topic:"Prisoners" found 11 records - Research Collections

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Collection: Revolutionary War Collection

Title: Revolutionary War Collection

Object ID: MG0098

Date Range: 1776-1976

2 documents

Collection: Revolutionary War Collection

Title: Revolutionary War Collection

Description: The Revolutionary War Collection contains a variety of materials from and about the Revolutionary War in Lancaster County and Pennsylvania. The original records include correspondence, military pay certificates, court records, and an orderly book kept by Lt. Col. Adam Hubley, Jr. during the Sullivan Campaign of 1779. There are also research notes and secondary sources, including a list of prisoners of war, a list of males in Lancaster County in 1776, Continental Hospital Returns 1777-1780, articles, information on soldiers buried in Lancaster County, and an article about John Paul Jones.

Date Range: 1776-1976

Creation Date: 1776-1976

Year Range From: 1776

Year Range To: 1976

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Beddulph, Robert; Boyd, John; Burd, James Edward; Chambers, Stephen; Coedans, James; Cooke, William; Ferree, John; Getty, Christian; Gurney, Francis; Hubley, Adam; Jolly, James A. "Jim"; Joy, Daniel; Kieffer, Henry Martyn; Moore, William; Neal, James; Patterson, Alex; Porter, Thomas; Ramsay, David; Rapp, Brandon; Reid, George W.; Worner, William Frederic; Zellty, John A.

Subjects: Cemeteries; Letters; Military history; Military regulations; Newtown, Battle of, Newtown, N.Y., 1779; Prisoners of war; Soldiers; Stony Point, Battle of, Stony Point, N.Y., 1779; Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons

Search Terms: Battle of Newtown; Battle of Stony Point; Cemeteries; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Correspondence; Finding aids; Haudenosaunee Confederacy; Letters; Manuscript groups; Military history; Military records; Military regulations; Prisoners of war; Receipts; Revolutionary War; Soldiers; Sullivan Campaign, 1779

Extent: 3 boxes, 40 folders, 1.25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0098

Notes: Harmful Language Warning: LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this orderly book reflects the racial prejudices of the era and the violence perpetrated against the Haudenosaunee Confederacy during the American War of Independence. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content. This volume contains language that is offensive, oppressive, graphic, and may cause distress. LancasterHistory does not condone the use of this language.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please use digital images and transcriptions when available.

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Credit: Revolutionary War Collection (MG-98), Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.

Other Numbers: MG-98

Other Number: MG-98

Classification: MG0098

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged prior to 1997. Items have been added and the finding aid has been updated since 1997.

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English convicts in colonial America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6304

Author: Coldham, Peter Wilson.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1974-<1976 >

Call Number: 929.3 C688

Responsibility: compiled and edited by Peter Wilson Coldham.

Author: Coldham, Peter Wilson.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New Orleans

Publisher: Polyanthos,

Date of Publication: 1974-<1976 >

Physical Description: v. <1-2 > : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: v. 1, p. xv-xviii.

Contents: v. 1. Middlesex: 1617-1775.--v. 2. London, 1656-1775.

Subjects: Prisoners - England.; Registers of births, etc. - United States.; United States - Genealogy.; England - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.3 C688

Hessian laborers at Lancaster, Pa., 1777

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14392

Author: Smith, Clifford Neal.

Date of Publication: 1971

Call Number: 905.29 NG v. 59 (1971)

Responsibility: by Clifford Neal Smith.

Author: Smith, Clifford Neal.

Date of Publication: 1971

Physical Description: p. 188.

Notes: National Genealogical Society Quarterly, v., 59 (1971).

Summary: This is a short article that provides the last names of Hessian prisoners who were being paid for work on "public buildings" in Lancaster. No other information about the prisoners or their work is given.

Subjects: Hessians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Prisoners of war - Germany.; Prisoners of war - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.29 NG v. 59 (1971)

List

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: List of incarcerated persons

Object ID: AUG 1818 F002 QS

Date Range: 1818/08

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: List of incarcerated persons

Date Range: 1818/08

Year: 1818

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

People: Boldeman, Louisa; Boose, Henry; Bortle, Barbara; Brown, John; Brown, Joseph; Carman, Andrew; Coleman, Frederick; Coleman, Isaac; Davison, George; Ditweiler, Jacob; French, John; Fuller, Peter; Fuller, William; Gallodet, Samuel; Gardner, Thomas; Henderson, Clemson; Johnston, Thomas; Kindig, Tobias; Patterson, Michael; Reynolds, Abner; Richards, John; Smith, Sophia; Stocks, Abraham; Sture, George; West, John; Zell, Henry

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Subjects: African Americans--History; Prisoners

Search Terms: Incarcerated persons; Persons of color; Prisons; Quarter Sessions; Women

Object Name: List

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: AUG 1818 F002 QS

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Additional Notes: List of prisoners.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Loyalists, pacifists, and prisoners

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14108

Author: Steinmetz, Rollin C.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245re

Responsibility: by Rollin C. Steinmetz ; original ill. by Grace T. Steinmetz.

ISBN: 0915010127

Author: Steinmetz, Rollin C.

Place of Publication: Lancaster [Pa.] : Lititz, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee ; distributed by Sutter House,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 81 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Series: Lancaster County during the American Revolution ;

Notes: At head of cover title: Revolutionary Lancaster.; "A Bicentennial book."; Spine title: Lancaster County during the American Revolution; Joseph E. Walker, editor.