Charles Stewart family papers, 1768-1877
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Laurens, John, 1754-1782
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Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794
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Meredith, Samuel, 1741-1817
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McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786
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Livingston, Walter, 1740-1797
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Lee, Henry, 1756-1818
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Kean, John, 1756-1795
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Johnston, Samuel, 1733-1816
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Irvine, William, 1741-1804
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Hand, Edward, 1744-1802
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Dickinson, Philemon, 1739-1809
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Cadwalader, Lambert, 1742-1823
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Bland, Theodorick, 1741-1790
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Sullivan, John, 1740-1795
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Livingston, William, 1723-1790
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Scudder, Nathaniel, 1733-1781
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Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785
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Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
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Harnett, Cornelius, 1723-1781
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Cornelius Harnett (April 10, 1723 – April 28, 1781) was a Founding Father of the United States and an American merchant and statesman from Wilmington, North Carolina. He was a leading American Revolutionary statesman in the Cape Fear region, and a delegate for North Carolina in the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1779 where he signed the Articles of Confederation. Born in Chowan County in the Province of North Carolina, his family moved to Brunswick Town and Wilmington during his youth. As ...
Whipple, William, 1731-1785
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William Whipple Jr. (January 25, 1731 [O.S. January 14, 1730] – November 28, 1785) was an American Founding Father and signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence. He represented New Hampshire as a member of the Continental Congress from 1776 through 1779. He worked as both a ship's captain and a merchant and studied in college to become a judge. Born in Kittery, Massachusetts Bay (now part of Maine), Whipple was educated at a common school until he went off to sea, becoming a ...
Sherman, Roger, 1721-1793
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Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American statesman and lawyer, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to have signed all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, and also signed the 1774 Petition to the King. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Sherman established a legal career in Litchfield County, Connecticut despit...
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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Hancock, John, 1737-1793
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John Hancock (January 23, 1737 [O.S. January 12, 1736] – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that the term John Hancock or Hancock has become a nickname in the United S...
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries created a unique form of American literature. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly befo...
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873
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Napoleon III (born Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, 20 April 1808, Paris, France – died 9 January 1873, Chislehurst, Kent, England), the nephew of Napoleon I and cousin of Napoleon II, was the first president of France, from 1848 to 1852, and the last French monarch, from 1852 to 1870. First elected president of the French Second Republic in 1848, he seized power in 1851, when he could not constitutionally be re-elected, and became the emperor of the French. He founded the Second French Empire ...
Morris, Lewis, 1726-1798
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Lewis Morris (April 8, 1726 – January 22, 1798) was an American Founding Father, landowner, and developer from Morrisania, New York, presently part of Bronx County. He signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress from New York. Born at his family's estate, Morrisania, presently part of Bronx County, in what was then the Province of New York, he graduated from Yale College before returning to Morrisania. In 1769, he was elected to the New York General A...
Maxwell, William, ca.1733-1796
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Scammell, Alexander, 1747-1781
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Continental army officer. Born in Massachusetts and educated at Harvard, Scammell moved to New Hampshire in 1772, where he studied law with John Sullivan and participated in the patriot movement. A major of the N.H. Brigade, Scammell in 1776 accepted command of the 3rd N.H. Continentals, serving until 1778 when Washington appointed him army adjutant general. In 1780 Scammell resigned to head the 1st N.H. Regiment. He was mortally wounded at Yorktown. From the descripti...
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
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George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th Governor of New Jersey. A graduate of West Point, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), and later left the Army to work on railroads until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Early in the conflict, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and played an important role i...
Clinton, George, 1739-1812
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George Clinton (July 26, 1739 – April 20, 1812) was an American soldier and statesman, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A prominent Democratic-Republican, Clinton served as the fourth vice president of the United States from 1805 until his death in 1812. He also served as governor of New York from 1777 to 1795 and from 1801 to 1804. Along with John C. Calhoun, he is one of two vice presidents to hold office under two presidents. Clinton served in the French and Ind...
Trumbull, Joseph.
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Shepard, William, 1737-1817
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Born in Westfield, Mass. Served in the French and Indian War and with the Continental Army throughout the Revolutionary War. Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1785-1786; chosen major general of the 4th division of the Massachusetts Militia in 1786. From the description of General orders for the militia of the fourth division, 1786 Dec. 5. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 170581748 Army officer. From the description of Massachusett...
Jones, Thomas, 1731-1792
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Jurist and loyalist. From the description of Account of Thomas Jones, 1773. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423724 ...
Scudder, William, 1747-
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Moore Furman
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Patterson, William, 1752-1835
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Merchant of Baltimore and president of the Bank of Maryland. From the description of Bills of lading, 1789-1812. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58773226 Baltimore, Md. merchant and president of the Bank of Maryland. His daughter Betsy was married to Jerome Bonaparte. From the description of Papers, 1791-1819. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38744889 ...
Smith, Daniel
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Coxe, William
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Epithet: Archdeacon of Wiltshire, historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x0000da ...
John Magee
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U.S. Army.
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John Serjeant
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Draper, George
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Knox, George A. (George Albert), 1918-
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Epithet: DCL; of Add MS 40260 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000753.0x0001ac Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000753.0x0001ad Epithet: DCL; of Add MS 33105 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000753.0x000...
Anthony, Wayne
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Webb, Samuel B.
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Richardson, James, 1948-
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Epithet: merchant, of Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x0002da Epithet: of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x0002db James Richardson had been an Egyptologist. He died in 1877. Egyptology is the study of pharaonic Egypt, spanning the per...
Baron von Steuben.
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John, Sullivan
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H. Stewart
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Cobb, David, 1748-1830
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Revolutionary War soldier and aide-de-camp to General George Washington, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and president of the Senate, physician, judge, member of Congress, lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, and a founder of the Society of the Cincinnati and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. At the time of this letter, Cobb was a resident of Gouldsboro, Maine. From the description of David Cobb letter, 1806 June 29. (Duke University Library). WorldCat...
Steele, Alexander
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Nelson, John
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Epithet: of Add MS 21647 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x00001f Epithet: of Stowe MS 163 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x000026 Epithet: Collector at Nevis, d 1784 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x00017f Epithet: New...
Robert Lettice Hooper
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Lindsay, Thomas, active 1825-1833
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Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
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Revolutionary patriot. From the description of Document signed : [n.p.], 1792 July 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874585 Army officer and merchant. From the description of Clement Biddle correspondence, 1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450649 Biddle informs Wharm that he is going to advertise in Washington and Philadelphia newspapers for a missing letter he sent to Wharm containing two certificates of transfer to General Pinckney. ...
Lord Stirling
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James Craik.
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Sproat, H.
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LeTellier, James.
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Scott, Charles, ca. 1739-1813.
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American soldier; gov. of Kentucky. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Petersburg, to General Lincoln, 1780 Mar. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634213 American solider; gov. of Kentucky. From the description of Autograph note signed : [n.p.], 1782 Dec. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634774 ...
Stewart, John (John D.)
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Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x00036c Epithet: Curate of Syder stone British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000363 Title: 4th Earl of Atholl British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000380 Title: 7th Earl of Galloway ...
Carter, John, 1745-1814
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John Carter (1745-1814) served as an apprentice to Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and David Hall (1714-1772) in Philadelphia, Pa., until 1768, when he moved to Providence, R.I. He became associated with Sarah Updike Goddard ( -1770) in the publication of the Providence Gazette. In 1769 he became sole editor of the influential newspaper and remained in that position until his retirement in 1814. Carter also served as postmaster of Providence from 1772-1792. From the description of Acco...
William Frost
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Walsh, Hugh
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Lewis, Edward
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Epithet: solicitor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000361.0x00017e Epithet: of Whittingslow Shropshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x000136 Epithet: Curate of St. Philip's, Dalston British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000361.0x00017c Ep...
Jeremiah Wadsworth
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Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829
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Revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Capt. Callenden Irvine, 1803 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270529279 Army officer, U.S. Secretary of War, and U.S. representative from Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1800-1814. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70972156 Major general, politician, and statesman. From the description of Papers, 1761-1826. (Unknown). WorldCa...
Erskine, John, 1879-1951
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Epithet: Reverend; DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001087.0x000214 Title: 9th Earl of Mar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001087.0x000219 John Erskine, educator, writer and musician, was born in New York on October 5, 1879. He received an A.B. in 1900, an A.M. in 1901, a Ph.D. in 1903 and an LL.D. in 1929 from Columbia Univ...
Patterson, Alexander
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John Carter
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s32bd8 (person)
Stewart, Charles Alexander
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jq8bqm (person)
Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818
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Brigadier General Jedediah Huntington was born in Norwich, Conn. He graduated from Harvard in 1763 and received his master's in 1770 from Yale. After graduating from Harvard, he became involved with the Norwich Militia, eventually becoming a Captain in May, 1774. In the spring of 1776, now a Colonel, he marched to Dorchester Heights. After the British left Boston, he marched to New York. In 1777 he became a Brigadier General. He stayed in Valley Forge in the winter of 1777. After the war became ...
Humphreys, David, 1752-1818
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nh5dn8 (person)
Army officer, diplomat, and author. From the description of Papers of David Humphreys, 1776-1810. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71065032 Army officer, diplomat, and poet, of Connecticut; b. in Derby; d. in New Haven. From the description of David Humphreys papers, 1687-1819. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 430490748 Connecticut Revolutionary War Officer, statesman, and poet. From the description of Poems, [...
Thomas McKean
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66z2wtm (person)
Bryant, William Cullen, 1908-1999
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68w6xfj (person)
Brearley, David, 1745-1790.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6477k8r (person)
Craik, James, 1730-1814
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kh168q (person)
Epithet: minister of Scone British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000680.0x000334 Physician. From the description of James Craik deposition, 1812. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450005 Physician to George Washington. From the description of Documents, 1757-1762. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35007048 From the description of Will : of James Craik, 1813 June 5. (Gunst...
Trimble, George
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U.S. Board of War
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Oliver Phelps
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60b0qj4 (person)
Taylor, Robert, 1940 June 1-
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Epithet: of Rockington, county Lincolnshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x000350 Epithet: shipping agent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x000372 Epithet: brother of W Taylor, the elder British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001151.0x000340...
Alexander, William, 1726-1783
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qc01mm (person)
American Revolutionary soldier; Lord Stirling. From the description of Document signed : [n.p.], 1772 July 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132554 Revolutionary soldier; better known as Lord Stirling. During the French and Indian War, he was aide and secretary to Governor Shirley, and defended Shirley before the House of Commons in 1756. From the description of Letter : on board the sloop Massachusetts, to Governor Robert Hunter Morris, 1755 July 6. (Buffalo...
Villemagny, de.
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Tillinghast, Charles
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z162kk (person)
Risberg, Gustavus.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n43jq8 (person)
U.S. Continental congress, 1778.
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Charles Thomson
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White, Anthony, 1588 or 1589-1648
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Epithet: son of F A White British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000217 ...
Benjamin Stevens
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Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60r9p3f (person)
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 ...
Malcolm, William
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Epithet: Reverend; of Firth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x000287 ...
Weed, Jacob.
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Burnside, James
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James Burnside was Quartermaster at Morristown, N.J. during the Revolutionary War. From the description of Papers, 1778-1779. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122579819 ...
U.S. Continental congress. Board of war.
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John McAlister
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67801np (person)
Ephraim Blaine
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dd2m2s (person)
Harrison, Robert Hanson, 1745-1790
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k07fhv (person)
Johnston, Francis
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Hamilton, Stewart
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Cooper, Susan Fenimore
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63c9j0k (person)
Robert Nesbitt
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q37k2z (person)
Clement Biddle.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d64drz (person)
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c53k21 (person)
Continental Army officer, collector of customs for the port of Boston; from Hingham (Plymouth Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1778-1804. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903396 Benjamin Lincoln was an American general during the Revolutionary War. He accepted the British surrender at Yorktown. From the description of Benjamin Lincoln collection, 1775-1782. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 712651132 ...
Stewart, Samuel Robert.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64w100d (person)
Hugh Boyle
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g87s94 (person)
Samuel Gray
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xn2jc2 (person)
Stirling, William Alexander
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Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786
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Continental Army officer; aide-de-campe to George Washington; resident of Talbot County, Md. From the description of Papers, 1781-1815. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20400229 Merchant, aide-de-camp to George Washington from August 1776 to the end of the Revolution. From the description of ALS : Headquarters, to Deputy Commissary, Rye, N.Y., 1776 Oct. 6. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122466219 Aide de Camp to Gener...
E Kelsey
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cd5991 (person)
Spencer, Oliver
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qh37vr (person)
Azariah Dunham
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vr74dv (person)
McKnight, Charles
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pm2s7n (person)
Gamble, James.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jj7v8w (person)
Latimer, Henry?
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t864bf (person)
Thomas Marks
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f6121k (person)
Munford, William Green.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6431d9g (person)
Gordon, ...
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63c5pd3 (person)
Epithet: of Add MS 33531 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0000bb Epithet: Commissioner for Dornoch Burghs, county Sutherlandshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0000b9 Epithet: Miss; authoress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0...
Stewart, Robert (Saxophonist)
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Epithet: of Tillieoutrie, Lord of Session British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0003ac Epithet: of Add MS 36540 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x00018a Epithet: of Galashiels British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0003a8 Epithet:...
Meade, Richard Kidder, 1746-1805
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65m99n7 (person)
Army officer. From the description of Deposition of Richard Kidder Meade, circa 1780. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131516 ...
Allen, Mary
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61h0c53 (person)
Epithet: Convict British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000923.0x00003d ...
McCausland, Marcus.
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Forman, David, 1745-1797
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h998sm (person)
William Buchanan
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Stewart, S.
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Epithet: clerk, Holloway Prison British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0003b3 ...
Moses Church
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Robert Hoops
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vg1375 (person)
Stewart, C. S. (Charles Samuel), 1795-1870
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Pratt, Thomas
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Epithet: Mayor of Hertford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000614.0x00033c ...
Parr, James
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hr7xs6 (person)
Samuel R. Stewart
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62h1wkc (person)
Royal Flint
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qq039v (person)
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sq9408 (person)
Delegate of the U.S. Continental Congress, U.S. representative and legislator, army officer, and banker from Connecticut. From the description of Papers of Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1775-1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067840 Merchant, soldier, and commissary general in the Continental Army; resident of Hartford, Connecticut. From the description of Jeremiah Wadsworth papers, 1776-1802. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780060 ...
Howe, Robert, 1732-1785.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w4102j (person)
Stewart, C. Seaforth (Charles Seaforth), 1823-1904
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69s59np (person)
Alexander Colden
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60h7q44 (person)
John Irwin
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6653v54 (person)
Plunket, William.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tk2dwh (person)
Dumas, ...
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hr88k1 (person)
Robert Johnston
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67f68p1 (person)
Boyle, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6581tvn (person)
Title: 2nd Earl of Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x000173 Title: 5th Earl of Orrery British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x000174 Title: Earl of Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000473.0x000175 ...
Colfax, W.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vv5kx7 (person)
Bray, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68h931k (person)
Epithet: of Felsted British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000567.0x000042 ...
U.S. Continental congress, 1779.
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Daniel Marsh
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cq0hvw (person)
Popham, W.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw5nmb (person)
Stewart, Charles
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n39n1g (person)
Title: 5th Earl of Lennox British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000306 Title: 5th Earl of Traquair British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000307 Epithet: Captain; of Add MS 34920 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0002fb Epithet: C...
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hh6jvr (person)
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...
Peter Lloyd
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Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sk28nd (person)
Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...
Farge.
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David Frazer
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65p0j6k (person)
Brown, Benjamin
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David Pye
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q953z4 (person)
Arthur St. Clair
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60t45rj (person)
Dunham, Aaron.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67f7bvg (person)
Smallwood, William, 1732-1792
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67375vz (person)
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)...
Joseph Banks
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dd24ht (person)
New Jersey. Colony. Council.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fk5stw (corporateBody)
Meigs, Return Jonathan, 1740-1823
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64t7src (person)
Jeremiah Olney
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b136mz (person)
Ebenezer Winship
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qm0xwc (person)
Burnet, J.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66v4tth (person)
Thomas Jones
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hn9nvh (person)
Thomas Stockton
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g870h9 (person)
Southwick, Solomon, 1773-1839
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Journalist. Southwick was owner and editor of the Albany Register, 1808-1817. From the description of Letter, 1835 April 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122641024 American poet and editor, who founded "The Ploughboy," one of the earliest newspapers for farmers and wrote articles for it under pen name, Henry Homespun, Jr. From the description of Letter to Mr. Hammond [manuscript], 1821 January 31. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647881072 ...
U.S. Continental congress.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66v3t62 (corporateBody)
Poor, Enoch, 1736-1780
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68s5q0t (person)
Army officer. From the description of Military order of Enoch Poor, 1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449736 Enoch Poor was a brigadier general for the Continental Army, 1777-1780. As a colonel, he commanded the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment in 1775, reinforced Benedict Arnold's retreating forces in Canada in 1776 and fought at Trenton and Princeton, 1776-1777. From the description of Orderly book, 1778. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id:...
Mathews, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n114x6 (person)
Epithet: Soldier, at Tangier British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000028 Epithet: Merchant, of Cadiz British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000024 Epithet: of Kilbaggan British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000013...
William Green Munford
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bq4bzc (person)
Blaine, Ephraim, 1741-1804
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v41p3z (person)
Ephraim Blaine was an officer during the French and Indian War; a member of the Committee of Correspondence for Cumberland County, Pa., 1774; and a Revolutionary officer, who became a Commissary-General for the Continental Army. From the description of Receipt book, 1772-1798. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 151372323 ...
Pye, Mary E.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cw8j2r (person)
Nesbitt, Robert
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69703xc (person)
Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x000145 ...
Scott, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg6dtc (person)
Epithet: afterwards Earl of Clonmell British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x00006c Epithet: of Add MS 38309 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x000082 Title: 1st Earl of Clonmell 1793 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x000093 Epi...
U.S. Board of Treasury
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Gist, Mordecai, 1743-1792
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6df8ctc (person)
Continental Army officer. From the description of Letterbook of Mordecai Gist, 1777-1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069942 ...
Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63205vq (person)
Putnam commanded the defensive works around Boston in 1775 and later served under Gates against Burgoyne. From the description of Letter, 1781 March 13, Boston [Mass.], [to] Major General Heath, West Point. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 50844673 Continental army officer. From the description of Papers of Rufus Putnam, 1781-1801. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061883 Co-founder of Ohio University; trustee from 1804 to ...
Charles Stewart
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Thomas Anderson
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6013hjp (person)
Sheftall, Mordecai, 1735-1797
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k3627c (person)
Mordecai Sheftall (1735-1797) was born in Savannah, a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Sheftall who emigrated to Georgia in 1733. He served as magistrate of Chatham County and as Deputy Commissioner of Issues for the Continental troops in Georgia. He and his son, Sheftall Sheftall, were taken prisoner in 1779, but exchanged and released in 1780. From the description of Mordecai Sheftall papers, 1780-1796 (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 76945104 Mordecai Shefta...
William, Alexander
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61674z2 (person)
John Cheeseborough
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61d6ftp (person)
Cortlandt, Philip.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jz2djb (person)
John Patton
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gs0h3n (person)
DeLancy, Mrs.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nq6r5k (person)
Lyman, D.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qs8nhw (person)
Lutterloh
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zm8zh2 (person)
William Heath.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6778ss8 (person)
Giles, A.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66z32sm (person)
Elisha Crane
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cd4tg3 (person)
Nathaniel Lewis.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6401xxq (person)
Samuel Woodruff
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ch3sj7 (person)
John Erskine
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sw23pw (person)
Tench Francis
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dw57sm (person)
Knight
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zq3zrb (person)
Epithet: of the Army Medical Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x00039a Epithet: of Add MS 15856 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000397 Epithet: Captain; Folkestone volunteer Artillery British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descripti...
Robert Stewart
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gz8m8w (person)
Blair, Robert
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hf6pmk (person)
Epithet: Lord President of the Court of Session in Scotland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x000124 Epithet: Solicitor- General for Scotland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x000125 Epithet: FSA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x...
Gustavus Risberg
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65p0rjj (person)
Brodrick, Anthony.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64w148n (person)
Langborn, William.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xj44ct (person)
Udney Hay
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65c3n3h (person)
Varnum, James M. (James Mitchell), 1748-1789
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cz39xv (person)
James Mitchell Varnum (December 17, 1748 – January 9, 1789) was an American legislator, lawyer, general in the Continental Army, and a pioneer to the Ohio Country. Born in Dracut in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, as a young man, Varnum matriculated at Harvard College only to transfer to the college in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly known as "Rhode Island College" (the college later named Brown University), graduating with honors in their first...
David Johnston
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t00gx5 (person)
McDonald, William
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William McDonald was born in Brook Co. Virginia in 1836. As an Adult he had black eyes, black hair, and was 5'8" tall. He married his Ohio neighbor Sarah Elizabeth Allen. She was born in Ohio in 1839. In the year of 1860 William and Sarah were living in Pike County. They had one daughter whose name was Mary J. McDonald. William's parents lived in the house next to theirs. His father's name was Samuel and his mother's name was Christina. William had two brothers, one named Thomas and the other na...
Alexander Steele
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Moylen, John.
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Bowzer, William.
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Pennsylvania (Colony) General Assembly
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Stephen Lowrey
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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...
Stuart, Robert
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Rapalje, J.
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James Thompson
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Hanna, John
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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
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American revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Thomas Jefferson, 1793 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Henry Jackson, 1796 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596669 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westpoint, to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, 1782 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598200 ...
James Gray
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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
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Timothy Pickering (b. July 17, 1745, Salem, MA–d. January 29, 1829, Salem, MA) was a politician from Massachusetts who served as the third United States Secretary of State under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. He also represented Massachusetts in both houses of Congress as a member of the Federalist Party. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Pickering began a legal career after graduating from Harvard University. He won election to the Massachusetts General Court and served as a cou...
Col. Bassett's
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Robert Morris
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Dickinson, John, 1894-1952
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Epithet: of Bermuda British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x000383 Epithet: solicitor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x000386 Epithet: of Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x000384 ...
John Jacob Faith
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Capt. Clasby
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Walter Stewart
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James Johnston
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Joseph Hugg
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Stewart, C. S. (Charles Samuel), 1795-1870
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Eli Parsons
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John Mitchell
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Nathaniel Stevens
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Chew, Benjamin, 1722-1810
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Chief Justice Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) was the only surviving son of Dr. Samuel Chew and his first wife, Mary Galloway. Born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, he would eventually serve as recorder of Philadelphia, attorney general, recorder-general, and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania under the colonial government. After the Revolution, he was selected as the president of the High Court of Errors and Appeals. His 1747 marriage to Mary Galloway (1729-1755), produced four survi...
William Finnie
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U.S. Continental congress, 1780.
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R Norcross
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Stewart, Charles Alexander
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Benjamin Stoddert
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Oliver Towle
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Hay, Udney
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Samuel Tucker
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Sussex Court House
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Dunlop, E.E. (Ernest Edward), 1907-1993
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Nicola, Lewis, 1717-1807
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Editor, army officer, and businessman. From the description of Papers of Lewis Nicola, 1777-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452337 ...
Cochran, John, 1730-1807
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Surgeon. From the description of John Cochran correspondence, 1780. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452743 Army surgeon, Continental Army. From the description of Papers, 1783-1942, [New York state]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35006776 ...
Clinton, James, 1733-1812,
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Craig, Thomas
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Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776
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Scientist, New York colonial official. From the description of Cadwallader Colden Papers, 1677-1832 (bulk 1711-1775). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476912237 Governor of New York (Colony) and scientist. From the description of Cadwallader Colden family papers, 1686-1830. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453882 Colonial New York philosopher and scientist, and political official. From the description of Letter : New York, [N.Y.], t...
Chesterfield Court House
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Elias Dayton
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Cogswell, Thomas, 1952-....
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Edward Dunlop
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Tench Tilghman
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John Ewing
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Thomas Sukel
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Martin, James
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Epithet: of Add MS 35789 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x0000ce Epithet: of Vaterard, county Galway British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x0000d0 Epithet: Paston's Regt British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x0000d1 Epithet: steam...
Nathanael Greene
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Strachan, William
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Billy Strachan was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He arrived in England in March 1940 and joined the Royal Air Force. He became an air gunner and then a flight lieutenant. He returned briefly to Jamaica and then came back to England in 1947. He was a member of the Communist Party and the secretary of the London branch of the Caribbean Labour Congress. He founded and edited a monthly journal, Caribbean News. He left the Communist Party in 1967 but continued to take a great interest in the politics an...
Stevens, Nathaniel.
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Stewart, Charles, 1729-1800
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Charles Stewart (1729-1800) was the Commissary General of Issues, Continental Army and delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey. Charles Samuel Stewart (1795-1870) was Senior Chaplain, U.S. Navy. Charles Seaforth Stewart (1823-1904) was Colonel, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. From the description of Papers, 1768-1877. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122556351 From the guide to the Papers, 1768-1877., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard Unive...
John Penn
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Stewart, Walter
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Irwin, John, 1929-....
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Epithet: Major-General MP, KB 1775 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x00010f Epithet: Colonel; of Tanragoe British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x00031b John Irwin was the head of Special Collections and Archives at Northern Arizona University in the 1970s. From the guide to the John Irwin Collection, 1972,...
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801
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Revolutionary patriot, Continental Army general, and traitor. From the description of Benedict Arnold papers, 1761-1794. (New Haven Colony Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 432702702 Prior to the U.S. Revolutionary War Arnold was a merchant and trader in the West Indies. He served in the Revolutionary Army, but defected to the British in 1780 and served until the War was over. He then went to Canada and eventually to England. He was married to Margaret Mansfie...
Thomas Rawle
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Olney, Jeremiah, 1749-1812
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John Fitch
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David Forman
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Varick, Richard, 1753-1831
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Revolutionary soldier. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Gen. Greene, 1780 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574176 Varick was military secretary to Schuyler, later to Arnold, then Washington. From the description of AMS, 1775 November 30-1776 August 27 : Albany. Major General Schuyler's Account Current with Capt. Richard Varick. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14105134 Richard Varick (1743-1831), an Am...
Stewart, William, 1927-
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Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0003cb Epithet: BrigadierGeneral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0003e1 Epithet: Lieutenant-General Hon; KB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x000187 Epithet: Lieuten...
Henry Knox
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Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806
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American revolutionary general. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Traveller's Rest, to F. Meriwether, Esq., 1787 Jan. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864014 Revolutionary general. Born in England, Gates settled in Virginia in 1772 after a career in the British army that included service in the French and Indian War. He was commissioned adjutant-general of the Continental Army in 1775, and was in command at the pivotal victory of Saratoga. After Saratoga...
Princeton divinity school.
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Gray, Samuel
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Robert Taylor
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U.S. Continental congress. Treasury.
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Pennsylvania. Colony. Governor.
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Harvey
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Epithet: of Stowe MS 972 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000218.0x000182 Epithet: of Add MS 39828 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000218.0x000181 ...
William Joyce.
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Heath, William, 1737-1814
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American Major-General. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Ebenezer Hancock, 1777 Apr. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864067 Army officer. From the description of Papers of William Heath, 1776-1782. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061920 Army officer in the Revolution, Massachusetts state senator, and jurist. From the description of Papers of William Heath, 1774-1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83784932 ...
Martha Wilson
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James Gamble
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Smith, William Stephens, 1755-1816
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William Stephens Smith (b. November 8, 1755, Suffolk County, NY–d. June 10, 1816, Lebanon, NY) was a United States Representative from New York. He married Abigail "Nabby" Adams, the daughter of President John Adams, and was a brother-in-law of President John Quincy Adams. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1774. He served in the Revolutionary Army as aide-de-camp to general John Sullivan in 1776. Smith fought in the Battle of Long Island, was wounded...
Coffin, Mr.
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Penn, John, 1729-1795
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The Wyoming Controversy was a conflict between the governments of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Britain, the Continental Congress, and the Indians over land in the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Documents relating to the Wyoming Controversy, 1751-1814, 1823, 1751-1823, (American Philosophical Society) Grandson of William Penn, last lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania and Delaware under the proprietorship. From the description of Warrant : ...
Ewing, John, 1732-1802
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Presbyterian minister and professor of natural philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. A vice-president of the American Philosophical Society, he contributed articles on astronomy to their Transactions. Ewing served on commissions with D. Rittenhouse to settle boundary disputes. The 1784 notebook contains astronomical observations made during an expedition in the summer of 1784 to settle such a dispute. Ewing's lectures on natural philosophy were published, posthumously, as "A Plain Elemen...
New Jersey (Colony) General Assembly
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Edward Lewis
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Thomas, Ramsay
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