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Colonel Thomas Porter

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Author
Risk, Robert Blair,
Date of Publication
1921
, viz: John William. Thomas. Mary Rebecca. Margaret, George. James and Violet, only one of whom. John. was fourteen years of a ge upon the death of his father in 1777. Col. Porter died intestate and probably poor. as he had spent most of his possessions in equipping the various companies of militia he
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by Robert B. Risk, Esq.
Author
Risk, Robert Blair,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921
Physical Description
14-19 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 8
Subjects
Porter, Thomas, - 1738?-1777.
Minutemen (Militia)
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 8 (1921), p. 14-19Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
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General John Steele

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Author
Frazer, Susan C.
Date of Publication
1921
Cincinnati. Minutemen (Militia) United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1921 Description: 20-23 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 8 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.25 Location: LCHSJL
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by Susan C. Frazer.
Author
Frazer, Susan C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1921
Physical Description
20-27 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 8
Subjects
Steele, John, - 1758-1827.
Society of the Order of the Cincinnati.
Minutemen (Militia)
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 25, number 8 (1921), p. 20-27Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.25
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The Pennsylvania Flying Camp, July-November 1776

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Author
Devine, Francis E.
Call Number
905.748 PHA v.46
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by Francis E. Devine.
Author
Devine, Francis E.
Physical Description
59-78 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania History, v.46, 1979.
"The Flying Camp was an early and short-lived experiment with the concept of Extra Continental regiments, a 'national' rather than a 'confederate' force, which was to be distinct as having formed without any administrative connection to any individual state." [Wikipedia]
Summary
The article discusses the reserve Revolutionary War forces known as the Flying Camp.
Subjects
Flying Camp.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Militia.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
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905.748 PHA v.46
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https://journals.psu.edu/phj/article/view/24081/23850
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The services of Peter Smith, Revolutionary hero

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Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Date of Publication
1917
- ditions were not satisfactory, as in the latter part of June Washington said concerning affairs at New York: "But few militia have yet come in, the whole being about twelve hundred, including the two battalions of this city and one company from the Jerseys. I wish the delay may not be attcnded with dis
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by Miss Lottie M. Bausman.
Author
Bausman, Lottie M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1917
Physical Description
137-142 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 21, no. 8 & 9
Summary
The story of Peter Smith's service in the Revolutionary War. He was not a hero in the sense that he was reported to have performed a specific valiant act, but a hero in the sense that he served his country as a citizen soldier in several phases of the war.
Subjects
Smith, Peter.
Flying Camp.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Militia.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 8/9 (1917), p. 137-142Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.21
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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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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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