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Commemorative Tablet on the Site of the Provost

Prison.

From a photograph.

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Map of the Prison Ship Stations in Wallabout Bay 62

From Stiles's History of Brooklyn.

British Prison Ship "Jersey"

From Stiles's History of Brooklyn.

Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument .

From a photograph supplied by General Horatio C. King.

Map Showing Location of British and American

Prisons of War during the Revolution

Compiled by David Maydole Matteson, A. M., Cambridge, Mass.

Autograph of Return J. Meigs

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From letter in the New York Public Library (Emmet Collection).

Map of Tryon's Raid of 1777

Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, U. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.
The First Flag of the Union

Reconstruction showing it as flown at Washington's camp near Boston,
January, 1776.

Colonel Alexander Hamilton (Portrait and Auto-
graph).

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Portrait from original in the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

Baron de Kalb (Portrait and Autograph)

Portrait from a painting in oil owned by the Maryland Historical Society,
Baltimore; autograph from an original letter in the New York Public
Library (Emmet Collection).

Banner of the Pulaski Legion

Reproduced in colors of the original in the collection of the Maryland His-
torical Society, Baltimore.

Count Casimir Pulaski (Portrait and Autograph)

Portrait from engraving in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; autograph
from original letter in the New York Public Library (Emmet Collection).

Marie Jean Paul Roche Yves Gilbert Motier, Mar

quis de Lafayette (Portrait and Autograph)

From original at Versailles. Kindly supplied by Mr. Henry Vignaud,
Secretary to the American Embassy, Paris. Autograph from letter in the
New York Public Library (Emmet Collection).

Uniform of Private of Colonel Moylan's Fourth
Regiment of Light Dragoons (American)

From original drawing by Mr. H. A. Ogden.

Autograph of Knyphausen

From original letter in the New York Public Library (Emmet Collection).

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Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, U. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.

Uniform of First Troop, Philadelphia Light Horse

From original drawing by Mr. H. A. Ogden.

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Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, U. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.

Standard of the Philadelphia Light Horse Troop

of 1775

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The

Now in possession of the First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry.
reproduction, made through courtesy of Captain J. C. Groome, shows its
present appearance with great fidelity.

Portrait of Anthony Wayne.

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From collection of the New York Historical Society.

Attack on the Chew House at the Battle of Ger

mantown

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From historical painting by Edward Lamson Henry now owned by Mrs.
Samuel Chew. Reproduced by kind permission.

Map of the Battle of Germantown

Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, U. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.

Private, Seventeenth Light Dragoons (British),
1763-86.

From original drawing by Mr. H. A. Ogden.

Map of Operations on the Delaware

Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, U. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.

General Theater of Burgoyne's Campaign of 1777

Autograph of General William Phillips

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Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, U. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.

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From original letter in the New York Public Library (Emmet Col-
lection).

Canteen of the Revolutionary Period

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From collection of the Rhode Island Historical Society.

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Caricature on Employment of Indians by the British

Published in London, 1780. From an original.

Map of the Investment of Fort Ticonderoga .

Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, U. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.

Soldiers' Belt Buckles (Brass, Silver, and Copper)
found at Ticonderoga

Reproduced directly from originals kindly loaned by Mr. Silas H. Paine.

Map of the Battle of Hubbardton.

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Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, U. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.

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Cartridge-box used during the Revolution

From collection of Mr. H. A. Ogden.

Two Flags of the Second New Hampshire Regi-
ment taken by the Ninth British Foot at Fort
Anne.

Now in the possession of Colonel George W. Rogers, Wykeham, Bur-
gess Hill, Sussex, England, through whose kind assistance we obtained
colored photographs from which the above are engraved. These are the
only flags now in existence captured from American Regiments during the
war of the Revolution, according to Mr. Gherardi Davis in his Regi-
mental Colors in the War of the Revolution.

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Autograph of General Arthur Saint Clair

From original letter in the New York Public Library (Emmet Col-
lection).

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Soldier's Pocket-knife found near Fort Ticonderoga 96

Reduced reproduction directly from original kindly loaned by Mr. Silas H.
Paine.

One of the Axes used by Burgoyne's Troops, found

at Schuylerville, New York

Reduced reproduction directly from original kindly loaned by Mr. Silas H.
Paine.

Uniform of a Brunswick Dragoon (dismounted) of
Lieutenant-colonel Baum's Regiment

Drawn by Mr. H. A. Ogden.

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General Simon Fraser's Letter to Baron Riedesel between 98 and 99

From original in the New York Public Library (Emmet Collection).

Portrait of General John Stark

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From oil painting now in office of the mayor of Manchester, N. H.

Map of the Mohawk-Oneida Route and Settle

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From Mante's History of the Late War, London, 1772.

Map of the Battle of Bennington

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Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, U. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.

Portrait of Joseph Brant

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From mezzotint in the British Museum.

Autograph of John Butler

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From original letter in the New York Public Library (Emmet Col-
lection).

Diagram Representing the Order of March of Saint
Leger's Troops

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Reduced facsimile of original found in the writing-desk of Saint Leger, left
behind when he fled from his camp before Fort Schuyler. Contained in
the Gansevoort Papers in possession of Mrs. Catherine Gansevoort
Lansing.

Muster-roll of Colonel Peter Gansevoort's Staff and between 102 and 103

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From the Gansevoort Papers in possession of Mrs. Catherine Gansevoort
Lansing.

Portrait of Colonel Peter Gansevoort

From original by Stuart in possession of Mrs. Catherine Gansevoort
Lansing.

Abraham Swartwout's Letter to Colonel Gansevoort

requesting an Order for Cloth to Replace his
Blue Coat used for "Colours"

From original in possession of Mrs. Catherine Gansevoort Lansing. Con-
tained in the Gansevoort Papers.

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Diagram of Fort Stanwix (Fort Schuyler)

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Facsimile of contemporary drawing in possession of Mrs. Catherine Ganse-
voort Lansing. Contained in the Gansevoort Papers.

Autograph of Nicholas Herkimer .

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From original letter in the New York Public Library (Emmet Col-
lection).

Herkimer Monument at Oriskany

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From a photograph.

Map of the Siege of Fort Schuyler

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Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, Ú. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.

Monument to Marinus Willett at Albany

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From a photograph.

Old Church at German Flats, Built in 1767 near

Fort Herkimer

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Gansevoort's Statue at Rome, New York

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From a photograph.

From a photograph.

Soldier's Pewter Spoon found near Fort Edward

Direct reproduction from original, kindly loaned by Mr. Silas H. Paine.

Portrait of General Horatio Gates.

From collection of Mr. Charles Henry Hart.

Map of the Battle of Freeman's Farm

Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, U. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.
Portrait of Simon Fraser

From painting by Scouter, engraved by James Watson, from the New
York Public Library (Emmet Collection).

Plan of Attack on Forts Clinton and Montgomery, between 116 and 117

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Published by William Faden, London, 1784; reproduced from copy in
colors in collection of the New York Historical Society.

Map of the Attack on Forts Montgomery and
Clinton

Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, U. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.

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Proclamation by the New York Council of Safety
Dated July 30, 1777. From the Emmet Collection in the New York

Public Library.

Silver Bullet and Clinton's Message

Found on spy captured by the Americans From an engraving of the
original kindly supplied by Mr. B. M. Brink.

Enlistment Paper signed by Enoch Poor when he
Joined the Army as a Private

From original document in collection of the Essex Institute.

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Portraits of Major Acland and Lady Harriet Acland 121

From engravings of the paintings by Reynolds, now in possession of Sir
Charles Thomas Dyke Acland.

Map of the Battle of Bemis Heights

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Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, U. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.

Portrait of Alexander Lindsay, Sixth Earl of Balcarres 123 Reproduced from original painting owned by the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, kindly supplied in colors by Lord Balcarres.

"Plan of the Position which the Army under Lt

Gen Burgoine took at Saratoga

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From copy in collection of the New York Historical Society.

General Simon Fraser's Funeral

From engraving showing view of the west bank of the Hudson River.
From Travels through the Interior Parts of America, by an Officer
(Anburey).

Map of Burgoyne's Surrender at Saratoga

Compiled by Lieutenant Joseph A. Baer, U. S. Army, West Point, N. Y.

Articles of "Convention" between Lieutenant-general Burgoyne and Major-general Gates .

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Signed at Saratoga, October 16, 1777. From original document in
possession of the New York Historical Society.

Coat of Arms of Burgoyne

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From Burke's Peerage and Baronetage. Drawn in colors by Mr. Henry
Strippel.

British Cartoon on the Surrender of Burgoyne

From the New York Public Library (Emmet Collection).

General Gates's Letter to Hancock Announcing
Burgoyne's Surrender

Dated October 18, 1777.
Division of Manuscripts.

Surrender of Burgoyne .

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From original in the Library of Congress,

Facsimile (reduced) reproduction of Trumbull's famous painting in the
rotunda of the Capitol at Washington.

Bronze Medal Awarded by Congress to Horatio

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From copy in collection of the New York Historical Society. Boot worn by Dragoon of Riedesel's Forces.

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Taken prisoner at Saratoga, he traveled to Easton, Pennsylvania, on foot
with other prisoners and wore this boot and its mate as far as Middlehope
(North Newburgh). There he exchanged them for lighter ones. At
Washington's Headquarters Museum, Newburgh, N. Y.

Saratoga Battle Monument

From a photograph.

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Pistol from the Saratoga Battlefield between 132 and 133

Kindly loaned by present owner, Mr. Samuel Ludlow Frey, Palatine
Bridge, New York.

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One of blue canton set used at the entertainment of Burgoyne after his sur-
render at the old Sylvester home at Kinderhook, New York. Kindly
loaned by present owner, Mr. Samuel Ludlow Frey, Palatine Bridge, New
York.

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