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How jubilant! How our hearts beat joy-ously as we ,read:

HEADQUARTERS AT MORRISTOWN,7th Jan'y, 1777.

DEAR SIR : I thank you, my good friend,

for your favor of the first . What a changein our affairs, since the date of that letter.

Are you not all too happy? By Heavens, it wasthe best piece of generalship I ever heard or

read of. An enemy, within musket-shot ofus, determined and only waiting for daylight

to make a vigorous attack . We stole a march,got to Princeton, defeated, and almost totallyruined three of the best Regiments in the

British service ; made all their schemes uponPhiladelphia, for this season, abortive ; putthem in such a consternation, that if we onlyhad five hundred fresh men, there is verylittle doubt but we should have destroyed alltheir stores and baggage, at Brunswick, ofcourse oblige them to leave the Jerseys (thisthey must do), and probably have retaken poor

Naso. What would our worthy General havegiven for 500 of the fellows who were eatingbeef and pudding at Philadelphia that day?But let us not repine--it was glorious . Theconsequences must be great . America willby God—it must be free.

I never mentioned my desire to the Gen-eral of engaging in the Cavalry. Your let-ter, I believe, gave him the first intimation.I put it into his hands to show your gift ofdivination. Pray how could you suppose,that our next blow must be at Princeton,but I recollect you did not then know wewere attacked at Trenton . Flow your heartwent pitapat when that news reached you,and what an agreeable feeling you all musthave had when you heard of their facingright about . But that feeling is very shortof those which we all enjoyed when pursuingthe flying enemy .

It is unutterable—inex-pressible . I know I never felt so much likeone of Homer ' s Deities before .

We trod onair—it was a glorious day . Pray send usback those runaways that left us these somedays past . We are real] v weak----strengthenour hands, and we will not leave an enemyout of gunshot from their ships . I will nottire you farther than telling you what I haveoften done, that I am sincerely,

Sir, Yours,STEPHEN MOVI.AN.

To Robert Morris, Esq.[Pennsylvania, August 30, 1855, Reed ' s Pres't Reed

ad rd .]From Griffin ' s Life of Moylan .

IMPORTANT LETTERS

THE REVOLUTION

The Revolution was on. War existed.The Colonies had not only resisted and foughtthe armed forces of England but had concen-trated their resistance and chosen a Chief tocommand the disjointed forces which had bat-tled with the British army and were assem-bled around Boston . Moylan was arousedand would add his endeavors to those battlingfor Liberty . "He desired to place himself inthe line of usefulness for his adopted country ."So from his friend John Dickinson he obtainedthis letter of introduction to Washington,then at camp at Cambridge, Massachusetts:

John Dickinson Introduces Moylan to Washington.

Dear Sir:—Mr. Moylan, a friend of mine,informs me that he intends to enter into theAmerican Army . As he resided some years inthis City and was much esteemed here, I sin-cerely hope he will be so happy as to recom-mend himself to your favour, which I amconvinc'd lie will endeavor to deserve.

I heartily wish you every kind of Happi-ness and am, Sir, Your Most Obedient Ser-vant,

JOHN DICKINSON.

Philadelphia,July 25, 1775.

General Washington.

Endorsed by Washington : " Frotn Jno.Dickinson, Esq ., 25th July, 1775 ."

[Potter's Monthly, Vol . VI, p . 14, 1876 .]

To the letter Washington replied:

CAMP AT CAMBRIDGE, Aug. 30, ' 75.Dear Sir:—Your favour of 25 ult . recommend-atory of Mr. Moylan came duly to hand and Ihave the pleasure to inform you that he isnow appointed Commissary-General of Mus-ters—one of the offices which the Congresswas pleased to leave at my disposal . I haveno doubt, from your account of this Gentle-man, of his discharging the duty with honourand fidelity.

For the occurrences of the Camp, I referto my publick letters, address'd to Mr. Han-cock, and am, with sincere regard,

Dr. Sir, Yr . Most Obedt Hble Servt,Go . WASHINGTON.

To John Dickinson, Esq .,Philadelphia.

[Dawson's /fist. !flag., Aug . 1859, p . 243 .]

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MOYLAN PARKGreensward and Recreation Field Perpetuate a Heroic Name

N()N' I ' lI\VEST residents in the

vicinity of "Twenty-fifth andI )iaanond Streets have been

watching with interest the slow de-velopnn•rat of Moylan Park, which haspossibilities although not yet alto-gether apparent, of forming one ofthe most popular memorial parks inPhiladelphia.

Purchased a few years ago by thecity as the result of long-continuedagitation by the husines men of thatsection for the opening of Twenty-fifth tract through one of the ceme-teries which form a barrier to throughtraffic over some of the highways ofthat district, the park was intended atfirst as a combination site for a park,playground and free library. But thelatter end of the project was droppedalmost at the start and the work onthe pa rk and playground has gonealong li upingly instead of with thepush and progress which the residentsof the district had hoped for . Nowthe park, completed at least in itsmajor details, presents an attractivestrip of green sward along the northside of Diamond Street west of"Twenty-fifth, with a pathway linedWith ornamental concrete benches.But the park is small, compared withthe larger area of the playground inthe rear, which extends northwardalong the line of Twenty-fifth Streetuntil that thoroughfare convergeswith the line of the PennsylvaniaRailroad, and the undeveloped play--ground, with its rough and unadornedsurface, presents a striking contrastto the minor strip that has beensodded and planted and gives theentire areaance.

i'lans are under way, however, forthe development of the playgroundarea, including the construction of arecreation building, and if an agree-went can be reached between the cityand the Peni-sylvania Railroad, it issaid, the railroad company will defrayhalt the cost of constructing a retain-ing wall along the line of its tracks,so that one of the principal objectionsto the playground, that of the dangerto children descending to the tracks,will be removed .

Meanwhile the entire area, which issmall as such tracts go, is serving todraw attention to the name and fameof one of the illustrious Revolution-ary generals whose services to theColonists are not so well rememberedas those of some of his fighting com-patriots . The name of Moylan, inmemory of General Stephen Moylan,was given to the tract chiefly becausethe fancily of that name was longassociated with that section of thecity, Jasper Moylan being the ownerof land nearby . ()n the plans sug-gested for the betterment of the park,a statue of General Moylan is pre-sented as its principal architecturaladornment, and if an equestrianmonument of the sort is erected itwill be one of the most conspicuousmemorials of its kind in its locationon one of the main approaches to thepark .

by the stalwart personality of thehandsome young 1rishnian . But al-though that position brought him intodaily association with the Com-mander-in-Chief the duties of an aidedid not suit the fighting spirit of Moy-lan and, after a brief assignment asthe Commissary-General of the Army,he obtained pertnision to take thefield at the head of \1oylan 's I)ra-goons . Later he commanded the firstcavalry regiment raised in this Stateand before the close of the war hisskill as a cavalry connnander wonhint the rank of a brigadier in chargeof the five regiments of horse whichthe Revolutionists possessed.

During the wai n lie fought in manyengagements, sharing the hardshipsof the severe winter at Valley Forge,participating iu the Battle of ( ier-uiantown, campaigning along theIludson and Connecticut valleys,working with Wayne in Pennsylvaniaand marching with ( ;reene in thenoted raids in the south . After thewar he returned to Philadelphia andresumed the conduct of his businessenterprises and was long a notedfigure around Fourth :sad Walnut,where the Moylan mansion stillstands . He died here, in 1811, rich iiiyears as well as honor.

He had early formed associationswith the group of Irish traders andmerchants who gathered at the oldcoffee houses and taverns in the eastend of the city and who, in an asso-ciation, headed by Moylan, formed in1771 the Hibernian Society for theRelief of Emigrants from Ireland,which still exists under the alteredtitle of the Friendly Sons of St . Pat-rick. In 1792 he also held office as theRegister and Recorder of ChesterCounty and a few years before hisdeath he was a Commissioner ofLoans for Pennsylvania.

Eloquent, if, perhaps, over enthusi-astic testimony to the worth of Moy-Ian, is contained in WashingtonIrving 's Life of Washington, wherehis fellow patriot, Wilkinson, is quotedas saying : "There is not in the wholerange of my friends, acquaintances,

A winner of a Congressional medalof honor and the recipient of thethanks of • Congress, a companion ofWashington and an associate ofPulaski, Lafayette and Muhlenbcrg,Stephen Moylan was one of theadopted sons of Philadelphia whogained high rank in the RevolutionaryArmy. At the outbreak of the Revo-lution he \vas rated as one of thewealthiest men in the city, where hewas engaged in commerce and trade,operating several ships, three ofwhich he turned over to the Colonistsas the nucleus for the fleet whichCouuinodore "jack " Barry com-manded when he set sail as " thefather of the :American Navy ."

a rather neglected appear-When Moylan came here from Ire-

land—lie was born at Cork, where hisLather was one of the leading mer-chants and shipowners—events werefast shaping for the separation of theColonies from the Mother Country.\t once he became an enthusiasticsupporter of the Colonists ' cause andwhen the spirit of independence re-sulted in armed resistance he hastenedto Boston to enroll tinder the bannersof the Army there drawn up in op-position to Gage 's troops. He wasappointed an aide-de-camp on thestaff of g eneral Washington, who wassaid to have been strongly attracted

wood sharing the development withits neighbors, the region was stilllargely rural . Then all three frontedon a thoroughfare known as IslingtonLane, which today is untraceable ex-cept for a short stretch of roadwayrunning northeastward from Ridge\venue. Islington Lane was then themain road by which riders and driversjourneyed from the Ridge to theLamb Tavern Road, the lane that rannorthwestward from Broad Street andwhich had its lower terminus at theLamb Tavern or "Punch Bowl " Innthat formerly occupied the presentsite of the armory of the 10th FieldArtillery.

Views of the old cemeteries showthem as among the most attractiveburial grounds planned in Philadel-phia, the main gateway of the OddFellows ' Cemetery disclosing an im-posing structure of Egyptian archi-tecture recalling one of the greattombs of the Pharaohs.

Many of the old structures con-nected with these cemeteries havepassed away, the lines of the groundshave been altered, streets cut throughat places and bodies removed to otherplaces of interment. Yet, in thatquarter of the city and surroundingthe tiny park that hears the name ofMoylan, lie thousands of soldier dead,members of the Scott Legion thatfought in Mexico, heroes of the CivilWar, who bivouacked there when thesite was used for Camp Cadwalader

1 and hundreds who fought under theflag in other wars of the nation.

Ike Bulletin, November 22, 1921.

MOYLAN PARK

Philadelphia, with reason, has fre-quently been criticized for its lack ofappreciation of its own distinguishedsons and daughters. It is particularlyrefreshing, therefore, to record adeparture from this settled habit.

Moylan I'ark, which is to be thrownopen to the public some time nextspring, is not a very large or par-ticularly imposing common, but it hasmany commendable features, not theleast of which lies in the fact that thetitle gi\en to it is the first officialrecognition on the part of the city ofone of our most distinguished Revo-lutionary worthies . The little openspace of four acres at Twenty-fifth

and I might add, in the universe, aman of more sublimated sentiment, orwho combines with sound discretiona more punctilious sense of honor thanColonel Moylan . "

The new Moylan Park is likely toform a focal point for other municipaldevelopments in that section of thecity . When it was purchased by themunicipality, late in P)13, part of itwas in use as a burial ground, form-ing an extended angle of one of thelarge cemeteries on west DiamondStreet . Now the proposal is renewedby some of the residents and businessmien of the section that the remainingburial areas consisting of the Glen-wood, Odd Fellows ' and Mechanics 'Cemeteries shall be removed.

" These three burial grounds areamong the lar gest in the city, at leastin the number of their interments, ifnot in area . The Glenwood now con-tains more than 29,00(1 bodies, theMechanics ' about 20,000 and the OddFellows ' probably as many as theother two combined. Any suggestionfor the removal of the bodies is likelyto produce as much antagonism aswas raised seventeen years ago whenit was suggested that the Mechanics 'lot holders repair to a new locationon the outskirts of the city, or whenDiamond Street was cut through toFairmount Park, after a prolongedperiod of political and legal contro-versy . The Glenwood is the oldest ofthe three, as sonic of the recordsstate interments were made in thatsection as early as 1804, although itwas not until about the middle of thenineteenth century that the GlenwoodCemetery Association came into ex-istence . Recently the Board of Healthstopped interments in that plot onthe ground that it was filled mUreadyto capacity and more recently still theresidents of the region have beenactive iut urging its removal . Yet foryears the Glenwood Mansion, with itsimposing columns, which was occu-pied by Superintendent Langton ashis home and which gained localrepute as the Iangton House, was aprominent landmark in that part ofPenn township.

\Finn these grounds were laid out,the Odd Fellows ' in l84 t ) and the Me-chanics ' a year earlier and the Glen-

and Diamond Streets, which for allits comparative tininess will be oneof the most ornate and useful play-grounds in the city, is named for Gen-eral Stephen Moylan, a man too littlebragged about by the present resi-dents in the city of his adoptionwhich he so well served . Moylan,horn in Ireland of wealthy tradesfolk,settled in Philadelphia as a youngman and entered at once, and promi-nently, into the commercial activitiesof the town. He was well startedupon his business career when theRevolutionary War broke out . HeImmediately enlisted, and because ofhis business experience was assignedto the Commissary Department . Con-gress, in 1776, made hire quartermas-ter general with the rank of colonel,thus placing him upon the staff ofGeneral Washington . He chafed formore active duty and a few monthslater he recruited a regiment of horse,the Fourth Pennsylvania Light Dra-goons . H e was at Valley Forge andthe thick of the fighting elsewhere tothe close of the war, v'hen he re-;tuned his business in Philadelphia.

it is particularly fitting, therefore,that his memory should be perpet-uated in this new spot of beauty andof usefulness which is to bless north-western Philadelphia. There is an-other and less sentimental featureconnected with this municipal enter-prise, which promises beneficial andfar-reaching results . The establish-ment of this park is the enterprisingwedge for the movement which aimsto get rid of a number of cemeterieswhich for generations have impededthe city 's natural growth in thatlocality. Part of the ground set asidefor Moylan Park was a section ofone of these old burying grounds . Allof these cities of the dead, extend-ing from Twenty-second Street toTwenty-eighth and from Montgom-ery Avenue to Dauphin Street, areeventually to be wiped out, formingone of the most important improve-ments undertaken in that neighbor-hood in the entire history of the city.Streets will be opened, sewers laid,and the land will be sold at greatprofit to the city.

Moylan Park will then be the cen-tre of a flourishing, populated districtwhich has long been a good deal ofan eyesore.

The Record, November 25, 1921 .

MOYLAN'S DRAGOONS

(Supposed to be sung in honor of Moy-lan's Dragoons, after the surrender of Corn-

wallis, at Yorktown, in 1781 .)

BY THOMAS D'Axcv M'GEE

DEATH OF GENERAL MOYLAN

On April 13, 1811, General Moylan died.

He was buried the next day . The AmericanDaily Advertiser of Tuesday, April 16, 1811,

had this obituary:

Furl up the banner of the brave,And bear it gently home,

Through stormy scenes no more to wave,For now the calm has come.

Through showering grape and drifting death

It floated ever true;And by the signs upon our path,

Men knew what troop went through.

Our flag first flew o'er Boston free,When Graves 's fleet groped out;

On Stony Point, reconquered, weUnfurled it with a shout;

At Trenton, Monmouth, Germantown,Our sabres were not slack;

Like lightning next, to CharlestonWt. scour; ed the 11 .i1tish back.

And here at Yorktown now they yield,And our career is o'er.

No more thou'lt flutter o'er the field,Flag of the brave!—no more.

The Redcoats yield them to " the Line";Both sides have changed their tunes.

To peace the Congress cloth incline;

And so do we Dragoons.

Furl up the banner of the brave,And bear it gently home;

No more o'er Moylan's march to wave.Lodge it in Moylan's home.

There Butler, Hand and Wayne, perchance,May tell of battles brave,

And the old flag on its splintered lanceAbove their heads shall wave.

Hurrah, then, for the Schuylkill side—Its pleasant, woody dells!

Old Ireland well may warm with prideWhen each his story tells.

Comrades, farewell! May Heaven bestowOn you its richest boons!

So let us drink before we go,

To [4lo) Ian ' s brave Dragoons!

" Died on Saturday morning last, in the74th year of his age, after a lingering illness,General Stephen Moylan of this City, Com-missioner of Loans for the City of Philadel-phia. He served with distinction in theAmerican army during the whole Revolution-ary War, and few of his illustrious associatesenjoyed a larger share of the favor andfriendship of the Commander-in-Chief, thanwhich a more decisive proof could not be ad-duced of the elevation of his character and themerits of his services. General Moylan dis-played, uniformly, in his domestic and socialrelations those virtues of the heart whichshed most lustre and happiness over privatelife. The singular tenderness of his nature,the active benevolence of his feelings, thecandour and uprightness and generosity ofhis disposition, the mildness and urbanity ofhis manners, attached to him by the strongestties of affection and respect not only themembers of his own family, but all those whoformed the numerous circle of his friends.His remains were on Sunday interred in theburial ground of the Catholic Church of St.Mary's, and attended by his brethren of theCincinnati and the body of his private rela-tives and particular acquaintances ."

THE ESSENTIAL

What care I for caste or creed?

It is the deed, it is the deed;

What for class, or what for clan?

It is the man, it is the man;

Heirs of love and joy and woe;

Who is high and who is low?

Mountain, valley, sky and sea

Are for all humanity .

GENERAL STEPHEN MOYLAN

"The lives of great men all remind usWe can make our lives sublime ."

STEPHEN MOYLAN was the son of John Moylan, a wealthy merchant of Cork, Ireland, whose many ships did

a large business in Colonial Days with Philadelphia . The Moylan's lived within a stone's throw of William Penn's resi-

dence in Cork and adjacent to the Quaker Meeting House where he used to worship.

Stephen Moylan came to Philadelphia in his early thirties and was at once admitted into Philadelphia's best

society, deserved by his wealth and education, and he soon became one of the city's leading merchants in importing and

exporting, owning many ships and doing a lucrative business.

The dissatisfaction with English rule in the Colonies was then growing very acute, and Moylan, at once, threw his

lot with the Colonists, and became an ardent supporter of every effort to redress their wrongs . When everything failed

and the Revolution became a fact, he gave himself, his fortune, business and talents to America's cause . Almost his

first act was the transforming of three of his merchant ships into fighting vessels, being therefore the builder of our first

Navy with Jack Barry its first Commodore.

He wrote to Morris at the time ; "America must and will he free," and with that spirit he threw himself into

everything for America's sake, and as a contemporary at the time wrote : "He was everywhere when and where a brave

man was needed ." We find him Washington's Secretary and what could be termed Secretary of War, Commissariat

General of the Revolutionary Army, organizer of Moylan's Dragoons and the first Cavalry Regiment of Pennsylvania and

later General of the five Cavalry Regiments the Revolutionary Army possessed . Cavalry in those days was the backbone

of the army.

It would take volumes to unfold the correspondence and the data regarding Moylan's great work in those days,

but they all show he was a fighter and wherever there was a battle, Moylan could he found ; and in the Battle of

Germantown, with his headquarters not far from 25th and Diamond streets, Philadelphia, Moylan did not realize the great

victory they had won until too late to follow it up.

He interested his brothers and merchants abroad in America's success and was instrumental in bringing Quakers

and Hebrews to the cause of the Revolution and was the practical man in the raising and distribution of funds in the

group of such great men as Reed, Dickinson, Morris, etc.

Washington wrote he was a "Gentleman" loyal to the last and one of the most trusted of his associates . Con-

gress thanked him and struck a medal for his bravery, but among that great group of foreign-born patriots of that time—

Pulaski, Lafayette, Muhlenberg, etc ., etc .—whose statues surround our Halls, etc ., Moylan, the greatest of them all,

is the least remembered.

His house is still, as it was, at 4th and Walnut streets, and would make an inspiring depository for relics of his and

his friends in the Revolutionary War and for Americans and immigrants of his unselfish sacrifice for liberty and his

country, his abhorrence of rewards and his modesty in returning to business, forgetting the glory he deserved, as he felt

he only did his duty.

To fully understand his big heart, as well as great head, he founded, One Hundred and Fifty years ago last

March, The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, a non-sectarian and non-racial Society, solely to help immigrants coming to the

United States, a Society with a large membership today of the best people in the City, State and Country, and numbering

in the past George Washington and many Presidents among its members.

A speaker in one of the Liberty Loan Drives in quoting and paraphrasing Davis said:

"What matter if at different shrinesWe worship the one God;

What matter if from different climesWe're one on Yankee sod ."

This was Moylan's spirit and Moylan ' s life.

Among Moylan's descendents many are prominent in Philadelphia's social and business life today, and incidentally

it may be mentioned his grandson, C . B. Horn, founded the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, and the building

927 Chestnut Street was named after him . For further particulars see Martin I . J . Griffin's Life of Moylan .

MOYLAN PARK

25TH AND DIAMOND STREETS

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

On the opposite page you will find a sketch of what there will be when the Bureau of

City Property completes the wonderful improvement now under way and nearly finished at25th and Diamond Streets, the most ornate and useful playground and park in Philadelphia.

On the first and last pages you will find the reasons why patriotic Americans wishedto perpetuate the name and memory of the most neglected great man in Revolutionarytimes and who was also a most progressive Philadelphian in those days.

Many persons thought the location was not grand enough for such a deserving pur-pose, but all such doubts were set at rest at a special meeting of the Northwest BusinessMen's Association held Thursday evening, October 13th, at Fontaine Hall—an Organiza-tion which fostered the commencement of the Park and is now back of its completion.

At that meeting it was whispered that a most businesslike and economical proposi-tion would soon be laid before Council and the people, one that could unite all NorthwestPhiladelphia in its efforts for it and be approved by all Philadelphia—namely, a loan ofsufficient funds to wipe out all the cemeteries west of 22nd street, east of 28th street, southof Dauphin street and north of Montgomery avenue . This loan would be no expense to

the city ; in fact, would be an investment and finally a source of big income, making itdifferent from all other loans in that respect, because, with the removal of the bodies andthe opening of streets, laying of sewers, etc ., the land could be sold at an immense profitfor nice porch front, two and three-story twin houses that would bring in a big tax returnand add thousands to the best residential section of Philadelphia . This would avoid allthe delays and dissatisfaction trying to do the same thing piecemeal and by spasmodic

appropriations.

This discloses that Moylan Park will then be the centre of a flourishing, populateddistrict and be, as it is now an ornament on the principal drive from the Park to the city,and above all a necessity for the local women and children as a resting place and breathingspot, as there are thousands of them surrounding it who cannot reach Fairmount Park for

lack of car service.

Moylan Park contains nearly four acres and cost the city only $63 .000, the most ofwhich was used in removing the bodies from the cemetery portion . This land today would

easily bring $250,000.

Outside interests impeded its improvement for a long time and excuses like proximity

to railroad, etc ., were used, forgetting that . many are similarly situated . Only this yearthere has been one in Manayunk and another at 20th and Ontario streets, both along therailroad and the railroad company helped to beautify them, and with the cemetery im-provements cited above, it is now deemed a great necessity, not only for the present, butfor the future, and the city can never have too many green spots or playgrounds .

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As it will appear when finished . The guard house on left is a necessity and will soon be in place ; the flag pole and flag is asrequisite as the Park itself, and is forthcoming ; the P. R. R., it is said, offers to build a retaining wall along railway, at half costto the city, and with the leveling of the playground which is a trifle in cost ; planting the trees along railway, and finishing thesteps, &c ., at the 25th street entrance, it will be most complete ; a public comfort is suggested in corner near 25th street bridge,which is a matter for the authorities .

FROM AMERICAN HISTORICAL ENCLOPEDIAS

" MOYLAN, STEPHEN, American patriot and merchant, b . in Ireland in 1734 ; d ,Philadelphia, 11 April, 1811 . He received his education in Ireland, but resided for sometime in England, and seems to have traveled considerably on the Continent before emi-grating to the American Colonies where he settled in the city of Philadelphia . He gavehis hearts support to the patriot cause on the eve of the Revolution, and, when war wasfinally declared, hurried to join the Continental Army before Boston in 1775 . The readi -ness of his patriotic zeal, coupled with a belief in his business acumen, won him therecognition of John Dickinson, upon whose recommendation he was placed in the com-missariat department . Attracted by his unusual dignity of bearing and military manner,Washington, in March, 1776, appointed him one of his aides-de-camp . Restless to exploithis energies in a field of wider activity, he was chosen by Congress, upon Washington'srecommendation, in June of the same year to be Commissary General of the ContinentalArmy . Restless again, seemingly, for a more direct participation in , the conflict, heresigned this position in the following October, raising at once a troop of light dragoons,the First Pennsylvania regiment of cavalry, of which he was colonel . With this troop heserved at Valley Forge, through the dismal winter of 1777-8, at the battle of Germantown,on the Hudson River, and in Connecticut, with Wayne in Pennsylvania, and rounded outthe full measure of his service with General Greene in his southern campaign at the closeof the war . In acknowledgment of his indefatigable energy and bravery, before the warclosed, in 1782, he was brevetted brigadier-general . After the successful termination ofthe war he quietly resumed his mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia . In 1792 he was Reg-ister and Recorder of Chester County, Penn ., and was Commissioner of Loans of Pennsyl-vania for a few years before his death . Duly allowing for the over excitability of thetimes, the eulogy of a fellow patriot quoted by Irving (Life of Washington, 111, ch . 30)remains a no uncertain estimate of esteem : " ' There is not in the whole range of myfriends, acquaintance, and I might add, in the universe,' exclaims Wilkinson, ' a man ofmore sublimated sentiment, or who combined with sound discretion a more punctilioussense of honor than Colonel Nioylan .' " General Moylan was one of the organizers of theFriendly Sons of St . Patrick in Philadelphia in 1771, and was its first president. One ofhis brothers became Bishop of Cork, Ireland, and another, John, acted during the war asUnited States Clothier General ."

Appleton 's Encyclopedia.

"MOYLAN, STEPHEN, was born in Ireland in 1734 ; died in Philadelphia, April 11,1811 . He was a brother of the Bishop of Cork . He was appointed aide-de-camp to Wash-ington in March, 1776, and commissary-general in June . Soon resigning that post, earlyin 1777 he commanded a regiment of light dragoons, serving in the battle at Germantown,with Wayne in Pennsylvania, and with Greene in the South . In November, 1783, he wasbrevetted brigadier-general . In 1792 he was register and recorder of Chester County,Penn ., and was commissioner of loans for the District of Pennsylvania ."

Harper's Cyclopcedia .