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Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794

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Baron Friedrich von Steuben; Prussian military officer; reformed and disciplined the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, subsequently regarded as one of the fathers of the United States Army. Steuben took part in several battles in the Seven Years' War (1756–63), rose to the rank of captain, and became aide-de-camp to Prussian King Frederick the Great, abruptly discharged from the army in 1763. Awarded title Baron in 1771 from his service to Hollenzollern-Hechingen earned him...

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

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Arthur Lee (20 December 1740 – 12 December 1792) was a physician and opponent of slavery in colonial Virginia in North America who served as an American diplomat during the American Revolutionary War. He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Edinburgh and in London, respectively. After passing the bar, he practiced law in London for several years. He stayed in London during the Revolutionary War, representing the colonies to Britain and France and also serving as an American spy ...

Irvine, William, 1741-1804

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William Irvine (November 3, 1741 – July 29, 1804) was an Irish-American physician, soldier, and statesman from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He practiced medicine as a ship's surgeon for the Royal Navy before he sympathized with the American Revolution and fought against the British during the American Revolutionary War. As tensions escalated between the American colonies and the British government during the 1770s, Irvine sympathized and allied himself with the revolutionary cause. He subsequently se...

Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800

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Thomas Mifflin (January 10, 1744 – January 20, 1800) was an American merchant, soldier, and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served in a variety of roles during and after the American Revolution, several of which qualify him to be counted among the Founding Fathers. He was the first governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1790 to 1799; he was also the last president of Pennsylvania, succeeding Benjamin Franklin and serving from 1788 until 1790. Born in Philadelphia, Mifflin becam...

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808

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John Dickinson (November 13, 1732 [O.S. November 2, 1732] – February 14, 1808) was a Founding Father of the United States. A solicitor and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, he was known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, published individually in 1767 and 1768. Born at his family's tobacco plantation in Talbot County, Maryland, Dickinson was educated at home by his parents and by recent immigrants employe...

St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818

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Born in Thurso, Scotland, 1734, o.s. ; studied medicine in Edinburgh; served in the British Army in America, 1757-1762; surveyor of Cumberland, 1770; colonel of Pennsylvania militia, 1775; brigadier general, 1777 to the close of the Revolution; commander of the Army, 1791-1792; delegate to the Constitutional Congress, 1785-1787, and president, 1787; governor of Northwest Territory, 1789-1802; died in Greensburg, Pa., August 31, 1818. (Bio. Cong. Dir., 1928 ed. ; Dic. Am.Biog. --gives b. date, 17...

Butler, Richard, 1743-1791

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Officer in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War who later died fighting American Indians in Ohio; co-signer; Continental Congress' envoy to the Western Indians. From the description of Journal of Gen. Richard Butler, 1785-1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 166427842 Born in Dublin, Ireland, April 1, 1743, the son of Thomas and Eleanor (Parker) Butler. Family emigrated to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Served in Bouquet expedition and was in Indian trade at Chil...

Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807

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Joseph Brant, also known as Thayendanega, (born March 1743 in Ohio Country along the Cuyahoga River - died Burlington Beach, Upper Canada, November 24, 1807), Mohawk Chief and an officer in the British military during the American Revolutionary War. He served in expeditions during the French and Indian War. As a Captain during the American Revolution, he led the four Iroquois Nations that sided with the British as well as a group of loyalists. He married three times, lastly to Catharine Adonwent...

Hamtramck, John Francis, 1756-1803

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Soldier. From the description of Papers of John Francis Hamtramck, 1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132137 John Hamtramck was a Pittsburgh, PA glass manufacturer. From the description of Papers, 1799-1800. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 147437758 Col. Hammtramck was an officer in the United States Army during the American Revolution until his death in 1803. From the description of Hamtramck, John Francis, 1756-1803 1796-1798 ...

Tardiveau, Barthelemi, -1801

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French trader, pioneer, and Ky. settler. From the description of Letters, 1788-1789. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49323857 ...

United States. Continental Army

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In response to the expansion of the Continental Army the number of staff was increased and reorganized in 1776. Changes included the creation of a new unit to supplement George Washington's personal staff. This special unit, the Commander in Chief's Guard, was formed on March 12, 1776 with Captain Caleb Gibbs (formerly adjutant of the 14th Continental Regiment and appointed Aid to Major General Greene) as commander. The unit protected Washington, the army's cash, and official papers. ...

Cornplanter, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836

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Cornplanter (born between 1732 and 1746–February 18, 1836), was a Seneca war chief and diplomat of the Wolf clan. As a chief warrior, Cornplanter fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. In both wars, the Seneca and three other Iroquois nations were allied with the British. After the war Cornplanter led negotiations with the United States and was a signatory of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784). He helped gain Iroquois neutrality during the Northwest Indian War. ...

Reynolds, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 38421 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x00004a Epithet: MA, Fellow of Eton College, Canon of Exeter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000046 Epithet: Commissary-General of the Horse in Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc...

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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American revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Thomas Jefferson, 1793 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Henry Jackson, 1796 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596669 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westpoint, to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, 1782 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598200 ...

O'Hara, James, 1752-1819

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Born in county Mayo, Ireland, 1752; clerk in a Liverpool counting house, 1770-72; came to Philadelphia, Pa., 1772; Indian trader & general agent, 1772-76; in war, 1776-83; captain; contractor for army provisions, 1783-90 & 1796-1802; quartermaster-general of U.S. Army, 1792-96; interested in real estate near Pittsburgh, Pa.; died there, Dec. 21, 1819. (Lamb's Biogr. Dict. of U.S.) (blue index cards) From the description of James O'Hara commissary accounts, 1797-1798. (Detroit...

Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806

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American revolutionary general. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Traveller's Rest, to F. Meriwether, Esq., 1787 Jan. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864014 Revolutionary general. Born in England, Gates settled in Virginia in 1772 after a career in the British army that included service in the French and Indian War. He was commissioned adjutant-general of the Continental Army in 1775, and was in command at the pivotal victory of Saratoga. After Saratoga...

Harmar, Josiah, 1802-1848

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Josiah Harmar was born November 10, 1753, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Rachel Harmar and an unknown father. After his mother's death on January 31, 1754, his mother's sister, Elizabeth Harmar, took in the two-month old Harmar and eventually sent him to study at Robert Proud's Quaker School. In 1775, he received a captaincy with the 1st Pennsylvania Battalion, and quickly rose up the ranks of the army, first to the position of major (1776), and then to lieutenant-colonel...