circa 1977-1978

Wetmore, Kathy, fl. 1977-1978

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dad

One undated letter addressed to Rod Wetmore from Kathy Wetmore. Pertains to missing him.

GLC09573.02.316

circa 1977-1978

Wetmore, Kathy, fl. 1977-1978

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dad

One undated letter addressed to Rod Wetmore from Kathy Wetmore. Pertains to receiving a letter from him and her homework.

GLC09573.02.317

circa 1977-1978

Wetmore, Kathy, fl. 1977-1978

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dad

One undated letter addressed to Rod Wetmore from Kathy Wetmore. Contains a note written in large letters that she loves him.

GLC09573.02.318

circa 1977-1978

Wetmore, Connie, fl. 1977-1978

Envelope

Title: Rod Wetmore S. Sgt.

One envelope addressed to Rod Wetmore.

GLC09573.02.319

circa 1977-1978

Wetmore, Monica, fl. 1977-1978

Envelope

Title: Rod Wetmore S. Sgt.

One envelope addressed to Rod Wetmore from Monica Wetmore.

GLC09573.02.320

18 May 1978

Wetmore, Connie, fl. 1977-1978

Envelope

Title: S. Sgt. Roderick Wetmore

One envelope addressed to Rod Wetmore from Connie Wetmore dated May 18, 1978.

GLC09573.02.321

circa 1977-1978

Wetmore, Connie, fl. 1977-1978

Envelope

Title: S. Sgt. Roderick Wetmore

One envelope addressed to Rod Wetmore from Connie Wetmore.

GLC09573.02.322

22 May 1978

Wetmore, Connie, fl. 1977-1978

Envelope

Title: S. Sgt. Roderick Wetmore

One envelope addressed to Rod Wetmore from Connie Wetmore dated May 22, 1978.

GLC09573.02.323

December 20, 1776

DeBlois, Elizabeth, 1761-1843

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Winslow Esq. and wife

Deblois writes to her sister and brother in New York. She comments on her good health and hopes that she sees her family again soon. A postscript mentions rebels leaving Cumberland (Nova Scotia). Paper contains a loyalist watermark.

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February 18, 1863

Jones, William, 1760-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Philip B. Jones

One letter addressed to Philip B. Jones from William W. Jones dated Feburary 18, 1863. Pertains to paying $1,400 for a 35-year old enslaved man named Joe currently being held in Gradys Jail. Also mentions that Joe's wife (unnamed) was included in the bill of sale but found her unattractive. Details another enslaved woman named Maria being sold by a man named Cross for $3,500. Writes, "If this war is ever Ended [fairly], Women and Children are the property to put money in."

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March 12, 1779

Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Blatchley Webb

Written by Clarkson as aide-de-camp to General Benjamin Lincoln to Colonel Webb. Encloses a letter for his father (not included) and hopes Webb will deliver it. Hopes he can procure papers for "the Girls to pay us a Visit." Apologizes for the short letter, but business and the impatience of Webb's brother, who is going to deliver the letter, forced him to write quickly. Postscript says to remember him to the family and Giles. Red wax seal partially extent.

GLC01450.458.01

May 24, 1775

Lawton, Robert, fl. 1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Clarke

Informs his father that he attempted to send the barrel of flour he previously requested, but that ship masters refused to transport the flour because "Capt. Wallace stops the least Trifle of Provision that is sent up the River." Writes that he received the offer of a treasury note from Captain [Werner's?] wife, and "should be glad to know Whether their is money to Reedeem it at this Time as she wants About Twenty Dollars in Goods and will Expect the Remainder in Cash." Relates that the note is dated 23 February. Addressed to Joseph Clarke.

GLC01450.561

August 6, 1776

Barrel, Rebekah, 1749-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Barrell

Writes to her husband, William Barrel, in New York, a soldier in "Capt. Jacob's Company in Colon. Baily's" regiment. Sweetly expresses her desire to be reunited with him after his six months of service. Discusses making clothes for him. A letter from Rebekah's sister, Elizabeth Wilder, appears on the verso. She reminds William of how much he is missed and loved. Also, comments: "we hear that their is no want for female soldiers in the camp[.] Beware of the Bed Blankit disorder." Discusses other local and family news." Rebekah and William had been married less than a year.

GLC01450.563

1839

Hibbits, E.H., fl. 1839

Autograph note signed

Title: to David Murphy

GLC01450.600.005

1783-1815

Unknown

Autograph note

Title: to Tuckers

GLC01450.600.006

1837

Harris, A.K., fl. 1837

Autograph note signed

Title: to David Murphy

GLC01450.600.007

October 27, 1842

White, J.M., fl. 1842

Autograph note

Title: to Mrs. David Murphy

GLC01450.600.008

1840

Hibbits, E.H., fl. 1839

Autograph note signed

Title: to David Murphy

GLC01450.600.009

July 10, 1836

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John

writes about approaching election

GLC01450.600.064

January 13, 1800

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Lowry Donaldson

GLC01450.600.076

November 13, 1802

Murphy, Sarah, fl. 1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sons

GLC01450.600.080

July 10, 1797

Duane, Walter, fl. 1797

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sir

GLC01450.600.081

January 16, 1815

Hodgon, Silvanus, fl. 1813-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathan Hodgdon

Informs his uncle that he is in good health and asks that his love be given to family and friends. Indicates that they are building ships "and expect to take the Lake next summer," referring to Lake George. Asks to be written to and that the mail be sent to a ship called the Mohawk. On the inside page appears a draft of a letter from a woman named Dorcas Clark to her mother, which indicates that she is well and gives love to relatives. Also requests that her mother come down "as soon as the ground is settled." On the other inside page and on the address leaf there is some…

GLC01450.705.03

March 30, 1782

Bromfield, Henry, 1751-1837

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sally Bromfield

Affectionate letter from Henry to his sister Sally at Harvard. Says he has not written because he has been so busy with business. Says he has received two letters from her, one met him before he left Amsterdam previously and another when he was on the road to Spain. Says the letters reached him at a low point and bolstered his spirits. Says he cried over the letters and that "if my valet made any Observation, he must certainly have supposed I had lost a Patron or was discarded by a Mistress." Is happy to hear that their sister Abigail has "found her Daniel" and will be with a deserving man.…

GLC01450.803.06

August 27, 1916

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miss Treadwell

On his Sagamore Hill letterhead, Roosevelt thanks Treadwell for her letter to him and his wife. Written from, or just after a trip to France during World War I: "your letter brings vividly before my eyes the terrible suffering and high heroism of France, and the joy in service felt by you and the men and women like you. This war has shown that the right type of woman can do her full share of the work of war just as the right kind of man does his." He closes by condemning all pacifists as German collaborationists, and adds, "if I had my way I would disenfranchise all the pacifists of both…

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