Shreve family : papers, 1776-1836.

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Shreve family : papers, 1776-1836.

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Papers include letters from Shreve family members, including Colonel Israel Shreve of the Second New Jersey Regiment of the Continental Line, discussing military activities during the Revolutionary War, economic conditions during the war, domestic life, family, land transactions, and the possibility of war with England in 1794; copies of muster rolls, 1780, of the Second New Jersey Regiment.

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United States. Army. New Jersey Regiment, Second

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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...

Shreve, Israel, 1739-1799

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Revolutionary War soldier, of Gloucester and Burlington Counties, New Jersey; married his second wife, Mary ("Polly") Cokely [or Cokley?], in 1773; was commissioned lieutenant colonel, Second Battalion Infantry, New Jersey Continental Line, upon its organization in November 1775 and subsequently participated in the Quebec Expedition; was commissioned colonel of the Second Battalion upon the Jersey Line's reorganization in November 1776 and was later wounded at the Battle of Brandywine; fought at...

Shreve family.

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New Jersey family. From the description of Shreve family : papers, 1776-1836. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49337881 ...