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1. RG1.B10.F1 - Newsletter

   This folder contains issues of the Dr. Bodo Otto Association newsletters. The newsletters give family information on descendants as well as information on upcoming events, and family research. The Oct. 2018 issue gives a bio of Dr. Otto.

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2. RG1.B10.F10 - Research materials

   [tertiary source] Abigail Hartman Rice has been removed from the DAR list of American patriots. Descendants are working to reinstate her. This folder contains emails re these attempts as well as stories about her life. Also included is a copy of the American Spirit, a DAR magazine, with an article about Abigail.

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3. RG1.B10.F11 - Correspondence

   This is correspondence to HYS requesting info on Drury Evans by a descendant. Also requested info on Josiah Eanes. It is believed that Drury Evans was sick at the Yellow Springs Hospital according to muster rolls.

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4. RG1.B10.F13 - Research materials

   [tertiary source] There are two pages of badly copied information on a Revolutionary War cemetery in East Coventry Township. Further research will need to be done to mark the exact location.

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5. RG1.B10.F14 - Research materials

   [not a primary source] This folder contains background data on the life of Alexandre Hamilton who accompanied General George Washsington to Yellow Springs following the Battle of the Clouds. Included is the brochure on the "Hamilton and Hoecakes!" program held jointly with the Downingtown Community Educatin Foundation and the program for the musical "Hamilton". There is a timeline of Hamilton's military service during the Revolutionary War s...

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6. RG1.B10.F15 - Research materials

   This folder contains info on early medicine in our country. There is a dialogue on the history of early medicine, a list of medicines and equipment for the medicine chests during the Revolutionary War as compiled by Dr. Bodo Otto and administered by Apothecary Genral Cutting at Yellow Springs and a list of the herbal plants in the 18th Century Medicinal Herb Garden at Yellow Springs.

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7. RG1.B10.F16 - Document

   This folder contains a copy of the pension application of Eliab Egglestone W27749 describing his service during the Revolutioanry War and his time at Valley Forge and the hospital at Yellow Springs with small pox 1777-1778.

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8. RG1.B10.F17 - Report

   This folder contains information on the Revolutoinary War Battle of the Clouds as part of the Americqn Battlefield Protection Program. Included is a full technical report of the battle supported by the Department of Interior, National Park Service and inclusion of data submitted by sites throughout Chester County

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9. RG1.B10.F18 - Documents

   This folder contains additional information re the Revolutionary War in Chester County and the Battle of the Clouds including maps and chronoogy. Emphasis is placed on the French Creek Bridge used by General George Washington as he marched from Yellow Springs to the furnace area.

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10. RG1.B10.F19 - Advertisements/Brochures

    This folder contains the brochure for the Dr. Bodo Otto Association produced by the Otto family. It gives biography of Dr. Otto and contact information. Also included is a sympathy card from the Otto family to Sandra Momyer, Moore Archivist. The family signed it at one of its annual reunions, 2019.

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11. RG1.B10.F2 - Pamphlet

    A pamphlet for the Dr. Bodo Association giving a biography of Dr. Otto and information to contact the association. Also included is a note that accompanied a donation from the Otto Assoc. to HYS in July 2015.

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12. RG1.B10.F20 - Documents

    This folder contains information on the mural that was installed at what is now the West Pikeland Township Building and Cultural Center. This was a grant project funded by 5-County Arts Fund, a PA Partners in the Arts Program of the PA Council on the Arts, a state agency. It is administered by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. The mural depicts scenes during the Revolutinary War at Historic Yellow Springs with General George Washingt...

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13. RG1.B10.F21 - Newspaper clippings

    A photocopy of newspaper clippings from THE ORANGE COUNTY PATRIOT, November 4,1817. It details the life of John O'Neal and his participation at the Battle of Brandywine and onward. He did eventually get sent to the Yellow Springs Hospital until after the Battle of Monmouth.

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14. RG1.B10.F22 - Research materials

    This folder is a wealth of information re the American Revolutionary War. Much is produced by the Council of American Revolutionary Sites (CARS). There are timelines on the war with emphasis placed on the Philadelphia Campaign in Chester County and surrounding areas. The Journal of the Brigade of the American Revolution and newsletters of the Brigade are included containing information on the war and events held by sites. A list of American b...

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15. RG1.B10.F3 - Document

    This document contains typed transcriptions of the 1832 pension application of Abraham Reed as well as a subsequent amendment to the application made in 1833. The application describes Reed's two terms of service (1778-1779 and 1780-1781) during the Revolutionary War. During his first term of service Reed was confined at the Yellow Springs Revolutionary War Hospital while suffering from illnesses.

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16. RG1.B10.F4 - Photographs and etchings

    This is a contemporary photograph of the White Horse Tavern. The tavern, built in 1715, is located near the site of the Battle of the Clouds, a Revolutionary War battle so named due to a large rainstorm hitting the region just as the conflict began, thus forcing both British and American forces to retreat.

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17. RG1.B10.F5 - Letter

    This is a copy of a short letter written by General George Washington in 1778 to an army officer; the letter is a response to the officer's resignation from the army. Accompanying the letter is a print-out that briefly details the donation of the letter to Wabash College in the 1950s.

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18. RG1.B10.F6 - Excerpts

    This document is comprised of an excerpt from Wayne Bodle's book "The Valley Forge Winter: Civilians and Soldiers in War". The excerpt deals with the Continental Army's encampment at Valley Forge (and also the outpost at Wilmington, which Washington seized for defensive reasons) during the winter of 1777-1778 and focuses mainly on the supply situation of the American Army, the issue of looting and plunder that affected the civilian population, a...

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19. RG1.B10.F7 - Report

    These are files relating to the 2017 Town Tours and Village Walks and Village Walks program, entitled "Remains of the Day", which focused on burial sites of soldiers who died during the Revolutionary War; included is the script the presentations given at the six stations of the tour, a pamphlet for St. Peter's Pikeland United Chruch of Christ, a booklet about the Vincent Baptist Church and graveyard which contains a list of Rev. soldiers buried t...

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20. RG1.B10.F8 - Journal entry

    This folder contains excerpts from the Chester County Commission Minutes 1770 re building a bridge across the French Creek in what is now Schuylkill Township. This is the bridge General George Washington used to cross the creek to march to the furnace area following the Battle of the Clouds.

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