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Title: Report of British Officer to His Majesty from Camp at German Town 28th of Septemr. 1777
Identifier(s): text:303049
Description: Lieutenant William Keugh (b. 1732) was an Irish-born officer in the British army during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. Serving as Adjutant for the 44th Regiment of Foot, Keugh wrote Report of British Officer to His Majesty from Camp at German Town 28th of Setptemr. 1777, which chronicles the Philadelphia campaign of 1777, including descriptions of the Battles of Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown.
Creator: Keugh, Williamet al
Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778.;
Date: 1777; 2021

Title: No. 27 Dr. Samuel Adams to Sally Preston Adams
Identifier(s): text:321042
Description: Friendly letter; mentions the route he traveled from Dorchester to Springfield; warns her to be careful about smallpox; mentions that the enemy remain in Philadelphia.; Dr. Samuel Adams was an American physician who served as a surgeon for various Continental Artillery regiments through the end of the U.S. Revolutionary War.; generic note; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819et al
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Smallpox; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778
Date: 1778-06-07; 2020

Title: Adams, Samuel to Sally Preston Adams, 1778 June 7
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:130
Description: Friendly letter; mentions the route he traveled from Dorchester to Springfield; warns her to be careful about smallpox; mentions that the enemy remain in Philadelphia.; Dr. Samuel Adams was an American physician who served as a surgeon for various Continental Artillery regiments through the end of the U.S. Revolutionary War.; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819
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: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Smallpox; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; ; ;
Date: 1778-06-07; 2020

Title: Washington, George to Henry Jackson, 1778 June 18; No. 2188 George Washington to Henry Jackson
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:683
Description: Informs him about intelligence that the enemy are evacuating Philadelphia and orders him to be ready to march into the city.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States. Continental Army
Date: 1778-06-18; 2021

Title: Arbuthnot, Marriot to [George Phillips], 1777 October 14; No. 1817 Marriot Arbuthnot to George Phillips?
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:982
Description: Informs him that Gen. [Sir William] Howe landed in the upper part of Chesapeake Bay, had an engagement with Washington's army [the battle of Brandywine], and took possession of Philadelphia; comments that "the root of the contagion lies in the Northern Governments, particularly. . .Massachusetts" and that "the presbyterian parsons and their enthusiastic followers. . . must be chastised and a test calculated for their Government in future, or adieu to every thing but leveling and democracy"; discusses military affairs and civil disturbances in Nova Scotia.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Brandywine, Battle of, Pa., 1777; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: 1777-10-14; 2021

Title: Wythe, George to Richard Henry Lee, 1777 August 24; Wythe, George, 1726-1806. ALS to Richard Henry Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16474
Description: Letter from George Wythe to Richard Henry Lee in which he describes troop movements related to the Philadelphia Campaign.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778
Date: 1777-08-24; 2021

Title: Bradford, William to Joseph Reed, 1779 May 25; No. 1828 William Bradford to Joseph Reed
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:709
Description: Informs him that Bradford sent two men to jail who were apprehended by the people, one of whom was charged with appropriating flour that was intended for prisoners, and another who was turnkey of the jail and ill-treated prisoners when the British occupied the city; remarks that every "Man Seems to desire Revenge" and that the citizens "seemed ready to destroy them"; includes the names of witnesses.; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Bradford, William, 1755-1795et al
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Prisoners of war--Abuse of; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778
Date: 1779-05-25; 2021

Title: Washington, George to George Bryan, 1778 May 28; No. 1532 George Washington to George Bryan
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:686
Description: Sends condolences on the death of the President of the [Pennsylvania] Council [Thomas Wharton, Jr.]; informs him that Washington will advise the Council if the marquis de Lafayette leaves the army and accepts an appointment as ambassador to the United States from the court of France; postscript: recommends that if the British evacuate Philadelphia, the civil authority of Pennsylvania establish itself as soon as possible in the city in order to protect private property and "Citizens of every denomination."; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Date: 1778-05-28; 2021

Title: Washington, George to George Weedon, 1777 December 3
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1581
Description: Letter from General George Washington to General George Weedon about a Philadelphia campaign.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Date: 1777-12-03; 2021

Title: Thompson, William to Robert Morris, 1777 October 16; No. 1359 William Thompson to Robert Morris
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:618
Description: Recommends his nephew George Stevenson, Jr., whose health will not permit him to undergo the fatigue of another winter campaign, as a lieutenant in one of the companies to be raised to guard the stores in Carlisle.; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Thompson, Williamet al
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; United States. Continental Army--Military life; Stevenson, George, Jr.; United States. Continental Army
Date: 1777-10-16; 2021

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: By the Hon[orable] Major General Arnold, Commander in chief of the forces of the United States of America, in the city of Philadelphia, etc. A proclamation ... [establishing military law] ...; 188 (OS). Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801.By the Hon[orable] Major General Arnold, Commander in chief of the forces of the United States of America, in the city of Philadelphia, etc. A proclamation ... [establishing military law] ... Philadelphia, June 19, 1778
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7215
Description: A broadside that announces that martial law has been declared in Philadelphia.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Lived Experience; Broadsides; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Desertions; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824; Harrison, Robert Hanson, 1745-1790; Great Britain. Army
Date: 1778-06-19; 2022

Title: Wister, John Sr. to Wister Grandchildren, 1777 December 22; Wister, John Sr.. ALS to Wister Grandchildren
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7678
Description: John Wister, Sr writes to his grandchildren in Germantown. He notes that he cannot send the goods they desire as "the merchants will not sell their good, but for hard money, and hard money I have but very little". He also describes that they (presumably the British Army) have "quartered a [Cornl] and his wife and one white man and a Negro" and that they have "taken the 3 best Rooms in my house." Wister complains about the ill treatment, especially in his old age.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Family life--18th century; Households--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces
Date: 1777-12-22; 2022

Title: Jasper Yeates to Joseph Shippen, 1777 September 10
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1430
Description: Letter from Jasper Yeates to Joseph Shippen updating him on receiving his documents and regarding Shippen's children.; "Howes army at Kennett" is a later note written at the top of the first page. Written in pencil on the last page is "day before Battle of Brandywine".; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Slavery--United States--History--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women
Date: 1777-09-10; 2021

Title: Lee, Richard Henry to George Wythe, 1777 October 19; Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. ADfS to George Wythe
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16358
Description: Letter from Richard Henry Lee to George Wythe, which references the Battle of Saratoga and General Burgoyne's defeat. He sends along John Page's letter which describes the battle in more detail. Lee writes about the Philadelphia Campaign, "Danger appears now to be thickening about Gen. Howe, so that I hope to be able to []long to give you favorable accounts from the neighborhood of Philadelphia." Lee then turns to personal matters about his "enemies" using a letter he wrote to "Mr. Scot". He describes his concerns for his reputation. He then continues by discussing the depreciation of currency and his tenants desire to pay him in produce not cash. He asks for Wythe's help in the matter.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; United States--Politics and government--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic conditions
Date: 1777-10-19; 2021

Title: Nelson, Thomas, Jr. to George Washington, 1777 December 19
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1595
Description: Letter from General Thomas Nelson, Jr. to General George Weedon.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--French forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Political aspects; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814
Date: 1777-12-19; 2021

Title: Pemberton, Mary Stanbury to Israel Pemberton, 1777 November 23
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7297
Description: Letter from Mary Pemberton to Israel Pemberton regarding his exile, business, and home. She includes details about their food supplies and troubles using continental currency.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; War and families--United States--History--18th century; Quakers--Pennsylvania--History--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Religious aspects--Society of Friends; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Jackson, William; Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784; Reynell, John, 1708-1784; Dorsey, Benedict; Pleasants, Mary Pemberton
Date: 1777-11-23; 2022

Title: Godfrey, D. to [Turbutt] Francis, 1778 January 3; No. 384 D. Godfrey to Francis
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:992
Description: Discusses financial matters and mentions the possibility that public credit "may all go to the Devil"; remarks that "The Americans have beat us very handsomely" and asks his opinion about the defeat of [Gen. John] Burgoyne; mentions "the Savage barbarity with which this war has been carried on," asks his opinion about Burgoyne's offer to pay the Indians for American scalps, and comments: "After all this we still call the Americans Cowards, and all the Tories, Jacobite Scotch and the Court believe it"; informs him that Gen. [Sir William] Howe took Philadelphia but will not be able to hold it unless he can open the river to his ships and mentions the battle of Red Bank, [N. J.]; mentions that the British already have been obliged to abandon Long Island and the possibility that the Americans will retake New York; remarks that the British can obtain no more men in Germany and have none in England or Ireland, but that some Scottish lords have offered to raise regiments; mentions that "Congress Paper passes in France"; expresses concern that public bankruptcy will occur and remarks "our Trade with America is lost. . . forever"; remarks that the "Diabolical" scheme of raising so many regiments for the conquest of America is a wicked pretense; comments: "all the Herd of Ministers will be no more when you return."; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Godfrey, D.et al
Subject: Waging the War; Lived Experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Indians of North America--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; American loyalists; Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814; United States. Continental Army
Date: 1778-01-03; 2020

Title: Notebook concerning British Army operations; No. 409 Great Britain, Army
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:800
Description: Notebook kept by two unidentified British writers, which includes the following: order of battle for the British; operations of the army under Lt. Gen. [Sir Henry] Clinton, 12 Feb.-3 Aug. 1776; operations of the army under Gen. [Sir William] Howe, 22 Aug. 1776-1 Jan. 1777; strength of the army assembled at [New] Brunswick, [N. J.], 12 June 1777, and order of march; the campaign of 1777; army under Sir William Howe that embarked for Philadelphia, 7 July 1777; line of battle in the battle of Brandywine, II Sept. 1777; strength of the army at Germantown, 4 Oct. 1777; garrison of Philadelphia, 30 Dec. 1777; French fleet commanded by [Charles-Henri-Theodat], comte d'Estaing; British fleets commanded by Lord [Richard] Howe and Admiral [John] Byron; principal movements of the campaign of 1776 under Gen. [William] Howe; expedition to Rhode Island under Lt. Gen. [Sir Henry] Clinton and Commodore Sir Peter Parker, 24 Nov. 1776-14 Feb. 1777; memorandum on the battle of Monmouth, 28 June 1778; copies of three letters captured after the battle of Brandywine, one from Gouverneur Morris to [Alexander Hamilton), 4 July 1777, one from Hamilton to [Rev. Hugh Knox], 1, 28 July 1777, and one from Hamilton to [Robert R. Livingston], 7 Aug. 1777.; See also no. 111 for another item by one of these writers; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, French; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Brandywine, Battle of, Pa., 1777; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777; Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804; Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794; Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814; Parker, Peter, Sir, 1721-1811; Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795; Byron, John, 1723-1786; Knox, Hugh, approximately 1727-1790; Great Britain. Army
Date: 1776-1778; 2021

Title: Wythe, George to Richard Henry Lee, 1777 November 06; Wythe, George, 1726-1806. ALS to Richard Henry Lee
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16437
Description: George Wythe responds to Richard Henry Lee. He writes that the "letter concerning the leases was mentioned in the house, but so slighted, and treated in such a manner that I had not occasion to acquaint the house with what you had written to me upon that subject." Wythe mentions General Howe and the Philadelphia Campaign. He also urges Lee to get General Gates to send a letter about General Burgoyne's surrender as "some begin to doubt the truth of it." Wythe mentions that the question of taxation has been taken up by the Virginia Convention.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers; United States--Politics and government--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic conditions; Taxation--United States--History
Date: 1777-11-06; 2021