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Life at Valley Forge (1777–1778, by Albigence Waldo)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
LIFE AT VALLEY FORGE (1777 – 1778, by Albigence Waldo...at Valley Forge, Pa., on 19 December 1777. The winter was a difficult one, and...University See also Valley Forge . Dec. 12th [1777]. — A Bridge of Waggons made...
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A Soldier's Love Letter (8 June 1777, by Alexander Scammell)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
A SOLDIER'S LOVE LETTER (8 June 1777, by Alexander Scammell) Alexander Scammell...American: Military History . June 8 th 1777. My Dearest Naby. After a very severe...Father & Mother — June 23 d 1777. I congratulate you upon the Cause of...
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Revolutionary War, American
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...defeated the British at Princeton in January 1777. Washington was less successful later...Gen. Howe at Brandywine (September 11, 1777). Howe then occupied Philadelphia and...Washington at Germantown (October 4, 1777). Meanwhile, British forces under Gen...
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Bucquet, Jean-Baptiste Michel
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...natural history and chemistry. From 1775 to 1777, Bucquet was professor of pharmacy at...his first public course in chemistry in 1777. He continued the chemistry courses he...hygiene, and medicine. In February 1777 Bucquet was elected associate of the Soci...
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Divertimenti by Mozart
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...1776, wind), B♭ (K254, 1776, pf. trio), B♭ (K270, 1777, wind), B♭ (K287, 1777, 2 hn., str.), F major (K288, 1777 (fragment) wind., str.), E♭ (K289, 1777, wind), D major...
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Mifflin, Thomas
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...and at Trenton (both 1776) and Princeton (1777), rising to the rank of major general in February 1777. Mifflin served a second, less successful...the army at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777–78. From November 1777 to April...
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Irvine, James
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...a brigade at the battle of Germantown (1777), and it was on his advice that Gen...took up winter quarters at Valley Forge (1777–78). He was wounded and captured...during a skirmish against British forces in 1777 and not released until 1781.
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Cavallo, Tiberius
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Transactions of the Royal Society , 67:1 (1777), 48 – 55; “ New...Electrometer ” , ibid ., 67:2 (1777), 388 – 400; A Complete Treatise...Practice With Original Experiments (London, 1777; 2nd ed., rev., 1782; 3rd ed...
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Hopkins, Samuel
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...Washington early in the conflict. Hopkins participated in the battles of Trenton (1776), Princeton (1777), Brandywine (1777), Germantown (1777), and Monmouth (1778). During the War of 1812 , as commander in chief of the western frontier...
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West Point
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...of the Hudson River defenses in October 1777, when in a fortnight Gen. Henry Clinton...in the British plans of campaign after 1777. Except for the British capture of Stony...created by act of Congress, 20 June 1777, was transferred four years later to West...
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