Draper manuscripts: William Irvine papers, 1776-1834.

Armstrong, John, 1758-1843

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John Armstrong Jr. (November 25, 1758 – April 1, 1843) was an American soldier and statesman who was a delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, U.S. Senator from New York, and Secretary of War in the James Madison administration. Born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, he received his early education there before studying at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). Armstrong broke off his studies in Princeton in 1775 to return to Pennsylvania and join the fight in the Revo...

Armstrong, John, 1717-1795

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John Armstrong (October 13, 1717 – March 9, 1795) was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a brigadier general in the Continental Army and as a major general in the Pennsylvania Militia during the Revolutionary War. He was also a delegate to the Continental Congress for Pennsylvania. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania is named in his honor. Born in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland, Armstrong was educated in Ireland and became a civil engineer before emigrating to Pennsylva...

Butler, William, -1789

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William Butler was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Continenetal Army and the commandant of the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment from February 2, 1779-January 3, 1783. From the description of Orderly book, 1780. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122524467 ...

Williamson, David, 1752-1814.

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Chambers, James Mathieu, 1985-

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James Chambers was a Colonel in the Continental Army and commanded the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment of 1777 from April 12th 1777 to January 17, 1781. From the description of Orderly books, 1778-1780. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122474722 Charlotte (Mecklenburg Co.), N.C. minister. From the description of Papers, 1796-1918. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36668712 ...

Ziegler, David, 1748-1811

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1748 Born in Heidelberg, Germany. 1774 Emigrated to the United States and settled in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 1775 Joined WilliamThompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion. 1776 Became First Lieutenant when Thomp...

Gibson, John, 1740-1822

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Revolutionary War officer and Secretary of Indiana Territory, 1800-1816. From the description of John Gibson papers, 1770-1812. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 429901716 Soldier and Indian trader on the Pennsylvania frontier, 1758-1782; post-Revolutionary War Alleghany County, Pa., judge and militia officer; and secretary of the Indiana Territory, 1800-1816. From 1781-1782, Gibson was commanding officer at Fort Pitt. From th...

Craig, Isaac, 1742?-1826

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David Zeisberger served as a Moravian minister. From the guide to the Essay of an Onondaga grammar; or A short introduction to learn the Onondaga al. Maqua tongue / [edited by John W. Jordan], Circa 1887, (American Philosophical Society) Merchant, manufacturer,and army officer. From the description of Isaac Craig Collection [microform], 1791-1801. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 38861822 ...

Bayard, Stephen, 1700-1757

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Stephen Bayard was the mayor of New York from 1744 to 1747. From the description of Stephen Bayard letters, 1728-1743. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 703387730 ...

Hampton, Richard

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Rosenthal, Gustavus Henri de.

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Cook, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1921-

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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...

Hay, Samuel D.

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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...

Finley, John, ca. 1722-1769.

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Brodhead, Daniel, 1736-1809

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Born in 1736 in Marblehead, New York, Daniel Brodhead served as a colonel in the Revolutionary War, commanding the Western Department from his headquarters at Fort Pitt from 1779 to 1781. In the years preceding the outbreak of war, Brodhead operated a gristmill and worked as a deputy-surveyor for the colony of Pennsylvania. Disturbed by the passage of the Coercive Acts in 1774, Brodhead represented Berks County at a protest congress held in Philadelphia. In 1776, he was commissioned as an office...

Marshal, James

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Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818

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Surveyor; noted Indian fighter in the American midwest in the latter half of the 18th century. From the description of Documents, 1778-1818. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28287330 American Revolutionary Colonel in the Old Northwest. Clark first came to Detroit from Cleveland in 1817, and was followed by his parents in a commercial fisherman and deputy collector of customs in China, Mich. (from M.P.C., I, 501-507: Clark's "Recollections".) (blue ...

Evans, John, 1738-1834.

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Craig, Thomas, 1855-1900

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Thomas Craig, a mathematician, was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Lafayette College with the degree of civil engineer in 1875. He studied under Prof. James Joseph Sylvester at Johns Hopkins University, and later became a professor of mathematics there. He was chief editor of the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS (1894-1899), and contributed to the BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY. His published works include A TREATISE ON PROJECTIONS, ELEMENTS OF THE MATHEMATICAL TH...

Harmar, Josiah, 1753-1813

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Army officer. From the description of Orderly book of Josiah Harmar, 1794. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068546 Lieutenent Colonel Josiah Harmar commanded the Pennsylvania troops at Camp Port Vincennes. From the description of Muster roll, 1787. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122625429 Soldier in American Revolution; brigadier-general, U.S. Army; adjutant-general of Pennsylvania. In 1790 he waged a campaign near Fort Wayne, ...

Butler, Richard, 1743-1791

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Officer in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War who later died fighting American Indians in Ohio; co-signer; Continental Congress' envoy to the Western Indians. From the description of Journal of Gen. Richard Butler, 1785-1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 166427842 Born in Dublin, Ireland, April 1, 1743, the son of Thomas and Eleanor (Parker) Butler. Family emigrated to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Served in Bouquet expedition and was in Indian trade at Chil...

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...

Crawford, William, 1732-1782

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Army officer. From the description of William Crawford correspondence, 1761. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450020 ...

Grier, David, -1790

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Pennsylvania. Militia. Regiment, 7th.

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Duncan, David K.

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Member of the firm of Duncan and Wilson, Pittsburgh. They were engaged extensively in trade and their operations extended to Detroit, Vincennes and other places. In 1787 Duncan was engaged in supplying all the U.S. posts. His will, drawn Dec. 20, 1791, in Pittsburgh, mentions his Widow, Margaret, two sons, Samuel and David, and three daughters. It disposed of his Pittsburgh residence and a plantation "on the hill," apparently in that vicinity. (blue index cards) From the description ...

Shepherd, David, 1734-1795

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Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836

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Kentucky and Ohio frontiersman, pioneer, and settler. From the description of Simon Kenton : miscellaneous papers, 1798-1818. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49244572 Simon Kenton, a pioneer settler of Kentucky, was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, April 3, 1755. In the spring of 1775, Kenton and Thomas Williams explored the area of Mason County, Kentucky, where they set up camp. Kenton moved on to Boonesborough in the fall of that year and became a f...

Brady, Samuel, 1756-1795

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