Valley Forge, a chronicle of American heroism . PREFACE. t; I HE notations employed in this chronicle are selected fromthe Wayne Orderly Book, which is deposited in the collec-tion of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and fromthe Weedon Orderly Book, which was, in 1839, presentedby a descendant of General Weedon to the Library of theAmerican Philosophical Society, in Philadelphia, where itstill reposes. Other publications and manuscripts consulted and quoted are,especially, the files of the Pennsylvania Magazine, the originalroster of many of the regiments present at the evacuation ofthe

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Valley Forge, a chronicle of American heroism . PREFACE. t; I HE notations employed in this chronicle are selected fromthe Wayne Orderly Book, which is deposited in the collec-tion of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and fromthe Weedon Orderly Book, which was, in 1839, presentedby a descendant of General Weedon to the Library of theAmerican Philosophical Society, in Philadelphia, where itstill reposes. Other publications and manuscripts consulted and quoted are,especially, the files of the Pennsylvania Magazine, the originalroster of many of the regiments present at the evacuation ofthe Valley Forge camp (in possession of the Historical Societyof Pennsylvania), Watsons Annals, Godfreys The Commander-in-Chiefs Guard, Stedmans History of the American War,London, 1794; address of Henry Armitt Brown, Esq.; address byPeter Boyd, Esq., at the dedication of the monument at JohnWatermans grave, Oct. 19, 1901; Sabines American Loyalistsand a series of British regimental histories in the collection ofMr. Reginald L. Hart. The illustrations, ma

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