Washington, George, 1732-1799
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Israel Shreve Revolutionary War Letters
Collection
Identifier: 1965-001
Found in:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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Israel Shreve Revolutionary War Letters
Dates:
1768-1894
Scope and Contents
This 76-item collection mainly consists of letters written to and from Colonel Israel Shreve between the years of 1776 and 1793, with the bulk of the correspondence taking place between the years 1777 and 1780. Most of the correspondence is between Shreve and other officers in George Washington's Continental Army, and was written while Shreve was Colonel of the Second Regiment of New Jersey during the Revolutionary War. The collection is divided into two series, one of the Colonel Israel...