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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.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.B5.F1 - Biography
This folder contains a short biography of Samuel Culbertson as well as a photograph of his petition to the Chester County Court in 1775 to keep a public house of entertainment at Yellow Springs.
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RG1.B5.F10 - Documents
This folder contains the documents re claims filed by Sarah Kennedy and Samuel Culbertson for damages and loss during the Revolutionary War. Culbertson leased the spa property from Kennedy and sought damages to his business due to the Revolutionary War Hospital being built there.
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RG1.B5.F11 - Biography
This folder contains the notes and research for a lecture about Dr. Samuel Kennedy, Revolutionary War physician, by Sandra S. Momyer for the Charlestown Historical Society. Also inlcuded are photocopies of correspondence between Dr. Kennedy and his wife Sarah during the Revolutionary War as well as geneaology information on descents.
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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.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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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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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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RG2.B1.F1 - Biography
This folder contains biographic information on tavern owners and visitors to the Yellow Springs Spa. It includes the obituary of Anthony Olwine, background on tavern owner Adam Ramsower and visitor David Rittenhouse.
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RG2.B1.F14 - Excerpts
This folder contains various notices, advertisements and descriptions of the Yellow Springs Spa. Col James Bones offers 100 lots for sale in his town of BATH in Yellow Springs. A plot plan is included as well as the names of some of the purchasers. Many copies of advertisements re the Yellow Springs Spa from the Chester County Historical Society are included. They are for lots for sale, sale of the tavern, Mrs. Holman's harvest celebration F...
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RG2.B1.F15 - Advertisements
This folder contains a collection of various advertising pieces for the Yellow Springs Spa. It describes the property, the housing facilities and testimonies to the healing power of the waters. Also included is a large collection of advertisements for various stage lines that will deliver people to the Springs. The coaches are described as well as the routes taken with departure times and costs. The COMET packet boat is also advertised with i...
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RG2.B1.F16 - Advertisements
This folder contains photocopies of various advertising pieces regarding the Yellow Springs Spa. The buildings and grounds are described with notice of additions and improvements. The mineral water is described. Various methods of transportation to the spa are described and advertised and the first mention of the railroad to Phoenixville is mentioned.
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RG2.B1.F19 - Advertisements
This folder contains an advertising piece from THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC for the appearance of the Siamese Twins Chang and Eng at the Yellow Springs Spa on December 31, 1836. Also included are the jacket flaps of the book THE TWO by Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace and a newspaper clipping of 1997 discussing conjoined twins. Another clipping tells of the statue of them erected in their native country Thailand.
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RG2.B1.F24 - Manuscript
This folder contains a piece written about the Yellow Springs Spa for the Chester County Day News. It describes the yellow water used by the Iroquois and Lenape Indians and later the early settlers in America. It tells of Washington's stay here and the establishment of the military hospital. It contains several quotes about the property and the springs.
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RG2.B1.F25 - Newspaper clippings
This series of articles about the Yellow Springs Spa was written by Peter Martin for the Phoenixville newspaper The Daily Republican. Martin describes the early spa telling about the Revolutionary War hospital and then the series of spa owners. He also describes life and activities at the spa listing several who visited and their experiences. Also included is a column by Jack V. Norris giving the history of West Pikeland Township by local res...
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RG2.B1.F26 - Magazine article
This copy of an article written by HYS archivist Carol Shiels Roark 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 the politics of the time. Roark gives a brief history of the spa beginning with Egypt, through Greece and Rome. It appeared in the P...
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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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RG2.B1.F29 - Excerpts
This folder contains a collection of photocopied pieces that mention the Yellow Springs Spa. Descriptions are given of the beauty of the landscape plus the qualities of the mineral waters found here. The buildings are described. A dash of romance and imagination give rise to the flowing details of this site. Quotes are from the 1810 Port Folio, Fanny Kemble's book, letters in the Argus of the 1850's, and John Bell's manual of Mineral Springs ...
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RG2.B1.F31 - Magazine articles
"Mineral Springs In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: A Field Study" discusses the field work done to locate the spas and springs in Pennsylvania. The Yellow Springs Spa is included. Using the survey, water samples, lab examinations and evaluations, Doctors Kornblueh and Piersol comment on the 29 spas identified over the past 200 years. Tables of these springs are shown and a lengthy reference list provides information for further research. ...
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