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Title: Huntington, Samuel to Benjamin Lincoln, 1780 January 8; No. 604 Samuel Huntington to Benjamin Lincoln
Identifier(s): text:348965
Description: Encloses an act [not present] of Congress of 8 Jan. that directs payment to be made to officers whose horses are killed in battle and that also empowers Lincoln to reform the four Georgia regiments and instructs him to consider officers of galleys and light dragoons as supernumeraries.
Creator: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796et al
Subject: Dragoons; Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Date: 1780-01-08; 2022

Title: Hazen, Moses to Benjamin Lincoln, 1782 June; No. 531 Moses Hazen to Benjamin Lincoln
Identifier(s): text:347963
Description: Complains about improprieties regarding a captain who is to be tried, mentions that the officers of the Pennsylvania Line at Carlisle, [Pa.] "are very assiduous' in supporting the captain whether right or wrong," and points out that if something is not done, Lincoln will be troubled with petitions from all the British officers who are prisoners of war; complains that assistant commissaries of prisoners think themselves independent of Hazen, points out that prisoners are allowed to work in the country and that some have escaped, and remarks: "In short the country is full of prisoners of war and Convention Troops."
Creator: Hazen, Moses, 1733-1803et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Date: 1782-06; 2022

Title: Hamilton, Alexander to Elizabeth Schuyler, 1781 July 10; No. 470 Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Schuyler
Identifier(s): text:347782
Description: Friendly letter; informs her that when he came to camp nothing was said about a command, so he sent General [Washington] his commission but was pressed by the latter to retain the commission and was assured a command; mentions that there seems to be little prospect of activity; mentions that he is quartered by invitation with Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln and remarks: "I experience every mark of esteem from the officers of both armies."
Creator: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804et al
Subject: Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler, 1757-1854; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Date: 1781-07-10; 2022

Title: Colony of Massachusetts Bay Council to George Godfrey, 1776 May 3; No. 891 Colony of Massachusetts Bay Council to George Godfrey
Identifier(s): text:353692
Description: Order to make a return of his brigade and then order that every fourth man be equipped and ready to march "on the Shortest Notice"; signed by Perez Morton, B[enjamin] Lincoln, James Otis, Caleb Cushing, S[amuel] Holten, and others.
Creator: Massachusetts. Councilet al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Morton, Perez, 1751-1837; Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810; Otis, James, 1725-1783; Holten, Samuel, 1738-1816
Date: 1776-05-03; 2023

Title: Greene, Nathanael to Mordecai Gist, 1783 May 20; No. 2361 Nathanael Greene to Mordecai Gist
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:771
Description: Gives instructions for delivering letters to Gen. [William] Smallwood and the Secretary of War [Benjamin Lincoln] and delivering orders for two officers who are going home with the sick and convalescent soldiers of the Pennsylvania and Maryland Lines.; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786et al
Subject: Waging the War; Lived Experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Medical care; Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810; Smallwood, William, 1732-1792; United States. Continental Army
Date: 1783-05-20; 2021

Title: Hiltzheimer, Jacob diary, 1782-1783
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1076
Description: Volume 12 of Jacob Hiltzheimer's diaries, with entries dated from 1782 March 4 to 1783 February 28. This diary documents Hiltzheimer’s daily life and activities as a livery stable owner, livestock dealer, and as a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly, including business transactions, personal details about his family and friends, and observations on events happening within Philadelphia, such as celebrations for the birth the Dauphin. Hiltzheimer notes the names of friends, dignitaries, and political acquaintances with whom he socializes frequently. He also records the weather conditions in Philadelphia on nearly a daily basis.; Portions of these diaries were edited and published by Jacob Cox Parsons, "Extracts From the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer of Philadelphia 1765-1798" (Philadelphia, 1893).; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Social networks--History--18th century; Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; German Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1783; Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--18th century; Horses; Horse trading; Livestock; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--French forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Meteorology--Observations; Trials--Pennsylvania--History--18th century; Ferries--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Sleighing; African Americans--History--18th century; Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810; Dickinson, John, 1732-1808; Walker, Hannah, 1741-1790; Amicable Fire Company (Philadelphia, Pa.); German Society of Pennsylvania
Date: 1782-1783; 2021