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Manuscript Group 66
EDWARD HAND PAPERS
1777-1788
.25 cu. ft.

Edward Hand (b. 1744, d. 1802) was a Lancaster physician who served with distinction as George Washington's adjutant general during the Revolutionary War. Active in organizing the Lancaster County Associators, he participated in engagements at Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, and Princeton. Promoted in 1777 to the rank of brigadier general, Hand was dispatched to western Pennsylvania to mobilize the militia against the Indians and Tories. Late in 1778 he assumed command at Albany and in 1779 aided Sullivan's expedition. He was elected adjutant general in 1781, served at General Washington's side at Yorktown in this same year, and in 1783 was named a major general. After the war Hand resumed his practice of medicine his Rockford, his country home, devoting considerable time to political affairs. He was a member of congress, 1784-85, and served in the Pennsylvania Assembly, 1785-86. Papers relate primarily to the Revolutionary War. Correspondents include:

David Bradford John Campbell James Chew
Joseph Cone John Dickson Benjamin Farar
Alexander Fowler James Gamble David Harris
Moses Hazen William Heth Robert Hoops
William Hull David Humphreys Samuel Kearsley
Simeon Lord Charles Lukens Charles McClure
Daniel McFarland David McKee Samuel Meason
Francis Mentges James Milligan John Minor
John Montgomery Samuel Moorhead Samuel Nicholas
Robert Pemberton Timothy Pickering Samuel Sample
John Paul Schott David Scott Anthony Selin
William Shepard Devereux Smith Benjamin Stoddert
Jacob Stroud Joseph Torrey Benjamin Whitcomb
John Wilson Thomas Wilson Donaldson Yeates
Jasper Yeates ______________ ________________

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