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Title: Records Relating to the Court Questions
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:23683
Description: Particular questions put by Colonel Hay to several witnesses, answered in the course of the proceedings of the Court.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry; Quartermasters; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Political aspects; Bancker, John; Hay, Udny
Date: undated; 2022

Title: Eastham, Braxton to George Gray, 1778 December 6; Eastham, Braxton to George Gray
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:20971
Description: Letter from Braxton Eastham to George Gray. Order to shoe the bearer's horse.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States. Continental Army--Military life; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects; Quartermasters; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Horses; Eastham, Braxton; Gray, George
Date: 1778-12-06; 2022

Title: Vaughan, John to William Temple Franklin, 1781 April 10; Vaughan, John, 1756-1841. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24736
Description: Letter from John Vaughan to William Temple Franklin. Sends a copy of his previous letter about his project of going to Madrid for a few months before setting out for America, and requests an early reply.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; International Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; International travel; Vaughan, John, 1756-1841; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-04-10; 2022

Title: Records Relating to the Court Justifications
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:23591
Description: Colonel Udny Hay's justification of himself before the Court of Inquiry to investigate Mr. Bancker's dismission by him [Colonel Hay]. Takes each of the five charges made against him by Mr. Bancker and refutes them one by one. Major Bancker's justification of himself; giving his reasons for not providing wood at the proper time.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry; Quartermasters; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Political aspects; Bancker, John; Hay, Udny
Date: undated; 2022

Title: Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus) to Francis Wade, 1779 December 29; Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus), 1772-1824 to Francis Wade
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:22630
Description: Letter from Caesar Rodney to Francis Wade. Wilmington - Announcing the failure of the bill, with new arrangements in the quartermaster's and commissary departments. Begs him to repair to his quarters immediately, as there is a pressing need for flour. Money wanted in every branch of the staff department.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Lived Experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; Quartermasters; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Finance, Personal--United States; Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784; Wade, Francis
Date: 1779-12-29; 2022

Title: Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de (James Le Ray) to William Temple Franklin, 1781 November 15; Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de (James Le Ray), 1760-1841. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26687
Description: Letter from Jacques-Donatien Leray de Chaumont to William Temple Franklin. Gives an account of their hunting expeditions. Request to buy him several articles in Paris.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de (James Le Ray), 1760-1841; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-11-15; 2022

Title: Alexander, William to William Temple Franklin, 1780 June 9; Alexander, William, 1729-1819. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25432
Description: Letter from William Alexander to William Temple Franklin. Leaves that night in the "Diligence," asks for the packets and offers to execute any commission "an inch short of high treason." Expects to be back from England within three weeks.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Political Philosophy; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; International travel; Alexander, William, 1729-1819; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-06-09; 2022

Title: Fox, George to William Temple Franklin, 1781 March 10; Fox, George, 1759-1828. to William Temple Franklin.
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25589
Description: Letter from George Fox to William Temple Franklin. Was prevented by a severe illness from writing to his family and friends in America for a long time. Requests him to send word to his friends at Philadelphia of his recovery.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; International Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Health and Hygiene; Fox, George, 1759-1828; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-03-10; 2022

Title: Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene, 1779 October 5; Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:20440
Description: Letter from Udny Hay to Nathanael Greene. Advises sending parties of twenty men each to Albany to collect all bateaux, etc., on either side of the river and bring them down to Fishkill Landing.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Finance, Personal--United States; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic conditions; Carpenters; Quartermasters; Hay, Udny; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-10-05; 2022

Title: Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene, 1779 October 10; Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:20254
Description: Letter acknowledging favors of 7th and 9th inst. Disposition made of the 120 privates sent. Steps taken to purchase the needed boards. Duck enough to complete 170 tents, and will then patch up all the condemned ones. Thinks the vessels are sometimes unnecessarily detained at the fort; asks General Greene to mention this to the engineer and Mr. Buchanan. Plans for getting sufficient hay. Question of the wages of bateaux men. Has sent to Colonel Pettit for cash. Would it be possible to obtain ,000?; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Quartermasters; United States. Army--Pay, allowances, etc.; Hay, Udny; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-10-10; 2022

Title: Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de to William Temple Franklin, 1780 April 5; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25144
Description: Letter from Louis Laneuville to William Temple Franklin. Thanks him for speaking to his father; begs him to write to Captain John Paul Jones, and to ask his Excellency for a letter stating that the King is pleased with his services. Declines an invitation to dinner.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Laneuville, Louis Pierre Penot Lombart, Chevalier de; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-04-05; 2022

Title: Franklin, Benjamin to Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1780 December 1; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. to Benjamin Franklin Bache
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25478
Description: Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Benjamin Franklin Bache. Advises his grandson to profit by the opportunities he has for improvement. Mr. John Adams and his sons are in Holland; encloses letters from Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bache.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; International travel; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798
Date: 1780-12-01; 2022

Title: Sargent, Winthrop to Nathanael Greene, 1780 January 20; Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820 to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:22691
Description: Letter from Nathanael Greene. Gloucester - Desiring payment for his schooner, which was taken in April, 1779, on her passage from South Carolina. She was laden with rice, and was ordered to Samuel Allen Otis, Esq.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; Quartermasters; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Finance, Personal--United States; Operational rations (Military supplies); Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1780-01-20; 2022

Title: Kéralio, Agathon Guynement, Chevalier de to William Temple Franklin, 1781 February 12; Kéralio, Agathon Guynement, Chevalier de, 1723-1788. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25462
Description: Letter from Agathon Guynement, Chevalier de Kéralio to William Temple Franklin. Sending copy of letter from M. de Fontenet about the Comtesse de Forbach's illness.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Health and Hygiene; Kéralio, Agathon Guynement, Chevalier de, 1723-1788; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-02-12; 2022

Title: Braxton, George, Jr. to William Temple Franklin, 1780 July 2; Braxton, George Jr. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:24757
Description: Letter from George Jr. Braxton to William Temple Franklin. Most anxious to reach America; finds all vessels are leaving from l'Orient, so will go there.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; International travel; Braxton, George; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-07-02; 2022

Title: Kéralio, Agathon Guynement, Chevalier de to William Temple Franklin, 1780 December 7; Kéralio, Agathon Guynement, Chevalier de, 1723-1788. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:25526
Description: Letter from Agathon Guynement, Chevalier de Kéralio to William Temple Franklin. Encloses a letter received from The Hague; hopes there is not reason for the anxiety expressed in it; requests to hear news received by the frigate "Amazone."; 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--Personal narratives; International Mental health; Kéralio, Agathon Guynement, Chevalier de, 1723-1788; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1780-12-07; 2022

Title: Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene, 1779 May 22; Hay, Udny to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:20361
Description: Letter from Thomas Chase to Nathanael Greene. Smith's Tavern - Acknowledging favor of 31st ult. Refuses responsibility in settling Mr. Pyncheon's affair. Want of attention shown by the States to the business of the department.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Economy; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Quartermasters; United States. Army--Pay, allowances, etc.; Hay, Udny; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-05-22; 2022

Title: Moylan, John to Nathanael Greene, 1779 November 11; Moylan, John to Nathanael Greene
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:21864
Description: Letter from John Moylan to Nathanael Greene. Newburgh - Desiring him to send a receipt, endorsed, for a hat which will be delivered by bearer.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects; Quartermasters; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Finance, Personal--United States; Moylan, John; Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786; United States. Army. Quartermaster's Department
Date: 1779-11-11; 2022

Title: Williams, Jonathan to William Temple Franklin, 1781 May 3; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26511
Description: Letter from Jonathan William to William Temple Franklin. Expects to arrive at St. Germain on the 10th. The ladies of Passy mistaken in saying he has not "common sense"; is bringing it with him.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; International Social networks--18th century; United States--Social conditions--18th century; Finance, Personal--United States; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1781-05-03; 2022

Title: Bancroft, Edward to William Temple Franklin, 1783 July 11; Bancroft, Edward, 1744-1821. to William Temple Franklin
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:26930
Description: Letter from Edward Bancroft to William Temple Franklin. Hears that the packet "Washington" has arrived at Havre from Philadelphia; wishes to engage passage on her for the return trip. Tells of arrangements he has made for his family in London during his absence.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Social networks--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives; International travel; Armed Forces--Officers; Family life--18th century; Bancroft, Edward, 1744-1821; Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823
Date: 1783-07-11; 2022