Nathanael Greene Papers 1775-1785

Mathews, John, 1744-1802

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John Mathews (1744 – November 17, 1802) was a Founding Father of the United States and lawyer from Charleston, South Carolina. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1781 where he endorsed the Articles of Confederation on behalf of South Carolina. On his return, he was elected the 33rd governor of South Carolina, serving a single term in 1782 and 1783. Mathews was born in Charleston in the Province of South Carolina. He was commissioned an ensign and lieutenant in the Sout...

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Laurens, John, 1754-1782

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John Laurens was American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War. Son of the prominent merchant and planter Henry Laurens; best known for his criticism of slavery and his efforts to help recruit slaves to fight for their freedom as U.S. soldiers. He was killed in a skirmish on the Combahee River on August 27, 1782. ...

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794

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Baron Friedrich von Steuben; Prussian military officer; reformed and disciplined the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, subsequently regarded as one of the fathers of the United States Army. Steuben took part in several battles in the Seven Years' War (1756–63), rose to the rank of captain, and became aide-de-camp to Prussian King Frederick the Great, abruptly discharged from the army in 1763. Awarded title Baron in 1771 from his service to Hollenzollern-Hechingen earned him...

Nash, Abner, 1740-1786

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Abner Nash (August 8, 1740 – December 2, 1786) was an American lawyer and statesman. He notably served as the second Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1781 and 1782 before representing North Carolina in the Continental Congress from 1782 until his death. Born at Templeton Manor, his family's plantation in Prince Edward County in the Colony of Virginia, Nash attended rural schools and read law before being admitted to the bar in Virginia. He began his political career there,...

Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819

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Thomas Sim Lee (October 29, 1745 – November 9, 1819) was an American planter and statesman of Frederick County, Maryland. Although not a signatory to the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation or the US Constitution, he was an important participant in the process of their creation. Thomas Sim Lee was the second State Governor of Maryland, serving twice, from 1779 to 1783 and again from 1792 to 1794. Thomas Sim Lee also served as a delegate of Maryland in the Congress of the C...

Burke, Thomas, c. 1747-1783

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Thomas Burke (c. 1747 – December 2, 1783) was an Irish physician, lawyer, and statesman who lived in Hillsborough, North Carolina. He represented North Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress and was the third Governor of the state. Born in Tiaquin, County Galway, in the Kingdom of Ireland around 1747, he had emigrated to Virginia by 1764, practicing medicine in Accomack County for a number of years. He then studied law and began its practice in Norfolk, Virginia. He became an earl...

Rutledge, John, 1739-1800

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John Rutledge (September 17, 1739 – June 21, 1800) was an American Founding Father, politician, and jurist who served as one of the original associate justices of the Supreme Court and the second chief justice of the United States. Additionally, he served as the first President of South Carolina and later as its first governor after the Declaration of Independence. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Rutledge established a legal career after studying at Middle Temple in the City of London. He...

Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789

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Richard Caswell (August 3, 1729 – November 10, 1789) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the first and fifth governor of the state of North Carolina from 1776 to 1780 and from 1785 to 1787. He also served as a senior officer of militia in the Southern Theater of the American Revolutionary War. He was a signatory of the Continental Association and thus considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in Harford County in the Province of Maryland (present day Ba...

Hanson, John, 1721-1783

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John Hanson (April 14, 1721 [O.S. April 3, 1721] – November 15, 1783) was a Founding Father of the United States, and a merchant and public official from Maryland during the era of the American Revolution. In 1779, Hanson was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress after serving in a variety of roles for the Patriot cause in Maryland. He signed the Articles of Confederation in 1781 after Maryland joined the other states in ratifying them. In November 1781, he was elected as first Presi...

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796

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Samuel Huntington (July 16, 1731 [O.S. July 5, 1731] – January 5, 1796) was a Founding Father of the United States and a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He also served as President of the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1781, President of the United States in Congress Assembled in 1781, chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court...

Harrison, Benjamin, 1726-1791

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Benjamin Harrison V (April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791) was an American planter, merchant and politician who served as a legislator in colonial Virginia, following a precedent of public service established by his namesakes. He signed both the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence and is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Virginia's governor from 1781 to 1784. Harrison worked an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia Hou...

Smallwood, William, 1732-1792

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Army officer. From the description of Papers of William Smallwood, 1780. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071024 Born in Charles County, MD., William Smallwood, a delegate to the Maryland Assembly in 1761, was wounded in the Battle of White Plains and became Brigadier General in 1776. He served as Major General from 1780-1783 and began three terms as Govenor of Maryland in 1785. From the description of Orderly book, 1778-1779. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania)...

Sumter, Thomas, 1734-1832

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Army officer and U.S. senator from South Carolina. From the description of Papers of Thomas Sumter, 1761-1838 (bulk 1780-1832) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78618773 American soldier and legislator. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : [n.p.], to the President of the United States, 1804 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574308 Virginia soldier and legislator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n...

Martin, Alexander, 1738-1807

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Alexander Martin (1738-1807) was a merchant, lawyer, delegate of the U.S. Continental Congress, U.S. senator, and governor of North Carolina, and army officer. ...

Leslie, Alexander, approximately 1740-1794

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Alexander Leslie (ca. 1740-1794) was an officer in the British Army. From the description of General Leslie letterbooks, 1781-1782. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122580889 From the guide to the Alexander Leslie letterbooks, 1781-1782, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Lieut. General Leslie was Commander of British forces in the Southern states after Cornwallis. From the description of LS, 1781 December 19 ...

Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807

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Count Rochambeau was Commander of the French troops during the American Revolution. From the description of LS, 1782 May 17 : Williamsburgh, to [General Washington?]. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13880974 Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (July 1, 1725 – May 10, 1807) was a French aristocrat, soldier, and a Marshal of France who participated in the American revolution. From the guide to the Rochambeau Speech in Willi...

Morgan, Daniel, 1736-1802

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Morgan was a frontiersman who prospered as a Virginia farmer. His military career began when he served as Captain of one of the two Virginia rifle companies, and led Arnold's march to Quebec (1775). He rose to the rank of brigadier general in 1780, serving until July, 1781 when he retired to "Saratoga," his estate near Winchester, Va. He commanded militia troops during the Whiskey Insurrection of 1794, and was elected to the Fifth Congress as a Federalist representing Virginia. From ...

Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

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Anthony Wayne was a soldier and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1780. From the description of Receipt book, 1785-1792. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540852 Wayne was one of the great generals in the Revolutionary War. Here he was an Indian fighter. From the description of DS, 1795 November 16 : Greenville. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14283513 U.S. representative from Geor...

Campbell, Arthur, 1742-1811

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Arthur Campbell (1742-1811), Indian fighter and Revolutionary patriot. From the description of Letter to General George Washington, 1781 July 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476826 ...

Huger, Isaac, 1742 or 1743-1797

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Charleston and St. Matthews Parish, South Carolina plantation owner, politician, and Revolutionary War general. From the description of Letter : South Carolina, to Major Hyrne, 1783 Aug. 17. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32145034 ...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790

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Army officer. From the description of Letters of Israel Putnam, 1774-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449456 From the description of Papers of Israel Putnam, 1762-1773. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84298278 Putnam is best known as a Revolutionary War general, instrumental to the success of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was a resident of Pomfret, Connecticut. From the description of Israel Putnam letters, 1778-1782. (Hartford Public Library). Worl...

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

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Revolutionary War officer. From the description of Papers, 1778-1786. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19593641 Army officer. From the description of Nathanael Greene papers, 1775-1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979865 Nathanael Greene was a major general in the Continental Army. He was promoted to Quartermaster General in 1778. From the description of Papers, 1778-1780. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat ...

Moultrie, William, 1730-1805

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Revolutionary Army officer and govenor of South Carolina; Captain (Provincial South Carolina Regiment), and Major General (Continental Army); S.C. Governor (1785-1787 and 1792-1794); served in S.C. House, 1783; as Lieutenant Governor, 1784; and in the S.C. Senate, 1787 From the description of William Moultrie papers, 1757-1963 and undated. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 44061063 South Carolina plantation owner, author, politician, and Revolutionary War g...

Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805

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Governor General of India and British army officer. From the description of Papers of Charles Cornwallis, Marquis Cornwallis, 1614-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068310 British general; second in command in North America during Revolution, surrendered to Washington at Yorktown. Later governor-general of India. From the description of Proclamation, 1781 March 18, North Carolina. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86156104 Charle...

Sevier, John, 1745-1815

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Continental Army officer and governor of Tennessee. From the description of Papers, 1778-1812. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20314043 Army officer, U.S. representative from North Carolina and Tennessee, and governor of Tennessee. From the description of John Sevier correspondence, 1797-1812. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980429 ...

Gunby, John, 1745-1807

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St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818

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Born in Thurso, Scotland, 1734, o.s. ; studied medicine in Edinburgh; served in the British Army in America, 1757-1762; surveyor of Cumberland, 1770; colonel of Pennsylvania militia, 1775; brigadier general, 1777 to the close of the Revolution; commander of the Army, 1791-1792; delegate to the Constitutional Congress, 1785-1787, and president, 1787; governor of Northwest Territory, 1789-1802; died in Greensburg, Pa., August 31, 1818. (Bio. Cong. Dir., 1928 ed. ; Dic. Am.Biog. --gives b. date, 17...

Lillington, John A.

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John Alexander Lillington (1725-1786) was a Patriot general from North Carolina who served in the Revolutionary War. From the description of John A. Lillington letters, 1780-1782 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24040665 From the guide to the John A. Lillington Letters, ., 1780-1782, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

United States. Continental Army. Southern Department

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Butler, John, 1728-1796

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Officer U.S.A. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Gen. Greene, 1781 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131796 Loyalist commander in the American Revolution. From the description of Letter : Larunanach, to Lieut. Col. Bolton, Niagara, 1778 July 8. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56822577 Soldier, noted loyalist during the American Revolution. From the description of Letters to James Wadsworth, 1793. (Unkn...

Marion, Francis, 1732-1795

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Francis Marion organized his brigade of South Carolina militia late in 1780. From the description of Orderly book of Marion's Brigade of South Carolina militia, 1781, Feb. 16 - 1782, Dec. 15. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122560055 General Marion is known as the "Swamp Fox" since he based his guerrilla operations in the South Carolina low country. From the description of ALS, 1781 May 29 : Georgetown, to Major ...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Sumner, Jethro, 1733?-1785

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U.S. Continental army officer. From the description of Letter and note of Jethro Sumner, 1780-1784. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064689 Brigadier General of the Continental Army. From the description of ALS, 1780 January 28 : Halifax Town, to Governor Richard Caswell. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13911082 Jethro Sumner (1733?-1785) was a brigadier general in the Contintental Army. Sumner served in the Virginia militia, 1755...

Kościuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817

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Polish patriot and army officer. From the description of Commission and letter of Tadeusz Kościuszko, 1776-1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014909 Polish patriot and American general. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Thomas Jefferson, 1814 Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596972 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Philadelphia?], to Thomas Jefferson, [n.d., 1798 Apr.?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record...