The spirit of the revolution ; new light from some of the original sources of American history / by John C. Fitzpatrick.

Author/creator Fitzpatrick, John Clement
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston, New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924.
Descriptionxii pages, 1 ., 300 pages : 1 illustration (music) plates, 2 portrait (including frontispiece) facsimiles ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents The manuscript from which Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.--Discovery of the Declaration of Independence by the people of the United States.--The travels of the Declaration of Independence.--Washington's headquarters in seven states.--The aides-decamp of General George Washington.--General Washington's Valley Forge expenses.--The committees of correspondence and safety of the revolutionary war.--The Continental army uniform.--Bread and the superintendent of bakers of the Continental army.--The bands of the Continental army.--The Invalid regiment and its colonel.--The story of the Purple heart.--Peace and demobilization in 1783.--A liberty loan of the revolution.--A sea captain of the revolution.--The "United States of America" and the "U.S.A."--The Post-office of the revolutionary war.--The personal seal and visiting-card of bygone days in America.--Some words of Washington which apply to-day.
General noteReprinted from Daughters of the American Revolution magazine.
LCCN 24027683

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