Letters, 1777-1837 (inclusive), 1777-1791, 1835, 1837 (bulk).

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Letters of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben relating to his military service in the Revolutionary Army; 2 letters of P. S. Duponceau, 1835, 1837.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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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...

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844

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Du Ponceau was a Philadelphia lawyer who arrived in Portsmouth, N.H., from France in 1777, achieved early prominence as an aide to von Steuben, and as secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Congress in 1781. Du Ponceau was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1785 where his familiarity with both American and European law brought him an important practice. His intellectual interests included both history and linguistics and he published extensively in both fields. He ...