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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur R. Robinson correspondence

 Collection — Folder S1620
Identifier: S1620
Scope and Contents This collection includes typed, signed letters from Arthur R. Robinson in Washington, D. C. ranging from 1926/09/20 to 1933/08/31 regarding copies of his speech and regrets for not being able to attend a sesquicentennial celebration.
Dates: 1926/09/20-1933/08/31

Boone family collection

 Collection — Folder S2134
Identifier: S2134
Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of two letters sent to the Indiana State Library from Dr. R. N. Mayfield regarding his Boone family genealogy. The first letter was received on January 31, 1931 and was a sent with “Boone Family” and “The New Boone History,” leaflets written and printed by Dr. Mayfield. The second letter is dated February 4, 1931 and was sent with a Photostat copy of the June 28, 1785 payroll report by Captain Sam Kirkham for the men of the Lincoln Militia for their 32 day...
Dates: 1785, 1931

Elkanah Watson memoir transcription

 Collection — Folder S1916
Identifier: S1916
Scope and Contents This collection includes an undated, handwritten transcription of the last paragraph of chapter 1 and most of chapter 2 of Elkanah Watson's published memoirs Men and Times of the Revolution; or, Memoirs of Elkanah Watson, Including Journals of Travels in Europe and America, from 1777 to 1842, with His Correspondence with Public Men and Reminiscences and Incidents of the Revolution (1856). Written on three sheets of paper, originally folded with 12 sides of text,...
Dates: 19th century-20th century

Indiana American Revolution Bicentennial Commission collection

 Collection — Folder S2528
Identifier: S2528
Scope and Contents This collection contains material collected by members of the Indiana American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (IARBC) ranging from 1970 to 1972 and includes Commission members correspondence; documents sent by the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, regarding its “Bicentennial Inventory of American Paintings Completed Prior to 1914” project; an advance subscription application form to purchase Indiana State Numismatic Association Bicentennial medals; a brochure and a...
Dates: 1970-1972

Indiana American Revolution bicentennial photographs

 Collection — Folder SP049
Identifier: SP049
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs from photographer Jack Householder in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1974 depicting an event commemorating the American Revolution on April 19, 1974 outside the Indiana World War Memorial with at least 2 members of the Indiana American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, Jim Guthrie and Scott Hosier. There is also a photograph of a commemorative coin taken by an unknown photographer.
Dates: 1974

Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument architectural renderings

 Collection
Identifier: L619
Scope and Contents This collection includes a set of architectural drawings, titled "La Tour D'Auvergne" from a French architectural firm, an architectural print with sketches from Josse A. Vrydagh in Terre Haute, Indiana and a print, featuring a 3D model of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument from Bruno Schmitz in Germany, dating from circa 1887-1901.
Dates: circa 1887-1901

James Wilson biographical sketch

 Collection — Folder S1850
Identifier: S1850
Scope and Contents This collection includes a one-page typewritten transcription made from page 174 of the book, Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Vol 6 that was published in 1824. Transcribed on November 5, 1949 by H.P. (Homer Philip) Rogers of Pendleton, Oregon, the biographical sketch provides information about James Wilson's first wife, Rachel Bird, his second wife, Hannah Gray, and his seven children.
Dates: 1824, 1949

John Shaver collection

 Collection — Folder S1763
Identifier: S1763
Scope and Contents This collection includes official documents from various clerks in Indiana and at the federal War Department in ranging from 1827 to 1833 regarding Revolutionary War pensions for John Shaver and Samuel Alley.
Dates: 1827-1836

Pershing family papers

 Collection — Folder S0842
Identifier: S0842
Scope and Contents This collection contains photostatic copies of documents regarding the Lochry Expedition during the Revolutionary War obtained by Edgar J. Pershing from the British Museum. The photostats include correspondence between Archibald Lochry and George Rogers Clark (August 8, 1781-August 14, 1781), and an August 29, 1781 report sent to Arent de Peyster, British commander at Detroit, from Andrew Thompson and Alexander McKee regarding the attack of the Lochry party with a list of men under Lochry's...
Dates: 1781-1926

Revolutionary War ballad

 Collection — Folder OB042
Identifier: OB042
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a printed ballad about the American Revolutionary War, written by Samuel St. John of Connecticut in 1778.
Dates: 1778