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Settlement of will of John Margenum

Payment of £ 250, half of the sum bequeathed, to his widow, Mary Askenhurst.

GLC03902.320

Account of John Oliver

Kept by Dean for Mauger.

GLC03902.321

Bill from Hanna Wickenden to Joshua Mauger for Miss Marganam.

GLC03902.322

Distribution of the several Regiments expected from New York to Garrison Nova Scotia

GLC03902.323

Account sheet with William Dean

GLC03902.324

to William Dean

For trips to Warborne concerning debts due from persons at Poole.

GLC03902.325

to Joshua Mauger

Presents his note for payment of a debt. Location given as 'Southton,' but may refer to Southampton.

GLC03902.326

Summons to a court of Trinity House

Summon to elect an Elder Brother and to conduct special affairs of the corporation. Partially printed.

GLC03902.327

Particulars, and conditions of sale of a valuable freehold estate

"PARTICULARS, AND CONDITIONS OF SALE OF A VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE . . . CONSISTING of a neat and substantial DWELLING-HOUSE and OFFICES, Late the Property of JOSHUA MAUGER, ESQ. deceased." Envelope docket: "Particulars of sale of Warborne, near...

GLC03902.328

papier volant

"My sallary as Secretary for military affairs has been 10. a day, if this is struck off I must bid adieu to Nova Scotia . . . . "

GLC03902.329

"Mr. Cantlo Bestlands Valuation of the Lands of Warborne & Pilly in the Parish of Boldre in the County of Southampton."

One undated land valuation from Cantlo Bestlands for the area of Boldre, Southhampton.

GLC03902.330

The Younger Brother's Oath

GLC03902.331

A Schedule of the Several Grants and Leases made by Michael Franklin Esq. of Part of the Lands conveyed by the annexed Deed of Bargain and Sale to which the same refers."

GLC03902.332

A particular of Warborne farme

Chart describing the particulars of Warbourne farm, located two miles from Lymington, England. Includes the number of acres of arable land, meadow land, and pasture land. Large damage marks. Docket on verso.

GLC03902.333

A Value of Timber on Warborne Estate

Account of trees on Warborne & other Lands belonging to Mr. Robert Budden. Includes categories: "No of trees," "what sort," "measure," "amount of money." Docket on verso

GLC03902.334

[Agreement for Mr. Richard Budden to sell his lands to Joshua Mauger]

Agreement for Mr. Richard Budden to sell his lands to Joshua Mauger. Large stains throughout document. Signed by Richard Budden. Red wax seal stamped next to Budden's signature. Docket on verso.

GLC03902.335

[Bond from Michael Francklin to Joshua Mauger]

Amount agreed upon was £6000. Agreement signed by Michael Francklin, esquire. Paper seal directly next to Francklin's seal. Docket on verso reads: "Recieved London 7th March 1772 the full forteen dice in this Bond up to the 25th day of March last."...

GLC03902.336

[Bond from Michael Francklin to Joshua Mauger]

Amount agreed upon was £7708. Signed by Michael Francklin. Paper seal next to Francklin's name. Docket on verso signed by Joshua Mauger. Paper was originally folded into eighths.

GLC03902.337

[Mortgage from Michael Francklin to Joshua Mauger]

Amount agreed upon was £6000. Signed by Michael Franklin on bottom. Paper seal next to Franklin's signature. Originally folded in twelfths. Docket on verso.

GLC03902.338

[Accounts of Michael Francklin with Joshua Mauger]

Details the financial relationships between Miachel Franklin and Joshua Mauger. Includes balances to Mauger due December 31, 1769, and balances due June 20, 1769.

GLC03902.339

Indenture

John Gordon and John Taite lease Mauger's House on Upper Grosvenor Street, for a term of 21 years. Written on the indenture form of David Anthony, Stationer.

GLC03902.340

[Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum]

Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum. £250 of her £500 pound bequethment will remain in the hands of her late husband's executor. Mergerum is going to marry William Askenhurst. Signed by Mary Mergerum, WIlliam Askenhurst, and Joshua Mauger. All...

GLC03902.341

[Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum]

Indenture Tripartite for Mary Mergerum. £250 of her £500 pound bequethment will remain in the hands of her late husband's executor. Mergerum is going to marry William Askenhurst. Signed by Mary Mergerum, WIlliam Askenhurst, and Joshua Mauger. All...

GLC03902.342

Indenture

John Gordon and John Taite lease Mauger's house on Upper Groversnor Street, for a term of 30 years.

GLC03902.343

to Gen. Assembly of NC re: negotiations over Miss. Navigation, threats to Union

Discusses negotiations over Mississippi navigation, threats to the national Union, finance, convention (for ratifying the Constitution)

GLC04842.03

to David Parish re: Embargo Act: "Our President... seems to be out of his wits"

Morris writes of Jefferson: "Our President (to judge his Message) seems to be out of his wits. If I am not much mistaken, this session will, according to the vulgar phrase do him over."

GLC04842.11

to John Fitzgerald? re: sale of linen and tobacco

GLC04842.18

[Congressional certificate authorizing vessels to engage in military activity]

Signed below seal by John Hanson. Countersigned by Charles Thompson, Secretary of the Continental Congress. Contains blank spaces designated for the name of commander and vessel, the vessel's weight and type, and the number of men on board. Created...

GLC04870

to Oliver Ellsworth re: asking advice in interpreting treaty on privateering

Discusses the sale of prizes taken from the British by the French which violates the 24th Article of Jay's Treaty (1794) with Britain.

GLC04875

[A Memorial of the State of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England to Queene Anne during Queen Anne's War]

A petition from the Massachusetts colonists requesting help in quelling the hostile Indians allied with the French during Queen Anne's War. Gives insight into the conflict's costs upon New England. Discusses the Indians' barbarity and the French...

GLC04891

to David Douty Colton

Expresses gratitude to Colton, Vice President of the Southern Pacific Railroad, for the convenience the railroad offers transcontinental travelers. States that the railroad is "'a great civilizer', and will enable the Military Authorities to...

GLC05095

to John Winship

Orders Winship to notify Cambridge freeholders of a meeting to discuss Parliament's passage of a tea tax by way of empowering the East India Company to export tea. Also notifies him of a proposed meeting of several towns to consider responses to the...

GLC05098

[State of Missouri v. Henry Reed].

Signed by the grand jurors on docket. Grand jury warrant for "keeping a store open on Sunday" and for "not observing the Sabbath." Parker was a Member of Congress from Missouri from 1871 to 1875. Signed as Circuit Attorney.

GLC04670

Dr Cornelius Vanderbilt in account with Steamboat Bellona

A list of the charges incurred running the ship during February and April 1821. Signed by Vanderbilt, who was the ship's captain, and Gibbons, who owned the steamboat.

GLC04699

To the voters of the Counties of Oswego and Madison

Complains that he was nominated for a Congressional seat, a position he did not seek. Assures he will not resign, but will perform his duty, pursuing abolition from his position. Includes his political creed, asserting that slavery is not in the...

GLC04717.36

[Two signed acts of the second Congress on one page]

Two acts of Congress, the first repeals a law that placed duties on imported livestock, the second providing compensation to families of two soldiers "killed by the said Indians." Signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State.

GLC04722

to George Clinton

Written by Chancellor Livingston to New York Governor Clinton. Encloses petition at the request of Dr. Robinson (not included). Mentions seeing Clinton's family. Mentions political controversy involving himself and William P. Van Ness. It involves...

GLC04772.04

to Samuel Johnston

Mentions Captain Gilles, who transmitted previous correspondence between Hewes and Johnston. Discusses the Colonies' (specifically North Carolina's) ability to finance and sustain a military conflict. Writes "I fear we shall be obliged [text loss]...

GLC04790

to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer

Document certifies that Daniel St. Thomas of Jenifer, a futuer signer of the U.S. Constitution, took the oath called for under the "An Act to resrict the Deleages of this Sate in Congress from enegaging in any Trade either foreign or domestic."...

GLC04795

to Robert Morris

Jones, Captain of the U.S.S. Ranger, informs Morris, a Continental Congressman, of recent events in France. Reports that in June, a highly esteemed gentleman (who Jones does not name) wrote him a secret letter promising him command of a large ship...

GLC04797

to Armand-Charles-Augustin de La Croix de Castries [in French]

Memorandum written to de Castries. Manuscript concerning efforts to strengthen the alliance between the United States and France through trade and more substantial means. It was probably written after 15 June 1786, the date Jefferson wrote a letter...

GLC04799

A Proclamation.

This document is a proclamation ordering American ships to act according to an honest code and not take up piratical acts while in American waters. It is a printed broadside approved by Henry Laurens and Charles Thomson as President and Secretary...

GLC04804.02

to George Graham re: commercial treaty with Britain; instructions on Florida

Madison gives instructions for forwarding the report on unsettled question of ownership of Florida; and mentions the disposition of pending appointments and commissions. Two black and white bust engravings of Madison included.

GLC04816

[Bill of sale for seventeen bales of cotton]

Partially printed bill for cotton sold to Taber & Kimball for the account of Major John H. Bills. Bills was a founder of Bolivar, Tennessee. Taber & Kimball, a cotton brokerage in Memphis, was owned by northerners.

GLC03619.02.01

Great Sale of Government Clothing

Advertises a public auction of army-issue clothing on 3 September 1867 by order of Quartermaster General Rogers. With some calculations on the verso.

GLC03619.02.14

to William Short

Secretary of State Jefferson writes to Short, charge d'affaires to France. Short was in Europe negotiating a commercial treaty with France and handling details of a Dutch loan. Jefferson attempts to answer Short's request for information to quell...

GLC03639

to James Dundas

Dundas, captain of the H. M. S. Bonetta, writes from the Elizabeth River to his brother James. Reports that he was sent to the James Islands "to cover the Boats of Earle Cornwallis's Army who were ordered away from the Pursuit of the Marquis Fayette...

GLC03676.04

to Virginia Committee of Correspondence

Countersigned by Thomas McKean and John McKinley. Read, McKean, and McKinley were members of the Delaware Committee of Correspondence. Discusses the Boston Port Bill, nonimportation, and the formation of a continental congress.

GLC03718

to Joseph Brant

Introduces his son, Thomas Morris, and asks Brant to help negotiate the purchase of land owned by the Seneca Indians

GLC03731

to John Cotton Mather

Writes as the agent for the Utica Iron Manufacturing Company. Describes the collapse of the dock of his company on the Erie Canal. Advises that work should be done to fix it this spring before navigation opens. Reports that they intend to send 5...

GLC03769.002