John Q. Public - Historical Investigations Season 1 Episode 5: CCM 1777 (Conclusion)

Historical Investigation into the Cumberland County Militia conceived from the Pennsylvania Militia Act of 17 March 1777. Who were they and what did they do?

Music: Voyage to America

Flag: (Modern/Current) Cumberland County, PA Flag

EXHIBITS:
(1) 202 Letters from George Washington to the Board of War
https://founders.archives.gov/?q=%20Author%3A%22Washington%2C%20George%22%20Recipient%3A%22Board%20of%20War%22&s=1111211111&r=1

(2) Pennsylvania Heritage Online Website, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (a Pennsylvania Government establishment)
https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Revolutionary-War-Militia-Overview.aspx

(3) Book: Muster Rolls Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Cumberland

(4) Book: Published by the State (Pennsylvania), Volume XII, Containing the proceedings of the Supreme Executive Council from May 21st, 1779 to July 12th, 1781 both days inclusive.

(5) Book: Official History of the Militia and the National Guard of the State of Pennsylvania, Major William P. Clarke (1909)

(6) The original Cumberland County Administrative and operational files (Cumberland County militia records, 1777-1783 appear on rolls 164 and 165):
https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3Arwam1.

(7-9) Letters from George Washington to BG James Potter )a total of 26 Letters. Referencing BG James Potter.

7- https://founders.archives.gov/?q=%20Author%3A%22Washington%2C%20George%22%20Recipient%3A%22Potter%2C%20James%22&s=1111211113&r=1
8- https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-11-02-0583

9- https://founders.archives.gov/?q=Correspondent%3A%22Potter%2C%20James%22%20Correspondent%3A%22Washington%2C%20George%22&s=1111311111&r=1

(11) Book: The Revolution Remembered Eyewitness accounts for the War of Independence, edited by John C. Dann

(12) Book: Frontier Rebels The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765-1776, by Patrick Spero