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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02978.24 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents relating to the defense of Philadelphia |
| Title | Record of meeting of Philadelphia's volunteer association of field engineers |
| Date | 31 October 1814 |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Records that at a meeting of the volunteers at Rubicam's Tavern a communication was received from Jonathan Williams, the chairman Philadelphia's Committee of Defence (see GLC02978.21, GLC02978.22, and GLC02978.23). Resolves to organize a committee to produce a requested list of member names, to be available for future service, and to complete sodding at Fort Hamilton, "to prevent...all the calamities of the approaching winter." Possibly written by Robert M. Patterson. |
| Subjects | War of 1812 Military History Fortification Government and Civics |
| People | Patterson, Robert Maskell (1787-1854) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | War of 1812 |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Robert M. Patterson was a professor of natural and experimental philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, and was the chief engineer of the Corps of Field Engineers. Jonathan Williams was the chairman of the Committee of Defence. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | At a Meeting of the General Committee for the City of Philadelphia and the Districts adjoining Letter from Jonathan Williams to Robert M. Patterson regarding the volunteer association of field engineers Notice of a meeting for members of the volunteer association of field engineers |