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.
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.
Journal of the Senate of the United States of America; : being the second session of the Second Congress, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, November 5th, 1792, and in the seventeenth year of the sovereignty of the said United States
Second Congress, 2nd Session: from 5 November 1792 to 2 March 1793.
Speech of President Washington to Congress, Nov. 6, 1792: p. 5-9.
Signed on p. 89: Samuel A. Otis, secretary [of the Senate].
Signatures: [A]² B-2B².
Appendix: Titles of the acts passed at the second session of the Second Congress of the United States, begun and held at Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday the 5th day of November 1792. -- Bills originated during the session, but were either rejected or postponed. -- The classes of the Senators of the United States, on the 4th day of March 1793.
"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.
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.
Index to the journal of the convention who framed the present Constitution, and of the convention in committee of the whole. : Also, a concise index to the Constitution itself
Bound with Minutes of the proceedings of the convention of the state of Pennsylvania...Philadelphia, Henry Miller, 1776 - Minutes of the convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania...Philadelpha: Hall and Sellers, 1787 - Minutes of the convention of the commonwealth of Pennshvania...Philadelphia: Zacharia Poulson, 1789 - Minutes of the grand committee of the whole convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania,..Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson, 1789. - Minutes of the grand committee of the whole convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania...the twenty-fourth day of November 1790.
"Edited from the original records in the Library of Congress."
Edited in the Divisions of Manuscripts, Library of Congress: v. 1- 15, Sept. 5, 1774-Dec. 31, 1779 by Worthington Chauncy Ford; v. 16-27, Jan. 1, 1780-Dec. 24, 1784 by Gaillard Hunt; v.28-31, Jan. 11, 1785-Dec. 31, 1786 by John C. Fitzpatrick; v.32-34, Jan. 17, 1787-March 2, 1789 by Roscoe R. Hill.
Index volume compiled by Kenneth E. Harris and Steven D. Tilley.
Library has: volumes 1 to 28 (1774-1785).
"Bibliographical notes" for 1774, 1775, etc. are found in the last vol. of "Journals" for the corresponding years, i.e. in v. 1, 3, 6, 9, etc. These notes are based upon "Some materials for a bibliography of the official publications of the Continental Congress ... by Paul Leicester Ford."
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.
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirtieth. : Volume XVI
Journal of the session which began Dec. 3, 1805 and concluded Mar. 31, 1806.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 28 as assigned by Yeates.
"Appointments made by the governor of Pennsylvania, since March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred, (the date of the last report of the secretary of the commonwealth, to the legislature) with the dates of their commissions, and the names of their sureties ..."--Page 423-461.
"Expiration of the appointments of the members of Senate."--Page 478.
Report of a committee 21 pages printed by William Hamilton.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Full tooled leather binding with maroon title on spine.
"The materials for a memoir of General Wayne...are now deposited with the collecitons of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. A study of these papers has enabled me to give to the public a full and...trustworthy account of the career of General Wayne. These papers embrace copies of the letters written by him during his campaigns, or rather the rough draughts of those letters, letters received by him from the most eminent personages of the Revolution, and many other documents illustrating his life. My object has been to allow these letters to tell their own story, connecting them only by such an account of the events of the time as may seem necessary to explain the true value and character of General Wayne's achievements and those of the men he commanded, --for the most part officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania line."
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-eighth. : Volume XXIV
Journal of the session which began Dec. 7, 1813 and concluded Mar. 28, 1814.
Error in paging: p. 24, 2nd count, misnumbered 42.
"Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, session 1813-14"--24 p., 2nd count. Recorded separately by Shaw & Shoemaker as entry 32469.
"Members of Senate, whose seats will be vacated."--Page 560.
Journal of the seventeenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the second day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and of the commonwealth the thirty-first
Journal of the session which began Dec. 2, 1806 and concluded Apr. 13, 1807.
Error in paging: p. 496 misnumbered 474.
Last page blank.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 28 as assigned by Yeates
"Index to the Journal of the seventeenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Lancaster: Printed by William Hamilton, West King-Street. 1807"--Xxxix p., 2nd count. With separate title page.
Journal of the twenty sixth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. : Commenced at Harrisburg, Tuesday the fifth of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and of the commonwealth the fortieth
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Harrisburg, the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-seventh. : Volume XXIII
Journal of the session which began Dec. 1, 1812 and concluded Mar. 29, 1813.
Errors in paging: numbers 465-466 omitted; p. 306, 313, 314, 496 misnumbered 506, 213, 214, 696.
"Index to the Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Session, 1812-13. Harrisburg: Printed by William Greer. 1813"--24 p., 2nd count. Recorded separately by Shaw & Showmaker as entry 29472.
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page.
Book number 35 as assigned by Yeates.
"Expiration of the appointments of the members of Senate."--Page 620.
Journal of the first session of the thirteenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and two
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.
