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Sir William Johnson
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet.
Major-GeneralSir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (c. 1715 – 11 July 1774), was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. As a young man, Johnson moved to the Province of New York to manage an estate purchased by his uncle, the Royal Navy officer Sir Peter Warren, which was located in territory of the Mohawk people, one of the six peoples of the Iroquois confederation. Johnson learned the Mohawk language and customs, and was appointed the British agent to the Iroquois.