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The Continental Congress at York, Pennsylvania, 1777-1778

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Author
Betz, I.H.
Call Number
905.748 PGA v.7
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{by} I. H. Betz
Author
Betz, I.H.
Physical Description
64-68 p.
Notes
In: The Pennsylvania German, v.7, 1906.
Subjects
United States - Continental Congress.
Constitutional history - United States.
United States
York (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PGA v.7
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The German regiment of Maryland and Pennsylvania in the Continental Army, 1776-1781

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Author
Retzer, Henry J.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Date of Publication
1991.
Call Number
973.34 R441
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ISBN
1585492027
Author
Retzer, Henry J.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Place of Publication
Westminster, Md
Publisher
Willow Bend Books,
Date of Publication
1991.
Physical Description
ix, 183 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
"WB0529"--P. [4] of cover.
Includes index.
Subjects
United States. - Continental Army. - Maryland German Regiment - Registers.
United States. - Continental Army. - Pennsylvania German Regiment - Registers.
Soldiers - Maryland - Registers.
Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Registers.
German Americans - Maryland - Genealogy.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
Maryland - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.34 R441
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Letters of the Continental Congress in Lancaster

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1927
LETTERS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner It was shortly after the defeat of the American army at Brandywine, in September, 1777, that the Continental Congress, as noble a legislative body as the world had ever seen, adjourned from Independence Hall in Philadelphia
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
31-34 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 3
Subjects
United States. - Continental Congress.
Constitutional history - United States.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 3 (1927), p. 31-34Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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The meeting of the Continental Congress in Lancaster

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1927
THE MEETING OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN LANCASTER By Herbert H. Beck The Sesqui Centennial of the most notable part Lancaster has taken in national affairs is September 27. On that date 1777 the Continental Congress met in the Lancaster Courthouse, which stood in the center of Penn Square
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by Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
101-103 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7
Subjects
United States. - Continental Congress.
Constitutional history - United States.
United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 7 (1927), p. 101-103Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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"Villainy and Maddness" : Washington's Flying Camp

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Author
Baker, Richard Lee,
Date of Publication
2011.
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Responsibility
by Richard Lee Baker.
ISBN
9780806355061
0806355069
Author
Baker, Richard Lee,
Place of Publication
Baltimore, Maryland
Publisher
Genealogical Publisher Company,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
115 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-113) and index.
Contents
A grand view -- "Spirits form the vastly deep" -- Delaware --- Maryland -- Pennsylvania -- New Jersey -- From North and South -- Glory forgotten.
Introduction -- A grand view -- "Spirits from the vastly deep" -- Delaware -- Maryland -- Pennsylvania -- New Jersey -- From North and South -- Glory forgotten.
Summary
"The "Flying Camp" is a vaguely understood episode of the American Revolution. In May 1776 the Continental Congress authorized the formation of a force of 10,000 militia, conceived by General George Washington as a "mobile reserve" that would both defend the army's garrisons in the Middle States and spread alarm amongst the British. Most, but not all, of the putative organization was to come from the states of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. In point of fact, the Flying Camp as an idea and actuality barely survived the year. In the wake of the New York and New Jersey campaigns of 1776 it became abundantly clear that what Washington needed was a reliable and substantial Continental Army, not short-term, undersubscribed militia haphazardly organized under the chimera of a "Flying Camp." Despite its unsustainability as a military concept, the officers and noncommissioned members of the various elements of the Flying Camp rendered important service to the Nation in the campaigns of Long Island, Trenton, and Princeton, among others. Drawing on original sources, particularly the correspondence of the Continental Congress, state committees of safety, the George Washington papers, and more, Baker fills in the gaps in the history of the Flying Camp that have eluded historians until now. In his able hands, we trace the Flying Camp from its beginnings in Washington's imagination, to the dispatches of the new Congress enjoining the Middle States to commit specified numbers of militiamen to this important cause, to the logistical difficulties in achieving the objectives in General Washington's master plan, and to the actual service of Flying Camp militia in the campaigns of 1776." -- Publisher.
Subjects
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
United States. - Continental Army.
Delaware - Genealogy.
Maryland - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
New Jersey - Genealogy.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Campaigns.
United States - Militia - History - 18th century.
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