VERTICAL FILE INVENTORY

Alexander, William1726-1783

  • Picture/notes on dedication of monument to the quarters of Maj. Gen. Wm. Alexander, Lord Stirling
  • Revolutionary War General Exonerated – Research Ends Blot on name of 'Lord' Stirling in 1755, The Evening Bulletin, Feb. 25, 1957
  • Photostats of letters from Maj. Gen. Lord Stirling
  • Who Was William Alexander from the Crossing Quarterly
  • Lord Stirling, Brandywine Battle Vignettes by Bob Goddu

Allentown, PA

  • The History of Allentown by The Allentown Borough Historic Preservation Review Commission

American Painting

  • Painting in Pennsylvania
  • 1776: Our Nation's Heritage
  • Checklist of Portraits in the collection of Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia

American Revolution Play

  • "The Raw Edge of Victory" by Barrie Stavis 2 Parts

Andre, John

  • The Frantick Lover

Annapolis, Maryland

  • The Annapolis Convention, 1786 by Lillian Belk Youell
  • The Liberty Tree

Armstrong, John

  • Letters of General John Armstrong to Thomas Wharton

Artificers

  • Artificers Regiment by Stanley Saperstein

Artillery

  • Artillery Records, Valley Forge National Historical Park

Battles and Skirmishes

  • Letters Relative to the Battle of Bennington
  • Forts & Fights on Narragansett Bay, RI
  • Battle of Princeton
  • Battle of Long Island Memorial Committee
  • The Battle of Edgar's Lane – September 30, 1778 by Paul E. Perreten

Benjamin, Sarah Mary

  • The Heroine of Yorktown

Bethel Indian Town of New Jersey

  • Its History and Location Revealed

Black Patriots

  • Black Patriots: Unsung Heroes of the Revolution by Elisabeth Schmidt
  • Memorial Dedicated: Monument honors blacks who fought in Revolution, The Times, Princeton
  • Biographies and illustrations of Deborah Gannett, Edward Hector, Jack Sisson, Austin Dabney and Saul Matthews.
  • Black Soldiers of the Revolution: Recap of 3 February 2004 Meeting, Pennsylvania Society Sons of the American Revolution, 15 February 2004

Blennerhassett, Harman

  • Blennerhassett Island by Jacqueline Lee

Brandywine, Battle of

  • An Amazingly Strong Country…Contemporary Images of the Battle by Thomas McGuire

British Army

  • The British Army 1713-93: Recent Research Work by Tony Hayter
  • British Forces in North America, 1774-1781: Their Distribution and Strength by C.T. Atkinson
  • American Winter Quarters 1775-1783: British Occupation of New Jersey
  • List of the Army in Jamaica, 1783
  • List of the Army in Jamaica, 1782
  • List of the Army in Jamaica, 1781

Brownscombe, Jennie

  • Jennie Brownscombe: Patriot with a Palette by Dorothy S. Noble

Bucks County Genealogical Society

  • Map of Bucks County
  • The Journal of the Bucks County Genealogical Society

Nov. 2000, Volume 3….The Murder of Sam Darrah

Brief History of the Kirkbride Family

German Brethren Baptist Cemetery

Robbery of John Strickland

Poem…Thomas Paxson

  • Newsletter
  • " Vol II, #1 '87Development History of Bucks County
  • " Vol II, #1 '87Finding Death Records for Bucks Cty.Residents
  • " "Bucks County Townships
  • ""Documenting Old Buildings
  • " "Bucks County Books & Files**
  • " Vol II, #1 '82Early Tax Records
  • " "Books & Files**
  • " Vol VII, #1 '88 The Development of History of Bucks County
  • "Death Records for Bucks County Residents
  • "Bucks County Townships
  • "
  • " Vol VII, #2 '88 Probate Records, History & Value
  • " Mennonite Research & Mennonite Hist. Library
  • " How to use the Russell indexing system
  • " Pennsylvania Patent Books
  • " Bucks County Books & Files**
  • " Vol VII, #3 '88The Carversville Area
  • Lower Makefield Township Map Project
  • " Vol VII,#4 '88 Criminal Records of Bucks County
  • " "Churches of the Black Communities
  • " "Records of Childless Relatives
  • " "Books & Files**
  • " Vol VIII,#1 '88 One Name Family Newsletters in the Spruance
  • " " Foulke Family Papers
  • " "Genealogical Resources in Hunterdon County
  • " "Books & Files**
  • " Vol VIII,#2 '89Bucks County Sheriffs' Sale, 1749-1776
  • " Bibles & Bible Records
  • " English Sources of Bucks County Architecture
  • " Historical Collections of Josiah B. Smith
  • " Trevose (Bensalem Twp.) Collection of Papers
  • " Books & Files**
  • " Nockamixon Twp. Research
  • " Southampton Twp. Research
  • "Newtown Library Co. & Historical Assoc.
  • " Bucks County Estate Papers
  • "Using Deeds for Genealogical Research
  • " Books & Files**
  • " Vol. VIII, #4 '89Special Collections at Spruance
  • "The David Library
  • " Vol. XIX, #3 List of those considered Traitors in PA

Cantilupe, William Viscount

  • Journal

Chaplains in the Revolution

  • Ardent Military Chaplain Fitzhugh McKay of Revolutionary Virginia by Otto Lohrenz
  • Notes on Congregational Chaplain Serving in the American Revolutionary Army by Howard Applegate
  • Duties and Activities of Chaplains by Howard Applegate
  • Organization and Development of the American Chaplaincy During the Revolution War by Howard Applegate
  • Sermon on the Combat of the Duel. By the Rev. William Macfee, a Chaplain of the American Army.

Charleston, Siege of

  • The Siege of Charleston, April 1780

Clark, George Rogers

  • George Rogers Clark by Paul W. Wehr, Ph.D.

Clinton, Henry

  • Sir Henry Clinton Papers – University of Michigan – William L. Clements Library

Clothing

  • …Some in rags and some in jags, but none in velvet gowns…John Rees

Columbiad

  • The Columbiad: Myth and History by Craig A. Reynolds, Ph.D.

Conscription

  • The Pleasure of Their Number, ALHFAM, John Rees, 3 Parts

Cooch's Bridge, Battle of

  • The Battle of Cooch's Bridge by Edward W. Cooch, Jr. and Barbara Clarke Bannowsky

Copyright History

  • The Produce of the Intellect: The American Idea by Gayle T. Harris

Corbin, Margaret

  • The Irish Margaret Corbin

Cornwallis

  • Cornwallis and the Slaves of Virginia by Gregory Urwin
  • The Crossing Quarterly, Jan.-March 2004…"free Englishmen, such as we, simply standing up for their rights…"

Courts Martial

  • Sospecting the prisner to be a tory…A Continental Army Court Martial, July 1777…John Rees

Courtship and Sex in 18th Century America

  • Courtship and Sexual Freedom in Eighteenth-Century America by Richard Godbeer

Craig, John

  • Craig House: An Introduction by David Martin

Craven Graveyard

  • Craven Graveyard
  • Tombstone Inscription in Craven-Vansant

Croghan, George

  • The Astonishing Croghans by Margaret Bothwell

Crooked Billet, Battle of

  • The Battle of Crooked Billet, SAR

Crossing, The

  • A Nation Reborn by Susan Van Dongen, Time Off Bucks County Jan. 2002
  • Washington Crossing, December 25, 1776
  • …"they are now become a formidable enemy."
  • Sketch that sets history right and artist who drew it
  • Records of PA's Revolutionary Governments, Reel 11, frames 612-613
  • Source: Film 4, Reel 122, Rev. War Rolls of 95
  • A Severe Ordeal…Kemble Widmer
  • The Pennsylvania Magazine…Washington on the West Bank of the Delaware, 1776 by General Davis
  • "…rather the appearance of Hell than any earthly scene."
  • Washington's Christmas crossing brought to life The Courier Times Dec. 20, 1992
  • Map of The Crossing from An Atlas of Manuscript Maps
  • Letter from Nathaniel Greene, Dec. 10th 1776

Crossing Weather

  • The Writings of George Washington
  • The Papers of Nathanael Greene
  • The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six
  • A Young Patriot in the American Revolution

Dabney, Austin

  • See "Black Patriots" file

De Galvez, Bernardo

  • Bernardo d Galves: "Unsung Hero" by Nancy Reynolds Tiner

Delaware

  • How Delaware Became the First State by Harold Hancock, Ph.D.

Diaries

  • Col. Israel Shreve's Journal
  • Diary of Robert Morton
  • Marched at Day Break and fell in With the Rebels…John Rees
  • Before and After the Battle of Brandywine
  • Diaries of Silvanus Seely, 12 May 1768-17 March 1821, IN 30 PARTS
  • At War with the Americans, The Journal of Claude-Nicolas-Guillaume de Lorimier
  • The Journal of Gen. Sir Martin Hunter

Doan Brothers

  • The Doan Boys: Tories Turned to Criminals, The Advance of Bucks County

Durham Boats

  • Durham Boats…Preliminary Research on River Vessels used by the Continental Army, 1775-1782 by John Rees
  • Washington's Boat at the Delaware Crossing, American Neptune

Durkee, John

  • A Forgotten Son of Liberty by Amos Browning

Early Republic

  • Magazine of History…article about New Republic

Fanning, Phineas

  • Suffolk County Historical Society Register, Vol. IV, No. 3, Dec. 1978…Col. Phineas Fanning Historian's Whipping Boy

Farmar, Eliza

  • Letters of Eliza Farmar to Her Nephew

Fergusson, Elizabeth

  • Some Material for a Biography of Mrs. Elizabeth Fergusson nee Graeme

Ferries

  • County Chronicles…Our Delaware River Ferries by Frank Dale
  • Article "Ferries"
  • Drawing…Ferry 3 miles Below Bristol, Drawn 1777

First Presbyterian Churchyard, Trenton

  • Revolutionary War Soldiers and Veterans Buried in the Churchyard of First Presbyterian Church, Trenton, New Jersey

Fisher, Frederick

  • The Letter Book of Colonel Frederick Fisher

Fitz Randolph, Nathaniel

  • The Fitz Randolph Gateway, Princeton University

Flags

  • Francis Hopkinson, Designer of the Stars and Stripes
  • American Flag Design
  • Flags to color from the American Revolution
  • History of US Flag
  • Betsy Ross Article

Food

  • Cookery of 18th Century America
  • As many fireplaces as you have tents"…John Rees
  • Foundation of the Army is the belly…John Rees
  • It was my turn to cook for the Mess…Prov. of the Common Soldier in the Continental Army…John Rees
  • Sometimes we drew two days rations…The Soldiers' Daily Issue…John Rees
  • Drew 2 pound of Shugar & 1 pound of Coffee…Extraordinary Foodstuffs Issued the Troops…John Rees
  • The unreasonable prices extorted…Camp Markets and the Impact of the Economy…John Rees
  • Complaint has been made by many of the Inhabitants…Soldiers' Efforts to Supplement the Ration Issue…John Rees
  • Whilst in this country…Sullivan's Expedition and the Carolina Campaigns…John Rees
  • Hard enough to break the teeth of a rat…Biscuit and Hard Bread in the Armies of the Revolution…John Rees
  • The essential service he rendered to the army…Christopher Ludwick, Superintendent of Bakers…John Rees
  • As many fireplaces as you have tents…Earthen Camp Kitchens…John Rees
  • Matt and I Dig a Kitchen…Recreating an 18th Century Cooking Excavation…John Rees
  • Our pie-loving…stomachs…ache to even look…Durable Foods for Armies…John Rees
  • Tell them never to throw away their…haversacks or canteens…Finding Water and Carrying Food During the War for Indep. & Civil War…John Rees
  • The victuals became putrid by sweat and heat…Equipment Shortages, the Burden of Rations and Spoilage…John Rees
  • An "unrational predicament…Soldiers, Food and Humor…John Rees
  • Thisi is the way they live…Soldiers' Observations of Other Regions…John Rees
  • Happy New Year, you guys…A Soldiers Holiday…John Rees
  • Extreme Cuisine: Doughnuts and Coffee "The Zouave Doughnuts"…John Rees
  • From Firecake to K Rations…Books on the American Soldier's Diet…John Rees
  • Extreme Cuisine: Alligator Soup, Louisiana, 1864…Capt. John Deforest, 12th Connecticut Volunteers…John Rees
  • Extreme Cuisine: The Indispensable Frying Pan and Coffee Pot, and Other Indispensables…John Rees
  • False hopes and temporary devices…Organizing Food Supply in the Continental Army Part I, II & III…John Rees
  • We Were Marching on Christmas Day…History, Food & Soldiers' Celebrations…John Rees
  • The New Process of Cooking…Robert Beecham's 1862 Birthday Meal…John Rees
  • A perfect nutriment for heroes…Apples and North American Soldiers…John Rees
  • The officers are Drunk and Dancing on the table…US Soldiers and Alcoholic Beverages…John Rees
  • The repast was in the English fashion…Washington's Campaign for Refined Dining in the War of Indep….John Rees
  • We'll eat as we ne'er ate before…Parts I,II,III…John Rees
  • Indolence is the mother of invention…Private Post's 1898 Culinary Campaign…John Rees
  • Give us Our Bread Day by Day…Continental Army Bread, Bakers & Ovens…Parts I, II, III, IV…John Rees
  • List of Military Food Articles by John Rees
  • Notes on your Bill of Fare…Washington Crossing DAR Menu

Fort Griswold, New London

  • The New London Raid, 1781…thesis by Walter Louis Powell

Fort Naragannset

  • Washington Crossing Chapter Newsletter, Nov 15th and Dec. 15th 2003…Forts and Fights on Narragansett Bay

Fort Ticonderoga

  • Brochures on Ft. Ticonderoga
  • The Haversack

Spring 1992, Vol 1 #1 …Brown Bess Musket

 "Historic Structures at Ft. Ticonderoga

  • List of books researched in Ft. Ticonderoga Museum Collections
  • List of bibliographies available at Thompson-Pell Research Center
  • French & Indian War Ancestor
  • Building Fort Carillon
  • Battle of Lake George
  • Campaign of 1757
  • Campaign of 1758
  • Campaign of 1759
  • The Royal American…the 60th Regiment of Foot
  • Robert Rogers and the Rangers
  • Regiments at "TY"…1776-1777
  • Henry Knox and "The Noble Train of Artillery"
  • The Canadian Campaign of 1775-76
  • Defending "the Ty"…Mount Independence & the "Old French Fort"
  • The Naval Campaign on Lake Champlain…Battle of Valcour, 1776
  • Mount Defiance
  • Mount Independence…John Brown's Attack, 1777
  • The Northern Invasion in the Year of the Burning, 1780
  • Lady Harriet Acland and the Burgoyne Campaign, 1777
  • Revolutionary Ancestors
  • 19th Century Tourism to Ft. Ticonderoga
  • The Jardin du Roi (1756) & The Pavilion (1826)
  • The Bookshelf at Fort Ticonderoga
  • Historical Maps and Graphics available at Ft. Ticonderoga
  • South Curtain Wall Reconstruction
  • Revolutionary Medicine at Ticonderoga
  • Launching a Revolution in the Champlain Valley, 1775-1776
  • British Regiments at Ticonderoga

Franklin, Benjamin

  • Picture
  • Article Benjamin Franklin
  • Bringing Benjamin Franklin's London Home To Life by Marcia Balisciano, PhD

Franklin, William

  • The Arrest of the Royal Governor of New Jersey by Peggie marie Heard Roscoe

French and Indian War

  • French and Indian War, The Quarto, Spring-Summer 2004

French Soldiers

  • French Soldiers at Valley Forge

Freneau, Philip

  • Philip Freneau Collection, 1661-1939
  • Philip Freneau-Bard of the Revolution – collection from Guggenheim Memorial Library
  • Selected Poetry and Prose of Philip Freneau
  • Philip Freneau and Monmouth County
  • Philip Freneau: The War Years
  • Philip Freneau and His 'Unwilling Muse' The Trials of a Poet in the Early Republic
  • Abstract of Papers on Philip Freneau
  • A Philip Freneau Chronology

Gage, Thomas

  • General Gage (1721-1787) on the Eve of Revolution: A Conflict of Emotions by Deborah Gage

Gallatin, Albert

  • Albert Gallatin Master of Finance

Gannett, Deborah

  • See "Black Patriots" file

Gates, Horatio

  • "To shew that Gentn that I was not unapprised of his intrieguing disposition"…Washington's Response to Major General Thomas Conway's Criticisms

Germantown, Battle of

  • Battle of Germantown: The Revolution in the Wissahickon
  • Unpublished Papers Relating to the Battle of Germantown

Glover, John

  • Pictures of John Glover
  • The General and the Jesuits by Ursula Byrne
  • Notes Concerning a Fine Double Stone Wall by Maria Byrne
  • John Glover with Deep Affection by Ursula Byrne

Gorham, Nathaniel

  • Nathaniel Gorham: Signer of the U.S. Constitution by Marion E. Shea

Grant, James

  • Grant Letters

Grey, Robert

  • Of the Mariner and the River by Marcella Rawe

Hamilton, Alexander

  • A Love Letter from Alexander Hamilton to His "Nut-Brown Maid" by Richard Brookhiser
  • "In a Choice of Evils…Jefferson is in Every View Less Dangerous than Burr": Alexander Hamilton to Harrison Gray Otis by Herbert Sloan

Hartwell, Mary Flint

  • An American Heroine by Gwen S. Flint

Hector, Edward (Ned)

  • Revolutionary War Hero – Time Traveler by Loretta Graham and Noah Lewis
  • See also "Black Patriot" file

Hessians

  • Journal commencing 15 March 1776 when the Hesse-Hanau Regiment departed for America
  • Sketches of Hessian Soldiers by Fritz Kredel
  • Fragment of Hessian Flag
  • A List of References for Identifying German Auxiliary Soldiers who Remained in the United States and Canada after the American Revolution.
  • Index of Names of the Braunschweig Corps who remained in America 1776-1783
  • Prisoners of War in Frederick County Maryland, During the American Revolution. Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society.
  • "Of Revolutionary Memory": German Mercenaries Who Immigrated to Western Maryland. Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society.
  • Hessian Registry. Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Inc.
  • The Hessian Order "Pour La Vertu" in the American Revolution
  • Scandalous Behavior of British and Hessian Troops in Bucks County, PA Dec. 14, 1776
  • The Hessian POWs in Reading Revisited
  • Zeitschrift des Vereins fur Hessische Geschichte und Landeskunde
  • How to Trace a Hessian Soldier
  • Archiv fur Familiengeschichtsforschung – Genealogical Studies

Hewson, John

  • Pennsylvania Legacies, Nov 2002…John Hewson: Kensington's Revolutionary War Hero

Historical Sites

  • 1753 Bachmann Publick House Open to the Public

Honeyman, John

  • A Spy for Washington by Leonard Falkner
  • The Honeyman Family by A. Van Doren Honeyman
  • Inquisition - June 17, 1778

Hopper, Andrew

  • 3 illustrations of the Hopper House
  • Early Days in the Ramapo Valley by John Dater
  • Ramapo Valley visited four times by leader, Ridgewood News, Ridgewood, NJ, Feb. 1982

Hospitals, Military

  • Military Hospitals and the Thompson-Neely House, The Crossing Quarterly April-June 2005

Houdon, Jean Antoine

  • A Brief History of the Sculptor of the George Washington Statue

Howe, Robert

  • General Robert Howe and the British Capture of Savannah in 1778 by Alexander Lawrence

Huddy, Joshua

  • Military Service Record of Joshua Huddy

Indians

  • Indian Tribes of Oklahoma
  • Journal of Native American Institute…Stockbridge Indian Massacre, 2 Parts
  • Passamaquoddy Tribe
  • Bibliography of Native Americans in the U.S. Military
  • Native Americans in Foreign and Domestic Wars: A Bibliography

Italians in the American Revolution

  • Italian Contributions toward the American Revolution by Rosalie Castellana
  • Fact Sheet: Italians in the American Revolution Prepared by The national Italian American Foundation
  • The Italian Connection During The American Revolution by Cav. Valentine J. Belfiglio

Jay, John

  • Mr. and Mrs. John Jay : Peace Negotiator and First Chief Justice by Judge Lynn

Jefferson, Thomas

  • Thomas Jefferson Legacy by Peter S. Onuf
  • Popular Forest: Thomas Jefferson's Retreat by Lynn A. Beebe
  • Thomas Jefferson : The Conservationist by Bessie Anne Bretch

Jewish Participation

  • The Jew and the American Revolution (2 copies) by Jacob Marcus
  • Honoring 1776 and Famous Jews in American History
  • The famous letter by George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, August 17, 1790 (3 copies)

Kensington

  • Old Kensington by Rich Remer

King's American Rangers

  • The First Battalion King's American Rangers by Thomas Briggs

King's American Regiment