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Manuscripts
Records of the campaigns of Rochambeau's army in 1781 and 1782 kept by an identified officer of the Soissonnais Regiment.
mssHM 621
Manuscripts
Orderly book of the Southern Department under the command of Nathanael Greene kept during his operations against Rawdon in the spring and summer of 1781
mssHM 683
Manuscripts
The largest portion of the manuscript consists of the diary that Thomas Foster kept from May 1782 through April of 1783, with individual entries dated Feb. 15 1782, and end of July 1781. The daily entries describe the weather, camp life, Foster?s duties and discuss war news and rumors, especially anxious expectations of peace.
mssHM 643
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Orders, special orders and circulars received by Eastern Department from the War Department, Army Headquarters, Office of Adjutant General, Ordnance Department, Pay Department, and Office of the Adjutant General of Eastern territorial Department from June 1, 1821 through July 1828
mssHM 58077
Manuscripts
Orderly book of Marion's brigade covering the period from Feb. 16, 1781 through Dec. 15, 1782. The last entry is Marion's address to his troops congratulating them on the "evacuation of Charles Town" and announcing the dissolution of the militia
mssHM 622
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An eye witness account of the invasion of Ohio Moravian towns of Salem, Gnadenhutten, and New Shonbrunn by a troop of Wyandotes, Delawares, and Shawnee under the command of the British Agent of Indian Affairs McKee in the summer of 1781. The anonymous author, apparently a Moravian missionary, described the events in Apr. - Sept. 1781, including the capture of missionaries David Zeisberger, Johann George Jungman, Gottlieb Senseman, William Edwards, Johann Heckelwelder, and Michael Jung with their families as well as the Christianized Indians. The captives were carried off to Upper Sandusky
mssHM 59431