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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.
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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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William Henry : progenitor of the steamboat, riflemaker, patriot

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1950
president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, read a brief paper before the Lancaster County Historical Society on his great-great-grandfather, William Henry. In 1910 John W. Jordan's brother, Francis Jordan, Jr., published "The Life of William Henry," 1 which is the most comprehensive and the best
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Responsibility
by Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1950
Physical Description
[65]-88 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 4
Subjects
Henry, William, - 1729-1786.
United States. - Army - Officers.
Steam-navigation
Inventors - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 54, number 4 (1950), p. 65-88Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.54
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