Subject| • | Brandywine, Battle of, 1777 |
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| | • | British Landing at Head of Elk, Maryland, 1777 |
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| | • | Courts-martial and courts of inquiry |
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| | • | Delaware Indians |
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| | • | Germantown, Battle of, 1777 |
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| | • | Harbors -- United States. |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania |
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| | • | Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania -- Government relations -- To 1789 |
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| | • | Iroquois Indians |
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| | • | Medicine -- United States. |
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| | • | Miami Indians |
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| | • | Military topography. |
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| | • | Moravian Indians |
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| | • | Moravians -- Pennsylvania -- History |
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| | • | Natural history. |
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| | • | Paoli Massacre, 1777 |
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| | • | Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
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| | • | Postal service -- United States. |
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| | • | Quartermasters -- United States |
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| | • | Topographical surveying -- United States. |
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| | • | Trust indentures. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1776-1783 |
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| | • | Whitemarsh, Battle of, 1777 |
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| | 2 | Author: | unknown | Add | | | Title: | Keugh, Lieutenant William, Report of British Officer to His Majesty from Camp at German Town 28th of Setptemr. 1777
| | | | Dates: | 1777 September 28- October 7 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains an official account of the British Army's actions in the Philadelphia-area during the American Revolution. It complements SMS Coll 7 and SMS Coll 9. Recorded by British Army officer Lieutenant William Keugh, the after action report is extensive and detailed.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.SMs.Coll.8 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Military History | Philadelphia History | | | | Genre: | Military Records | Official Government Documents and Records | | | | Subjects: | Brandywine, Battle of, 1777 | British Landing at Head of Elk, Maryland, 1777 | Germantown, Battle of, 1777 | Paoli Massacre, 1777 | |
| 3 | Author: | Cassin, Charles Luke, 1846-1878 | Add | | | Title: | Charles Luke Cassin papers, 1745-1878
| | | | Dates: | 1745-1878 | | | | Abstract: | The Cassin Collection is heavily focused on Charles Luke Cassin's correspondence in the late nineteenth century. Charles Cassin was a physician in the U.S. Navy in the late-nineteenth century. His family's roots date to the colonial era. There are approximately seven documents from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, however. This portion of the collection includes three legal documents from colonial Pennsylvania that were likely handed down through the family: one is a will for Aaron Thompson dated 1745, another is an indenture from 1758, and another is a copy of a court decision in Berks County in 1774. There are two letters from James Mullins to Eliza Cassin relating to their past affairs and children. Finally, there are official documents relating to Joseph Cassin, Charles Luke's father, including a commission in the U.S. Navy signed by James Madison.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C274 | | | | Extent: | 70 item(s) | | | | Topics: | Marriage and Family Life | Military History | | | | Genre: | Family Correspondence | Legal Records | Military Records | Official Government Documents and Records | | | | Subjects: | Medicine -- United States. | Trust indentures. | |
| 6 | Author: | Hazard, Ebenezer, 1744-1817 | Add | | | Title: | Ebenezer Hazard papers, 1766-1813
| | | | Dates: | 1766-1813 | | | | Abstract: | The Ebenezer Hazard Collection contains a range of documents relating to the early history and establishment of the postal service in the new American nation. Ebenezer Hazard was a New Yorker who served as a deputy postmaster general during the American Revolution and early republic.Included in the collection are two letters from Benjamin Franklin, one appointing him to the post and another advising him to quickly establish a post to Albany. There are a series of military passes issued to Hazard, lending insight into how the postal service operated during the war years. Other correspondents include Thomas Jefferson, who wrote a letter to Hazard in 1775 endorsing a proposed public papers project, and George Washington, who corresponded with Hazard as General of the Army during the war and as President.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.B.H338 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | American Revolution | Government Affairs | Military History | | | | Genre: | Institutional Records | Military Records | Official Government Documents and Records | Political Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Postal service -- United States. | |
| 7 | Author: | unknown | Add | | | Title: | Indian and Military Affairs of Pennsylvania, 1737-1775
| | | | Dates: | 1737-1775 | | | | Abstract: | This large volume contains a wealth of data on Pennsylvania history beginning in 1737 and ending in 1775. Documents include letters, orders, and treaty minutes relating to Pennsylvania's military and political history. Although much of the material relates to the Seven Years' War, there are also documents relating to the Maryland-Pennsylvania border dispute, impressments of sailors, the founding of the Pennsylvania hospital, and other aspects of the political history of the colony. The bulk of the material deals with military, diplomatic, and political issues. Most of the documents have been printed in either the Pennsylvania Archives or Hazard's Register.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.974.8.P19 | | | | Extent: | 1 volume(s) | | | | Topics: | Colonial Politics | Diplomatic History | Government Affairs | Military History | Native America | Pennsylvania History | Seven Years' War | Social Life and Custom | Surveying and Maps | | | | Genre: | Diplomatic Material | Military Records | Official Government Documents and Records | | | | Subjects: | Delaware Indians | Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 | |
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