move in and arrest the various men responsible. Irvine joined the company marching for Quakertown. Irvine wrote to a friend, "The rust of time and age creeping on me, will I fear make me awkward in this business." Despite his reservations, however, Irvine endured the ordeal and returned home safely. The rebellion would be Irvine's final active military service, though he continued working with the military. In 1801, he was appointed superintendent of military stores in Philadelphia. In 1801 Irvine was elected president of the State Society of the Cincinnati and held that office up until the time of his death. Irvine died on July 29, 1804, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was buried in a graveyard near Independence Hall. He was reburied in 1833 at the new Ronaldson's Cemetery. When it was closed in the 1950s, the graves of a few Revolutionary War officers such as Irvine were identified by the rector of Old Swedes' and reburied at Gloria Dei Church cemetery. Papers Most of Irvine's correspondence and other papers were passed on to his sons. His son William took possession of most of the letters that were addressed to Irvine, while the letters written by Irvine naturally ended up in a variety of places, including those among the Washington Papers. Irvine's correspondence from the early 1790s also includes discussions about the staff and curriculum at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the improvement of inland navigation in Pennsylvania, the aftermath of the French Revolution, and Irvine's business ventures with his business partners Charles and John Wilkins, Junior, of Pittsburgh. Much of his correspondence, including the Irvine-Newbold papers, are archived at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. See also James Irvine (Pennsylvania politician) Notes and citations Bibliography External links Irvine's biographic sketch at the U.S. Congress website ExplorePAHistory.com The Irvine-Newbold Family Papers, including correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, records and other materials beginning with General William Irvine and spanning over 200 years of family history, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 1741 births 1804 deaths People from County Fermanagh Continental Army generals Continental Army officers from Pennsylvania Continental Congressmen from Pennsylvania 18th-century American politicians People from Enniskillen Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Kingdom of Ireland emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies Burials at Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church