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Title: Whipple, William to Richard Henry Lee, 1779 August 23; Whipple, William, 1730-1785. ALS to Richard Henry Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16445
Description: Letter from William Whipple to Richard Henry Lee.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; United States--Politics and government--18th century
Date: 1779-08-23; 2021

Title: Souvenir of the Coldest Winter on Record. Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 1856; Accession no. 1773
Identifier(s): graphics:11364; F16-1-18
Description: Rosengarten no. 72
Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Views; Philadelphia (Pa.)--Climate.; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century.; Delaware River (N.Y.-DEL. And N.J.); Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works; Ice skating
Date: 1856

Title: Cadwalader, Lambert to Samuel Meredith, 1782 September 13
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1414
Description: Letter from Lambert Cadwalader to Samuel Meredith about properties and Cadawalader's family's health.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Women--History--18th century; Real property--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps; Cadwalader, Hannah Lambert
Date: 1782-09-13; 2021

Title: Whipple, William to Richard Henry Lee, 1779 September 18; Whipple, William, 1730-1785. ALS to Richard Henry Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16458
Description: Letter from William Whipple to Richard Henry Lee.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; United States--Politics and government--18th century
Date: 1779-09-18; 2021

Title: Hay, Udny to Robert Forsyth, 1779 January 3; Hay, Udny to Robert Forsyth
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:21754
Description: Letter from Udny Hay to Robert Forsyth. Fishkill - Acknowledging favor of 26th December, respecting artificers in Lt. Bolton's company. Will look into their complaints and, if just, they shall be redressed.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; Quartermasters; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Hay, Udny; Forsyth, Robert
Date: 1779-01-03; 2022

Title: Shippen, Joseph to Jasper Yeates, 1778 March 22; Shippen, Joseph to Jasper Yeates
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16955
Description: 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
Subject: Lived Experience; Law--United States--History; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Social networks--18th century; Business travel--18th century
Date: 1778-03-22; 2022

Title: Lee, Charles to Richard Henry Lee, 1775 September 02; Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. ALS to Richard Henry Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16481
Description: Letter from Charles Lee to Richard Henry Lee.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers
Date: 1775-09-02; 2021

Title: Franklin, William to Benjamin Franklin, 1774 December 24; Franklin, William, 1731-1813. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9572
Description: William Franklin writes to his Father about Deborah Read Franklin death and funeral. He expresses desire that Benjamin Franklin had returned to Philadelphia in the fall as he felt it would have made Deborah happy. He then encourages Franklin to leave England as the goals of his visit have not been achieved and are putting him in danger.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Women--History--18th century; Women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions
Date: 1774-12-24; 2022

Title: Hay, Udny to Robert Forsyth, 1779 January 21; Hay, Udny to Robert Forsyth
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:21555
Description: Letter from Udny Hay to Robert Forsyth. Fishkill - Acknowledging favor of 14th inst. Sends the tin by Dr. Latimer. Cannot recommend his black horse which, like many of the fair sex, is slow and cannot bear fatigue.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; Quartermasters; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Horses; Hay, Udny; Forsyth, Robert
Date: 1779-01-21; 2022

Title: Franklin, Benjamin Wastebook, 1785-1787; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Wastebook
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:27363
Description: This volume was kept by Benjamin Franklin and there is a small notice, in his hand, pasted to a page: "B.F.s Private Acc[oun]ts." It consists of 18 pages recording payment of taxes, purchase of stockings, hats, bookcases, thermometer, hams, etc., servants wages, etc. Franklin's French expenses are on the first two pages under dates of December 1776-April 1777. At the end of the volume is an index and several pages of accounts with the Congress, William Temple Franklin, Caffieri, etc.; Several blank pages throughout volume were not scanned.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Finance, Personal--United States; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823; Caffieri, Jean-Jacques, 1725-1792; Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808; United States. Congress
Date: 1785-1787; 2023

Title: Morris, Robert to Benjamin Franklin, 1782 October 07; Morris, Robert, 1734-1806. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:11752
Description: Robert Morris recommends Joshua Barney to Benjamin Franklin.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Social networks--18th century; Barney, Joshua, 1759-1818; United States. Continental Congress. Marine Committee
Date: 1782-10-07; 2022

Title: Bache, Richard to Benjamin Franklin, 1777 February 05; Bache, Richard, 1737-1811. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12213
Description: Richard Bache writes to Benjamin Franklin from Philadelphia about the movements of the Continental and British Armies. He writes that Franklin's library was sent to Bethlehem, he also writes about financial affairs related to Franklin. Bache mentions that Franklin's daughter, Sarah (Sally) and their children, are now living in two rooms of a farmhouse in Goshen in Chester County.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Finance, Personal--United States; Family life--18th century
Date: 1777-02-05; 2022

Title: Mifflin, Thomas to Richard Henry Lee, 1777 November 05; Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800. ALS to Richard Henry Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16625
Description: Letter from Thomas Mifflin to Richard Henry Lee.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; United States--Politics and government--18th century
Date: 1777-11-05; 2021

Title: Franklin, Elizabeth to Benjamin Franklin, 1776 August 06; Franklin, Elizabeth. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9478
Description: Letter from Elizabeth Franklin to Benjamin Franklin about the loan of 60 dollars she received from her father-in-law. She wrote to request that he consider intervening on William Franklin's, Elizabeth's husband and Franklin's son, behalf.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Women--History--18th century; Women--Social conditions--18th century
Date: 1776-08-06; 2022

Title: United States Congress to George Washington, 1777 April 10; United States. Congress. ALS Cy to George Washington
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16363
Description: Letter from the United States Congress to George Washington about the reasons for forming a camp on the "westside" of the Delaware.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers
Date: 1777-04-10; 2021

Title: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Order to David Rittenhouse to pay Charles Willson Peale, 1780 February 2; Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Speaker's Office. Order to David Rittenhouse to pay Charles Willson Peale
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:8812
Description: The Pennsylvania General Assembly orders David Rittenhouse (state treasurer) to pay Charles Willson Peale for "Sash lines, & for the Assembly room door."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1783; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Bayard, John Bubenheim, 1738-1807
Date: 1780-02-02; 2022

Title: Hopkinson, Francis to Benjamin Franklin, 1780 April 22; Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:9658
Description: Francis Hopkinson writes a letter of introduction for John Foulk to Benjamin Franklin and updates him on the war.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Social networks--18th century; Foulke, John, 1757-1796; Foulke Judah; Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831
Date: 1780-04-22; 2022

Title: Bache, Sarah Franklin to Benjamin Franklin, 1783 June 01; Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808. to Benjamin Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:11915
Description: Sarah Franklin Bache writes about her family to her father. She informs Benjamin Franklin about her eldest daughter's, Elizabeth, education. The letter includes a delightful vignette about playing with children and rabbits.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social life and customs; Family life--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Children; Child care--18th century
Date: 1783-06-01; 2022

Title: Gordon, William to Moses Wheelock, 1779 September 16
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:161
Description: Discusses his own involvement in circulating a rumor that Alexander Hamilton said publicly in Philadelphia that "'it was high time for the people to rise, join Genl. Washington [and] turn Congress out of doors"; includes a copy of a letter from Hamilton to Gordon, [to Aug. 1779], and a copy of a letter from Gordon to Hamilton, 25 Aug. 1779, which Gordon also forwarded to George Washington, regarding the matter.; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Gordon, William, 1728-1807
Source: The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s (Mss.B.F327); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F327-ead.xml
Subject: Political Philosophy; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Public opinion; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; ; ; ; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
Date: 1779-09-16; 2020

Title: Military Pass; No. 2274 George Washington
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:763
Description: Permission for a quartermaster and two noncommissioned officers to travel from New York to Philadelphia with money, clothing, and medicine for the use of Hessian prisoners.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Identification--United States; Passports--United States--History; Prisoners of war--United States--History--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States. Continental Army
Date: 1782-07-11; 2021