Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von Steuben papers, 1778-1948.

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Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von Steuben papers, 1778-1948.

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Accounts, bills, receipts, miscellaneous correspondence, leases, maps, ledgers, and land development papers relating to Steuben's land holdings, including lists of settlers on the Steuben Patent. Photocopies of Steuben Patent issued by the State of New York, 1786, granting land to Steuben. Typescript of 'Baron von Steuben and Sixty', by Augustus L. Richards. Military manuals by Steuben; copy of Steuben's will; photocopy of specifications of the First English Methodist Episcopal Church, Steuben, New York.

250 pieces (ca.), 1 vol.

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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...