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Provincial delegates letters, 1754-1829.

Title: Provincial delegates letters, 1754-1829.

Letters of men who served as provincial delegates: Benjamin Franklin, written in London, 1762-1776; John Dickinson, 1754-1774; Anthony Wayne, 1776-1796; Thomas Fitzsimmons, 1776-1783; James Irvine, 1760; John Cadwalader; Thomas McKean; Jacob Morgan; Robert Morris; Jacob Rush; Charles Thompson; Thomas Wharton; David Rittenhouse; Owen Biddle; P. Muhlenberg; Thomas Willing; Samuel Hunter; and others.

ArchivalResource: ca. 600 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122616571 View

Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807. Letter to Samuel Powel, 1788.

Title: Letter to Samuel Powel, 1788.

Regarding a proclamation by the government of Great Britain prohibiting the importation of United States wheat because of the Hessian fly, Muhelnberg, speaking for the State Council of Pennsylvania, requests information about the effects of the fly on grain.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155903837 View

Papers of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, 1778-1851 (bulk 1779-1781)

Title: Papers of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben 1778-1851 (bulk 1779-1781)

The collection includes correspondence, orders, memoranda, petitions, indentures, and writings on military topics by Baron von Steuben during his tenure as an officer of the American army, as well as material relating to his estate and memorials.

ArchivalResource: 7.0 Linear feet; (15 boxes [1 oversize], 6 volumes)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/steuben/steuben.html View

Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 9 -- Letters to Franklin, 1787-1790

Title: Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 9 -- Letters to Franklin 1787-1790

This is part of the large inventory for the Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss B F85). For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85inventory09-ead.xml View

Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807. [Note] : 1807 May 31st, [n.p. to] Nicholson.

Title: [Note] : 1807 May 31st, [n.p. to] Nicholson.

General Muhlenberg sends his compliments and asks Nicholson to sign an order.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 6 x 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9835775 View

Parker, Josiah, 1751-1810. Papers, 1780-1781.

Title: Papers, 1780-1781.

This small collection contains letters, 1780-1781, written to Josiah Parker (1751-1810) concerning his command of Virginia militia south of the James River. Also, includes an order book, 1781, of Parker's Brigade. Correspondents include George Rogers Clark (1752-1818), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), Robert Lawson (1748-1805), John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807), Thomas Nelson (1738-1789), and Baron von Steuben (1730-1794). Topics include Parker's acceptance of a command of militia drawn from Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Norfolk, and Princess Anne counties, Va.; British troop movements in Virginia in 1781, chiefly in the areas around Petersburg, on the James River Peninsula, and in Hampton Roads; desertion; and the imposition of martial law.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56024662 View

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter : Richmond, Va., to Thomas Sim Lee, 1780 Nov. 19.

Title: Letter : Richmond, Va., to Thomas Sim Lee, 1780 Nov. 19.

Autograph letter signed. Letter written to Governor Lee of Maryland. Jefferson writes to inform Governor Lee of intelligence received from General Muhlenberg about enemy activity out of Portsmouth.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52247189 View

George Weedon military correspondence, 1777-1786, 1777-1786

Title: George Weedon military correspondence, 1777-1786 1777-1786

George Weedon (1734-1793) was Captain in the French and Indian War and a General in the American Revolutionary War. Between the two conflicts he was a prominent citizen of Fredericksburg, Virginia, operating a tavern in that city which served as a meeting place for George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, John Marshall and others to discuss politics and the future course of the American colonies.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.W41-ead.xml View

Crossley, Archibald, Mrs. Mrs. Archibald Crossley autograph collection, 1767-1861.

Title: Mrs. Archibald Crossley autograph collection, 1767-1861.

Autographs chiefly relating to the American Revolution, including letters of Alexander, William, (Lord Stirling), Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Hancock, John Jay, Henry Lee, Peter Muhlenberg, Philip Schuyler, and George Washington. Other persons represented include Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and Horace Greeley.

ArchivalResource: 19 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79449356 View

Muhlenberg Family. Papers, 1769-1866.

Title: Papers, 1769-1866.

These papers include miscellaneous letters, letterbooks, books, certificates, and diplomas of various members of the family. Among them are photostats of letters and papers to and from General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg and officers of the Continental Army on military affairs in the Southern Department during the American Revolution (1772-1804); photostats of letters to Albert Gallatin, Nathanael Greene, Edward Hand, Winthrop Sargent, Baron von Steuben, William Alexander, and George Washington; photostat of General Muhlenberg's journal of trips to the Ohio (1784, 1797); photostats of letters and notes of Gotthilf H. E. Muhlenberg, including a diary kept at Halle (1771), and extracts of thirty letters to Stephen Elliott of Beaufort and Charleston, South Carolina (1808-1815); photostats of letters of Henry A. Muhlenberg about his biography of General Muhlenberg (1848-1849); and photostats of letters of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787). Also included is an original letterbook of Peter Muhlenberg, paymaster of the United States Army, kept at Augusta and Savannah, Georgia (1836-1842). Also included in this collection are original certificates and diplomas, including G.H.E. Muhlenberg's diploma from Halle (1769); General Muhlenberg's certificate of membership in the Order of the Cincinnati (1785); civil and military commissions signed by Presidents Jefferson, Madison, Jackson,

ArchivalResource: ca. 100 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122489516 View

Wood, James, 1741-1813. Papers of James Wood [manuscript], 1746-1787.

Title: Papers of James Wood [manuscript], 1746-1787.

The collection includes a land grant, 12 January 1746, for 400 acres in Augusta County, Va., signed by William Gooch; commission, 22 May 1762, appointing George Weedon lieutenant in the Virginia Regiment, signed by Francis Fauquier; letter, 21 March 1772, from Thomas Bullitt, Dumfries, Va., to James Wood, regarding Bullitt's survey of lands on the Ohio River. There are also two letters, 1774-1778, from George Washington to James Wood, regarding Wood's survey of lands along the Mississippi River, and reenlisting the services of the Virginia troops under Wood's command; miscellaneous papers, 1780-1787, of James Wood, regarding legal matters, a court-martial, the Royal Artillery, provisions for prisoners of war, a surgeon's commission, a claim for service to the Continental Army, financial matters, and a slave hire. In addition four letters, 1781-1783, from Thomas Jefferson to James Wood, discuss British troop movements, Hessian prisoners of war kept at Albemarle Barracks, and Wood's sword; letter, 20 September 1781, from Richard Peters to James Wood, regarding supplies, especially provisions for the families of officers. There is also a letter, 4 June 1782, from the Marquis de Lafayette to James Wood, instructing Wood to remove Convention troops from Winchester, Va.; and letter, n.d., from George Augustine Washington, Fredericksburg, Va., to Gen. Muhlenberg, Winchester, Va., regarding the Virginia Line.

ArchivalResource: 21 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647859413 View

Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807. ALS : Philadelphia, to Thomas McKean, 1806 Feb. 21.

Title: ALS : Philadelphia, to Thomas McKean, 1806 Feb. 21.

Affirms the high quality of Pennsylvania's military equipment.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122489384 View

Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg correspondence, 1788 September 8

Title: John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg correspondence, 1788 September 8

Letter to Thomas Mufflin concerning act of Congress by which tract of land on Lake Erie was purchased from Native Americans and transferred to State of Pennsylvania.

ArchivalResource: 1 wallet

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/370395930 View

Marshall, Humphrey, 1760-1841. Anderson-Latham papers, 1771-1887.

Title: Anderson-Latham papers, 1771-1887.

This collection concerns mainly the claims of Virginia Revolutionary War soldiers and sailors or their heirs to bounty land located in Kentucky and Ohio. Included are correspondence, court records, surveys, military warrants, etc., most of which were sent either to Anderson or to Latham to substantiate claims.

ArchivalResource: 3.5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122553575 View

Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807. Order, to David Rittenhouse, for the payment of the salary of Thomas Strawbridge : manuscript, 1783 Sept. 26.

Title: Order, to David Rittenhouse, for the payment of the salary of Thomas Strawbridge : manuscript, 1783 Sept. 26.

Partly printed document signed. Signed by John P. Muhlenberg. Order to pay Thomas Strawbridge for his attendance in Assembly and for mileage. Rittenhouse was State Treasurer of Pennsylvania.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84171356 View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View

Lawson, Robert, d. ca. 1802. Papers, 1776-1825 bulk 1781.

Title: Papers, 1776-1825 bulk 1781.

Chiefly letters to Lawson, Brigadier-General in the Virginia Militia, concerning the raising, reenforcement, and movement of troops in Virginia and North Carolina, during the Revolutionary War in 1781. Several concern Lawson's possible reenforcement of Nathanael Greene's troops. Correspondents include Thomas Jefferson, Baron Von Steuben, John P. Muhlenberg, and Richard Henry Lee. Also an account book (1776, Sept.-Dec.) relating to Lawson's service with the 4th Virginia Battalion, military commissions, letters of introduction (1787) for Lawson from George Mason and Henry Lee to Pierce Butler, Charles Pinckney, and William Few and other miscellany items.

ArchivalResource: 40 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17462543 View

Letter, 9 March 1790

Title: Letter, 9 March 1790

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi00721.xml View

James, Joseph, 1749-1824. Virginia Militia Order Book [manuscript], 1770-1780.

Title: Virginia Militia Order Book [manuscript], 1770-1780.

Contains daily regimental orders, records of courts-martial, extracts of orders, 1775-1780, from Generals Muhlenberg and von Steuben and from Governor Thomas Jefferson (December 1780); and a copy of an intercepted letter, 4 November 1780, to Cornwallis from General Leslie re: military matters. The entries were made mostly by Lieutenant Joseph Jones while the Dinwiddie militia was in the vicinity of Williamsburg, Va. Also contains miscellaneous accounts; a memoranda, 1770, about gardening; and accounts, 1779, of Peter Smith, mulatto.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647851230 View

Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807. Order : to David Rittenhouse, 1788 Oct. 4.

Title: Order : to David Rittenhouse, 1788 Oct. 4.

Orders Rittenhouse as state treasurer to pay William Vanhorne interest on his depreciation certificate.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122626038 View

William Plume letter, 1780 November 4

Title: William Plume letter 1780 November 4

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00253.xml View

Greenville Independent School System (Greenville, Ky.). Greenville Independent School System scrapbook, 1958-1972 (bulk 1969-1972).

Title: Greenville Independent School System scrapbook, 1958-1972 (bulk 1969-1972).

This is a scrapbook about Greenville and Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, compiled by students in the Greenville Independent School System. Included are newsclippings on subjects of local interest including coal mining, Greenville College for Young Men, Greenville Ladies' College, Lake Malone State Park, the town of Paradise, and Revolutionary War general John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, for whom the county was named.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191915547 View

Powel, Samuel, 1738-1793. Letters , 1788-1790.

Title: Letters , 1788-1790.

Letter dated September 3, 1788 is Powel's response, speaking as President of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, to P. Muhlenberg's request for information on the threat of the Hessian fly in exported wheat. Letter dated February 11, 1790 awards the Society's gold medal to Joseph Mathewson for cheese.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 leaves).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155903921 View

James, Joseph, 1749-1824. Virginia Militia Order Book, 1770-1780.

Title: Virginia Militia Order Book, 1770-1780.

Contains daily regimental orders, records of courts-martial, extracts of orders, 1775-1780, from Generals Muhlenberg and von Steuben and from Governor Thomas Jefferson (December 1780); and a copy of an intercepted letter, 4 November 1780, to Cornwallis from General Leslie re: military matters. The entries were made mostly by Lieutenant Joseph Jones while the Dinwiddie militia was in the vicinity of Williamsburg, Va. Also contains miscellaneous accounts; a memoranda, 1770, about gardening; and accounts, 1779, of Peter Smith, mulatto.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32959888 View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View

The influence of Peter Muhlenberg in Virginia, 1772-1776, 1929, 1929

Title: The influence of Peter Muhlenberg in Virginia, 1772-1776, 1929 1929

Thesis (M.A.)-University of Chicago, 1929.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Microfilm reel(s)

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Film.400-ead.xml View

Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807. Order, to David Rittenhouse, for the payment of the salary of Thomas Strawbridge : manuscript, 1783 Sept. 26.

Title: Order, to David Rittenhouse, for the payment of the salary of Thomas Strawbridge : manuscript, 1783 Sept. 26.

Partly printed document signed. Signed by John P. Muhlenberg. Order to pay Thomas Strawbridge for his attendance in Assembly and for mileage. Rittenhouse was State Treasurer of Pennsylvania.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55820218 View

Muhlenberg family. Papers, 1779-1854.

Title: Papers, 1779-1854.

Chiefly papers of Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (1782-1844), relating to his activities as U.S. representative (1829-1838) and U.S. minister to Austria (1838-1840), and his son, Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg, Jr. (1823-1854), relating to his biography (1849) of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg. Topics include Berks County, Pa., state, and national politics (1830s-1840s), and social and political life in Washington, D.C., and Vienna. Other persons represented include Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787), founder of the first Lutheran synod in the U.S., and his sons, John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807), Revolutionary War general and U.S. representative, Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (1750-1801), first speaker of U.S. House of Representatives, and Henry Muhlenberg (1753-1815), botanist.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft. (1900 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28415418 View

Tankard, John William Steven, d. 1811. Sketch of the life of Dr. John Tankard, 1896.

Title: Sketch of the life of Dr. John Tankard, 1896.

Sketch, 1896, of the life of Dr. John Tankard, written by his son, briefly recounts Dr. John Tankard's medical studies in Virginia and in Scotland after the Revolutionary War and his medical practice in Northampton County, Va. Also briefly describes his service as an army surgeon with General Muhlenberg and what he saw at the siege of Yorktown, with an anecdote about Washington, Lafayette and De Grasse and the disposition of the French Navy at Yorktown.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32960128 View

Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807. Letter from John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, in council, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Thomas McKean, chief justice of Pennsylvania : manuscript signed, 1788 May 2.

Title: Letter from John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, in council, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Thomas McKean, chief justice of Pennsylvania : manuscript signed, 1788 May 2.

Such a large quantity of gunpowder has been imported that proper storage facilities are not available; asks legal advice as to action the council may take to assure the safety of the city.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/748581443 View