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[Petition to George Wortham to provide a scout for the county]

1 September 1864

Foster, B. W., fl. 1864

Petition signed by thirty-seven citizens of Tyrrell County, requesting that James Ludford be allowed to remain in the county as a scout. He is needed because of the nearby presence of Union troops, and the fear that some citizens have begun to spy...

GLC03067

Photograph

[Photograph of the effect of a shell explosion near Fredericksburg, Va.]

circa 1862

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

One undated photograph was taken by Andrew J. Russell. The image shows General Herman Haupt leaning against a stump and surveying the damage to artillery caissons caused by a shell. The caissons lie in wreckage next to the dead mules who had hauled...

GLC03093

to Henry Knox

December 9, 1775

Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806

Requests Knox's presence at headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts on behalf of George Washington. The letter was addressed to Worcester, Massachusetts, but at the time, Knox was at Fort George, in Lake George, New York.

GLC02437.00217

to Richard Platt

18 March 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Discusses the preliminary drawings of an artillery building at West Point which will include an ordnance store and a crane projecting from the building's pediment. Knox requests another building to serve as a laboratory.

GLC02531

Document signed

[Commission of William North as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Massachusetts artillery]

9 May 1776

Massachusetts Bay Council

Partially printed document signed by John Avery as deputy secretary of the council. Also signed by members of the Massachusetts Bay Council, including: Jer. Powell, Artemas Ward, B. Greenleaf, Richard Derby, John Whitcomb, Moses Gill, John Taylor, B...

GLC02542.26

Document signed

[Enlistment document for volunteers in company of William Van Dueser]

February 21, 1781

Painter, L., fl. 1781

Signed by 23 men to show they have voluntarily enlisted in the company of artillery under the command of William Van Dueser to serve as a guard for the town of New Haven, Connecticut until the first day of 1782. Several people signed their name, but...

GLC02542.28

[Enlistment roster]

13 December 1780 - 10 May 1781

Enlisting for twelve months, from 1781 to 1782, in the Artillery company of Captain William Van Deursen, guarding New Haven. Each man enlisting signed his own name.

GLC02542.32.06

[Enlistment roster]

January 13, 1781

Enlisting for twelve months, from 1781 to 1782, in the Artillery company of Captain William Van Deursen, guarding New Haven. States the enlistment will be invalid if they are not paid "equal to Hard Money." Each man enlisting signed his own name....

GLC02542.32.08

[List of signatures]

1763-1783

A piece of paper with a number of signatures, including Thomas Bird, Joseph Smith, Fredirick Stein, Jeremiah Osborn, Abiel Macomben, Joseph Huler, William Broughton, Jonah Atwater,
Medad Mix, Edmund Smith, Nehemiah Higgins, and Himany Mansfield, who...

GLC02542.32.13

to James Dundas

9 October 1780

Dundas, David, Sir, Bart, 1749-1826

Extends wishes for their mother's recovery, comments on his wife's improving health from sea bathing, and provides other family news. Reports hearing that Lord North received a message about Lord Cornwallis being attacked by General Horatio Gates....

GLC02549.14

[Certificate of enlistment for Jonah Attwater]

9 May 1782

Warner, John, fl. 1782

Lieutenant John Warner signs and certifies that Attwater served "in the company of guards...under Capt Van Deursen" in 1781. John Whitney, justice of the peace, certifies that Warner's statement is true

GLC02542.32.12

Letter

to General Forteguerra re: extract of letter requesting loan of gunboats

1804/12/15

Preble, Edward, 1761-1807

"In consequence of the situation of the City & harbour of Tripoli it is necessary, in order to carry on our operations against that Regency with the greatest effect, that we should have Bomb-vessels & Gun-boats."

GLC02794.062

to Sister Rosetta

25 March 1863

Wright, Sereno A., fl. 1862-1863

There has been a movement of the army. They cut off supplies to the rebel batteries as they intended. They are under marching orders but may not go anywhere for a week or so. He talks about the cost of food. He has had to sell his pistol just to buy...

GLC02751.29

to Mother and Sister Elmira

23 March 1863

Wright, Sereno A., fl. 1862-1863

Several gunboats managed to pass up by the rebel batteries and will eventually cut off their supplies. They haven't been paid yet but he keeps hoping they will soon. Watrons has been promoted to 2nd Lt.

GLC02751.28

Dispatch of Indians to Quebec and Montreal

May 11, 1709

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Renselaer and Livingston send one pair of Indians to Quebec, and another pair to Montreal and order them to make what discoveries they can and to follow the instructions of Coll. Vetch and Coll. Nicholson. P.2 contains the instructions of Vetch and...

GLC03107.02088

Manuscript document

Proceedings at a council of war

1711/08/25

Council of War

The Council gives directions on how to use the "brass ordinances" sent from England, and addresses complaints of bad bread from Coll. Schuyler's regiment. They also give orders for the creation of a court to try crimes committed against the aritcles...

GLC03107.02105

Document signed

[Enlistment document for volunteers in company of William Van Dueser]

1 June 1781

Hunt, John, fl. 1782

Signed by 8 men to show they have voluntarily enlisted in the company of artillery under the command of William Van Dueser to serve as a guard for the town of New Haven, Connecticut until the first day of 1782. Related to GLC02542.28.

GLC02542.30

[Enlistment roll]

January 1, 1781 - January 24, 1781

GLC02542.32.07

[Pass permit for Benjamin Brown and his schooner]

13 June 1781

Fitch, Jonathan, fl. 1781

Permitting Benjamin Brown and his schooner Rebecca "to Pass the Fort at Black Rock on his Way to New Port." Verso contains a roll of enlisted men.

GLC02542.32.09

[Enlistment roster]

1781

GLC02542.32.10

[Enlistment under William Van Dueren]

January 13, 1782

Penderson, Daniel, fl. 1782

Enlisting for twelve months in the Artillery company of Captain William Van Deursen, guarding New Haven. States the enlistment will be invalid if they are not paid "equal to Hard Money."

GLC02542.32.11

[Revolutionary war enlistment roll]

1763-1783

Roll with the names of men enlisted in the army during the American Revolution. The days and months of their enlistments are given, but not the years. Each man appears to have signed his own name to the list. Names include Enos Hotchkiss, Holrook...

GLC02542.32.14

to Edward Manigault

April 11, 1861

Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863

Requesting artillery supplies in case while taking Fort Sumter "a desperate battle" ensues. Written the day before the fort is attacked. Written as Colonel of the First Regiment Rifles of South Carolina on the day before Fort Sumter surrendered.

GLC02602

Autograph manuscript signed

[Report of Service as Medical Director of the Army of Virginia during the summer of 1862]

2 May 1863

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

The report sent to General William A. Hammond on 2 May 1863 (see GLC02649.02). Written mostly in a narrative form the report, with some charts, maps and other media included, provides a detailed and dramatic history of medical procedures and services...

GLC02649.01

To Nellie

5 July 1862

Gardner, Horace B., fl. 1862

Horace B. Gardner writes to Nellie Boardman from Fort Albany, where he is stationed with the 14th regiment. After writing that he has never heard her name before, he decribes his Fourth of July celebration, a picnic and fireworks. He writes about the...

GLC02665.01