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Collection
Revolutionary War Collection
Title
Revolutionary War Collection
Object ID
MG0098
Date Range
1776-1976
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Collection
Revolutionary War Collection
Title
Revolutionary War Collection
Description
The Revolutionary War Collection contains a variety of materials from and about the Revolutionary War in Lancaster County and Pennsylvania. The original records include correspondence, military pay certificates, court records, and an orderly book kept by Lt. Col. Adam Hubley, Jr. during the Sullivan Campaign of 1779. There are also research notes and secondary sources, including a list of prisoners of war, a list of males in Lancaster County in 1776, Continental Hospital Returns 1777-1780, articles, information on soldiers buried in Lancaster County, and an article about John Paul Jones.
Date Range
1776-1976
Creation Date
1776-1976
Year Range From
1776
Year Range To
1976
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Beddulph, Robert
Boyd, John
Burd, James Edward
Chambers, Stephen
Coedans, James
Cooke, William
Ferree, John
Getty, Christian
Gurney, Francis
Hubley, Adam
Jolly, James A. "Jim"
Joy, Daniel
Kieffer, Henry Martyn
Moore, William
Neal, James
Patterson, Alex
Porter, Thomas
Ramsay, David
Rapp, Brandon
Reid, George W.
Worner, William Frederic
Zellty, John A.
Subjects
Cemeteries
Letters
Military history
Military regulations
Newtown, Battle of, Newtown, N.Y., 1779
Prisoners of war
Soldiers
Stony Point, Battle of, Stony Point, N.Y., 1779
Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons
Search Terms
Battle of Newtown
Battle of Stony Point
Cemeteries
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Finding aids
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Letters
Manuscript groups
Military history
Military records
Military regulations
Prisoners of war
Receipts
Revolutionary War
Soldiers
Sullivan Campaign, 1779
Extent
3 boxes, 40 folders, 1.25 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0098
Notes
Harmful Language Warning: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this orderly book reflects the racial prejudices of the era and the violence perpetrated against the Haudenosaunee Confederacy during the American War of Independence. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content. This volume contains language that is offensive, oppressive, graphic, and may cause distress. LancasterHistory does not condone the use of this language.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.
Copyright
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Credit
Revolutionary War Collection (MG-98), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Numbers
MG-98
Other Number
MG-98
Classification
MG0098
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged prior to 1997. Items have been added and the finding aid has been updated since 1997.
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The military hospital at Litiz, 1777-78

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1919
, Herbert Huebener, 1875-1960. Title: The military hospital at Litiz, 1777-78 / by Prof. Herbert H. Beck. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Military hospitals--Pennsylvania. Lititz (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster
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Responsibility
by Prof. Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1919
Physical Description
[4]-14 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 1
Summary
This article, written in 1919, describes life in Lititz during the Revolutionary war as well as the establishment the military hospital. Lititz was not a formal religious community as were Nazareth and Bethlehem, but the Moravian church was very influential in the town and operated several businesses there. The article provides many diary entries, some of which are unrelated to the hospital.
Subjects
Military hospitals - Pennsylvania.
Lititz (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Contained In
Contained in: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 1 (1919), p. 5-14Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.23
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Commemoration of Lancaster County in the Revolution : at "Indian Rock", Williamson Park, near "Rockford", the home of General Edward Hand, M.D., Friday P.M., September 20, cmmxii

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Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
923.5 H236c
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
s.l.]
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
8 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Notes
Order of exercises and songs laid in.
Summary
Program from the ceremony to commemorate Lancaster County's involvement in the American Revolution. The order of events in the ceremony is included. Also includes a chronology of Lancaster County's participation in events related to the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, citing General Edward Hand's activities. A genealogy of the Hand family is included in the program.
Subjects
Hand, Edward , - 1744-1802.
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 H236c
Websites
https://archive.org/details/commemoration00lanc/page/n5
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The confidential correspondence of Robert Morris, the great financier of the revolution and signer of the Declaration of Independence

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Author
Morris, Robert,
Date of Publication
[1917?]
Call Number
973.3 H513
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Responsibility
embracing letters of the most vital historical importance from signers of the Declaration of Independence (many of them written in 1776) members of the Continental Congress, generals, commodores, other officers and patriots in the revolution ... to be sold Tuesday afternoon and evening, Jan. 16th, 1917.
Author
Morris, Robert,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
S. V. Henkels
Date of Publication
[1917?]
Physical Description
xvi, 208 p. illus. 28 cm.
Subjects
Morris, Robert, - 1734-1806.
Autographs
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 H513
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t7vm4tr4x&view=1up&seq=7
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Gen. Edw. Hand in Sullivan's expedition / An address by H. Frank Eshleman, esq., of the Lancaster (Pa.) Bar at the Hand commermorative celebration, held under the auspices of the Lancaster County Historical Society, in Williamson Park, near Lancaster, Sept. 20, 1912

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1912
Call Number
923.5 H236e
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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa.?
Date of Publication
1912
Physical Description
6, [1] p. : 23 cm.
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 H236e
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Our ancestors in the British prisons of the Revolution; read before the Lebanon County Historical Society, February 23, 1912

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Author
Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,
Date of Publication
1912]
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 6 no. 1
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Responsibility
by Capt. H.M.M. Richards.
Author
Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,
Place of Publication
[Lebanon, Pa
Date of Publication
1912]
Physical Description
22 p. port. 24 cm.
Series
[Lebanon County Historical Society. Historical papers and addresses] v. 6, no. 1
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 6 no. 1
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Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia

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Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1777.
Call Number
Book 587 1777
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Corporate Author
United States.
Uniform Title
Articles of Confederation
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
Printed by Francis Bailey,
Date of Publication
1777.
Physical Description
26 pages ; 30 cm
Notes
Title within ornamental border; symbolic woodcut (Christ on the Emmaus Road?) at head of first p. of text.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeaates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 587 as assigned by Yeates.
Handwrittne Index precedes text.
Evans
Subjects
United States. - Early works to 1800.
Constitutional history - United States - Sources - Early works to 1800.
Constitutional history.
Politics and government.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783 - Early works to 1800.
United States.
Paper bindings (Binding)
Stabbing (Binding)
Chainlines (Paper)
Catchwords (Printing)
Printers' devices (Publishing)
Marginalia (Provenance)
Autographs (Provenance)
Early works.
Sources.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 587 1777
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The Loyalists in the Revolution : second paper

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1919
paper / by Frank R. Diffenderffer, Litt. D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): American loyalists. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1919 Description: 155-166 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical
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Responsibility
by Frank R. Diffenderffer, Litt. D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1919
Physical Description
155-166 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 9
Subjects
American loyalists.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 9 (1919), p. 155-166Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.23
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The Loyalists in the Revolution : first paper

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1919
%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921. Title: The Loyalists in the Revolution : first paper / by Frank R. Diffenderffer, Litt. D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): American loyalists. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Publisher: Lancaster
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Responsibility
by Frank R. Diffenderffer, Litt. D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1919
Physical Description
113-125 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 7
Subjects
American loyalists.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 7 (1919), p. 113-125Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.23
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British spy map of Southeastern Pennsylvania from the Susquehanna to the Delaware River

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Date of Publication
c.1776.
Call Number
974.8 SEPA 500
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Place of Publication
[s.l.]
Publisher
[s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
c.1776.
Physical Description
1 map : photocopy ; 49 x 96 cm.
Notes
Clinton Map #250 University of Michigan.
"General Sir William Howe may have used this map on his march from the Chesapeake Bay to Philadelphia in September 1777".
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution - 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.8 SEPA 500
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