The Edward Hand reunion and genealogy collection, 1805-1984.

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The Edward Hand reunion and genealogy collection, 1805-1984.

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Collection consists largely of information on the descendants of Edward Hand and on the Hand family reunion. Collection consists of correspondence, genealogical materials, family charts, photographs, and commemorative booklet, 1912, on Lancaster County in the Revolutionary War. Also, three documents concerning the settling of the Hand estate.

.5 cubic ft.

Lancaster County Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7664092

Lancaster County Historical Society

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Hand, Edward, 1744-1802

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Edward Hand (31 December 1744 – 3 September 1802) was an Irish soldier, physician, and politician who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of general, and later was a member of several Pennsylvania governmental bodies. Born in Clyduff, King's County (now County Offaly), Ireland, Hand earned a medical certificate from Trinity College, Dublin before enlisting as a Surgeon's Mate in the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot. On 20 May 1767, he sa...