Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Miscellany, Volume XI, Miscellany, 1755-1835
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Sir Henry Clinton was the son of Admiral George Clinton (c.1685-1761) and grandson of Sir Francis Fiennes Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln. His father was Governor General of Newfoundland, 1732-1741, and of New York, 1741-1751. Rather than follow his father into the navy, Sir Henry embarked on a military career. He advanced steadily through the ranks, partly assisted by the patronage of his relative, the 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne. By the 1770s he had reached the rank of Colonel of the 12th Fo...
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...
Laurens, John, 1754-1782
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John Laurens was American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War. Son of the prominent merchant and planter Henry Laurens; best known for his criticism of slavery and his efforts to help recruit slaves to fight for their freedom as U.S. soldiers. He was killed in a skirmish on the Combahee River on August 27, 1782. ...
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
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George III was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. George's long life and reign were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of Britain's American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Furt...
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, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819
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Thomas Sim Lee (October 29, 1745 – November 9, 1819) was an American planter and statesman of Frederick County, Maryland. Although not a signatory to the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation or the US Constitution, he was an important participant in the process of their creation. Thomas Sim Lee was the second State Governor of Maryland, serving twice, from 1779 to 1783 and again from 1792 to 1794. Thomas Sim Lee also served as a delegate of Maryland in the Congress of the C...
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818
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Henry Lee III (January 29, 1756 – March 25, 1818) was an early American Patriot and U.S. politician who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. Lee's service during the American Revolution as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army earned him the nickname by which he is best known, "Light-Horse Harry". He was the father of Robert E. Lee, who led Confederate armies against the U.S. in the American Civil War. Born on Leesylvan...
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...
Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785
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Joseph Reed (August 27, 1741 – March 5, 1785) was a Founding Father of the United States and a lawyer, military officer, and statesman of the American Revolutionary Era who lived the majority of his life in Pennsylvania. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and, while in Congress, signed the Articles of Confederation. He also served as President of Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council, a position analogous to the modern office of Governor. Reed was born in Trenton in the Pr...
Walton, George, c. 1749-1804
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George Walton (c. 1749 – February 2, 1804), a Founding Father of the United States, signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of Georgia. Born in Cumberland County, Virginia, Walton was a studious, self-taught young man. After completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter under his uncle, he moved to Savannah, Georgia to study law. Admitted to the bar in 1774, by the eve of the American Revolution, he was on...
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...
Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794
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Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed. He also served a one-year term as the president of the Continental Congress, was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation, and was a United States Senator fro...
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States postmaster general. As a scientist, he was a major figure in ...
Ellery, William, 1727-1820
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William Ellery (December 22, 1727 – February 15, 1820) was a Founding Father of the United States, one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, and a signer of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Rhode Island. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, he received his early education from his father before graduating from Harvard College in 1747. After working as a merchant, customs collector, and as clerk of the Rhode Island General Assembly, Ellery started pr...
Adams, John, 1735-1826
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John Adams (1735-1826) was the second president of the United States, born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. He served as defense counsel for British soldiers accused of Boston Massacre in 1770; as delegate to Continental Congress from 1774 to 1778; as member of committee charged with drafting Declaration of Independence in 1776; as congressional commissioner to France from 1778 to 1779; as minister to United Provinces in 1780; and negotiated a loan from Dutch bankers in 1782. Adams join...
Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866
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Jared Sparks (1789-1866) was the President of Harvard University from February 1, 1849 to February 10, 1853. He was also a Unitarian minister, editor, and historian. Jared Sparks was born to Joseph Sparks and Elinor (Orcut) Sparks on May 10, 1789 in Willington, Connecticut. Sparks was one of nine children and came from a family of modest means. When he turned six years old, Sparks went to live with an aunt and uncle in Camden, New York, to help relieve the family of a mout...
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...
McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806
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Army officer and delegate to U.S. Continental Congress form Georgia. From the description of Letters of Lachlan McIntosh, 1777-1778. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454519 Lachlan McIntosh (1725-1806), Army General, married Sarah Threadcraft McIntosh. From the description of Lachlan McIntosh family papers, 1755-1829. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477289 Lachlan McIntosh (1725-1806), Revolutionary War brigadier general and delegate from Georgia to the...
Palmerston.
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Gilmore, Robert O.
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Robert Gilmore of Ellenburgh, Clinton County, New York, served with the N.Y.S. Volunteers 91st Regt., Company G. From the description of Robert Gilmore Papers, 1862-1865. (St. Lawrence University). WorldCat record id: 39698548 ...
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807
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Pennsylvania congressman. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to Thomas McKean, 1806 Feb. 21. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489384 Minister, Revolutionary soldier, and congressman; vice president of Pennsylvania 1785-1788. From the description of Order : to David Rittenhouse, 1788 Oct. 4. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626038 John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg was born 1 October 1746 in Trappe, Penn...
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788
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French naval officer. From the description of Papers of François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de Grasse, 1781-1784. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452775 François Joseph Paul Count de Grasse (1722-1788) was a French admiral who commanded the French fleet during the American revolution. From the guide to the Campagne d'Amérique de M. Le Comte de Grasse Tilly en 1781 et 1782, holograph, 1782?, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...
James, Charles Sexton
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Dixon was a painter, of San Francisco, Calif., later of Tucson, Ariz., and Mount Carmel, Utah, known for his easel and mural paintings of the American Southwest. From the description of Maynard Dixon biographical sketch and miscellany, 1906-1946. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122583385 ...
Marion, Francis, 1732-1795
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Francis Marion organized his brigade of South Carolina militia late in 1780. From the description of Orderly book of Marion's Brigade of South Carolina militia, 1781, Feb. 16 - 1782, Dec. 15. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122560055 General Marion is known as the "Swamp Fox" since he based his guerrilla operations in the South Carolina low country. From the description of ALS, 1781 May 29 : Georgetown, to Major ...
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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Washington Irving (b. April 3, 1783, New York City-d. November 28, 1859, Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York), American author, wrote his first popular work, A History of New York, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. He continued to write stories and essays which made him the outstanding figure in American literature of his time and established his reputation abroad. In 1826 Irving went to Spain to work at the American embassy in Madrid, then at the American legation in London, before returni...
Hardy, William
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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...
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807
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Count Rochambeau was Commander of the French troops during the American Revolution. From the description of LS, 1782 May 17 : Williamsburgh, to [General Washington?]. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13880974 Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (July 1, 1725 – May 10, 1807) was a French aristocrat, soldier, and a Marshal of France who participated in the American revolution. From the guide to the Rochambeau Speech in Willi...
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...
Custis, Martha Parke, 1755-1773
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Biron, Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duc de, 1747-1793
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French army officer. From the description of Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duc de Biron, correspondence, 1782. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452821 French officer in America. From the description of Order for payment signed : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867843 ...
Georgia. Governor (1775-1776, 1779-1780, 1789 : Walton)
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Lameth, Alexandre Théodore Victor, comte de, 1760-1829.
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Henderson, W. J., 1937-
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, livery and garage owner. From the description of William Henderson papers, 1912-1953. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420386 ...
Reading, James.
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Hall, Lyman, 1724-1790
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Lyman Hall (April 12, 1724 – October 19, 1790) was a Founding Father of the United States, physician, clergyman, and statesman who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. Hall County is named after him. He was one of four physicians to sign the Declaration of Independence, along with Benjamin Rush, Josiah Bartlett, and Matthew Thornton. Born in Wallingford, Connecticut, Hall graduated from Yale College in 1747 and was called to the pulpit of Strat...
Hall, John E. (John Elihu), 1783-1829
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Author, editor, and lawyer. From the description of Letters of John E. Hall, 1812-1827. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455861 ...
North.
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Bourne, Silvanus
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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
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American revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Thomas Jefferson, 1793 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Henry Jackson, 1796 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596669 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westpoint, to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, 1782 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598200 ...
Dick, Elisha Cullen, 1762-1825
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Dr. Dick received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania; he was a physician, a colonel in a Virginia cavalry regiment, and mayor of Alexandria, Va. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, after 1799. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 190789789 Mayor of Alexandria, Va., and physician. From the description of Elisha Cullen Dick newspaper clipping and signatures, 1791. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423849 ...
New Jersey. Governor (1763-1776 : Franklin)
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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...
Benson, Egbert, 1789 or 1790-1866
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Julien, Michel 1931-1998
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Beauchamp.
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Smith, William Stephens, 1755-1816
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William Stephens Smith (b. November 8, 1755, Suffolk County, NY–d. June 10, 1816, Lebanon, NY) was a United States Representative from New York. He married Abigail "Nabby" Adams, the daughter of President John Adams, and was a brother-in-law of President John Quincy Adams. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1774. He served in the Revolutionary Army as aide-de-camp to general John Sullivan in 1776. Smith fought in the Battle of Long Island, was wounded...
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804
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Delegate of the U.S. Continental Congress, U.S. representative and legislator, army officer, and banker from Connecticut. From the description of Papers of Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1775-1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067840 Merchant, soldier, and commissary general in the Continental Army; resident of Hartford, Connecticut. From the description of Jeremiah Wadsworth papers, 1776-1802. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780060 ...
Monckton, Robert, 1726-1782
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Epithet: Lieutenant-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000570.0x000236 Epithet: Major British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000570.0x000237 Epithet: Brigadier-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000570.0x00023c British army officer and gov...
Jones, Joseph E.
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Franklin, William, 1731-1813
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William Franklin was born in 1731, the illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin; his mother's identity is unknown. Prime Minister, Lord Bute, named William Franklin to the position of Royal Governor of New Jersey when the office became available in 1762. At first, Franklin was greeted in New Jersey with trepidation, as it was assumed that his famous father had obtained the office for him. In contrast to the low expectations of him, William Franklin became one of the most effective royal governors N...
Noailles, Louis Marie, vicomte de, 1756-1804
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Berthier, Louis-Alexandre, 1753-1815
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Berthier, prince de Neuchâtel, was Marshall of France and Chief of Staff under Napoleon. Caffarelli was a French General and minister of War for the Kingdom of Italy. From the description of [Letter] 1811 mars 8, Paris [to] General Caffarelli / Neuchâtel. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 171158144 Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815), one of the four sons of Jean-Baptiste Berthier, was born in Versailles, where his father was in charge of the Royal Map Ser...
Nicola, Lewis, 1717-1807
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Editor, army officer, and businessman. From the description of Papers of Lewis Nicola, 1777-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452337 ...
Wood, Joseph Sutherland, 1946-
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Reverend and member of Co. E., 49th Massachusetts Volunteers. From the description of Diary, 1863. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36547503 ...
Heath, William, 1737-1814
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American Major-General. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Ebenezer Hancock, 1777 Apr. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864067 Army officer. From the description of Papers of William Heath, 1776-1782. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061920 Army officer in the Revolution, Massachusetts state senator, and jurist. From the description of Papers of William Heath, 1774-1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83784932 ...
Nicholson, John, 1757-1800
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Land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson papers, 1795 16 Feb.-10 Mar. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953089 Financier and land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson family papers, 1786-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981679 Pennsylvania state official and land promoter. From the description of ALS : to Thomas Mifflin, 1791 Nov. 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat reco...
Livingston, Gilbert Robert, 1786-1834
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Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1738-1820.
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FitzSimms, Thomas.
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Armstrong, John
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Pennsylvania resident (Westmoreland County). From the description of Papers, 1827-1880. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31421805 Epithet: Surveyor-General of the Ordnance British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x000258 John Armstrong, costume designer. From the description of Costume designs for Rembrandt (Motion picture), 1936. (New York Public Library). WorldCat...
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
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Continental Army officer, collector of customs for the port of Boston; from Hingham (Plymouth Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1778-1804. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903396 Benjamin Lincoln was an American general during the Revolutionary War. He accepted the British surrender at Yorktown. From the description of Benjamin Lincoln collection, 1775-1782. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 712651132 ...
Asgill, Charles, Sir, 1760?-1823
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English general. From the description of Document signed : [London], 1809 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132549 ...
Clinton, George, 1771-1809
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Reid, Joseph D.
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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 ...
Georgia. Governor (1783-1784 : Hall)
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Peabody, Mr.
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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...
Ogden, Aaron, 1756-1839
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U.S. senator and governor of New Jersey, ship builder, and army officer. From the description of Receipts of Aaron Ogden, 1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454779 Governor of New Jersey and United States senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Major Elias B. Dayton, 1802 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611449 U.S. senator and governor of New Jersey. From the description of Papers, 1783-1833. (...
Montardier, Mireille
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Robinson, F.
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Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806
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American revolutionary general. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Traveller's Rest, to F. Meriwether, Esq., 1787 Jan. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864014 Revolutionary general. Born in England, Gates settled in Virginia in 1772 after a career in the British army that included service in the French and Indian War. He was commissioned adjutant-general of the Continental Army in 1775, and was in command at the pivotal victory of Saratoga. After Saratoga...