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Browsing named entities in a specific section of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). Search the whole document.
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Roger Sherman (search for this): entry board-of-war-and-ordnance
Board of War and ordnance,
A committee appointed by Congress, June 12, 1776, consisting of John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, and Edward Rutledge, with Richard Peters as secretary.
This board continued.
with changes, until October, 1781, when Benjamin Lincoln was appointed Secretary of War.
Benjamin Harrison (search for this): entry board-of-war-and-ordnance
Board of War and ordnance,
A committee appointed by Congress, June 12, 1776, consisting of John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, and Edward Rutledge, with Richard Peters as secretary.
This board continued.
with changes, until October, 1781, when Benjamin Lincoln was appointed Secretary of War.
Richard Peters (search for this): entry board-of-war-and-ordnance
Board of War and ordnance,
A committee appointed by Congress, June 12, 1776, consisting of John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, and Edward Rutledge, with Richard Peters as secretary.
This board continued.
with changes, until October, 1781, when Benjamin Lincoln was appointed Secretary of War.
John Adams (search for this): entry board-of-war-and-ordnance
Board of War and ordnance,
A committee appointed by Congress, June 12, 1776, consisting of John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, and Edward Rutledge, with Richard Peters as secretary.
This board continued.
with changes, until October, 1781, when Benjamin Lincoln was appointed Secretary of War.
James Wilson (search for this): entry board-of-war-and-ordnance
Board of War and ordnance,
A committee appointed by Congress, June 12, 1776, consisting of John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, and Edward Rutledge, with Richard Peters as secretary.
This board continued.
with changes, until October, 1781, when Benjamin Lincoln was appointed Secretary of War.
Edward Rutledge (search for this): entry board-of-war-and-ordnance
Board of War and ordnance,
A committee appointed by Congress, June 12, 1776, consisting of John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, and Edward Rutledge, with Richard Peters as secretary.
This board continued.
with changes, until October, 1781, when Benjamin Lincoln was appointed Secretary of War.
Benjamin Lincoln (search for this): entry board-of-war-and-ordnance
Board of War and ordnance,
A committee appointed by Congress, June 12, 1776, consisting of John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, and Edward Rutledge, with Richard Peters as secretary.
This board continued.
with changes, until October, 1781, when Benjamin Lincoln was appointed Secretary of War.
October, 1781 AD (search for this): entry board-of-war-and-ordnance
Board of War and ordnance,
A committee appointed by Congress, June 12, 1776, consisting of John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, and Edward Rutledge, with Richard Peters as secretary.
This board continued.
with changes, until October, 1781, when Benjamin Lincoln was appointed Secretary of War.
June 12th, 1776 AD (search for this): entry board-of-war-and-ordnance
Board of War and ordnance,
A committee appointed by Congress, June 12, 1776, consisting of John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, and Edward Rutledge, with Richard Peters as secretary.
This board continued.
with changes, until October, 1781, when Benjamin Lincoln was appointed Secretary of War.