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Historical Society of Pennsylvania
1 HSP 5 June 1778, Thomas Paine from York Town to General Washington ALS.
2 HSP 18 April 1778, George Washington at Valley Forge to Henry Laurens ALS
3 HSP 20 February 1778, Patrick Henry from Williamsburgh [to General Washington] A.L.S. with enclosure of :
4 HSP 12 January 1778, anonymous letter from York Town to Patrick Henry.
5 HSP 3 February 1778, Henry Laurens from York Town to Lt. Col. Laurens. ALS
6 HSP 14 January 1778 , Henry Laurens from York Town to Lt. Gen. Baron Stüben. ALS
7 HSP 5 July 1776. Philadelphia. John Hancock sends a copy of the Declaration of Independence to the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania and instructs them to proclaim it in the Province. LS
8 HSP Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. The American crisis. Number V. Addressed to General Sir William Howe. By the author of Common sense. Lancaster, [PA] Printed by John Dunlap, [1778] Library Company of Philadelphia
9 LCP The Trial of William Wemms, James Hartegan, William M'Cauley, Hugh White, Matthew Killroy, William Warren, John Carrol, and Hugh Montgomery, soldiers in his Majesty's 29th Regiment of Foot, for the murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Patrick Carr, on Monday-evening, the 5th of March, 1770, at the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize, and general goal delivery, held at Boston. The 27th day of November, 1770, by adjournment. Before the Hon. Benjamin Lynde, John Cushing, Peter Oliver, and Edmund Trowbridge, Esquires, justices of said court. : Published by permission of the court. / Taken in short-hand by John Hodgson. Boston: Printed by J. Fleeming, and sold at his printing-office, nearly opposite the White-horse Tavern in Newbury-street., [1770].
10 LCP Massachusetts Calendar; or an Almanac for ... 1772 (2d ed., Boston: 1771) containing woodcut of the "Bloody Massacre," attributed to Revere. Lafayette College
11 LaC [January 1778] Lafayette to Washington
Pennsylvania State Archives
12 PSA Resolve of Congress for a Feast November 1, 1777 (Thanksgiving
Proclamation sent to the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania)
LS ( 9 ½ x 14 ¼ double sided) Signed by Ch W Thomson Secy Records
of the Revolutionary Governments (Record Group 27),
Massachusetts Historical Society
13 MHS Letter, John Adams to Abigail Adams, Yorktown, 30 September
1777. 14 MHS Letter, John Adams to Abigail Adams, Yorktown, 25 October 1777 15 MHS Letter, Abigail Adams to John Adams, 20 October 1777. 16 MHS Map sent as enclosure with letter of John Lovell to Abigail
Adams, 29 August 1777. (Not the letter--just the map.)
York County Register of Wills Office
17 YCRW James Smith Will FRAMED
York County Archives
18 YCA Declaration of Independence. Transcribed in 1777 from an original
copy of the Declaration(Originally recorded in York County Deed
Record Book 2 A, it has been on display at the Colonial Courthouse.)
YCHT
19a & 19b YCHT 1778 Currency Hall & Sellers York Town (Additional pieces
in York County, Creating an American Community exhibit on the second
floor of the Historical Society of York County Museum) (2 pieces
- each 3 ¾ x 2/34) 20 YCHT Philip Livingston to Col. Philip Schuyler New York 13 March
1769 91-RW (8 x 12 ¼) 21 YCHT Broadside-- "An Address of the Congress to the Inhabitants
of the United States of America." 9 May 1778. Hall & Sellers imprint
99-RW (10 ¾ x 17 ¼) 22 YCHT Broadside - Establishment of U.S. Army May 27, 1778 Hall &
Sellers imprint (10 x 16) 100-RW 23a YCHT Order from War Office at York concerning prisoners to Col.
Richard McCalester, County Lieut. or to the sub-lieutenants. Signed
R. Peters. War OfficeYork Town 4 Oct 1777 (Said to be the first
order issued by the Board of War after Congress came to York in
1777) 9-RW mounted with 10-RW on one sheet (each 6 x 8 mounted on
11 x 15) 23b YCHT Order from War Office York Town 15 Nov 1777 to Col. John Hay,
SubLieutenant, York concerning sick prisoners. Signed by Richard
Peters, Secy. 10-RW mounted with 9-RW on one sheet - see above 24 YCHT Jacob Barnitz Oath of Allegiance 2 Sept 1779 on form printed
Hall & Sellers, York 1778 ( 6 ¾ x 4 ¼) 25 YCHT John Forsyth Oath of Allegiance 1778 (Asst. Quartermaster Gen)
signed T. Mifflin (8 ¼ x 13) 26 YCHT Philip Carr oath that George Boyd wouldn't take Congress money
for debt 1778 (8 ¼ x 7)
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