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Sketch of Sandy Hook with the temporary works latly constructed thereon ; shewing also the position of the British & French [fleets] under the command of the Rt. Hon. the Lord Viscount H[owe] & Monsr. [le] Comte D'Estaing 22 July 1778.

Title: Sketch of Sandy Hook with the temporary works latly constructed thereon ; shewing also the position of the British & French [fleets] under the command of the Rt. Hon. the Lord Viscount H[owe] & Monsr. [le] Comte D'Estaing 22 July 1778. [18--?]

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms., col., on tracing paper ; 37 x 48 cm.

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Losse de Bayac, Charles Joseph de, b. 1742. History and journal of Charles Joseph de Losse de Bayac, 1763-1783.

Title: History and journal of Charles Joseph de Losse de Bayac, 1763-1783.

The history, n.d., of the Revolutionary War in the United States from 1763 to 1779, consists of second hand accounts of events leading up to the beginning of the war in 1775, the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill, George Washington, the siege of Boston, Mass., the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, and operations in Canada. The history continues with the Declaration of Independence, the British occupation and evacuation of Philadelphia, Pa., John Burgoyne, Burgoyne's Invasion, Charles Henri d'Estaing, General Cornwallis, Nathanael Greene, Daniel Morgan, and most major campaigns of the first half of the war. The journal, 1779-1783, of Losse de Bayac following his arrival in the United States, includes his first hand account of his arrival in Rhode Island, crossing the Hudson River, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1781, the siege of Yorktown, Rodney's victory over Grasse, preparations for a combined French and Spanish attack on Jamaica halted by the Peace of Paris, Losse de Bayac's voyage back to France via Puerto Rico and Portobelo, Panama, Dunkards and the Ephrata Cloistercommunity, bundling, and Quakers. Losse de Bayac's journal also includes extracts of a letter, 1782, from Jean La Pérouse regarding an expedition to Hudson Bay and transcripts of letters, 1781-1783, of Cornwallis, Nathanael Greene, Daniel Morgan and George Washington.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

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George Macartney papers [1765]-1800 1776-1787 Macartney, George papers

Title: George Macartney papers [1765]-1800 1776-1787 Macartney, George papers

This collection contains 56 letters and documents written and received by Irish politician George Macartney. Most items pertain to Macartney's service as governor of Grenada, Tobago, and the Grenadines from 1776-1779.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet

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Sullivan, John, 1740-1795. Papers, 1769-1792.

Title: Papers, 1769-1792.

Correspondence (chiefly 1775-1779), while Sullivan served in the Continental Army, particularly during the Rhode Island Campaign.

ArchivalResource: 465 items.

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Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume IX, Miscellany, 1766-1808

Title: Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume IX, Miscellany, 1766-1808

Portraits, prints, letters, maps, and documents tipped into Volume 9 of the extra-illustrated quarto edition of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855-1856) (Rare E 312 I72 ++ 1898). Portraits: Washington Irving, Frederick 5th Earl of Carlisle, John Wilkes, Charles James Fox (2), George III, Lafayette (2), Anthony Wayne, Eleazer Oswald, John Marshall, Charles Lee (2), Charles Grey 1st Earl Grey (2), James Gambier Baron Gambier, George Baylor, Augustine Prevost, Archibald Campbell, John André, Charles Henry Count d'Estaing, Joseph Reed, Benedict Arnold, Henry Clinton, Benastre Tarleton (20, Lord Rawdon, Conte de Rochambeau, William Washington, Francis Kinloch. Prints: Mr. Serjeant Glyn, John Wilkes, Rev. Mr. John Horne (sitting at a table); Frederick 5th Earl of Carlisle and George Selwyn Esqre; Niagara - From a Cavern; [Death of Pulaski]; Recueil d'Estampes Representant Les Differents Evenemens de la Guerre qui a procure l'Independence aux Etats unis de l'Amérique; Fort Clinton - West Point; New York - Bay; An Exact Prospect of Charlestown, the Metropolis of the Province of South Carolina; [Sargeant Jasper displaying the American flag at Fort Moultrie]; [Slaughter of Col. Bufords regiment at Charleston]. Letters: ALS, William Eden, Lord Aukland, to [?], February 21, 17888; ALS, Aaron Burr to Col. Monroe, June 5, 1795; ALS, William Goddard to Horatio Gates, April 28, 1785; ALS, John Sullivan to Nicholas Gilmon, April 4, 1788; ALS, John Sullivan to Noah Emery, August 11, 1789; A[aman.]LS, Comte D'Estaing to [?], November 18, 1772; ALS, Robert Howe to Jeremiah Wadsworth, September 12, 1779; ALS, Benjamin Lincoln to Col. Lyly, July 10, 1785; ALS, Henry Lee to [?], January 3, 1787; ALS, Jeremiah Wadsworth to Capt. Nehemiah, March 15, 1796; ALS, Joseph Reed to Caesar Rodney, Gov. of Delaware, November 15, 1779; ALS, Benjamin Lincoln to James Bowdoin, Gov. of Massachusetts, November 10, 1786; ALS, Banastre Tarleton to Robert Brownrigg, December 31, 1803; ALS, Moira (Lord Rawdon) to [I. Ridge?], August 12, 1808; ALS, U.S. Congress, Committee of Cooperation to Thomas Sim Lee, signed by Philip Schuyler, John Mathews, and Nathaniel Peabody,July 23, 1780; ALS, William Irvine to Mathias Slough, October 13, 1784; A[handwritten copy]LS, William Irvine to James Wilkinson, December 8, 1800; ALS, La Luzerne to Benjamin Harrison, Gov. of Virginia, June 24, 1782; ALS, Joseph Reed to Giles Hicks, February 28, 1781; ALS, Benjamin Lincoln to Gov. [?], February 11, 1788; ALS, Banastre Tarleton to Charles George, April 6, 1802; ALS, Lord Stirling (William Alexander) to [?], February 25, 1766; ALS, Henry Lee to James Greenleaf, July 28, 1794. Documents: ADS, Calvert Porter and C. Lee, [assignment of land, with signatures of Henry Lee and John Murray], February 12, 1780; A[aman.]DS, New Hampshire. Governor, 1785-1786 (John Langdon, 1741-1819), [Proclamation of Thanksgiving, in handwriting of John Sullivan], October 21, 1785; ADS. France. Ministère de Marine. Division de Bordeaux, [list of supplies needed for the ship Le Bizarre, signed by Comte d'Estaing], December 6, 1772; A[aman.]DS, Benjamin Lincoln, [statement of expenses], October 8, 1791-May 1794. Maps: Plan de la Bataille de Montmouth où le Gl. Washington Commandant l'Armeé Americaine Et le Gl. Clinton l'Armeé Anglaise, le 28 Juin 1778; [Rhode Island]; An Eye Sketch of the Falls of Niagara; Plan of the City & Harbour of Savannah 1818.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (73 items).

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