George Washington's Vision Outline: 1. Some Background 2. The Vision 3. Debunked? 4. Evidence... A narrative presented as the 1859 reminiscences of 99-year-old Anthony Sherman, who was supposedly present with George Washington’s army at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777 and overheard Washington tell an officer that an angel had revealed a prophetic vision of America to him. He gave it to a writer, Wesley Bradshaw, who published it. The Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History Wesley Bradshaw was a pen-name for Charles Wesley Alexander (1837-1927), a Philadelphia publisher. He wrote periodicals and books for the soldiers during the Civil War (1860-1865) We give the account here as printed in the U.S. war veterans paper The National Tribune, in December, 1880. The National Tribune became, “The Stars and Stripes”, and this article was reprinted in that publication December 21, 1950. A copy of the account is in the Library of Congress As the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research noted of “Washington’s Vision” and “General McClellan’s Dream” in 1917: widely copied by the press, and commended by Hon. Edward Everett as “teaching a highly important lesson to every true lover of his country.” Debunked? Comments by "Debunkers": professorbuzzkill.com "There’s no evidence of Washington reporting such a vision to an officer at Valley Forge at the time." Snopes.com "Although an officer named Anthony Sherman did serve in the Continental Army, he was at Saratoga under the command of Benedict Arnold at the end of 1777 and therefore wasn’t with Washington’s forces at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78" professorbuzzkill.com "military pension records indicate that Sherman died in 1840" Snopes.com "During the war Alexander penned several similar tracts featuring both historical and contemporary American figures (e.g., Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant), including “General McClellan’s Dream,”" Was there a real Anthony Sherman? Ancestry.com Anthony Sherman, born 1752 25 at Valley Forge, winter of 1777-1778 would have been Age 99 in 1851 (-ish) Find-a-Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123398756/anthony-sherman Spouse: Eula Thomas m. Abt. 1778 Anthony had a twin, Amos. What about that Pension... - did he die? or did the records simply indicate that the pension stopped - where are these records? - https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Revolutionary_War_Pension_Records_and_Bounty_Land_Warrants - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WB-CJ4H?i=138&cc=2069831&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQ24Q-P7KP - The first pension law in 1776 granted half-pay for life to soldiers disabled in the service and unable to earn a living. The first pension law based on service was passed in 1818, but it was later amended to make eligible only those soldiers unable to earn a living. The pension act of 1832 allowed pensions again based on service and made widows of veterans also eligible to receive pension benefits. Fires in 1800 destroyed the earliest Revolutionary War pension application records. As a result, pension application papers on file at the National Archives begin after 1800. (https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Revolutionary_War_Pension_Records_and_Bounty_Land_Warrants) - Found Anthony Sherman's Pension Application - https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1995/MIUSA1775D_136793-00182/78983?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return#?imageId=MIUSA1775D_136793-00184 Page 181 - $50 per annum, starting on 4 Mar, 1831 - certificate of Pension issued the 6h day of [Feb] 1835 - "Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1834" ... $175 - "semi-annual allowance ending ... 1835" ... $25 - Total ... $200.00 - "all claim out 15 mo relinquished" In his pension application is a recounting of his service in the Revolutionary War! Some of the papers also use the last name "Shearman". https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1995/MIUSA1775D_136793-00182/78983?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return#?imageId=MIUSA1775D_136793-00187 pg. 183 Enlisted in the minutemen commanded by David Pierson, on Sept 15th 1775 Brigade commanded by General Marshall until Spring, 1776 Enlisted in Continental as Regular Army under Capt. John Davis, attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Henry Beekman Livingston In General George Clinton's Brigade, stationed at Montauk, on Long Island (supporter and friend of George Washington, he supplied food to the troops at Valley Forge) Called to Connecticut, with Regiment stationed at Stoney Brook pg 184 - Captain Jacob Smith, Long Island to Newhaven, CT... to [Buck]skill (Peekskill?), NY Fort Montgomery, General George Clinton, discharged before taken by the British (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Montgomery_(New_York)) Spring of 1777 Service as a substitute for John Griswold (http://saratoganygenweb.com/batlgo.htm) Substitute for Samuel Fuller (http://saratoganygenweb.com/batlfl.htm) under Captain John Damon (Desmon? Demmon?), and attached to the northern army under the command of General Benedict Arnold Was at the Battle of Saratoga when Gen. Burgoyne and his army were taken prisoner... Does not recollect when he was discharged, but re-entered service as a substitute for Ruben Cham[pion], attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Beekman Livingston Joined regiment in New Jersey, Battle of Monmouth (Jun 28 1778, George Washington) Battle of Monmouth – June 28, 1778 – Last major battle in the Northern Theater and the first battle in which Washington fought the British and held the field by using traditional European tactics. Page 232, letter from George R. Sherman, East Providence, RI - Aug 10, 1912 - asking for information on a widow, if he left one - response pg 238 The [Hon.] Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir, In the matter of the Military history of Anthony Shearman, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who served as a Minute- man from State of New York in Capt. David Pierson's Co. also in Co.s of Capt. John Davis, Capt. John Damon, and Capt. Henry Champlin and pensioned from Aug 18, 1828, i.e. date of application; will you please inform me, a descendant, the date of the last payment of pension to him; also whether or not he left a widow, and her name, providing she too drew or applied for a pension. Respectfully Yours George [R.] Sherman 10th August 1912 East Providence R.I. #2 Tenth St. Page 234, letter from James L. Sherman - request for information for family record - Jan 30, 1912 - City Hall, Providence, R.I. January 30, 1912 To the Monmouth Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C. Dear Sir, Will you please send me record of an Anthony Sherman a soldier of the Revolution, who was born about 1758 and died after 1849 in Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y. If he left a widow who drew a pension, please give her name and date and place of her birth. I think he served in George Washington's staff. He h[ ] [ ] John[ ], Peleg, L[ernett] and Anthony Jr. This information is for no other purpose than for a part of family record. [ ] yours with great respect. James L. Sherman Veteran of the Civil War "Minute-Man" April 15, 1866 [1st Lt.] [ ] 28th R[eg] Mass [VSC] . . Page 236, lists commanders again... Henry B Livingston Page 230, (S.D. Cal.) Oct. 30th 1934 To the Auditor of Pensions Veterans Administration Washington, D.C. (on right edge) Pamphlet returned Nov. 8 - 1934 Dear Sir:- While I was in Los Angeles I visited the Historical and Geneaological Library of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution to make some inquiries about the narrator of a story relating to an experience which is said to have happened to George Washington while he was at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777 to 1778. I enclose a pamphlet with this story. When I was in Washington, D.C. last December I had already made some inquiries in regard to this man and found that he had drawn pensions from 1832 to 1838, but they didn't seem to have any further receipts from this man after the year 1838. Through the librarian of the above society I was informed that I could get the desired information in regard to this narrator further record as to when and (page 2) where he died? Will you be so kind and let me know if you have this record of this man? The records I saw where he made application for pension, said that he was born in 1752 in Swansea, Mass., and he signed his name as Anthony Shearman, but his name is also spelled Sherman. Among other things, the record mentions that he had sub- stituted on two occasions, which was very likely the case during the time that he was at Valley Forge. The publisher of this story was certainly in error, however, about the year and the narrator's age. Otherwise, I believe this story to be based on facts, and that G.W. actually had such experiences although he himself has left us no such record. I would greatly appreciate if I could have this narrator's death record as to when and where he died. My name and address is: Yours very truly - Paul Denkewitz 195 East Island Ave. Minneapolis, Minn. Valley Forge... Capt. John Davis was in this battle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Livingston_Jr. In October 1777, Henry Beekman Livingston, now a colonel, led the 4th New York Regiment in General Horatio Gates' left wing at the Battle of Saratoga. Later that year, he led the regiment into winter quarters at Valley Forge. In June 1778, the 4th was placed in the main line of defense at the Battle of Monmouth. Prisoner when peace was reclaimed, stationed at New Brunswick, New Jersey Pg. 185 Born in town of Swansea (Swansey), Massachusetts, 13 Sep 1752. https://archive.org/stream/historyofswansea00wrig/historyofswansea00wrig_djvu.txt "Has no record of this age ... but believes he came to Sag Harbor at about 21 years of age, and has lived there ever since ... except his time in service" East Haddam, CT NATIONAL TRIBUNE in 1859 and reprinted in 1880 (vol. 4, no. 12, Dec. 1880). "The last time I ever saw Anthony Sherman was on the Fourth of July, 1859, in Independence Square. He was then ninety-nine years old, and becoming very feeble. But though so old, his dimming eyes rekindled as he gazed upon Independence Hall, which he came to visit once more. "Let us go into the hall," he said. "I want to tell you of an incident of Washington's life -- one which no one alive knows of except myself; and if you live, you will before long see it verified." From Periodicals... 1859 - 91 = 1768 At 1777, he would be 9 years old? 1859 - 99 = 1760 At 1777, he would be 17 years old? 1849 - 91 = 1758 At 1777, he would be 19 years old. 1850 - 99 = 1751 At 1777, he would be 26 years old. Anthony's own letter, he was born in Sept 1752 "He was alive on July 4, 1849, aged 91 years" "1859" "1849" "ninety-nine" "ninety-one" The official enlistment age for the Continental Army was 16, (15 with parental consent) but soldiers could sign on up to the age of 55. The majority of Continental soldiers were young men, usually around 17 or 18 years old. Page 226, "He was alive on July 4, 1849, aged 91 years" - makes him born in 1758, 19 yrs old during Saratoga https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1995/MIUSA1775D_136793-00182/78983?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return#?imageId=MIUSA1775D_136793-00229 The corrector., August 05, 1848, Page 3 "... by land formerly owned by Anthony Shearman, decd, ..." https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031606/1848-08-05/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&index=4&date2=12%2F31%2F2018&words=Anthony+Shearman&to_year2=2018&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&from_year2=1725&proxdistance=5&page=1&county=Suffolk&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=anthony+shearman&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&SearchType2=prox5 Marriage: Abt 1775 , Shelby, Pennsylvania Eula Thomas 1755–1820 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030312/1840-10-14/ed-1/seq-2/ https://historyofmassachusetts.org/continental-soldiers-revolutionary-war/ https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=anthony+sherman+1859&ia=web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Revolutionary_War_battles https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(vice_president) https://thehistoryjunkie.com/revolutionary-war-battles/ https://www.coastalliving.com/lifestyle/so-you-want-to-live-in/just-the-facts-about-old-saybrook-connecticut https://www.google.com/maps?q=302+Main+Street,+Old+Saybrook,+CT,+06475,+us https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbcarlet/smithcapt.htm http://saratoganygenweb.com/batlwa.htm https://www.britannica.com/event/Battles-of-Saratoga http://www.usgwarchives.net/pensions/revwar/classes.htm https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-13-02-0357 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161729019/henry-beekman-livingston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Livingston_Jr. In October 1777, Beekman, now a colonel, led the 4th New York Regiment in General Horatio Gates' left wing at the Battle of Saratoga. Later that year, he led the regiment into winter quarters at Valley Forge. https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn85026901/1848-09-12/ed-1/seq-3/ http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/regiments/ny4.asp https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-13-02-0357 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrear https://professorbuzzkill.com/washingtons-vision-at-valley-forge/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-washingtons-vision/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1859-10-08/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1789&index=0&rows=20&words=Anthony+Sherman&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=New+York&date2=1860&proxtext=anthony+sherman&y=13&x=17&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=New+York&date1=1789&date2=1860&proxtext=anthony+sherman&x=17&y=13&dateFilterType=yearRange&rows=20&searchType=basic https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHHZ-Y1P https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRNT-XTC https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Revolutionary_War_Pension_Records_and_Bounty_Land_Warrants https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WB-CJ4H?i=138&cc=2069831&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQ24Q-P7KP https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1995/MIUSA1775D_136793-00182/78983?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return#?imageId=MIUSA1775D_136793-00184 History of Swansey https://archive.org/stream/historyofswansea00wrig/historyofswansea00wrig_djvu.txt Sherman, Jonathan Sherman, Noah Sherman, Peleg, Capt, Sherman, Edwin 1776 Of three militia captains of this town Peleg Sherman, afterwards Colonel, was a leading factor in the conduct of Swansea's relation to the great struggle. He was often mod- erator of town meetings and at the head of important com- mittees on military affairs. He was in active service along our shore during the British occupation of Rhode Island, e, g. at Slade's Ferry from January 6 to June 5, 1777, and at Bristol later in the same year. He also served the government as commissary for the supply of stores to the troops. His home, where at one time troops were quartered, was at Shewamet Neck, at what is now known as the Henry H. Mason place, where he died Nov. 20, 1811, aged sixty-four. This Col. Peleg was my great, great grandfather, and his son Samuel, b. June 15, 1760, who married Avis Sherman, was my great grandfather. Second Battle of Saratoga, October 7, 1777 Arnold was injured in the battle, his leg was re-set instead of amputation, and afterwards was 2 inches shorter than his other. He spent several months recovering from his injuries. He "returned" to the army at Valley Forge, PA in May 1778, to the applause of men who had served under him at Saratoga. Valley Forge, Winter... Jan - Feb 1778, George Washington Civil War 1861-1865 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/search?firstname=anthony&middlename=&lastname=sherman&birthyear=1761&birthyearfilter=before&deathyear=&deathyearfilter=after&location=&locationId=&memorialid=&mcid=&linkedToName=&datefilter=&orderby= https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/42/?name=anthony_sherman&birth=1760&birth_x=10-0-0&location=2&name_x=1_1&priority=usa https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123398756/anthony-sherman Soldier's Casket https://www.worldcat.org/title/soldiers-casket/oclc/28002946 https://www.amazon.com/Soldiers-casket/dp/1275639062 Publisher: Philadelphia : Ch. W. Alexander, 1865. Charles Wesley Alexander (1837-1927) Book: The Family Friend https://archive.org/details/alexandersfamily00alex https://www.youtube.com/user/ConspiracyStuff/videos https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=flat+earth+whistleblower&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DgVfQXkJd3nU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVfQXkJd3nU https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7bfLk4pg_hgMwT6z6uxHkg/videos https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/24564620/person/1535123675/facts https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/1401622/family/familyview Shermans in Suffolk Long Island Gavestones... https://newyorkgravestones.org/search.php?cid=52&lm=s&last=sherman&fm=s&first= https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/4th_New_York_Regiment_(Revolutionary_War) https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?date1=1855&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22anthony+sherman%22&y=15&x=7&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&sort=date Clearfield Republican. [volume], April 17, 1861, Image 1 1850, 99 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83032199/1861-04-17/ed-2/seq-1/#date1=1855&sort=date&rows=20&words=Anthony+ever+I+last+saw+time&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=0&state=&date2=1862&proxtext=%22last+time+that+i+ever+saw+anthony%22&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Holmes County farmer. [volume], June 06, 1861, Image 4 1859, 99 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84028822/1861-06-06/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1855&sort=date&rows=20&words=BRADSHAW+WESLEY&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=0&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22wesley+bradshaw%22&y=11&x=20&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Lansing state Republican. [volume], June 19, 1861, Image 1 1859, 99 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016318/1861-06-19/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1855&sort=date&rows=20&words=Anthony+ever+I+last+saw+time&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=1&state=&date2=1862&proxtext=%22last+time+that+i+ever+saw+anthony%22&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Juliet/Joliet signal. [volume], July 09, 1861, Image 1 1859, 91 White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume], July 11, 1861, Image 1 [From the American Dollar Monthly] 1859, 99 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015486/1861-07-11/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1855&sort=date&rows=20&words=Anthony+Sherman&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=18&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=anthony+sherman&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Bradford reporter. [volume], July 18, 1861, Image 1 1859, 91 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024558/1861-07-18/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1855&sort=date&rows=20&words=Anthony+Sherman&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=19&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=anthony+sherman&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 M'arthur Democrat., July 25, 1861, Image 1 The weekly Butte record. [volume], July 27, 1861, Image 1 1859, 91 The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume], July 31, 1861, Evening Edition, Image 1 1859, 91 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023210/1861-07-31/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1855&sort=date&rows=20&words=Anthony+Sherman&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=2&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22anthony+sherman%22&y=15&x=7&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2 The independent. [volume], August 03, 1861, Image 1 1859, 91 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85029094/1861-08-03/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1855&index=1&rows=20&words=VISION+WASHINGTON&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22washington%27s+vision%22&y=9&x=17&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Wood County reporter. [volume], August 17, 1861, Image 1 1859, 91 The Jeffersonian. [volume], August 22, 1861, Image 1 1859, 99 Polynesian. [volume], January 11, 1862, Image 4 Section with age and dates not here. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015408/1862-01-11/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1855&sort=date&rows=20&words=Anthony+Sherman&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=5&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22anthony+sherman%22&y=15&x=7&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2 White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume], March 27, 1862, Image 1 Gen. McClellan's Dream of Washington Wesley, Bradshaw, Esq. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015486/1862-03-27/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1855&index=9&rows=20&words=Vision+Washington&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22washington%27s+vision%22&y=9&x=17&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Mexico, NY, Thurs, July 31, 1862 Newspaper Mexico Independant 1862-1864 - 0120.PDF Washington's Vision, by Wesley Bradshaw ...the last time I ever saw Anthony Sherman was on the 4th of July, 1859 (or 1850?), in Independence Square. He whs then ninety one, and becoming very feeble; 1859, 91 Born in 1768, 9 years old in 1777. OR 1850, 91 Born in 1759, 18 years old in 1777. https://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%205/Mexico%20NY%20Independant%201862%20-%201970/Mexico%20NY%20Independant%201862-1864%20pdf/Newspaper%20%20Mexico%20Independant%201862-1864%20-%200120.PDF#xml=https://www.fultonhistory.com/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=71e6aea5&DocId=4357537&Index=Z%3a%5cDISK%20O&HitCount=2&hits=153b+153c+&SearchForm=%2fFulton%5fform%2ehtml&.pdf Gallipolis journal. [volume], October 22, 1863, Image 1 1859, 91 The Idaho world. [volume], April 15, 1865, Image 3 Mentions "Washington's Vision" https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015407/1865-04-15/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1855&index=4&rows=20&words=Vision+Washington&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22washington%27s+vision%22&y=9&x=17&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The independent. [volume], September 30, 1865, Image 1 Section with age and dates not here. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85029094/1865-09-30/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1855&sort=date&rows=20&words=Anthony+Sherman&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=14&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22anthony+sherman%22&y=15&x=7&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=3 Auburn Bulletin, Thurs, Feb 23, 1871 Newspaper Auburn NY Daily Bulletin 1871 - 0185.PDF "The last time I ever saw Anthony Sherman was on the 4th of July, in 1849, in Independence Square. He was then ninety-one, and becoming very feeble;..." 1849, 91 Age 91 in 1849, made him born in 1758, being age 19 in 1777 at Valley Forge. https://www.fultonhistory.com/Newpapers%20Disk2/Auburn%20NY%20Bulletin/Auburn%20NY%20Daily%20Bulletin%201871.pdf/Newspaper%20Auburn%20NY%20Daily%20Bulletin%201871%20-%200185.PDF#xml=https://www.fultonhistory.com/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=5526e9ee&DocId=1003079&Index=Z%3a%5cIndex%20U%2dF%2dP&HitCount=2&hits=20+21+&SearchForm=%2fFulton%5fform%2ehtml&.pdf 1880 National Tribune 1859, age 99 Wesley Braushaw https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016187/1880-12-01/ed-1/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016187/1880-12-01/ed-1/seq-1/ The Democrat, Sat Mar 19 1898 Cheboygan MI Democrat 1898 03-19_4.pdf George Washington's Dream. [National Tribune, 1880] "The last time I ever saw Anthony Sherman was on the 4th of July, 1859, in Independence square. He was then 99 years old, and becoming very feeble;" Born: 1760, Age 17 in 1777. https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252023%2FCheboygan%2520MI%2520Democrat%2FCheboygan%2520MI%2520Democrat%25201898%2FCheboygan%2520MI%2520Democrat%25201898%252003-19_4.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Db6d5939%26DocId%3D1323813%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520S%26HitCount%3D5%26hits%3D3c8%2B3c9%2B3d6%2B3d7%2B8f6%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252023%2FCheboygan%2520MI%2520Democrat%2FCheboygan%2520MI%2520Democrat%25201898%2FCheboygan%2520MI%2520Democrat%25201898%252003-19_4.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Db6d5939%26DocId%3D1323813%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520S%26HitCount%3D5%26hits%3D3c8%2B3c9%2B3d6%2B3d7%2B8f6%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false Cattaraugus Republican, July 29, 1898 Salamanca NY Cattaraugus Republican 1898 Feb-Jan 1901 00184.pdf "The Pacific Commercial Advertiser re-publishes the subjoined remarkable production, which was found in the files of The Polynesian newspaper of the issue of Jan. 11th, 1862." https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FSalamanca%2520NY%2520Republican%2520Press%2FSalamanca%2520NY%2520Cattaraugus%2520Republican%25201891%2FSalamanca%2520NY%2520Cattaraugus%2520Republican%25201898%2520Feb-Jan%25201901%252000184.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D1dde2501%26DocId%3D3510670%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520X%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3Df%2B10%2Bde%2Bdf%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FSalamanca%2520NY%2520Republican%2520Press%2FSalamanca%2520NY%2520Cattaraugus%2520Republican%25201891%2FSalamanca%2520NY%2520Cattaraugus%2520Republican%25201898%2520Feb-Jan%25201901%252000184.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D1dde2501%26DocId%3D3510670%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520X%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3Df%2B10%2Bde%2Bdf%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false NORTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE* FEBRUARY 23, 1871, pg. 58 Newspaper Auburn NY Christian Advocate 1850 1856 - 1067.PDF The last time I ever saw Anthony Sherman was on the 4th of July, in 1849, in Indepen­dence Square. He was then ninety-one, and becoming very feeble; but though so old, his dimming eyes re-kindled as he looked at Independence Hall, which he said he had come to gaze upon once more before he was gath­ered home. 1909 Mrs. Lucinda Holden of 1515 Burnett avenue sends to The Journal a clipping from an old copy of The Journal. In which Wesley Bradshaw recounts the story of Washington's vision, as told to him by Anthony Sherman in 1859. NY Sun, Sept 9, 1917 New York NY Sun 1917 Grayscale - 4025.pdf "told to WESLEY BBADSHAW by one ANTHONY SHERMAN in Independence Square, Philadelphia, on the Fourth of July, 1859" "ANTHONY SHERMAN, nt the age of ninety-one. tells WESLEY BBADSHAW that he was with WASHINGTON at Valley Forge in 1777" "The simple arithmetical process to which we have referred will Inform the Rev. Mr. BRADLEY that ANTHONY at the time was a child of nine. " "From the Daily Press of Casper, Wyoming, we reproduce a narrative entitled "Washington's Vision." which that newspaper. In its turn, has reprinted from an old copy of the Illinois Free Press of Hillsborough and Litchfield, Illinois, dated February 13. 1862." Concerning the authenticity of this alleged report of an actual experience of George Washington's, the Rev. Walter H. Bradley of Sasper, the possessor of the newspaper of the civil war period which printed it originally under the signature of Wesley Bradshaw, writes us as follows: "To the editor of The Sun - Sir: I am enclosing a page of the Casper Press of the 27th, containing Washington's Vision. The old paper has been preserved through all the years, but no one seems to know anything of the authenticity of this vision. I cannot find any ... Walter H. Bradley, Casper Wyoming, Aug 29. https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25209%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201917%2520%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201917%2520%2520Grayscale%2520-%25204025.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D3cc21cf3%26DocId%3D3364042%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cindex%2520G%252dT%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3D6d6%2B6d7%2B710%2B711%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25209%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201917%2520%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201917%2520%2520Grayscale%2520-%25204025.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D3cc21cf3%26DocId%3D3364042%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cindex%2520G%252dT%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3D6d6%2B6d7%2B710%2B711%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false THE Auburn Citizen, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1917 The morning after the vision was told to one of his aides. Colonel Anthony Sherman, and by him published about the time of the Civil War. He was then an old man of 80 years, hut vividly re­membered the story as Washington repeated it to him. The story as it is here given may be found in Vol. VI of the Esoteric. It was submitted for publication by a reader of The Citizen. https://www.fultonhistory.com/Newpapers%20Disk2/Auburn%20NY%20Citizen/Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%201917.pdf/Newspaper%20Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%201917a%20-%202303.PDF#xml=https://www.fultonhistory.com/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=5eeb4eab&DocId=1118139&Index=Z%3a%5cIndex%20U%2dF%2dP&HitCount=2&hits=19e+19f+&SearchForm=%2fFulton%5fform%2ehtml&.pdf Rockingham NC Richmond County Journal 1968 Jan-Mar - 0496.pdf A correspondent sent me a copy of a little tract by the Pil-grim Tract Society, Inc., Randleman. It is entitled; "George Washington's Remarkable Vision." Originally published by Wesley Bradshaw, it was copied from a reprint of the National Tribune, Vol. 4, No. 12, Dec-ember, 1880 Says: 1859, age 99 https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FRockingham%2520NC%2520Richmond%2520County%2520Journal%2FRockingham%2520NC%2520Richmond%2520County%2520Journal%25201968%2520Jan-Mar%2FRockingham%2520NC%2520%2520Richmond%2520County%2520Journal%25201968%2520Jan-Mar%2520-%25200496.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff8977cc45%26DocId%3D1542199%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520X%26HitCount%3D7%26hits%3Dfe%2Bc53%2Bc54%2Bc76%2Bc77%2Bcba%2Bcbb%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FRockingham%2520NC%2520Richmond%2520County%2520Journal%2FRockingham%2520NC%2520Richmond%2520County%2520Journal%25201968%2520Jan-Mar%2FRockingham%2520NC%2520%2520Richmond%2520County%2520Journal%25201968%2520Jan-Mar%2520-%25200496.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff8977cc45%26DocId%3D1542199%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520X%26HitCount%3D7%26hits%3Dfe%2Bc53%2Bc54%2Bc76%2Bc77%2Bcba%2Bcbb%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ McClellan's dream... West-Jersey pioneer. [volume], December 21, 1861, Image 1 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83032103/1861-12-21/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1855&sort=date&rows=20&words=BRADSHAW+WESLEY&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=7&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22wesley+bradshaw%22&y=11&x=20&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 Federal American Monthly Title Federal American monthly Author/Creator Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840. Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808-1873. Cornwallis, Kinahan, 1839-1917. Agnew, John Holmes, 1804-1865. Publication Date 1833-1865 Identifier LC : 10002996 OCLC : (OCoLC)ocn933315491 Other title Knickerbocker, Jan.-June, 1833. Knickerbocker, or, New-York monthly magazine, 1833-1862 Knickerbocker monthly, 1863-Feb. 1864 American monthly knickerbocker, Mar.-Dec. 1864 American monthly, Jan.-June, 1865 Publisher New York, s.n. v.1-65, v.66, no. 1-4; Jan. 1833-Oct. 1865. Format 66 v. plates, ports. 22-24 cm. 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