Benjamin Walker correspondence, 1785-1792.

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Benjamin Walker correspondence, 1785-1792.

ALS (1785 January 26) written by Walker to Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben regarding financial matters and ALS (1792 September 25) from Walker to Andrew Craigie concerning land transactions in New York and the influx of German and Irish immigrants there.

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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...

Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818

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Aide-de-camp to Baron von Steuben. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to [Captain Fairlie], 1781 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867554 Aide to Gen. Washington. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Jackson, 1792 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586289 U.S. representative from New York and naval officer. From the description of Benjamin Walker correspondence, 178...

Craigie, Andrew, 1744-1819

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