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The spirit of the revolution; new light from some of the original sources of American history, by John C. Fitzpatrick ...
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 209.F58 1924
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fitzpatrick, John Clement, 1876-1940.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Continental Army--History.
- United States.
- United States. Declaration of Independence.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799--Military leadership.
- Washington, George.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- United States. Continental Army.
- Declaration of Independence (United States).
- Command of troops.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii pages, 1 leaf, 300 pages 1 illustration (music) plates, 2 portraits (including frontispiece) facsimiles 23 cm
- 8vo.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924.
- Contents:
- The manuscript from which Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
- Discovery of the Declaration of Independence by the people of the United States.
- The travels of the Declaration of Independence.
- Washington's headquarters in seven states.
- The aides-decamp of General George Washington.
- General Washington's Valley Forge expenses.
- The committees of correspondence and safety of the revolutionary war.
- The Continental army uniform.
- Bread and the superintendent of bakers of the Continental army.
- The bands of the Continental army.
- The Invalid regiment and its colonel.
- The story of the Purple heart.
- Peace and demobilization in 1783.
- A liberty loan of the revolution.
- A sea captain of the revolution.
- The "United States of America" and the "U.S.A."
- The Post-office of the revolutionary war.
- The personal seal and visiting-card of bygone days in America.
- Some words of Washington which apply to-day.
- Notes:
- Reprinted from Daughters of the American Revolution magazine.
- Local Notes:
- Inscribed by the
- From the Frederic R. Kirkland Collection.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Fitzpatrick, John Clement, 1876-1940. Spirit of the revolution.
- ISBN:
- 0804612684
- 9780804612685
- OCLC:
- 661197
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