Papers, 1776-1825 bulk 1781.

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Papers, 1776-1825 bulk 1781.

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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.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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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...

Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

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Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807

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Lawson, Robert, d. ca. 1802.

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Brigadier general, Virginia militia. From the description of Papers, 1776-1825; (bulk 1781-1787). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19865894 Revolutionary War Officer. Appointed to Virginia Privy Council (1782). Settled in Kentucky about 1789. From the description of Papers, 1776-1825 bulk 1781. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 17462543 ...

Virginia. Militia

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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 ...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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