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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Berks County, Pennsylvania
in the Revolution from 1774 to 1783,
by Morton L. Montgomery,
Vols. I & II,
publ. Reading, PA: Chas. F. Haage, Printer, Seventh and Court
Streets,
1894
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| BOOK I. -
REVOLUTION |
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INTRODUCTION |
17 - 18 |
| CHAPTER I.
- CAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION |
19 - 21 |
| CHAPTER II.
- PATRIOTIC SPIRIT OF THE COUNTY |
23 - 38 |
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- Public Meeting at
Reading, July 2, 1774; Resolutions Adopted;
Committee Appointed
- Provincial Conference, July 15, 1774
- Congress of Deputies, Sept. 4, 1774
- Committee of Observation Chosen at Public Meeting,
Dec. 5, 1774
- Delegates to Provincial Convention Appointed, Jan.
2, 1775
- Letters to Lancaster Committee
- Circular Letter as to Wool
- Resolutions of Provincial Convention
- Battle at Lexington Awakens County
- Conscientious Scruples Against War
- First Officers Selected from County by Council of
Safety
- German to the Rescue
- Population and Districts of County in 1776 |
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| CHAPTER
III. - ASSOCIATORS |
39 - 42 |
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- Counties of
Pennsylvania in 1775
- Recommendation of Congress
- County Colonels of Associators
- Preamble to Articles of Association
- County Committee Recommends Articles |
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| CHAPTER IV.
- INDEPENDENCE OF THE PROVINCE |
45 - 55 |
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- Suppression of
British Authority
- Support of Civil Authority by the County
- Provincial Conference, June, 1776; Deputies from
County; Address; Declaration of Independence;
Address for Flying Camp
- Declaration of Independence by Congress; Read in
County, July 8, 1776
- Constitutional Convention of the Province; County
Delegates Elected; Preamble to Constitution;
Declaration of Rights. |
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| CHAPTER V.
- MILITIA SYSTEM |
56 - 74 |
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- System Provided by
General Assembly
- County Returns for 1775
- County Returns for 1776; Delegates from County to
Lancaster Convention, July 4, 1776
- County Returns for 1777
- New System Provided, June 13, 1777; Oath of
Allegiance Required; County Districts Established;
Battalions, Companies and Classes; Pay and Rations;
Days of Drill; Fines; Pensions; Persons Exempted
from Service; Oaths Administered in the County
- Counties Returns for 1778
- County Returns for 1780
- County Returns for 1783. |
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CHAPTER VI. - COMPANIES FROM COUNTY IN THE
REVOLUTION -
PARTIALLY DONE |
75 - 150 |
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In
1775.
Nagel's Company at Cambridge; Roll of Company;
Services of CompanyIn 1776
- Jones's Company in Canada Campaign; Roll of
Company; Services of Company
- Companies at New York;
- Of Captains John Spohn, Peter Decker and Henry
Christ; Services of Companies
- Lotz's Battalion in Flying Camp; Field and
Commissioned Officers; Letter of Standing Committee
to Congress; Intentions of Congress Explained;
County Troops at Bethlehem; Marching Order to Capt.
Daniel DeTurck; Roll of Company; Order to Organize;
Battle of Long Island; Incidents of Hiester's
Company
- Weiser's Company in the German Regiment; Roll of
Company; Services of Company; Other Men from County
in the Regiment
- County Troops at South Amboy; Battalion of Col.
John Patton; Field Officers of Battalion; Companies
of Captains John Lesher, Michael Wolf, George Miller
and Michael Furrer; Battalion of Col. Mark Bird;
Letter to Council of Safety; Resolution of Congress
- Haller's Battalion near Trenton; Letter to
Council of Safety; Resolution of Council of Safety.
In 1777
- Hunter's Battalion in New Jersey; Letter of Col.
Daniel Brodhead; Resolution of Council of Safety;
Letter from Gen'l Israel Putnam
- Three Companies at Newtown; Letter of Gen'l Thomas
Mifflin; Companies of Captains George Will, John
Diehl and Nicholas Scheffer
- County Men of Continental Line; Companies of
Captains Jacob Moser and Jacob Bower; Sundry
Enlistments: Captains, Subalterns and
Privates
- Two Battalions at Chester, Commanded by Hunter and
Udree
- Spyker's Battalion at White Marsh;
- Lieutenant Whitman Wounded at Germantown
- Washington's Army near the County
- Troops Encamped at Kurztown
- No British Invasion of County
In 1778
- Dragoons from the County in Provost Guard; Company
of Capt. Bartholomew Von Heer
- Lindemuth's Battalion on the Frontiers.
In 1780
- Hiester's Battalion with Reed's Army; Field
Officers; Companies of Captains Charles Gobin,
Ferdinand Ritter, Conrad Sherman, - John Ludwig,
Jacob Baldy and Henry Strouch; Selections from the
3rd Battalion
- Two Companies of Ely's Battalion in the Frontier
Service; Inhabitants Killed by the Indians.
In 1781
- Class of Lindemuth's Battalion on the Frontiers
- Ely's Battalion at Newtown; Company of Capt. John
Robinson
- Capt. Jacob Livingood's Company
In 1782
- County Troops on the Frontiers; Robinson's Company
in Northumberland County; Sundry Troops Supplied.
- Other Enlistments from the County; Names of Men
Ascertained
- Army Surgeons from the County; Hospitals at
Reading
- Reports of Men Supplied from the County - Payments
for County Militia. |
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| CHAPTER
VII. - PRISONERS OF WAR AT READING |
151 - 167 |
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- English Prisoners;
Letter from Committee to Delegates in Congress;
Conduct of Prisoners; Letter from James Read to
Council of Safety; Quaker Prisoners from
Philadelphia; Company of Capt. Conrad Geist on Guard
Duty
- Hessian Prisoners' Letter by Council of Safety
about Removal of Prisoners of Reading; Camp Located
on Commons; Camp Surprised by Militia in Disguise of
Indians; Officer Drowned; Sickness and Burial of
Hessians
- German Prisoners; Company of Capt. Charles Krause
on Guard Duty; Additional Men as Guard; Continental
Troops as Guard; County Militia as Guard; Order of
Council of Safety; Company of Capt. Peter Nagel on
Guard Duty. |
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| CHAPTER
VIII. - ESTIMATE OF MEN IN SERVICE |
168 - 173 |
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- For the Years 1775,
1776, 1777, 1778, 1780, 1781 and 1782
- Recapitulation
- Names of Captains Ascertained
- Names of Colonels Ascertained. |
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| CHAPTER IX.
- ARMY SUPPLIES FROM THE COUNTY |
174 - 189 |
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- Store House at
Reading
- Reports of Supplies Manufactured
- Reports of Supplies Collected
- Supplies taken in Oley in 1778
- Masts for the United States Navy
- Receipt Book of Col. Nicholas Lotz
- Prominent Industries; Names and Location of
Furnaces and Forges; Iron Masters; Other Industries
- Prices during the Revolution
- Pay of Men in Service
- Continental Paper Money |
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| CHAPTER X.
- PROCLAMATIONS FOR THE FAVOR OF GOD |
190 - 193 |
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- First Recommendation
of Congress for Prayer
- Appeal for Support in Warfare
- Proclamation Issued by Executive Council
- Observance by County. |
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| CHAPTER XI.
- COUNTY INCUMBENTS OF POSITIONS |
194 - 197 |
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- National Positions
- State Positions
- County Positions |
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| CHAPTER
XII. - AFFAIRS AT READING |
198 - 204 |
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- Public Papers Removed
from Philadelphia
- Social Condition in 1777
- Conway Cabal supposed at Reading
- Duel at Reading
- Pre-Revolutionary Buildings at Reading |
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| CHAPTER
XIII - CONCLUSION |
205 - 208 |
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- Independent and Peace
- Return of the Soldiers
- Revolutionary Survivors in 1823; in 1840; in 1846 |
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