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Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) was a Revolutionary War general, politician, and businessman from Chester County, Pennsylvania. During the Revolution, his regiment lost 158 men to the British in the Massacre at Paoli, but he is remembered also for his leadership in the Battle of Monmouth and his victory i...
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| Collection: | Anthony Wayne Papers |
| Collection Number: | 0699 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
| Physical Description: |
14.8 Linear feet ; 8 boxes, 45 volumes |
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The collection is open for research. |
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Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) was a Revolutionary War general, politician, and businessman from Chester County, Pennsylvania. During the Revolution, his regiment lost 158 men to the British in the Massacre at Paoli, but he is remembered also for his leadership in the Battle of Monmouth and his victory in the Battle of Stony Point. In the last few years of his life, he developed and led the Legion of the United States, the precursor of the Army of the United States, in the Northwest Indian War and oversaw the end of the conflict with the Treaty of Greenville. This collection includes papers related to Anthony Wayne's activities in the Revolutionary War and later, his campaign and treaty negotiations in the Northwest Indian War. This collection consists of papers on Anthony Wayne's activities in the Revolutionary War and later, his campaign and treaty negotiations in the Northwest Indian War, such as: Wayne's correspondence with other army officers, with the secretary of war, and with other men active in colonial affairs, 1765-1779; records of courts-martial, 1776-1796; military documents, monthly returns, muster rolls, and department returns, 1777-1794; orderly books, 1781, 1792-1796; the itinerary of the Pennsylvania Line, 1781; journals of proceedings at treaty councils held with Native Americans, 1778-1795; "Instructions to Major General Anthony Wayne to be employed on the Western Frontier," 1792; copy of "Treaty of Greenville," 1795. Wayne family papers include the Wayne farm book, 1784-1820; and miscellaneous manuscripts of Isaac Wayne, 1810-1859. Approximately 100 documents relating to Anthony Wayne were transferred from the Society Collection; the bulk are from 1772-1796 and consist of photostats or copies of correspondence and military documents, most of which are already contained in the Anthony Wayne papers. There are copies of a few letters from Wayne’s children, Margretta Atlee and Isaac Wayne. A few items date from the 19th and 20th centuries and include a Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum, a transcription of the epitaph on Anthony Wayne’s tomb, and an extract of an article fromLippincott’s Magazine, “With Washington and Wayne.” |