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[Land grant for Benjamin Rush in Mifflin Co., Pa.]

Land Transaction involving Dr. Benjamin Rush and Jesse Brook. Rush purchases an area of land in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania called "Upland"; document includes a handwritten description of the boundaries of the property. Witnessed by Thomas Mifflin...

GLC04842.31.01

to John Dickinson re: announcing treaty and calling for ratification

Signed as President of Congress. Docketed on free frank.

GLC05578

to Clement Biddle

Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, writes to Colonel Biddle, Pennsylvania Quartermaster General, regarding the transportation of President George Washington to Philadelphia. He instructs Biddle to prepare the vessel the New Line, as he wishes "to put...

GLC00297.02

to Tobias Lear re: excuses for not accepting an invitation from the President

Written as Governor of Pennsylvania. Attached to GLC 2794.041. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.027

to John Hancock

Thomas Mifflin informs Hancock that he has appointed "Francis Huger of Charleston South Carolina Deputy Quarter Master General for that State." He asks for a commission for Huger.

GLC00307.01

[Pennsylvania land grant to William Lane]

Partially printed land patent counter-signed by JamesTrimble as Deputy Secretary and witnessed by Pennsylvania Governor Thomas Mifflin. Lane obtained the land, called "Oatland" in Bald Eagle township, from Isaiah Davis. The document describes the...

GLC01244

to unknown

Thanks the recipient for information in a previous letter, about the "hostile disposition of the Indians on the Frontiers." Shares his hope that federal treaties will ease the recipient's apprehensions and "produce a general peace." Introduces Col...

GLC02207

to Henry Knox

Mifflin, President of Congress, encloses an Act of Congress directing Knox to ascertain from the British Commander in Chief of North America precisely when the British will leave their posts within the boundaries of the United States (possibly refers...

GLC02437.02998

to Henry Knox

Noted as a copy of GLC02437.02998. Mifflin, President of Congress, encloses an Act of Congress directing Knox to ascertain from the British Commander in Chief of North America precisely when the British will leave their posts within the boundaries of...

GLC02437.02999