Hugh Wynne Free Quaker

Hugh Wynne was a popular American novel by Silas Weir Mitchell who was also a medical doctor published in 1897. The story is recounted in autobiographical form from the perspective of an American patriot during the American Revolution who has a strict father. He eventually serves under General George Washington and has various adventures as well as a love interest playing out during the Revolutionary War era. The Bookman reported it to be the secondmost-bestselling book in America for 1898. Much of the book takes place in Philadelphia. The Bookman gave the book high praise.