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General John Fulton Reynolds : his biography, words and relations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19538
Author
Berger-Knorr, Lawrence,
Edition
2nd Sunbury Press ed.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
923.5 R462k
Responsibility
Lawrence Knorr, Michael A. Riley, Diane E. Watson.
ISBN
9781620061817 (pbk.)
1620061813 (pbk.)
Author
Berger-Knorr, Lawrence,
Edition
2nd Sunbury Press ed.
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, PA
Publisher
Sunbury Press,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
312 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes
Rev ed. of: General John Fulton Reynolds / compiled by Lawrence Knorr. Camp Hill, PA : Sunbury Press, c2010.
Includes: Kinship of John Fulton Reynolds (p. 250-291).
Genealogy.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. 1. For God's sake forward! / by Michael A. Riley -- pt. 2. Reynolds, the last six miles / by Diane E. Watson -- pt. 3. Reynolds, his own words before Gettysburg / by Diane E. Watson -- pt. 4. The relations of John Fulton Reynolds / by Lawrence Knorr.
Subjects
Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863.
Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863
Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863 - Family.
Reynolds family.
United States. - Army - Biography.
United States. - Army.
Generals - United States - Biography.
Families.
Generals.
Military campaigns.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States.
Personal narratives.
Records and correspondence.
Additional Author
Riley, Michael A.
Watson, Diane E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 R462k
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John Laurance and the Role of Military Justice at Valley Forge

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21169
Author
Jones, Keith Marshall
Date of Publication
2017.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.141
Author
Jones, Keith Marshall
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
2017.
Physical Description
7-29 p.
Series
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography ; v. 141, no. 1
Summary
Abstract: Introducing a fresh metric—general courts-martial per thousand fit-for-duty troops—this article expands Valley Forge historiography by quantifying trial incidence in a forty-two-month context to suggest military justice played a significantly greater role over the winter of privation than previously thought. Courts-martial discipline, the essay argues, served as General Washington's fundamental instrument of command and control until drillmaster Baron von Steuben's iconic parade-ground regimen took hold. As Washington's unheralded "courtroom von Steuben," Judge Advocate General John Laurance superintended rule of military law over eighty tattered Valley Forge regiments by diligently enforcing the 1776 Articles of War among private soldiers, officers, and civilians alike.
Subjects
Military law
Valley Forge (Pa.) - History.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.141
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America's women in the Revolutionary era : a history through bibliography

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Author
Grundset, Eric.
Date of Publication
c2011.
Call Number
973.3 G925
Alternate Title
America's women in the Revolutionary era, 1760-1790
Responsibility
Eric G. Grundset ; with Briana L. Diaz and Hollis L. Gentry.
ISBN
9781892237125
1892237121
Author
Grundset, Eric.
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Physical Description
3 v. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
v. 1. General studies. Women and girls during the Revolutionary era ; Women's biography ; American girls ; African American women ; Native American women ; Women and girls in the Revolutionary era, miscellaneous topics -- Women in the family and in society. Women, the family, and genealogy ; Women as mothers and their children ; Women working in the home and elsewhere ; Women's roles in society and interactions with others ; Women's rights and legal status ; The religious experiences of American women during the Revolutionary era ; Women and the American economy ; Women adn crime --
v. 1 (cont.). Women, culture, education, and creative arts. Women's cultural life and activities ; Women, girls, and education ; Women, writing, reading and creating on paper ; Women and the influence of classical themes ; Women and the folklore of the Revolutionary era ; Women and girls in historical fiction set during the Revolutionary era ; Women, art, and artists during the Revolutionary era ; Women and girls, textiles, needlework, and similar creative activities ; Women's and girls' clothing and costume -- Women, girls, and the war effort during the American Revolution. Women who supplied guns, gunpowder, and materials to the military ; Women in crowds, mobs, protests, demonstrations, boycotts, etc. ; Women as spies, messengers, warners, etc. ; Women on the move --
v. 2. Women and girls of the regions and states of the United States. New England women (generally) ; The women of Maine ; The women of New Hampshire ; The women of Vermont ; The women of Massachusetts ; The women of Rhode Island ; The women of Connecticut ; The women of the Mid-Atlantic states (generally) ; The women of New York ; The women of New Jersey ; The women of Pennsylvania ; The women of Delaware ; Southern women (generally) ; The women of Maryland ; The women of Virginia (includes modern West Virginia) ; The women of North Carolina ; The women of South Carolina ; The women of Georgia ; Women on the frontier ; The women of Kentucky ; The women of Tennessee ; The women of the Old Northwest and the Ohio Valley ; Women of the Spanish and French borderland areas now part of the United States ; Women and girls of the British Empire and the American Revolution.
v. 3. Authors and chronology of publications.
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Women - Bibliography.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Bibliography.
United States - History - 1783-1815 - Bibliography.
Additional Author
Diaz, Briana L.
Gentry, Hollis L.
Additional Corporate Author
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 G925
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Treacherous beauty : Peggy Shippen, the woman behind Benedict Arnold's plot to betray America

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Author
Jacob, Mark.
Date of Publication
c2012.
Call Number
973.3 J15
Responsibility
Mark Jacob and Stephen H. Case.
ISBN
9780762773886 (hbk.)
076277388X (hbk.)
Author
Jacob, Mark.
Place of Publication
Guilford, Conn
Publisher
Lyons Press,
Date of Publication
c2012.
Physical Description
viii, 279 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-270) and index.
Contents
Princess of Philadelphia -- No safe haven -- Enter André -- The Meschianza -- Arnold arrives -- Love and money -- The general's wife -- Spymaster -- The dance of deceit -- The way to West Point -- "The greatest treasure you have" -- Meeting after midnight -- A capture and an escape -- The mad scene -- Pariah of Philadelphia -- The three fates -- "The handsomest woman in England" -- Strangers in America -- Unmanned -- The keepsake -- Epilogue.
Subjects
Arnold, Margaret Shippen, - 1760-1804.
Arnold, Benedict, - 1741-1801.
American loyalists - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Additional Author
Case, Stephen H.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.3 J15
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Spies in the Continental capital: Espionage across Pennsylvania during the American Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21094
Author
Nagy, John A.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
973.385 N152
Alternate Title
Spies in the Continental Congress
Responsibility
by John A. Nagy.
ISBN
9781594161339
159416133X
Author
Nagy, John A.
Place of Publication
Yardley, Pa
Publisher
Westholme,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
xiii, 273 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and indexes.
Contents
A peace treaty is signed, the war begins -- British intrigues in Congress -- The British capture of Philadelphia -- Occupied Philadelphia : the British move in -- The Major John Clark Jr. spy ring -- Occupied Philadelphia : the British move out -- Chasing a fox -- Commuter spies : New York and Philadelphia -- Spies along the Susquehanna River : Lancaster, Muncy, and York -- The traitor and the merchant -- Pittsburgh : Pennsylvania's frontier -- European adventures -- More British intrigues in Congress.
Summary
Philadelphia played a key role in the history of spying during the American Revolution because it was the main location for the Continental Congress, was occupied by the British Command, and then returned to Continental control. Philadelphia became a center of spies for the British and Americansas well as double agents. George Washington was a firm believer in reliable military intelligence; after evacuating New York City, he neglected to have a spy network in place: when the British took over Philadelphia, he did not make the same mistake, and Washington was able to keep abreast of British troop strengths and intentions. Likewise, the British used the large Loyalist community around Philadelphia to assess the abilities of their Continental foes, as well as the resolve of Congress. In addition to describing techniques used by spies and specific events, such as the Major Andre episode, Nagy has scoured rare primary source documents to provide new and compelling information about some of the most notable agents of the war, such as Lydia Darragh, a celebrated American spy.An important contribution to Revolutionary War history, Spies in the Continental Capital: Espionage Across Pennsylvania During the American Revolution demonstrates that intelligence operations on both sides emanating from Pennsylvania were vast, well-designed, and critical to understanding the course and outcome of the war.
Subjects
Spies - United States
Spies - Great Britain
Spies - France
Espionage - United States
Espionage - Great Britain
Espionage - France
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.385 N152
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The Quaker Exiles: "The cause of every inhabitant"

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Author
Whidbee, Paige L.
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.83 n.1
Responsibility
by Paige L. Whidbee
Author
Whidbee, Paige L.
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical Association,
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
28-57 p.
Series
Pennsylvania History: A journal of mid-Atlantic studies ; v. 83, no. 1
Summary
In 1777 twenty-two Philadelphia Quakers were arrested by the new American government, who suspected the Quakers harbored loyalist sentiments. They were unable to support any charges against them with evidence. To keep these Quakers incarcerated, the government denied them a hearing, removed them from Pennsylvania, and had them imprisoned at a farm in Virginia. Far from home and denied a hearing, the exiled Quakers resorted to publishing petitions, letters, and pamphlets to argue for their release. This article will show that these arguments succeeded because they employed the same rhetoric and ideals that the Revolution's leaders used to justify the fight for Independence. Quaker use of this rhetoric forced the Revolution's leaders to meaningfully confront the contradictions between their promises about liberty and their actions, and established the Friends' response strategy as an effective tool for similar groups to use in the future.
Subjects
Quakers - Pennsylvania
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.83 n.1
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Revolutionary War patriots of Chestnut Level Presbyertian Church

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19418
Author
McMullen, Roberta Patton.
Date of Publication
[2016]
Call Number
285.1 M168
Responsibility
by Roberta Patton McMullen.
Author
McMullen, Roberta Patton.
Place of Publication
Place not identified
Publisher
Roberta Patton McMullen,
Date of Publication
[2016]
Physical Description
iv, 76 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Subjects
Latta, James, - Dr. - 1732-1801.
Smith, Samson, - Rev. - c1727-c1781.
Ankrim, Archibald, - c1730-1800.
Barnes, James, - 1757-1827.
Bigham, James, - 1738-1804.
Boyd, John, - Captain, - 1736-1807.
Buchanan, James, - 1727-1797.
Caldwell, Andrew, - Jr., - 1734-1808.
Caldwell, John, - Lieutenant, - 1736-1812.
Caldwell, Oliver, - 1757-1813.
Calhoun, James, - Lieutenant, - 1756-1822.
Calhoun, William, - Second Lieutenant, - 1747-1823.
Campbell, Patrick, - 1742-1817.
Clark, Thomas, - c. 1726-c1803.
Culley, Thomas, - c. 1735- c1798.
Gamble, James, - Captain - 1737-1795.
Gryder, Jacob, - 1743-1814.
Irwin, Moses, - Esquire, - 1722- 1805.
King, Rober, - Major, - 1744-1827.
Long, Hugh, - 1760-1832.
Long, James, - 1735-1803.
Long, John, - 1726-1783.
Long, Robert, - 1743-1806.
McElroy, John, - 1728-1804.
McIntire, William, - c1719-1803.
McPherson, James, - Lieutenant, - 1733-1821.
McPherson, William, - 1698-1783.
Martin, Samuel, - 1729-1795.
Morrison, James, - Captain, - 1748-1810.
Morrisonm, Samuel, - 1730-1811.
Neel, Thomas, - Lieutenant, - 1744-1824.
Pegan, James, - Jr., - 1754-1934.
Penny, Hugh, - Esquire, - 1748-1809.
Reed, George, - Esquire, - 1728-1789.
Reed, John, - 1754-1832.
Robinson, Thomas, - 1736-1803.
Steele, William, - Sr., - 1707-1780.
Steele, William, - Captain, - 1750-1822.
Wilson, John, - 1715-1812.
Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church (Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pa.) - History.
Revolutionary War 1775-1783
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Registers
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
285.1 M168
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General Francis Nichols (1737-1812) Pottstown's other Revolutionary War hero : a biographical sketch

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16973
Author
Graham, Daniel A.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
923.5 N618
Responsibility
Daniel A. Graham.
Author
Graham, Daniel A.
Place of Publication
Montrose Pa
Publisher
Daniel A Graham,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
32 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Nichols, Francis, - 1737-1812.
Landowners - Pennsylvania - Pottstown - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 N618
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Prigg v. Pennsylvania : slavery, the Supreme Court, and the ambivalent constitution

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Author
Baker, H. Robert.
Date of Publication
©2012.
Call Number
342.73 B167
Responsibility
H. Robert Baker.
ISBN
9780700618644 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700618643 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700618651 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0700618651 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author
Baker, H. Robert.
Place of Publication
[Lawrence]
Publisher
University Press of Kansas,
Date of Publication
©2012.
Physical Description
xii, 202 pages ; 23 cm.
Series
Landmark law cases & American society
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.
Contents
A short history of fugitives in America and an African named James Somerset -- The original meaning of the fugitive slave clause -- The Fugitive Slave Act, kidnapping, and the powers of dual sovereigns -- The rights of slaveholders and those of free Blacks in Pennsylvania's Personal Liberty Law of 1826 -- Black sailors, kidnapped freemen, and a crisis in northern fugitive slave jurisprudence -- Arresting Margaret -- Arresting Edward Prigg -- Before the court -- Deciding Prigg -- After the court.
Summary
Margaret Morgan was born in freedom's shadow. Her parents were slaves of John Ashmore, a prosperous Maryland mill owner who freed many of his slaves in the last years of his life. Ashmore never laid claim to Margaret, who eventually married a free black man and moved to Pennsylvania. Then, John Ashmore's widow sent Edward Prigg to Pennsylvania to claim Margaret as a runaway. Prigg seized Margaret and her children, one of them born in Pennsylvania and forcibly removed them to Maryland in violation of Pennsylvania law. In the ensuing uproar, Prigg was indicted for kidnapping under Pennsylvania's personal liberty law. Maryland, however, blocked his extradition, setting the stage for a remarkable Supreme Court case in 1842.
Subjects
Prigg, Edward - Trials, litigation, etc.
Prigg, Edward.
Pennsylvania - Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. - Supreme Court.
Fugitive slaves - United States.
Fugitive slaves
Trials.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 41 U.S. 539 (1842)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
342.73 B167
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2015 U. S. Women's open Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, PA July 6-12, 2015 : The Women's Open is the oldest championship open to women professionasl and amaterus. A USGA record of 1,873 golfers competed to play in the 2015 U. S. Women's Open at Lancaster Country Club

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18871
Date of Publication
2015.
Call Number
796.35266 T974
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pa.,
Date of Publication
2015.
Physical Description
72 p. ; ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
Contents
PARTIAL CONTENTS. -- Jerry and Anita Hostetter (top left), Ted Brubaker (Margot's & George's son (white shirt, bottom left), p. 30 -- Mark and Patti Mauer (top left), p. 33 -- Kathryn Brandt, Bobby and Emmy (top right), p. 34 -- In the crowd, Kathryn and Bobby Brandt (top right), p. 40 -- Bernadette & Eugene Gardner (top right), p. 48 -- Scott Radcliff and Eugene Gardner (bottom right), p. 48 -- Scott Radcliffe and Eugene Gardner (top right), p. 55 -- Bobby Brandt (top right) and Rod Messick (bottom right) p. 59.
Subjects
U. S. Women's Open (Golf tournament)
Lancaster Country Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Golf - United States.
Golf - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Golf for women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Women golfers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
United States Golf Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
796.35266 T974
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