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1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. RG1.B2.F29 - Report

   This is a photocopy of a research paper on the medical department of the Revolutionary War. Included is the history of the department, persons involved, diseases and cures. The Valley Forge Encampment and the Yellow Springs Hospital are discussed as well as the aftermath of the war in medical terms.

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8. RG1.B3.F12 - Journal article

   In two journal pieces, "Medicine at Valley Forge" by William Shainline Meddleton describes medicine during the Revolutionary War with copies of correspondence between General George Washington and physicians. He describes conditions in the camps, physicans in attendance, food served, diseases, hospitals, supplies, medicines, nurses, Valley Forge today.

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9. RG1.B3.F14 - Exhibit Report

   This exhibit report describes the various panels in the exhibit: the Yellow Springs Hospital; Archaeology at the Yellow Springs Hospital; Colonial Cures; Herbs and Gardens. Also included is a rhyme about John Coakley Lettaon, a Quaker physician.

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10. 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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11. RG1.B3.F18 - Journal article

    This article describes Dr. Jonathan Potts , an outstanding medical figure in the Revolutionary War, and his medical career. It describes his interest in smallpox innoculations. There is also a copy of Dr. Potts' signature as Purveyor General at Reading, PA.

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12. RG1.B3.F19 - Journal article

    This article describes the Pennsylvania Campaign with battles and hospitals set up to serve. The Yellow Springs Hospital with Dr. Kennedy and Dr. Otto is prominent.

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13. RG1.B3.F27 - Journal article

    Included are print-outs from the Library of Congress re the Revolutionary War that include: General George Washington's expenses when commander-in chief, journals of the Continental Congress that mention Yellow Springs, journal of the House of Representatives of the United States

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14. RG1.B4.F22 - Exhibit Report

    This folder contains various documents relating to the photographic history of events in the Chester Springs area during the Revolutionary War 1777-78. It includes newspaper clippings with photos describing the exhibit resulting from the research and photography. Also included are the narratives written to detail the Revolutionary War in the Chester Springs area.

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15. RG1.B4.F27 - Newspaper article

    This is a special commemorative section of the Daily Local News on Thursday, September 9, 1976 called the War Comes to Chester County. It covers the county of Chester, its people and the mood surrounding the Declaration of Independence. It includes taverns of the period , General Washington's battles, the sick and the Yellow Springs hospital and how people are celebrating the Bicentennial.

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16. RG1.B4.F9 - Excerpts

    This folder contains various sources of information about the Revolutionary War re the Paoli Massacre and General Anthony Wayne. It includes information on the formation of a Committee of Safety for Chester County. Included is a roster of field and staff officers. An overview of the Valley Forge encampment is given.

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17. RG1.B5.F13 - Biography

    This folder contains information on Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg from journals and articles. Muhlenberg (1711-1787) is the pioneering patriarch of American Lutheranism who brought the religion to Philadelphia in 1742. While serving three churches, he is best known for his service at the Augustus Lutheran Church in Trappe, PA. He served the churches in the Pikeland Township area and was a friend to Dr. Bodo Otto and General George Washington ...

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18. RG1.B5.F18 - Diary

    Rev. James Sproat, a clergy of the Presbyterian Church, was elected by Congress a chaplain for the hospitals of the Middle Deparatment during the Revolutionary War. This folder contains excerpts from his journals detailing his work at the Yellow Springs hospital and his visits with Dr. Samuel Kennedy and Dr. Bodo Otto and other Revolutionary War physicians. His travels from town and village are noted.

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19. RG1.B5.F21 - Report

    This report was prepared for a Revolutionary War program at Valley Forge National Park by ranger William Lang. Lang identifies the key personnel involved in military medicine at the time; the key hospitals established; diseases; prevention and treatment of diseases; with emphasis on the Yellow Springs "Washington Hall" Hospital activities. A map of the Continental Army hospital locations is included.

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20. RG1.B5.F23 - Sign, Instructional

    A photocopy page of the text on the sign/marker at the Revolutionary War Hospital Ruins at Yellow Springs. It details the history of the hospital

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