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The Lancaster barracks : where the British and Hessian prisoners were detained during the Revolution

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Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Date of Publication
1895.
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Responsibility
by Samuel M. Sener.
Author
Sener, Samuel Miller,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Harrisburg Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1895.
Physical Description
20 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
"Reprinted from Notes and queries, Harrisburg daily telegraph."
"Rolls of prisoners": p. 14-20.
Bound with other pamphlets by the author: The Catholic Church at Lancaster, Penn'a (1894, 52 p.) -- Historical sketch of the ancient parish of St. Mary's, Lancaster, Pa. (n. d., 12 p) -- Additional historical notes in reference to St. Mary's at Lancaster (n. d., 5 p.) -- Some Lancaster Catholics, adn other historical notes (n.d ., 6 p.) -- Very Rev. Bernard Keenan, V. G. Sketch of one of the pioneer priest's [sic] of Pennsylvania (n. d. 10 p.) -- The Acadians in Lancaster County, Paper read before Lancaster County Historical Society, September 4, 1896 (1896, 8 p.) -- Simon S. Rathvon, Ph.D: Lancaster's oldest living devotee of science (n. d. 8 p.) -- Old time heroes of the War of the Revolution and War of 182-14 (1895, 11 p.) -- The Lancaster barracks where the British and Hesian prisoners were detained during the Revolution (1895, 20 p.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
 United States  - History y Revolution, 1775-1783 x Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Contained In
Sketches by Samuel M. SenerLancaster History Library - Lancaster County282 S475
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The Hessian prisoners in the American War of Independence and their life in captivity

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Author
Volm, M. H.
Date of Publication
1937
Call Number
973.342 V926
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Responsibility
by M.H. Volm.
Author
Volm, M. H.
Place of Publication
[Charlottesville? Va
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1937
Physical Description
27 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
Bibliography: p. 26-27.
Summary
This essay provides contextual information concerning how the English actually hired the soldiers and why the German princes, and not other nations who were asked, were willing to sell their men to English. It also discusses how the English and German public reacted to the hiring of German soldiers.
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.342 V926
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A Christmas reminder : being the names of about eight thousand persons, a small portion of the number confined on board the British prison ships during the war of the Revolution

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Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Date of Publication
1888.
Call Number
973.371 B872
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Responsibility
with the compliments of the Society of Old Brooklynites.
Corporate Author
Society of Old Brooklynites (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Place of Publication
Brooklyn, N.Y
Publisher
Eagle print.,
Date of Publication
1888.
Physical Description
61 p. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Jersey (Prison-ship)
Great Britain. - Royal Navy - Prisons.
Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Prison hulks - New York (State) - New York.
Prisoners of war - United States.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.371 B872
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Extracts from the diary of Christopher Marshall : kept in Philadelphia and Lancaster, during the American Revolution, 1774-1781

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Author
Marshall, Christopher,
Date of Publication
1877.
Call Number
973.38 M367
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Responsibility
edited by William Duane.
Author
Marshall, Christopher,
Place of Publication
Albany
Publisher
Joel Munsell,
Date of Publication
1877.
Physical Description
iv, [5]-330 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes
First edition, covering only the years 1774-1776, published in Philadelphia by the same editor in 1839.
Summary
From The History Society of Pennsylvania: Christopher Marshall was born in Dublin, Ireland, on November 6, 1709. He was educated in England and sailed to America sometime in the late 1720s. By 1729, he had established a pharmacy shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His success as a pharmacist and chemist allowed him to retire from business in 1774, but he remained a vital public figure. In 1776, he became a delegate to the Philadelphia Provincial Council, and he was twice appointed to the Continental Committee of Council and Safety. His retirement afforded him the time to keep diaries of public and personal events. He wrote these "remembrances" almost daily from about 1774 to at least 1795. In 1777, Marshall relocated to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to improve his health and to avoid the British armies. After hostilities ceased, Marshall moved back to Philadelphia where he died on May 7, 1797.
Subjects
Marshall, Christopher, - 1709-1797.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Personal narratives.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Duane, William,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.38 M367
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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
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The soldiers' revolution : Pennsylvanians in arms and the forging of early American identity

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Author
Knouff, Gregory T.,
Date of Publication
c2004.
Call Number
973.3448 K72
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Responsibility
Gregory T. Knouff.
ISBN
027102335X (alk. paper)
Author
Knouff, Gregory T.,
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
c2004.
Physical Description
xxiv, 312 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Conflict and community on the eve of revolution -- Why they fought -- Identity and the military community -- The meaning of the war against the British -- Race and violence on the frontier -- Civil War and the contest for community -- The memory of the American Revolution.
Subjects
Soldiers - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Influence.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Influence.
Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3448 K72
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Following the drum : women at the Valley Forge encampment

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Author
Loane, Nancy K.,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
©2009.
Call Number
973.334 L795
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Responsibility
Nancy K. Loane.
ISBN
9781597973854
1597973858
Author
Loane, Nancy K.,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
Potomac Books,
Date of Publication
©2009.
Physical Description
x, 205 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
Contents
Setting the stage : the war, army, and community -- Martha Washington at Valley Forge : "the worthy partner of the worthiest of men" -- Martha Washington at the other encampments : a resolute and loyal lady -- Catharine Greene and Lucy Knox : the ladies come to Valley Forge -- Rebekah Biddle, Lady Stirling, and Alice Shippen at Valley Forge : "I should not be sorry to see you here" -- The women with Washington's "family" : slaves, servants, and spies -- Camp women at Valley Forge : "a caravan of wild beasts" -- Camp women with the Continental Army : cannonballs and cooking kettles -- The general returns to Valley Forge : a distinguished officer's musings -- Appendix: Making the myth of Martha Washington : nineteenth-century fantasy vs. eighteenth-century reality.
Summary
"[This book] tells the story of the forgotten women who spent the winter of 1777-78 with the Continental Army at Valley Forge -- from those on society's lowest rungs to ladies of the upper echelon. Poor, dirty beings who clung to the very edge of survival, many camp women were soldiers' wives who worked as the army's washerwomen, nurses, cooks, or seamstresses. Though these women's written correspondence is scarce, author Nancy Loane uses sources such as issued military orders, pension depositions after the war, and soldiers' descriptions to bring these women to life. Other women at the encampment were of higher status: they traveled with Washington's entourage when the army headquarters shifted from place to place and served the general as valued cooks, laundresses, or housekeepers ... Drawing from diary entries and letters, Following the drum illuminates the experiences of these ladies, including Martha Washington, Lucy Knox, and Lady Stirling, during the encampment and then traces their lives after the Revolutionary War"--Jacket.
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
Washington, George, - 1732-1799 - Headquarters - Pennsylvania - Valley Forge.
Women - Pennsylvania - Valley Forge
Women - Pennsylvania - Valley Forge - Biography.
Women - United States - Biography.
Armed Forces
Women.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, Female.
Pennsylvania - Valley Forge.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Women.
United States.
Valley Forge (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Biography.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.334 L795
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Pennsylvania in the war of the revolution, battalions and line. 1775-1783

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Author
Linn, John Blair,
Date of Publication
1880.
Call Number
974.8029 L756
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Responsibility
Ed. by John Blair Linn, William H. Egle ...
Author
Linn, John Blair,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
L.S. Hart, State Printer,
Date of Publication
1880.
Physical Description
2 v. col. plates, ports., maps, facsims. 22 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania archives; second series ... vol. X-XI
Notes
Rosters and brief histories of the various regiments, orderly books of the First and Seventh regiments, and other papers. For detailed list of contents, see Annual report of the Amer. Hist. Assoc. for 1904, p. 633-635.
The rosters are reprinted, with corrections and additions, in Pennsylvania archives, 5th series, v. 2-4, Harrisburg, 1906.
"Diary of events in the army of the revolution, from Aug. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780. From the journal of Capt. Joseph McClellan, of Ninth Penn'a": v. 2, p. [571]-585.
"Diary of the revolt in the Pennsylvania line. January, 1781 [by Capt. Joseph McClellan; with other papers relating to the affair]": v. 2, p. [629]-674.
"Diary of the Pennsylvania line. May 26, 1781-April 25, 1782 [comp. from the journals of Capt. Joseph McClellan and Lieut. William Feltman]": v. 2, p. [675]-727.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. - Militia.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Egle, William Henry,
McClellan, Joseph,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
974.8029 L756
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American prisoners of the Revolution

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Author
Dandridge, Danske.
Date of Publication
1994
Call Number
929.31 D178
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Responsibility
by Danske Dandridge
Author
Dandridge, Danske.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Clearfield Co.
Date of Publication
1994
Physical Description
ix, 504 p. 21 cm.
Subjects
Revolution, 1775-1783
Prisoners of war - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.31 D178
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The impact of British western policy on the coming of the American Revolution in Pensylvania

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Author
Oaks, Robert F.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.101
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Responsibility
by Robert F. Oaks.
Author
Oaks, Robert F.
Physical Description
171-189 p.
Notes
This record provides a link to this resource from the publisher's official online repository.
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.101 (1977)
Subjects
Public opinion - Great Britain.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Foreign public opinion.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.101
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