany and Monr?al, was one of the most important people in the region, coordinating critical supplies that would ultimately result in the defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga in 1777 and help secure the Mohawk valley frontier against Loyalist and Indian raids. Headed "Nicholas Quakenbush His Book of the Stait [sic] of New York 1 October 1778 ", the journal records various and sundry financial transactions performed by Quackenbush during his tenure as a quartermaster. Typical entries read in small part: "...May 1778...Received of Udney Hay at three times Seventeen Thousand and two Hundred Dollars which I am to Account for as Ass. Q. M General wan [sic] called upon by Q M General...Fish Kill, 21, Sept. 1778 Please to pay Nicholas Quakenbush Esqr A D Q the Sum of Six Thousand Dollars...the Same on the back of the order from the Honlbe. the President of Congress on you for one Hundred Thousand Dollars lodged by me in our hands, taking a loose receipt from you...D. Hale A D QMG... " Includes transactions with numerous prominent individuals including Cornelius Roosevelt, Jacob Borgardus, and others. An important record, worthy of further research. Biding bears the expected wear and rubbing, pages overall quite clean, overall very good condition. $400-600