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Title: Morris, Robert to All whom it may concern, 1778 January 10; No. 958 Robert Morris to All whom it may concern
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:783
Description: Certification that Philip Taylor left Philadelphia with Morris's family and intends to return to the city to join his wife and should be permitted to pass.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Lived Experience; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Identification--United States; Passports--United States--History; Taylor, Philip
Date: 1778-01-10; 2021

Title: Drummond, Thomas to James Robertson, 1776 February 5
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:137
Description: Comments that based on his own conversations with American leaders in Philadelphia, the latter desire a reconciliation with Britain, not total 45 separation; mentions that Drummond has pressed for the start of negotiations and requests a blank passport in that event; [postscript]: cautions him against publicizing the letter too soon.; "Copy"; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Drummond, Thomas
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--Peace; Reconciliation; Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; ; ; Identification--United States; Passports--United States--History
Date: 1776-02-05; 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

Title: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Supreme Executive Council to all concerned, 1779 November 23; No. 2408 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Supreme Executive Council (Joseph Reed, president) to all concerned
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:629
Description: Permission for Mrs. Mary Cassan and her four children to go into New York City and not return; attested by T[imothy] Matlack, secretary, 10 May 1780; [on verso]: Gen. Jedediah Huntington to the commanding officer at Elizabethtown, [N. J.], 10 May 1780: certification that Mrs. Cassan has permission for an interview with her husband.; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785et al; Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Councilet al
Subject: Lived experience; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Children; Identification--United States; Passports--United States--History; Cassan, Mary; Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818
Date: 1779-11-23; 2021

Title: Paterson, James to all concerned, 1778 January 15; No. 1077 James Paterson to all concerned
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:922
Description: Pass for a doctor and two hospital mates to visit sick or wounded British prisoners, "Permission for which, having been granted by. . . General Washington."; American Philosophical Society
Creator: Paterson, Jameset al
Subject: Lived Experience; Waging the War; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Medical care; Identification--United States; Beaumont, Hammond
Date: 1778-01-15; 2021