ADM HUBLEY, JR., LT COLO. COMDT 11TH

PENNA.

REGT, HIS JOURNAL, COMMENCING AT WYOMING, JULY 30TH, 1779.

BY JOHN W. JORDAN.

Colonel Adam Hubley, Jr., son of Michael (1722-1804) and Rosina (Stumpf) Hubley (1719-1803), a well-known colonial family of Pennsylvania, was born about 1744. He married, January 21, 1772, Mary Evans, who died in June of 1794, and is buried in St. Peter's P. E. Church grounds, Third and Pine Streets, Philadelphia. They left issue.

Colonel Hubley's name appears early in the struggle for independence, as one of the signers of Bills of Credit of Pennsylvania. He entered the Army October 27, 1775, as First Lieutenant in the First Pennsylvania Battalion, raised in pursuance of a resolution of Congress, October 12, 1775, recommending the Committee of Safety to raise a battalion to consist of eight companies. Colonel John Bull, who was elected by Congress, November 25, to command the battalion, resigned January 20, 1776, owing to difficulties with his officers, and on February 22, John Philip de Haas was elected to succeed him. The battalion participated in the Canada campaign, and after the expiration of its term of enlistment, became the nucleus for the formation of the VOL. XXXIII-9

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Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Line. Hubley was commissioned Major, Tenth Pennsylvania Line, December 6, 1776, and promoted Lieutenant Colonel, March 12, 1777. In the campaign for the defence of the Delaware, he participated in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Whitemarsh, and in the night attack at Paoli his regiment acted with meritorious bravery; he mentions that one private, William Leary, was wounded in the hand by a sword, in the right leg from a bayonet thrust, and had his jaw broken by the butt of a musket. On the formation of the Eleventh Regiment of the Line, he was appointed its Lieutenant Colonel, and when Colonel Hartley resigned, February 13, 1779, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant. Hubley at this date was the senior Lieutenant Colonel in the Pennsylvania Line.

When Washington determined on the expedition to punish the hostile Six Nations in Western New York, Hubley's regiment was assigned to Gen. Hand's brigade. General Sullivan opened his headquarters at Easton, Penna., and on June 5, in company with Colonels Dayton and Pierce, visited the Moravian town of Bethlehem, and ten days later he again visited the town with Generals Maxwell, Poor, and twenty officers, as escort to Lady Washington, who had left headquarters and was en route to Mount Vernon.

Colonel Hubley retired from the service January 1, 1781, and on February 14 was appointed Lieutenant of Lancaster County, which office he filled with much ability to the close of the war. He also served in the Assembly from 17831787, and the State Senate, 1790. In 1793 he was appointed one of the auctioneers of Philadelphia, his store being at No. 54, and his dwelling No. 221, South Front Street. In the summer of that year, he fell a victim of the yellow fever, then epidemic in the city, and his remains were interred in St. Peter's church yard. His grave is unmarked and unknown.

The Journal of Colonel Hubley, while attached to Sullivan's expedition against the Indians, is preserved in the

Manuscript Department of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; and although it has been printed in Miner's History of Wyoming, and in other forms, the records heretofore have not been strictly followed nor the illustrations reproduced. The subtitle to the Journal reads:

ADM HUBLEY, JR. Journal ON THE WESTERN EXPEDITION COMMANDED BY MAJOR GENERAL SULLIVAN, JULY 30, 1779.

Headquarters Easton May 24th 1779.

When the Army shall be fully Assembled the following arrangements are to take place