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[Appointment for Thomas Hollier from the reign of King George I]

24 September 1722

Cadogan, William, Earl, 1672-1726

Appoints Thomas Hollier as a swordcutter for the office of ordnance. Affixed with seal. Written from the office of ordnance. Sent to Charles Wills and the officers of ordnance. Also signed by Leonard Smelt.

GLC01450.546.01
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Manuscript document signed

[Appointment for John Dukes from the reign of King George I]

24 September 1722

Cadogan, William, Earl, 1672-1726

Appoints John Dukes as one of the "Laborers in Ordinary" for the office of ordnance. Affixed with seal. Written from the office of ordnance. Sent to Charles Wills and the officers of ordnance. Also signed by Leonard Smelt.

GLC01450.546.02
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British Ordnance Appointments [Decimalized .01-.02]

24 September 1722

Cadogan, William, Earl, 1672-1726

GLC01450.546
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[Receipt for John Bartlett]

17 May 1731

Carter, C., fl. 1731

Receipt for three pounds fifteen shillings "for service done as a commissioner in order to settle the line of gover[men]t from Patucket Falls to the Massachusetts south line."

GLC01450.409.02
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[Bond between Silvanus Scott and Jonathan Sprague, Junior, and the Colony of Rhode Island]

3 November 1731

Scott, Silvanus, fl. 1731

Also signed by Jonathan Sprague, Junior. Signed as witnesses by John Wickof and Daniel Abott. Scott and Sprague agree to bond themselves unto General Treasurer of the Colony of Rhode Island Abraham Borden, and to his successors in office, the sum...

GLC01450.409.01
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[Power of attorney to Samuel Leonard from Zechariah Thayer of Brantrey]

16 May 1737

Quincy, John, 1689-1767

Signed by Zechariah Thayer. Signed as witnesses by Jeremiah Thayer and Eleazer Thayer. Empowers his friend Samuel Leonard of Raynham to act for him in meetings of the owners of the "old ironworks (so called) in Raynham" during Thayer's lifetime....

GLC01450.173.01
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[Appointment of John Furney as Captain of a company of foot soldiers]

2 September 1740

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757

Countersigned by John Willard, Belcher's secretary. Belcher, serving as Royal Governor of Massachusetts, places John Furney in charge of a company of foot soldiers. Raises men in response to Britain's request for Colonial forces to join Major General...

GLC01450.804
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Manuscript document signed

[Notice to issue arms to Captain George Wanton]

23 October 1740

Whipple, Joseph, 1687-1750

Sent to George Wanton, the general treasurer for Rhode Island.

GLC01450.281
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Manuscript document

Proposal for an establishment for the detachment in the island of Rattan upon major general Wentworth's memorial to the duke of Newcastle

1742

Lists the expenses that would be entailed by a proposed regiment in the American colonies and says there is enough surplus in the American military budget to create this regiment.

GLC01450.556.01
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British military documents [Decimalized .01-.06]

1742-1783

GLC01450.556

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