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Appointment of Elijah Tredway as Ensign 16th Co

Cosigned by George Wyllys, Secretary. With paper seal. Signed as governor of Connecticut.

GLC00184.23

Instructions to the commanders of private ships or vessels of war, which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, authorizing them to make captures of British vessels and cargoes.

Broadside with printed date of 3 April 1776. Signed by Huntington as President of the Continental Congress (indicating that the signature and printed date do not coincide). Contains eleven articles created by Congress authorizing private American...

GLC00038.04

to Henry Knox

Marked as a copy. Huntington, Governor of Connecticut, reports that Dr. Sumner, a surgeon's mate, lately returned home from the Western frontier on furlough. Recommends the appointment of Dr. Isaac Knight as surgeon's mate in Sumner's absence.

GLC02437.03959

to Henry Knox

Huntington, Governor of Connecticut, transmits to Knox a copy of a letter he had previously erroneously sent to New York (Knox was at Boston). Asks for Knox's approval for Dr. Knight to fill in for Dr. Summer at his post in the Western frontier...

GLC02437.03975

to Benjamin Huntington

Responds to news from Huntington that Congress has chosen Baltimore as a meeting place, but agrees with him that this may not be the final location. Notes that a Colonel Samuel Abbott is very ill. Also informs Huntington that his wife, Anne...

GLC02311