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Records of the revolutionary war: containing the military and financial correspondence of distinguished officers; names of the officers and privates of regiments, companies, and corps, with the dates of their commissions and enlistments; general orders of Washington, Lee, and Greene, at Germantown and Valley Forge; with a list of distinguished prisoners of war; the time of their capture, exchange, etc. To which is added the half-pay acts of the Continental Congress; the revolutionary pension laws; and a list of the officers of the Continental Army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands

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Author
Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,
Date of Publication
1860.
Call Number
973.3 S128
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Responsibility
By W. T. R. Saffell.
Author
Saffell, William Thomas Roberts,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
G. G. Evans,
Date of Publication
1860.
Physical Description
554 p. 20 cm.
Notes
First published 1858.
Subjects
Pensions, Military - United States
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Additional Author
Washington, George,
Lee, Charles,
Greene, Nathanael,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Continental Congress.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 S128
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The diaries of Peter C. Hiller, Conestoga, Pennsylvania, 1875-1898 : a reflection of the life and times in Conestoga, Pennsylvania during the late 1800s

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Author
Hiller, Peter C.,
Date of Publication
1994.
Call Number
974.815 CONE H652
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Responsibility
[edited by] Pauline Benedict Eshelman.
Author
Hiller, Peter C.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
P.B. Eshelman,
Date of Publication
1994.
Physical Description
xx, 420 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Library's copy inscribed by Pauline Benedict Eshelman.
Summary
Peter Clinger Hiller was born in Conestoga, PA, and lived there with his wife and four daughters. He was a teacher and farmer. He also sold and repaired organs, bought and sold tobacco, was a clerk in the Internal Revenue office selling cigar stamps along with other duties, wrote deeds for the county Recorder's office, and served as Justice of the Peace. He belonged to several civic organization and had many hobbies.
Subjects
Hiller, Peter C., - 1847-1898 - Diaries.
Hiller family.
Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - Sources.
Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Eshelman, Pauline Benedict.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 CONE H652
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Guide to the microfilm of the miscellaneous manuscripts of the Revolutionary War era, 1771-1791 (manuscript group 275) in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 1 roll : a microfilm project of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Date of Publication
1978.
Call Number
016.9748 P415mrw
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Responsibility
Roland M. Baumann, project director and editor, Martha L. Simonetti, assistant editor, Douglas H. West, assistant editor.
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1978.
Physical Description
22 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. - Division of Archives and Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.
Manuscripts, American - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.
Additional Author
Baumann, Roland M.
Simonetti, Martha L.
West, Douglas H.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
016.9748 P415mrw
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Extracts from the Brethren's house and congregation diaries of the Moravian Church at Lititz, Pa., relating to the Revolutionary War

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Date of Publication
1912
Call Number
905.748 PGA
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Responsibility
translated literally by Abraham Reincke Beck, archivist.
Place of Publication
Cleona, Pa
Publisher
The Penn Germania,
Date of Publication
1912
Physical Description
849-862 , : 24 cm.
Series
The Penn Germania ; v.13, no. 11-12
Subjects
Moravian Church (Lititz, Pa.)
Diaries
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783
Additional Author
Beck, Abraham Reincke
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PGA
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Sweet land of liberty : the ordeal of the American Revolution in Northampton County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Fox, Francis S.,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Call Number
974.822 F791
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Responsibility
Francis S. Fox.
ISBN
0271020628 (alk. paper)
0271020636 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author
Fox, Francis S.,
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Physical Description
xix, 212 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-207) and index.
Summary
"Sweet Land of Liberty reawakens the Revolution in Northampton County ( PA.) with sketches of men and women caught up in it. Seldom is this story told from the vantage point of common folks, let alone those in the backcountry. In Fox's hands, we see in these individuals an altogether more disturbing Revolution than we have ever reckoned with before...Fox's account will startle many readers for whom the Revolution symbolizes the high-minded pursuit of liberty... When the Revolution broke out, militias took control. Frontier justice replaced the rule of law as zealous patriots preoccupied themselves not with fighting the British but with seizing local political power and persecuting their pacifist neighbors."
Subjects
Northampton County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Northampton County (Pa.) - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Social aspects.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Social aspects.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.822 F791
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Diary of a Hessian soldier, Johannes Reuber

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Author
Reuber, Johannes.
Date of Publication
n.d.
Call Number
973.342 R442
day of March. I was confirmed in 1773 and on the 15th of September 1775 I was com- pelled to be sworn in at the Land Grenadier Regiment with the Major Matteus Company, and then I went home again. There was a lot of noise about a war in America and this went on un- til 1776. January 1- On January 1st
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Responsibility
typescript & translation by Herbert H. Freund.
Author
Reuber, Johannes.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
n.d.
Physical Description
44p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Original in German housed in the archives.
Summary
The diary follows Hessian soldier Johannes Reuber from 1776 to 1783. He describes his sea voyages in detail, the hardships involved and the weather. He saw action in New York and was captured at Trenton at the time of Washington's surprise crossing of the Delaware river. He spent time as a prisoner in Philadelphia, then Lancaster,Pa. and in Winchester, Virginia. After being freed,the remainder of the war was mostly spent in Savannah,Georgia and other parts of the South. He returned to Germany in 1783.
Subjects
Reuber, Johannes - Diaries.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Personal narratives.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Freund, Herbert H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.342 R442
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Sword and scalpel : the life of Edward Hand of Lancaster

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Author
Betts, William W.
Date of Publication
2014.
Call Number
923.5 H236sw
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Alternate Title
Life of Edward Hand of Lancaster
Responsibility
William W. Betts, Jr.
ISBN
9780788455711
0788455710
Author
Betts, William W.
Place of Publication
Berwyn Heights, MD
Publisher
Heritage Books,
Date of Publication
2014.
Physical Description
xiv, 370 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-351) and index.
Contents
I. The New World -- II. The Gathering Storm -- III. Cambridge and Boston -- IV. New York City -- V. The New Jersey Campaign -- VI. Fort Pitt -- VII. Wyoming -- VIII. The Sullivan Expedition -- IX. Yorktown -- X. Newburgh and New Windsor -- XI. Lancaster -- Rock Ford -- Afterword -- Appendix A & B.
Subjects
Hand, Edward, - 1744-1802.
Hand, Edward, - 1744-1802 - Family.
Rock Ford (Lancaster, Pa.)
Generals - United States - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Campaigns.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 H236sw
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The Hessians of Lewis Miller: assimilation of German soldiers in America after the Revolution

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Author
Stayer, Jonathan R..
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
759.1392 S798
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Responsibility
by Jonathan R. Stayer.
ISBN
0939016079 (pbk.)
Author
Stayer, Jonathan R..
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Penn State Univ.,
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
iii, 238 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
A project in American Studies submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Arts degree in American Studies, The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, The Capital College, July 10, 1988.
Bibliography: p. 233-238.
Summary
Lewis Miller was an artist in York, PA. He made sketches of 22 Hessian soldiers who fought for the British during the American revolution and stayed in the York area after its conclusion. The author's book is based on those Hessians. In the introduction, the author states, "The purpose of this paper is to consider the individual soldiers, their families,their lives, and their involvement in the York community in which they settled. What happened to these men after the Revolution ? Why did they choose the communities in which they settled. Were they accepted by the Americans ? Did they experience financial success ? What was the nature of their family life ? Did their families suffer the stigma of having a 'Hessian' patriarch."
Subjects
Miller, Lewis, - 1796-1882.
Sherbahm family.
Sleeger Family.
Stengel Family.
Younger Family.
Zangel Family.
Vogt Family.
Baumgardner Family.
Cramer Family.
Farnschild Family.
Moore Family.
Engelmohr Family.
Hattendorf Family.
Henicker Family.
Herbst Family.
Hubly Family.
Lochner Family.
Stein Family.
Hessians - Pennsylvania - York County
German Americans - Pennsylvania - York County
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Portraits.
United States  - History  - Revolution, 1775-1783  - Participation, German.
York County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Johannes Schwalm Historical Association.
Historical Society of York County (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
759.1392 S798
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The Hessians of Lewis Miller

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Author
Miles, Lion G.
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
759.1392 M652
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Responsibility
text by Lion G. Miles ; research by Jonathan R. Stayer and Lion G. Miles ; photography by Hayman Studio of Commercial Photography, Inc.
ISBN
0939016079 (pbk.)
Author
Miles, Lion G.
Place of Publication
[Lyndhurst, Ohio]
Publisher
The Association,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
iii, 68 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Pennsylvania German-American Tricentennial Project of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Inc. with assistance from the Historical Society of York County (Pa.)."
Bibliography: p. 67-68.
Summary
Drawings of German men who had been soldiers for the British in the American Revolution and then remained in America after the war. Mr Miller knew of these men and made drawings of them. Biographical information accompanies the drawings.
Subjects
Miller, Lewis, - 1796-1882.
Hessians - Pennsylvania - York County
German Americans - Pennsylvania - York County
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Portraits.
York County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Johannes Schwalm Historical Association.
Historical Society of York County (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
759.1392 M652
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Laws enacted in the third sitting of the seventh General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Thursday, the fourteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty and three

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1783]
Call Number
Book 587 1783c
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Uniform Title
Laws (1783 Aug.-Sept.)
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1783]
Physical Description
P. [1], 186-254, [2] ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Caption title.
Place of publication supplied by Hildeburn and Evans.
Pagination continues: Laws enacted in the sixth General Assembly of the representatives of the freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at the sitting which commenced at Philadelphia on Monday, the twenty-second day of October, and continued by adjournment to Friday, the twenty-eighth day of December, A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, Philadelphia, 1782 (Evans 17659).
Includes acts and laws numbered Chap. LXXI-CII signed and enacted in the months of August and September, 1783 by Frederick Muhlenburg, speaker [of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives] and Peter Z. Lloyd, clerk of the General Assembly.
Signatures: 3A-3S².
Handwritten index precedes text.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 587 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
ESTC
Subjects
Law - Pennsylvania.
Law.
Politics and government.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
History.
Three-quarters leather on boards (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad,
Lloyd, Peter Zachary.
Pod, Alexander.
Sharwood, Geo.
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Philadelphia. General Assembly.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 587 1783c
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