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1. RG1.B2.F24 - Magazine

   This is a magazine EXPEDITION which contains an article on military hospitals in Colonial America. Two such were in New York and include the Mount Independence General Hospital, Ft. Edward hospital plus medical facilities on Rogers Island. Starbuck has done excavations at the sites to reveal medical equipment. He states that it is difficult to locate hospitals as they were not built for permanency and occupied for a brief period of time. He ...

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2. RG1.B3.F11 - Excerpts

   This is an excerpt from a study on aspects of the American Revolution conducted at Drew University and Syracuse University, NY, with emphasis on the medical administrators

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3. RG1.B3.F15 - Magazine article

   This article contains information about the Moravian village of Bethlehem, PA, and the care of the sick and injured Continental Army tended there. It further describes the hospital at Lititz and its closing with remaining patients being sent to Lancaster and Yellow Springs during the Revolutionary War..

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4. RG1.B5.F9 - Correspondence

   This folder contains many pieces of correspondence to and from Dr. Samuel Kennedy during the American Revolutionary War. Included is a copy of his petition to serve his country during the war; a copy of his oath of allegiance; copy of his last will and testament. Many are photographs of the documents and difficult to read. Correspondence from Sarah Kennedy re damages to Kennedy property and purchase of tombstone for Dr. Kennedy is also incl...

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5. RG1.B9.F8 - Journal article

   This folder has an article on The College of Physicians of Philadelphia founded to advance the science of medicine in 1787. A plaster cast of the Siamese Twins Chang and Eng is housed here.

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6. RG2.B1.F27 - Journal article

   This folder contains the article about the Yellow Springs Spa written by Carol Shiels Roark in 1974 for Pennsylvania Folklife as it appeared in the Picket Post, a journal issued by the Valley Forge Historical Society. Additional materials include photographs of the Rubicam painting of the building of the Revolutionary War Hospital, the Revolutionary War Hospital, the ruins of the hospital, the Inn at Yellow Springs, the gazebo and an interior o...

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7. RG2.B1.F33 - Magazine

   This is a copy of PENNSYLVANIA FOLKLIFE, Autumn 1974, which contains an article "Historic Yellow Springs: The Restoration of an American Spa" by Historic Yellow Springs archivist Carol Shiels Roark. She details the Yellow Springs Spa from 1722 before the Revolutionary War and details ownership through the Civil War. She provides quotes that describe the beauty of the spot, gives information on the health treatments and entertainment here and ...

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