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Title: Adams, John to Caroline Amelia DeWint, 1820 January 24; No. 6 John Adams to Caroline Amelia DeWint
Identifier(s): text:346222
Description: Discusses inoculation and the "accidental discovery" of Dr. [Edward] Jenner, points out that one hundred years ago Adams's uncle [Zabdiel] Boylston introduced inoculation in America, and comments on human ignorance; gives grandfatherly advice.
Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826et al
Subject: Inoculation; Vaccination; Vaccines; Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823; Boylston, Zabdiel, 1679-1766
Date: 1820-01-24; 2022

Title: Page, Mann, Jr. to George Weedon, 1777 April 22
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1598
Description: Letter from Mann Page, Jr. to General Weedon, including a note about smallpox inoculation.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Soldiers--Pennsylvania--History--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Smallpox; Vaccination; Inoculation (Founding); Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
Date: 1777-04-22; 2021

Title: Marble, Henry to Luke Drury, 1782 January 22; No. 879 Henry Marble to Luke Drury
Identifier(s): text:353716
Description: Informs him that Gen. [Alexander] McDougall was arrested by Gen. [William] Heath and is a candidate for general court-martial; informs him that thirty prisoners escaped from the "New Stone provost" and that the commander of the guard was arrested, tried, and reprimanded in general orders; mentions that they still have no money; informs him that provisions are now issued under a new system and that West Point is supplied by Comfort Sands and Company and describes a ration of provisions; mentions that all the troops who have not had smallpox are to be inoculated immediately.
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Armies--Commissariat; Smallpox; Inoculation; McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786; Heath, William, 1737-1814; Sands, Comfort, 1748-1834
Date: 1782-01-22; 2023

Title: George Weedon Orderly Book, 1777-1778
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1460
Description: The Valley Forge Orderly Book contains records of General, Divisional, and Brigade orders received under the command of George Weedon between August 25, 1777 and May 7, 1778. Evocative of the hardships faced by the Continental Army during the bitter winter of 1777-1778, the orderly book records orders relating to duties, disciplinary matters, promotions, and desertions. The orderly book also includes a plan of battle for the Battle of Germantown, 1777, and plans for the troops at Mount Holly (November 1777) and what appears to be Whitemarsh (November 1777). It also includes several illustrations of troop formations and an insert of an 1897 Valley Forge map.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Lived Experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Clothing and dress; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Desertions; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women; United States. Continental Army--Military life; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; White Marsh, Battle of, 1777; Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777; Soldiers--Medical care--United States; Smallpox; Inoculation (Founding); Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Alexander, William, 1726-1783; Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792; Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789; Craik, James, 1730-1814; Febiger, Christian, 1746-1796; Fraser, Simon; Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; Grayson, William, 1736-1790; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834; Maxwell, William; McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786; Mease, James, 1771-1846; Mercer, Hugh, approximately 1725-1777; Mercer, Hugh Tennant Weedon, 1776-1853; Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807; Pułaski, Kazimierz, 1747-1779; Stevens, Edward; Sullivan, John, 1740-1795; Varnum, James M. (James Mitchell), 1748-1789; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Weedon, George, 1734-1793; Wood, James, 1741-1813; Woodford, William, 1734-1780
Date: 1777-1778; 2022