Phillips, William 1731?-1781

Overview

Works:	34 works in 53 publications in 2 languages and 1,317 library holdings
Genres:	History Personal narratives‡vBritish Sources Manuscripts Records and correspondence Personal narratives Maps Biographies
Roles:	Author

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Most widely held works about William Phillips

Where a man can go : Major General William Phillips, British Royal Artillery, 1731-1781 by Robert P Davis( )
Thomas Jefferson letter to Colonel [Theodorick] Bland by Thomas Jefferson( )
Plan of part of the province of Virginia( )
to George Washington by William Phillips( )
Camp James River at Wilton [Richmond], to General [George] Washington by Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette( )

The generals of the American Revolution. V. 1: Washington by Thomas Addis Emmet( Visual )
Diana, the fair mountaineer by Frederick Whittaker( Book )
The German allied troops in the North American war of independence, and related materials by J. G Rosengarten( )
[Orderly book : brigade, battalion, and general orders for British forces at Point au Fer, Crown Point, Valcour Isle, Verchere, Montreal, and elsewhere, 8 Oct. 1776-4 March 1777]( )
Black Nick, the hermit of the hills, or, The expiated crime : a story of Burgoyne's surrender by Frederick Whittaker( Book )
Major Gen. William Phillips, lieut. col. of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, died 1781 by Max Rosenthal( Visual )
American Revolutionary War collection( )
Strike terror into the inhabitants : Cornwallis wreaks havoc in Virginia by Gregory J. W Urwin( )
Roanoke [Va.], to Major General [Nathanael] Greene by Abraham Buford( )
Cambridge [MA], to General William Heath by John Burgoyne( )
American Revolutionary War collection( )
Friedrich Adolf, Freiherr von Riedesel, papers by Friedrich Adolf Riedesel( )

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Most widely held works by William Phillips

Hadden's journal and orderly books : a journal kept in Canada and upon Burgoyne's campaign in 1776 and 1777 by James Murray Hadden( Book )

14 editions published between 1884 and 1972 in English and held by 373 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hadden'journal and ordely books. A journal kept in Canada and upon Burgoyne's campaign in 1776 and 1777 by James Murray Hadden( Book )

2 editions published in 1884 in English and held by 71 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hadden's journal and orderly books a journal kept in Canada and upon Burgoyne's campaign in 1776 and 1777 by James Murray Hadden( )

3 editions published between 1884 and 1972 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

These orderly books and the accompanying journal were recorded by Lieutenant Hadden under General Burgoyne's command. He includes orders issued by several high-ranking British officers and calendars from both 1776 and 1777. Hadden served in the Royal Artillery and saw action in Canada under General Carleton before serving for Burgoyne

Contingent account of pay due to expenses from Cambridge to Virginia by William Phillips( )

3 editions published in 1779 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letter, 1781 February 1, New York, [N.Y.] to Thomas Veal, [Portsmouth, Va.] by William Phillips( )

1 edition published in 1781 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Is concerned to learn that Veal has not received any of his letters, including the most recent ones written while stationed in Canada. Is much happier in his new post in New York. Reminds Veal of their past service together and mentions his surprise that Veal turned down a commissary post with the British forces occupying New York City. Mentions [James] Grant. Asks for the return of some papers he left with Veal in Portsmouth [Va.]

Archibald Fife letter to William Fife by Archibald Fife( )

in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Letter, signed Archibald Fife, Lieutenant 9th Regiment, dated Prospect Hill, June 13, 1770, to Major General Phillips, complains of the storekeeper who severely beat a service man under Fife's command

Account by Jonathan Clarke( )

1 edition published in 1779 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Account, 24 September 1779, of Jonathan Clarke, attending Assistant Commissary General for British forces under William Phillips, for the rental of an office, the purchase of stationery, and the hire of a butcher. With signature of approval by General Phillips

Letter to Gen. William Heath about Convention Army's expenses by William Phillips( )

1 edition published in 1778 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

by Boston (Mass.)( )

in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Four petitions signed by various citizens, including William Phillips, Paul Revere, Benjamin Edes, John Gill, William Vernon, and others

Letter to Gen. William Heath, about enclosing letter to General Burgoyne by William Phillips( )

1 edition published in 1778 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Letter to Gen. William Heath about letters and pass for business trip by William Phillips( )

1 edition published in 1778 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Letter from General William Heath to General William Phillips, allowing 2 British prisoners to go to Rhode Island by William Heath( )

1 edition published in 1778 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

George Weedon letter to William Phillips by George Weedon( Book )

1 edition published in 1781 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Retained copy of a letter of American Brigadier General George Weedon to British Major General William Phillips concerning prisoners of war. Weedon expresses his desire "to render the Circumstances of war as little afflicting as possible ..." He notes he is willing to exchange prisoners or grant paroles when exchanges aren't "Subject to my will." Phillips himself had been a prisoner of war. Captured at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, he was exchanged for the American general, Benjamin Lincoln, who was captured at Charleston in 1780. Shortly after rejoining the army, Phillips was sent to Virginia where he operated with the traitor, Benedict Arnold. He achieved a number of successes in the field before dying at Petersburg on May 13, 1781. Weedon was present at the Siege of Yorktown where he commanded American militia at Gloucester Point. He survived the war and returned home to Fredericksburg where he died in 1793

Letter to Major General Heath, about paroles for Convention Army by William Phillips( )

1 edition published in 1778 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Letter book of General Lincoln containing copies of 339 letters written at the time of the siege of Charleston by Benjamin Lincoln( )

in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Henry Clinton papers by Henry Clinton( )

in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

The Henry Clinton papers contain the correspondence, records, and maps of Henry Clinton, who served under Thomas Gage and William Howe between 1775 and 1778, and was commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America from 1778 to 1782. Although the bulk of the papers cover his tenure as commander-in-chief, with particular attention to engagements in New York and New Jersey and the sieges of Charleston and Yorktown, they also document Clinton's efforts to restore his reputation after the war, and to some extent, his personal life

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