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[Report of the board for the inspection of invalids]

Report of a board convened at West Point, for the inspection of the invalids of the army, agreeable to a general order of 14 September 1783. Lists the names of the men, age, regiment, disease, time to left to serve, if they were discharged, and...

GLC02437.10520

[Report]

Report regarding the board of inspection which was appointed to examine the invalids in the army. Lists the names of the invalids, their regiment, ailments, age and others. Countersigned by Caleb Gibbs, James Carr, William Eustis and Samuel Adams...

GLC02437.10550

[Thomas Henderson's declaration regarding a settlement in the Eastern part of Massachusetts Bay]

Henderson attests that he became a settler on the Eastern part of Massachusetts Bay in 1728. Took up a lot of land on St. George's, a colony of which Colonel [Samuel] Waldo was the proprietor, in 1735. Moved to Lincoln (present-day Maine) in 1736...

GLC02437.10409

to Henry Knox

Ogden says "some person, a Country man of yours," stopped by to give their compliments to him, but he was absent. Adds that "old Thomas" took the message but forgot the name of the visitor. The acquaintance is on his way to Philadelphia. Ogden asks...

GLC02437.05037

Request for admission into Society of the Cincinnati

Writes that French Lieutenant Colonel Chamillard has the honor to represent to the members of the Society of the Cincinnati that he was the commander of 200 volunteers on board the frigate Bonhomme Richard. In the battle with the HMS Serapis "his...

GLC02437.05105

to George Washington

Written from Fort Washington, near present-day Cincinnati, Ohio. Battle report providing extensive details of the defeat of General [Arthur] St. Clair at the hands of the Miami Indians on the Northwest Frontier. Docketed by George Washington.

GLC02437.05233

to James Wilkinson

Written from Fort Washington, present-day Cincinnati, Ohio. Writes that he went to Kentucky to "pay off the militia of that district who served in General [Arthur] St. Clair's expedition against the Indians in 1791," as he was instructed to do....

GLC02437.05349

to Henry Knox

Location of writing listed as "Shillelah." Asks him to forward an enclosed letter (not present) to his brother Jack, in order to save his brother postage and ensure the letter's safe arrival. Describes his brother's unhappy career as a soldier of...

GLC02437.05306

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that Mr. Reed brought news from "the falls of the Ohio." On his way to Allison's location, Reed met with Mr. Irwin, who reported that "five or six hundred Indians in the beginning of this month had appeared on the Frontiers of...

GLC02437.05671

Weekly standard. [Vol. 29, no. 1, whole no. 1452 (December 31, 1862)]

The Yankees at Newbern, Legislature of North Carolina.
A report of the conflict with the Confederate leadership in Georgia occurs on the front page of this issue. An editorial from the Atlanta Intelligencer discusses the sovereignty of the...

GLC05959.22.04