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| − | File:66402dc3-316b-4445-9efb-319172fcf0f8.jpeg|(Letter from John Buss's parents to him during the American Revolutionary War. Note the names of 24 men listed also from his area) | + | File:66402dc3-316b-4445-9efb-319172fcf0f8.jpeg|(Letter from John Buss's parents to him during the American Revolutionary War. Note the names of 24 men listed also from his area soon to leave for military duty.) |
File:Letter from John Buss's parents to him.jpeg|(An introduction to and transcription of the letter that Stephen Buss and his wife Prudence (Carter) Buss sent to their son John Buss, a 17 year-old Militia volunteer serving at Castle William to safeguard Boston Harbor against the British. Letter dated 02 August 1776) | File:Letter from John Buss's parents to him.jpeg|(An introduction to and transcription of the letter that Stephen Buss and his wife Prudence (Carter) Buss sent to their son John Buss, a 17 year-old Militia volunteer serving at Castle William to safeguard Boston Harbor against the British. Letter dated 02 August 1776) | ||
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Revision as of 19:02, 11 February 2015
Notable: American Revolutionary War Soldier
(19th century lithograph of General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette surveying troops camped at Valley Forge, PA in the winter of 1777-78. John Buss volunteered to serve at age 19 and spent the terrible winter there along with his brother Samuel.
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(Letter from John Buss's parents to him during the American Revolutionary War. Note the names of 24 men listed also from his area soon to leave for military duty.)
(An introduction to and transcription of the letter that Stephen Buss and his wife Prudence (Carter) Buss sent to their son John Buss, a 17 year-old Militia volunteer serving at Castle William to safeguard Boston Harbor against the British. Letter dated 02 August 1776)
