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Collection
James Buchanan Collection
Title
Invitation for a ceremony at Ephrata (Camp Brandywine) in memory of two-hundred soldiers of the American Revolution
Object ID
MG0096 F023 It02
Date Range
1845/05/29
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Collection
James Buchanan Collection
Title
Invitation for a ceremony at Ephrata (Camp Brandywine) in memory of two-hundred soldiers of the American Revolution
Description
An invitation to James Buchanan from a committee appointed to organize a military encampment at Ephrata (Camp Brandywine) for a ceremony to lay a cornerstone of a monument erected in memory of two-hundred soldiers of the American Revolution. The soldiers were “buried in the vicinity of the village, wounded at the Battle of Brandywine…died in the hospitals at Ephrata.” Lancaster.
Date Range
1845/05/29
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
Buchanan, James
Subjects
Ephrata (Pa.)
Brandywine, Battle of, Pa., 1777
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Monuments
Rites and ceremonies
Cornerstone laying
Soldiers' monuments
War memorials
Military hospitals
Letters
Search Terms
Correspondence
Letters
Ephrata
Camp Brandywine
Battle of Brandywine
Revolutionary War
Monuments
Ceremonies
Cornerstone laying
Soldiers' monuments
War memorials
Military hospitals
James Buchanan
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 4 pages to scan, 25 x 18.5 cm
Object Name
Letter
Language
English
Parent Object ID
MG0096
Object ID
MG0096 F023 It02
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Associated Material
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760
James Buchanan Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph Collection
Curatorial Collection
Wheatland Collection
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 023, Item 02
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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Letters relating to Colonial military hospitals in Lancaster County

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Author
Heiges, George L.
Date of Publication
1948
Letters Relating to Colonial Military Hospitals in Lancaster County By GEORGE L. HEIGES I N THE archives of the Pennsylvania Historical Society there are several collections in which may be found letters which give us some very definite information about military hospitals in Lancaster County
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Responsibility
by George L. Heiges.
Author
Heiges, George L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[73]-96 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 4
Subjects
Potts, Jonathan, - 1745-1781.
Craik, James, - 1730-1814.
Shippen, William, - 1736?-1808.
Rush, Benjamin, - 1746-1813.
Morgan, John.
Military hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Hospitals.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 4 (1948), p. 73-96Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
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The military hospital at Litiz, 1777-78

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1919
Flying Camp, and on April 11, 1777, he was elected Director General of all the Military Hospitals for the Armies of the United States. On May 11, 1780, he was elected Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, which position he held until 1806. He was president of the . College
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Responsibility
by Prof. Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1919
Physical Description
[4]-14 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 1
Summary
This article, written in 1919, describes life in Lititz during the Revolutionary war as well as the establishment the military hospital. Lititz was not a formal religious community as were Nazareth and Bethlehem, but the Moravian church was very influential in the town and operated several businesses there. The article provides many diary entries, some of which are unrelated to the hospital.
Subjects
Military hospitals - Pennsylvania.
Lititz (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Contained In
Contained in: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 23, number 1 (1919), p. 5-14Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.23
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The military hospital at the Cloister

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Author
Martin, C. H.
Date of Publication
1947.
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Responsibility
by C. H. Martin.
Author
Martin, C. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1947.
Physical Description
[127]-133 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 51, no. 5
Subjects
Cloister (Ephrata, Pa.)
Military hospitals - Pennsylvania.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Monuments - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Medical care.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 51, number 5 (1947), p. 127-133Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.51
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The military hospitals at Bethlehem and Lititz Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War

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Author
Jordan, John Woolf.
Date of Publication
1896
Call Number
355.72 J82
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Responsibility
by John Woolf Jordan
Author
Jordan, John Woolf.
Place of Publication
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Publisher
Wyomng Historical & Geological Society
Date of Publication
1896
Physical Description
23 p. ill. 25 cm.
Subjects
Military hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lititz
Military hospitals - Pennsylvania - Bethlehem.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
355.72 J82
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t5cc1d739&view=1up&seq=9
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Return of the sick at Lititz Hospital, August 23, 1778

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Author
Jordan, John W.
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
905.748 HSP
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Responsibility
John W. Jordan.
Author
Jordan, John W.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
pp. 379-381 ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.36.
"A list of men's names remaining in the Gen. Hospital at Lititz in Brigades, Regt., Compys., 8c. August 23, 1778."
Subjects
Military hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lititz
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/26540/26297
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