Letter from Edward Shippen to Joseph Shippen informing him of the death of "my Dear Mrs. Shippen." He also discusses the loyalty oath to the United States., American Philosophical Society
Letter from Joseph Shippen to lawyer, Jasper Yeates, concerning sending Shippen's valuable documents to Yeates as the British get closer to his home. He also details a sudden plan to send his family away from the action., American Philosophical Society
Letter from Joseph Shippen Jr. to Jasper Yeates. Says that he is sending a rider to Jasper in Lancaster to pick up Edward and his brother's papers., American Philosophical Society
Letter from William Shippen to Richard Henry Lee. Recommendations to Congress on the needs of military hospitals with very rich descriptions of what is happening in the Bethlehem military hospital. Letter from same date to Lee from Shippen seems to be the document he is referring to in this letter. Shippen writes more generally about the war including Washington and Howe's movements. He references his wife and Lee's sister, Alice Lee Shippen., American Philosophical Society
Letter from William Shippen to Richard Henry Lee. Shippen relays his experience at the military hospital in Bethlehem, PA and describes his findings for congress. "I have attended to this matter more carefully because I saw on my first entering the army that many more brave americans fell a sacrifice to neglect and inequity in the medical departments than fell by the sword of the enemy. I saw Directors but no directions, physicians and surgeons bt too much above their business, & the care of the sick committed to young boys [...]" Shippen suggests a new system of care for sick soldiers., American Philosophical Society
Letter from William Shippen to Richard Henry Lee. Shippen writes that he is grateful that congress took up his suggestions on the restructuring of medical care in the army due to his observations at the Bethlehem military hospital. He encourages congress to up the pay of the physicians and surgeons to 20-30 dollars so that better doctors will work for them. Shippen describes his experiences and the disorder he found at, presumably, a military hospital. He relays how he is working to gain order. He continues to write about military hospitals and other military matters for the rest of the letter., American Philosophical Society
Letter from Israel Shreve to Nathanael Greene. Elizabethtown - Has received tents, but has no sort of wagon or carriage in case the enemy should move that way; begs that they may be sent immediately. Expedition certainly on foot at New York in flatboats, with their main body somewhere. Lines very weak; only his regiment and about one hundred militia between Acquacanac and Woodbridge., American Philosophical Society
Letter from Israel Shreve to Nathanael Greene. Elizabethtown - Acknowledging favor of 24th inst. Will get the tents out of town by night. Will apply for wagons., American Philosophical Society
