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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.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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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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RG1.B5.F14 - Biography
This folder contains multiple documents relating to the life of Abigail Hartman Rice and her family. She was baptized as Maria Appolonia. The Rice and Hartman families were prominent in Pikeland history and Abigail served as a nurse at the Revolutionary War hospital at Yellow Springs. Location of the Rice farm is in the folder. Genealogical information is included.
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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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RG1.B5.F20 - Booklet
This booklet was printed on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church in West Pikeland Township - 1971. It gives the history of this church which parallels the Lutheran Church in America. Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg dedicated this church and his diaries give details of work there, the families living in Pikeland and mentions the Yellow Springs. This church was used as a hospital during the Revolutionary Wa...
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RG1.B5.F22 - Pamphlet
This pamphlet describes St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley and its important history as an early church. The first log church was built around 1700 by Welsch-speaking Anglican missionaries; the present church was built in 1744. This is one of the oldest of the original parishes in the Diocese of PA and of the Episcopal Church in the USA. It served as a hospital for American and British soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
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RG1.B5.F4 - Excerpts
This folder contains various excerpts re the Hartman family found in many different locations: monographs, personal listings and research findings. Genealogies are included. The Hartman family served in the Revolutionary War in Pikeland Township. Included are photographs of the grave marker for Peter Hartman and Abigail Hartman Rice.
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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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RG1.B6.F1 - Biography
This folder contains an array of biographic information on Dr. Bodo Otto, Senior Hospital Physician and Surgeon of the Continental Hospital at the Revolutionary War hospital at Yellow Springs. His image is shown in a copy of an oil painting of him. Genealogical information in included. A copy of his reaffirmation of allegiance of the United States of America with his signature is also included.
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RG1.B6.F17 - Genealogy
This notebook is the genealogy of the Otto family. Ancestor Dr. Bodo Otto was a well-respected physician and surgeon during the Revolutionary War and managed the hospital at Yellow Springs. Living in Philadelphia and New Jersey, he retired in Reading, PA.
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RG1.B6.F2 - Excerpts
This folder contains geneaological and military information on Dr. Bodo Otto, Senior Hospital Physician and Surgeon of the Continental Hospital, and his work in the Revolutionary War, including Yellow Springs. Mention of his sons who served with him at Yellow Springs are also included.
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RG2.B1.F22 - Magazine article
This photocopy of an article in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 34, 1910, describes the settling of East Vincent Township written by local citizen Frederick Sheeder in 1846. He begins at the time of the land grant by William Penn and continues to mention sales of property over time and to whom sold. He also describes the settling of this area with mills, churches, cemeteries. Of special interest is his mention of the Y...
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RG2.B2.F12 - Booklet
This booklet was written to preserve the story of West Pikeland for its citizens. It details the West Pikeland community focusing on the village of Yellow Springs (Chester Springs). The Revolutionary War Hospital is described and the Yellow Springs Spa is described as well. The churches, farms, mills, mines, and taverns are listed. The railroad lines, roadways, trees, Underground Railroad, and hunting and fishing are discussed. A view of ev...
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RG3.B16.F1 - Report
Estelle Cremers researched and wrote this report on the Pennsyvania Soldiers' Orphans School at Chester Springs. She details the founding of the school to care for children of killed or idsabled soldiers of the Civil War. She describes life at the school from living conditions, food, school and work details for boys and girls. Holiday celebrations are detailed as well as the situation of raising the flag pole. Additional research adds to th...
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