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The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection
The Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson Collection was established in 1988 to honor the memory of a young twentieth-century Cincinnatus who gave his life in service to his country. Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson (1943-1967) was elected to the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia in 1966, representing Capt. Benjamin Biggs of the Virginia Continental Line. The following year, as a first lieutenant in the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S.
Army serving in Vietnam, he was fatally wounded while leading a small force forward under enemy fire to assist his platoon that had been ambushed. For his valor and heroism, Lieutenant Fergusson was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart.
The collection that honors Lieutenant Fergusson’s gallant sacrifice specializes in early printed and manuscript works that illuminate the theory and practice of the warfare in the age of the American Revolution. Numbering more than 12,000 items, the collection has been developed through careful, focused collecting over more than three decades. It is the heart of the library of the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati and has inspired and supported the research of thousands of scholars.
This catalog presents a selection of one hundred highlights of the Fergusson Collection.
The items are arranged by format – rare books, manuscripts, maps, broadsides, graphic arts, and fine arts and artifacts. The entries within each category are listed chronologically by date of creation. Each entry concludes with the year of acquisition in brackets. The treasures herein described were chosen to convey the richness, breath and depth of the larger collection, as well the momentum of its growth and development item-by-item, year-by-year to become a leading resource for advanced study of the military achievements that secured American independence.
Lt. Robert Charles Lawrence Fergusson with his parents, Gen. Robert G. Fergusson and Charlotte Lawrence Fer- gusson, in the fall of 1966, just before he left for Vietnam.
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