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Title: Brother to Samuel Morris, 1778 January 5
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12484
Description: Letter written to Samuel Morris from his brother discussing his troubles living in Philadelphia with British soldiers quartered in his home. He mentions having trouble getting materials such as wood and described the situation as a miserable state of business.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Households--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century; Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Military occupation damages; Soldiers--Billeting; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; Family life--18th century; Morris, Samuel, 1711-1782
Date: 1778-01-05; 2022

Title: Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene, 1779 June 20; Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:20443
Description: Letter from Udny Hay to Nathanael Greene. Smith's Tavern - Acknowledging letter of the 14th and 15th insts. has sent to His Excellency for permission to assist Colonel Hawkes Hay in the removal of his family. Has written the Board of War for a copy of new regulations in the Barrack department, and to Congress for a copy of resolution respecting artificers.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; Soldiers--Family relationships--United States; United States. Continental Army--Military life; Quartermasters; Hay, Udny; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-06-20; 2022

Title: Dr. Jackson to George Gray, 1779 April 7; Jackson (Dr.) to George Gray
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:21824
Description: Letter from Dr. Jackson to George Gray. Order to have his horse shod and four rivets made for his desk.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Soldiers--Health and hygiene; Quartermasters; Horses; Jackson, Dr.; Gray, George
Date: 1779-04-07; 2022

Title: Smith, E.A. to Udny Hay, 1779 March 6; Smith, E.A. to Udny Hay
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24271
Description: Letter from E.A. Smith to Udny Hay. Fishkill - Suffering of the sick, owing particularly to lack of wood. Mr. Bancker's fair promises amount to nothing. Begs Colonel Hay to supply them with wood or to have the authority vested in him.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Soldiers--Health and hygiene; Smith, E.A.; Hay, Udny
Date: 1779-03-06; 2022

Title: Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de to William Temple Franklin, 1779 December 22; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25225
Description: Letter from Louis Laneuville to William Temple Franklin. Thanking him for the news about his brother Normiont de Laneuville who is serving in the United States. Sent the letter and newspaper containing the article to Marquis Lafayette; has asked the latter to have the letter and article published in the European papers.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Political aspects; Soldiers--Family relationships--United States; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1779-12-22; 2022

Title: Lewis, Morgan to Nathanael Greene, 1778 November 8; Lewis, Morgan, 1754-1844 to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:21502
Description: Letter from Morgan Lewis to Nathanael Greene. Albany - Question of procuring boards and planks. Places before him the case of a Mr. Smith, whose house has been so long needed as a station by American troops that he has lost the income of a year's produce; wishes to know what compensation should be made him. Encloses return of articles at this post.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Quartermasters; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Soldiers--Billeting; War damage compensation; Lewis, Morgan; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1778-11-08; 2022

Title: Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene, 1780 February 9; Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:20488
Description: Letter acknowledging letter of 2nd inst. His fears for the army. Question of appeal by Congress to the State for supplies. Would rather be the agent for his own State (if it comes into the measure) than risk the embarrassments arising from a State quartermaster. Constitution failing him under the fatigues and annoyances of his position. Busy with cash accounts. Most of their debts to artificers, master of vessels and wagoners, who depend only on this money for the support of themselves and family. In case Congress sends a supply of wheat, has chosen a safe place for storing it. Lack of wagoners. Question of a debt to a ropemaker. Desires printed certificates to give those who bring in accounts and cannot be paid.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States. Continental Army--Military life; War and families--United States--History--18th century; Soldiers--Family relationships--United States; Social networks--18th century; Quartermasters; Hay, Udny; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1780-02-09; 2022

Title: Kingsland, Eliza to Nathanael Greene, 1779 October 4; Kingsland, Eliza to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:21664
Description: Letter from Eliza Kingsland to Nathanael Greene. Albany - A pathetic letter, setting forth various incidents of her life and beseeching that her husband may not be recalled to his regiment, as his work is the only thing which supports herself and her three little children; to follow a camp is far worse than death to her.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Family life--18th century; War and families--United States--History--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women; Soldiers--Family relationships--United States; Finance, Personal--United States; Kingsland, Eliza; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-10-04; 2022

Title: Paine, Thomas to Dr. Samuel Adams, 1779 September 29; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. ALS to Dr. Samuel Adams
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:12623
Description: Letter from Thomas Paine to Samuel Adams about the death of Paine's wife.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; United States--Politics and government--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Political aspects; War and families--United States--History--18th century; Soldiers--Family relationships--United States; Family life--18th century; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819
Date: 1779-09-29; 2022

Title: Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene, 1779 November 11; Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:20926
Description: Letter from Udny Hay to Nathanael Greene. If he has not a speedy supply of cash, the business of his department must cease. Hardly anything prepared for the reception of the troops into winter quarters. High price of necessary articles. His principal assistant has left in disgust, and his next oldest declares that he won't receive another shilling unless Congress thinks proper to make his pay in some degree adequate to his services.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States. Continental Army--Military life; Soldiers--Health and hygiene; Military camps; Quartermasters; Hay, Udny; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-11-11; 2022

Title: Smith, E.A. to Udny Hay, 1779 March 21; Smith, E.A. to Undy Hay
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:23719
Description: Letter from E.A. Smith to Udny Hay. Fishkill - Must trouble him again about wood. Is it Mr. Bancker's purpose to destroy the sick? Why, then, does he promise wood and straw and never deliver it? The intentions of his medicines counteracted by the cold; begs Colonel Hay to send some wood.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Soldiers--Health and hygiene; Smith, E.A.; Hay, Udny
Date: 1779-03-21; 2022

Title: Irvine, William to Nathanael Greene, 1780 January 31; Irvine, William, 1741-1804 to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:21742
Description: Letter from William Irvine to Nathanael Greene. Camp near Morristown - Congratulating Mrs. Greene and the General, and wishing them joy. Has written the State Commissary to send all the soap he can spare.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Soldiers--Health and hygiene; Quartermasters; Irvine, William, 1741-1804; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1780-01-31; 2022

Title: Huntingdon, Samuel to Nathanael Greene, 1779 November 19; Huntingdon, Samuel to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:20686
Description: Letter from Samuel Huntingdon to Nathanael Greene. Philadelphia - Enclosing three Acts of Congress for reforming and incorporating the eleven companies of artificers and making further provisions for them as specified in the several acts. Captain Pendleton's faithfulness in this business and his subsequent sickness.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Finance; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; Soldiers--Health and hygiene; Quartermasters; Huntingdon, Samuel; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-11-19; 2022

Title: Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene, 1779 November 9; Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:21136
Description: Letter acknowledging favors of 7th and 8th insts. In reply to his remonstrations, the artificers have gone to work. Has applied to the Governor. Forage on the confines of the river cannot be brought down, owing to lack of vessels. Has stopped work on hospital, in accordance with General Greene's order. Not responsible for want of flour. Owes many accounts; his credit sinking in proportion to the depreciation of money. No blankets and shoes.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Supplies and stores; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States. Continental Army--Military life; Soldiers--Health and hygiene; Forage; Quartermasters; Hay, Udny; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-11-09; 2022

Title: Scott, Captain William, The Battle of Germantown memorandum
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:1561
Description: This bound memorandum chronicles events leading up to and during the Battle of Germantown. Captain William Scott describes the capture of a prisoner on the Lime Kiln Road just prior to the battle that alerted the British to the presence of American forces. The memorandum details the various companies of the larger British units that took place in the battle, including Scott's own 17th Light Infantry Company of the 17th Regiment of Foot. Casualties are mentioned, but not in detail.; Included in the bound volume is a transcript of the memorandum.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777; Military camps; Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Pennsylvania--Militia--History; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Prisoners of war--United States--History--18th century; Soldiers--Pennsylvania--History--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; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; Abercromby, James, 1706-1781; Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792; Erskine, William, Sir, 1728-1795; Grant, James, 1720-1806; Captain Boyd; United States. Continental Army; Great Britain. Army
Date: 1777; 2022

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

Title: Journal of the operations of the American War
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:15245
Description: A first hand narrative of the early years of the American Revolution written by Thomas Sullivan, an Irish-born sergeant serving with the British 49th Regiment of Foot. In polished prose, Sullivan describes the events from his arrival in North America just prior to the Battle of Bunker Hill through his participation in the Long Island, Philadelphia, and New Jersey Campaigns. Among the engagements described are Bunker Hill, Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown, and Red Bank, but he reports as well on events that he did not personally witness, drawing liberally upon published sources to fill out his narrative. Two pieces of correspondence detailing these "lifted" accounts are included at the end of the collection. Such events described include the battle of Lexington and Monmouth. Also included are various ledgers detailing the supply of food rations, weapon and ammunition as well as approximations of the deaths and casualties of British and American soldiers. The diary also has a section beginning on page 404 entitled "The Author makes his escape from the English, and Returns back to Philadelphia" wherein he discusses his various reasons for deserting the British army, and likewise documents the travels his wife and himself made to get to Philadelphia in June of 1788. "Seeing American under arms," he wrote, and seeing that the Americans "were striving to throw off the Yoke, under which my native country sunk for many years..." After traveling to White Plains to work as steward to Nathanael Greene, the "diary" ends abruptly with the entry for July 28, 1778.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, German; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Artillery operations; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Cavalry operations; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, British; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Public opinion; Military deserters--United States--History--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Desertions; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic conditions; Finance, Personal--United States; Brandywine, Battle of, Pa., 1777; Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775; Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777; Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776; Monmouth, Battle of, Freehold, N.J., 1778; Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778; Red Bank, Battle of, N.J., 1777; White Plains, Battle of, White Plains, N.Y., 1776; Military history; War and families; Quartermasters; Food supply; Operational rations (Military supplies); Military camps; Soldiers--Billeting; Siege warfare; War casualties; Dragoons; Hessians; Logistics; Taxation; Sullivan, Thomas, 1755-; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; Washington, George, 1732-1799; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1778-1779; 2022