Manuscripts

Thos. Foster his Book, 1779-1785

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1779-1785
Call number: mssHM 643
Creator: Foster, Thomas (active 1775-1783)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Embedded in the diary are copies of the "Resolve of Congress Regarding Cloathing" (November 1779), two general orders about "honorary badges of distinction" (1782 August 11 and 17), two general orders regarding the proclamation of peace (1783, April 18 and 19), and a ditty entitled "Emperor of Rome Gaius Caligula" "transcribed May 10th 1782 at New Winsor (sic)."

British garrison of Gibraltar records, with copies of the accounts of the siege of Gibraltar and the battle of Bunker Hill

Manuscripts

Records of the British garrison of Gibraltar: "Brass and Iron Ordnance Mounted in the Garrison of Gibraltar 1782," a list of the mortars, "Heights and distances as taken by the Engineers at Gibraltar," and "Bearings and distances of the Stations across the Bay of Gibraltar.' Also included are: "A Cursory Relation of an attack made by the Enemy on the 13th of Sept. 1782 with some Incidental Occurences Preceding it," followed by the "Return of Officers killed wounded & died of their wounds at Gibraltar from the 12th of April 1781 to the 31st of October 1782," and "Shot & killed wounded &c in 1783," and a dispatch of M. D'Arcon "relative to the Proceedings of the 13th of September 1782."

mssHM 52688

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Lenora E. Phillips Foster reminiscences

Manuscripts

In this volume, Foster tells her life story beginning with her birth and childhood in Corydon, Iowa. She gives many details such as the death of two of her siblings within a month of each other in 1864, her older brother leaving to go fight in the Civil War, learning music as a child, her marriage to Edward E. Foster in 1875, etc. Throughout the volume are poems, sketches and drawings done by Foster. In the front of the volume is a photograph of Foster taken in 1930.

mssHM 82441

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Lafayette S. Foster letter to Ogden Hoffman

Manuscripts

Writing to Judge Hoffman, Foster includes copies of "the Bill to which you refer together with the amendment recommended to the same."

mssHM 19018

Orderly book of Marion's Brigade of South Carolina militia, 1781, Feb. 16 - 1782, Dec. 15

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

Journals and records of the campaigns of Rochambeau's army, 1781-1782

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Records of the campaigns of Rochambeau's army in 1781 and 1782 kept by an identified officer of the Soissonnais Regiment.

mssHM 621

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Josiah Foster Flagg notebooks

Manuscripts

The two notebooks contain engineering notes taken by Flagg while on trips through Argentina, Peru, and California in 1872 and 1874. In his notebooks, Flagg describes architecture, buildings, machinery, bridges, tunnels, railroads, mines, and other machines and structures that he observes on his journeys. The notebooks are illustrated with Flagg's sketches of these structures and machines as well as containing his descriptions of their design and construction. While in California, Flagg took notes on the San Francisco cable cars, on various mines and mining methods and particular on the New Almaden Mines. Flagg briefly mentions the people he meets during his journeys. Also included is a photograph of Josiah Foster Flagg.

mssHM 66485-66486

Thos. Foster his Book, 1779-1785

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