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to Col. Alexander McDougall
January 13, 1776
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Washington writes that he is told that a vessel has just arrived with gun powder, which he asks McDougall to obtain. (Name is McDougall, per Fitzpatrick.)
GLC00154.03
to John Thomas
22 June 1775
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Written by Lieutenant Colonel Lincoln to Brigadier General Thomas. Says he is sending one load of tent poles and that he should "order them droped" where he wants. If all can't be used at Roxbury, asks they be sent to Cambridge. Written five days...
GLC02498.07
[Medal of George Washington Before Boston]
circa 1790
Duvivier, Pierre Simon Benjamin, 1728-1819
The inscription on recto, around a bust portrait of George Washington (based on Houdon) reads in Latin: "George Washington Supremo Duci exercituum adsertori libertatis. Comitia Americana." The verso shows Washington and his officers looking towards...
GLC03221
The Story of American Liberty as told by Ivan Ivanoff.
1861-1865
Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell), 1825-1906
Contained in two parts. Part one, 68 pages in length, contains a preface by Tidball, in which he discusses Ivanoff's manuscript, which he claims was found after the United States purchased Alaska from Russia. Writes that the manuscript, originally...
GLC04041.01
[Receipt for 120 pounds of bread and 140 pounds of pork]
26 April 1775
Blaney, Aaron, 1745-1824
Deputy Commissary Blaney indicates that the food was received from Captain Jabez Ellis "for the use of the Provincial Troops Station'd in Roxbury."
GLC01450.436.01
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