Shippen, William Jr. to Richard Henry Lee, 1776 December 20 (1)
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Shippen, William Jr. to Richard Henry Lee, 1776 December 20 (1) | ||
| Alternative Title | Shippen, William, Jr., 1736-1808. ALS to Richard Henry Lee | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Shippen, William, Jr., 1736-1808 | ||
| Recipient | Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | 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. | ||
| Note | American Philosophical Society | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Language | (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1783 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States. Continental Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc. | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Medical care | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States. Continental Army--Military life | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Medicine, Military--United States | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Medicine--United States--History--18th century | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Military hospitals--United States | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Bethlehem (Pa.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Baltimore (Md.) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Shippen, Alice Lee, 1736-1817 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | United States. Continental Congress | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Genre | Correspondence | ||
| Extent | 4p. | ||
| Digital Origin | Reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | Preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1776-12-20 | ||
| Date Captured | 2021 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | Richard Henry Lee papers | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.L51 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.L51-ead.xml | ||
| ACCESS INFORMATION | |||
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