United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
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 McCoy letters
Collection — Folder S871
Identifier: S0871
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three letters, two from John McCoy in Knox County, Indiana and a third from William McCoy in Princeton, Indiana, ranging from 1801 to 1835. The first letter, written by John McCoy to his mother and brother, Sarah and Robert McCoy, in Pendleton County, Virginia on February 17, 1801 concerning his famiy's welfare, religion, the birth of his sons, local weather, and farming. Another letter, written by John McCoy on Octover 26, 1811 regarding his health, military life...
Dates:
1801-1835
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John McCoy letters
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Shaver collection
Mary Louise Sator family collection
Collection
Identifier: L488
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, papers, diaries, genealogical research materials, books, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs--including cartes de visite, tintypes, and negatives--35mm slides, and realia from Mary Louise Sator, Mary Cleason O'Hair, and O'Hair, Brady, and Sator families in the Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the United States, ranging from 1827 to 1994, and undated, relating to family life and homes, interests, careers, and family history pertaining to the O'Hair,...
Dates:
1870-1995
Patrick Henry letters
Collection — Folder S638
Identifier: S0638
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 3 facsimiles of secret orders given to George Rogers Clark from Patrick Henry, dated January 2, 1778, authorizing the attack on British posts at Kaskaskia and Vincennes during the American Revolutionary War. Also included is a letter dated December 8, 1778, written by Patrick Henry to Col. John Gibson regarding Gibson's request for clothing for his regiment given to Henry by a Captain Bell.
Dates:
1778
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Patrick Henry letters
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pershing family papers
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Revolutionary War ballad
Samuel MacDowell indenture letter and contract
Collection — Folder S2734
Identifier: S2734
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a deed signed by Samuel MacDowell and Mary MacDowell to William Scott in Fayette County, Kentucky from April 4, 1789 regarding land in Fayette County, Kentucky. Samuel MacDowell, was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, a pioneer and one of the first judges in Kentucky. There are several signatures on the back of the document, including Levi Todd, who was one of the few survivors of the Indian Battle of Blue Licks in Kentucky. He also was a General in the...
Dates:
1789
