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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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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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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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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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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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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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RG1.B11.F7 - Report
This is an account of the Philadelphia Campaign 1977-1778 illustrated with a collection of maps of the area highlighting the battles and marches. (Maps not in folder.)
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RG1.B2.F27 - Magazine articles
These two magazine articles give insight into George Washington. One likens him to Cincinnatus, the citizen-soldier of the Roman republic. Details of the Valley Forge Encampment are given. The other article describes Washington's character: his political ideas, his morals and his phyicality and temperament.
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RG1.B2.F28 - Magazine articles
Valley Forge is commemorated at centennial of the founding of Valley Forge as the first state park in PA and a symbol of the Revolutionary War. A history of the park is discussion in detail. Brandywine describes the Battle of Brandywine and also gives details on visiting the park today. Crossing the Delaware gives the details of the crossing and the attach on the British that changed the focus of the Revolutionary War and aided in securi...
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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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RG1.B3.F16 - Journal article
This article discusses women as nurses beginning at the Revolutioanry War. Also included is a chronology of provision by the Continental Congress of the General Hospital at Yellow Springs.
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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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RG1.B3.F26 - Records
This is a copy of the pension applicaton of Abraham Reed who served in the Revolutionary War. It gives a detail of his service during this war including battles and being ill and in hospital.
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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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RG1.B3.F31 - Manuscript
This manuscript on smallpox inoculations of the Continental Army at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War was written by Albigence Waldo at the end of his copy of Samuel Sharpe's "A Treatise on the Operations of Surgery, with a Description and Representation of the Instruemnts Used in Performing Them, London, 1769. He describes the inoculation stating that the success was remarkable and few died. He also describes inoculating Indian soldier...
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RG1.B3.F32 - Biography
This folder contains a biography of Dr. Samuel Kennedy and his work before the Revolutionary War and his involvement in the war. Included are letters he sends from the various war campaigns to his wife, Sarah, at home in the Great Valley, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Also included is a will.
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RG1.B4.F1 - Pamphlet
A pamphlet describing the Battle of the Clouds during the Revolutionary War is included along with newspaper clippings and other descriptions of the battle. Also are lists of army personnel, a brief history of the First Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Line, excerpts from Samuel Pennypacker's book
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RG1.B4.F10 - Excerpts
This is an excerpt from a book by Samuel W. Pennypacker titled "Pennsylvania in American History" published in 1910 in Philadelphia. It is the historical address delivered at the dedication of the memorial monument in Phoenixville. It highlights the British movements in and about Phoenixille, Valley Forge, Schuylkill Township, mentioning many officers of the British and Continental Armies and local residents and local locations such as fords, r...
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RG1.B4.F12 - Report
This folder contains information on the march of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War in the Philadelphia and Chester County areas. It includes Yellow Springs. Bibliographies, naratives and maps are included.
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RG1.B4.F16 - Script
This folder contains the slide show script prepared for Historic Yellow Springs to tell the historic story of the Revolutionary War in the village. Also included are two newspaper clippings by Pete Martin interviewing Edwin A. Segal who wrote the script.
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