Thanks for your informative post. I used to live around Albany—that was the only fire that I knew about re the RevWar.
1851 67% of collections of Library of Congress destroyed by fire
1851 Historical markers erected in Ticonderoga have disappeared
1857 Fire in Ticonderoga destroys records up to that time [Ancient Ti road records also destroyed]
1857 Vermont State Library in Montpelier destroyed by fire; contained many French & Indian War and Revolutionary War diaries and other MSS which were destroyed