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An Estimate of the annual expense of family &c in New York for the year 1785 86, and 87.

Lists the estimated annual cost for the family while living in New York City. Includes items such as dinners, keeping two horses, wine, and others.

GLC02437.03646

to Henry Knox

Writes to discuss business endeavors with Knox. Declares that as he has not had a response from Mr. [possibly Robert] Morris in four weeks, he has changed his plans. Instead of remaining in Boston and trying to sell Mr. Morris's teas, which he is...

GLC02437.03180

to Henry Knox

Received Knox's letters enclosing warrants for $3000 (possibly GLC02437.03475) and encloses receipts (see GLC02437.03505). Mentions that the troops need clothing and that Colonel [David] Humphreys ordered some to be made. But if the troops are to be...

GLC02437.03509

to Henry Knox

Expresses his unhappiness over not yet receiving the warrants he needs to pay the balance for rations at Springfield, Massachusetts. These warrants were likely related to raising troops to quell Shays' Rebellion. Wadsworth writes, "the troops may...

GLC02437.03504

to [Jeremiah] Wadsworth

Thanks Wadsworth for a salmon he sent. In reference to Wadsworth's request for clothing and shoes for the troops, tells him to acquire it and he will be paid out of the warrants he already received (see GLC02437.03509 for Wadsworth's letter). Reports...

GLC02437.03513

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that he finally obtained $500 to pay two companies of artillery marching to Springfield, Massachusetts. The soldiers were ordered to protect the Springfield armory, and Jackson expects them to arrive at Springfield on 21 June 1787...

GLC02437.03580

[Memorandum of accounts]

List of accounts dealing with corn, rye, and other supplies. Date added later in pencil.

GLC02437.03597

to Henry Knox

Forgot to mention in his letter of yesterday that he made an inquiry into apple and pear trees as well as currant bushes. Says they are hard to find here. Has been told it is too late in the season. If they were transported to Maine, not one in a...

GLC02437.05873

to Henry Knox

References Knox's letter of 20 November. Hopes his return this early into Philadelphia will be safe. Notes he will ship four loads of potatoes along with beef and butter and that he has arranged to have newspapers forwarded to him. Believes...

GLC02437.05985

to Lucy Knox

Expresses regret over Lucy's absent. Informs her he has ordered her bread, rhubarb, and a hind quarter of veal. Comments he will send for her if he does not go out after dinner. Mentions he needs to head east but is unsure if he will be able to go...

GLC02437.06138

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox he sent him and the doctor some melons. Discusses the progress Knox is making with the people on the patent lands (possibly the Waldo patent lands). Mentions he can forward Knox an addition to his stores (funds) if he stays another month...

GLC02437.06196

to Henry Knox

Encloses a draft to Henry Knox for $54 on behalf of Abraham Wilson. Docket notes on verso Wilson's order for a "Negro Women (Cook)." "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

GLC02437.06209

to Lucy Flucker Knox

This was written to Lucy Knox, the daughter of Lucy and Henry Knox. Expresses gratitude for previous hospitality. Reports on hearing about a fever in New York in a letter from 10 April. Comments on the terrible heat in Antigua. Reminiscences about...

GLC02437.05882

to Thomas Vose

Gives instructions for his house being built (Montpelier). References fruit trees being delivered and provides detailed instructions on where and how they should be planted. Says Colonel John Tyler might assist Vose with the planting. Mentions...

GLC02437.05950

to Henry Knox

Wanted to write yesterday, but received no word of Wilks' house until after the post left. Mr. Wilks is currently in negotiations with Colonel William Smith either for the purchase or lease of it. Will know the outcome in two or three days. If...

GLC02437.05874

to Henry Knox

References Knox's letter of 15 January. Makes references to various financial transactions. Forwarded the whole of Peters's survey to William Bingham last week. Says the weather is so cold the ink is freezing in his pen. Reports that the new...

GLC02437.06033

[Rental terms for Henry Knox]

Henry Knox is renting the house and grounds on the Schuylkill River called Fairy Hill. The one year lease begins on 1 May and is for £100 and taxes. The gardener will remain in the small house on the premises as long as he cares for the garden and...

GLC02437.06035

to Nicholas Hoffman

Requests Mr. Nicholas Hoffman purchase various types of fruit trees and provides detailed instructions on how to carefully transport them by boat. The letter has a drawing of a hand with a pointing index finger.

GLC02437.06068

[List of trees to be delivered to St. Georges, Maine]

List of fruit trees to be delivered to the site of his future house (Montpelier). Includes 200 apple trees, 100 pear trees, 50 peach trees, 50 cherry trees, as well as 200 currant and gooseberry bushes. Mentions cuttings of grape vines, 30 locust...

GLC02437.05951

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox the trees arrived from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York, New York and they, along with the gardener, are on a vessel heading towards St. George's [House] in Maine. Inquires about an invoice and if he should pay it. Mentions some...

GLC02437.06086

to Henry Knox

Mentions he has been dining, drinking freely, and enjoying the evening. Informs Knox he enclosed a letter from Captain Thomas Vose and Captain Gamaliel Bradford Jr. Describes Bradford's character and his past military experience. Recommends...

GLC02437.06100

to Henry Knox

Discusses completing a map of the eastern country for the government. Notes the map takes in a corner of the patent. Mentions possibly having to extend boundary lines (possibly on the Waldo patent) to make up for deficiencies. Informs Knox the...

GLC02437.06125

to John Maunsell

Discusses his successful experiment cultivating potatoes from their shoots. Claims, "a greater discovery was never made in agriculture…" and exclaims how the discovery will benefit "the lower orders of the People with food at a very cheap rate."...

GLC02437.06066

to Henry Knox

Asks for a copy of the account they had between them when Knox was still in the book business. Believes Knox can help him get £247.10.0 for 275 pounds of Hyson Tea that was delivered in 1774. Notes he was in London at the time and has since lost...

GLC02437.05987

to James Rivington

Reports that to the best of his memory the teas he inquires about was delivered to Captain Bath. Believes he can provide give him full evidence of this when he looks at his papers in Boston. See GLC02437.05897 for Rivington's request.

GLC02437.05991

[Questions about the District of Maine]

List of 43 questions about Maine. They ask about population, farm land, climate, animals, types of crops, timber, and navigable waters. Wants to know what Maine can produce for the West Indies trade.

GLC02437.06014

to Sister

Communicates to his sister that he is disappointed that she and their mother did not come to Washington, and that Isaiah, possibly his sister's suitor, and his family were upset as well. Describes his Christmas dinner, detailing that they had turkey...

GLC03523.08.89

Gazette of the United States. [No. 6 (May 2, 1789)]

Includes a description of George Washington's 30 April 1789 inauguration as the first President of the United States, held in New York City, with a printing of his Inaugural Address (page 3). Contains a column on the political state of America, and...

GLC03518

to James Ewell B. Stuart, Jr.

Offers assistance in an unspecified endeavor of Stuart's (possibly a political appointment or campaign). Encourages Stuart, son of Civil War General James Ewell Brown Stuart, to call on President Taft when Taft travels to Richmond, Virginia....

GLC05252

Journal of a cruise in the U.S.S. Portsmouth on the East India station, A. H. Foote Esqre commander, book II.

Calf cover.

Excerpts:
[11 April 1857] "Got underway at 8 A.M. Dipped colors to Commodore - Cleared down royals to English Admiral, he dipped his colors, we lowered ours. Got to sea by 'Lentoo Channel'

[4 May 1857] "…Heard of the case of the...

GLC05911.02.02

Southern cultivator. [Vol. 22, no. 1 (January, 1864)]

Cotton at Home and Abroad, The Wounded as Overseers of Plantations While Owners are Gone, Farmers Not Extortioners.
An editorial upholds the freedom of the press, while another encourages farmers not to hoard provisions, and another implies that...

GLC05959.11.07

The sweet potato as a flour substitute

Carver, a celebrated agricultural chemist at the Tuskegee Institute, offers advice and recipes regarding conservation of the year's unusually large sweet potato crop. Provides recipes for using sweet potatoes to make flour, bread, and biscuits.

GLC06172

Scrapbook, Vol. III.

1 Adjutant General's Office. Official announcement of the establishment of the Civil Affairs Division 4 May 1943
2 Beta Theta Pi Magazine. Clippings: "The Second Military List of Beta Theta Pi (World War II);" Columbia University; and "Civil...

GLC06196.107

[Civil War diary of Calvin S. Mixter]

Signed diary including printed almanac and eclipse calendar in the opening pages. Mixter writes from various locations. Relates the events of 1861, spending most of his time divided between his home in Hanson, Massachusetts, and his workplace in...

GLC06583.01

[Civil War diary of Calvin S. Mixter]

Signed diary including printed almanac and eclipse calendar in the opening pages. Mixter, a member of the 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, begins his 1863 diary as his corps returns to Stafford County, Virginia, from a reconnaissance to Ellis...

GLC06583.02

to Jefferson Davis

Writing to the Confederate President, Confederate Secretary of War Benjamin notes that there is much molasses available in Louisiana and suggests that molasses would be welcomed by the troops to improve their deficient coffee.

GLC00495

to Daniel Dobbins

From aboard the USS Lawrence during the War of 1812., Commodore Perry instructs Captain Dobbins to "proceed again to Erie for the purpose of bringing up provisions & Stores for the Squadron." Indicates that "the services of the Ohio will in all...

GLC00496.273.02

[Journal of a privateer and of prisoner of war during the War of 1812]

Diary written while aboard the privateer Alfred and as a prisoner of war in Melville Island Prison, Halifax, and Dartmoor Prison. Records many sightings and occasional capturing of ships. Entry on 22 February 1814 records the capture of Green's...

GLC00498.01

to Jethro Sumner

Written by Penn, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as a Continental Congressman to Brigadier General Sumner in North Carolina. Informs Sumner that the militia must serve three months from the time they were at headquarters, not counting...

GLC00621

to Joseph Curtis and his wife, Mary Gorsuch Curtis

Written in camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi (possibly in Louisiana). Gorsuch, Captain of the 83rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, replies to a letter from his aunt and uncle. Relates that two men from his company, Daniel D. Avey and Hillrick G...

GLC00653.09.07

to William Beckett

Gorsuch, Captain and Provost Marshal of the 13th Army Corps, writes to his friend the day the Union won the Battle of Vicksburg. He declares "Today is an era in our career as an army, and as individuals, for today Vicksburg has fallen. Long and...

GLC00653.09.12

to Joseph Curtis and his wife, Mary Gorsuch Curtis

Gorsuch, Captain and Provost Marshal of the 13th Army Corps, writes to his aunt and uncle as his corps attacks Jackson, Mississippi. He writes that the Union army attacked General Joseph E. Johnston's force, which was entrenched at Jackson, the...

GLC00653.09.13

to Mother

He just returned from a three day march. They marched through the dark and the rain and encountered fallen logs. He requests butter and dried apples. Pages missing.

GLC00653.11.20

to Brother

Laurens W. Wolcott writes that there are some people who say they have defective arms, but he thinks their weapons are very well-made. He says they have been living on 2 meals per days and he has enjoyed good health. He writes that they marched at...

GLC00653.11.30

to Sister

Laurens W. Wolcott writes that the weather has been warm and apples are growing. Lately, he has been learning how to cook. He writes that they are camped in a pleasant place. Letter written in Camp Montgomery.

GLC00653.11.32

to mother

He got his mother's letter this evening. He is sorry to hear of his brother's injury but glad to hear he is getting better. Also heard that "Pa" had to go to Concord to court, and wants to know why he did that. He got the shirt, socks, and gloves two...

GLC00653.22.02

to family

This letter is printed on half of a regimental attendance sheet, perhaps demonstrating the lack of paper in the Confederate camp. He is well and hopes these lines find them in a similar condition. "We are having some very [cold] weather here." It...

GLC00653.22.08

to parents

George B. Cook mistakenly writes on the letter that the year is 1864. He is camped about a mile northeast of Wilmington. He left Richmond on December 20, 1864 and arrived on Christmas Eve. He immediately saw action at Fort Fisher. He lost "three or...

GLC00653.22.10

to mother

George B. Cook is replying to his sister's letter from January 22, 1865. Not much news to report. There is "a heap" of talk about peace. Everyone believes the war is coming to an end. "The boys will all run away if they [aren't] fed a little better."...

GLC00653.22.14

to sister

George B. Cook is writing in reply to his sister's letter from the 9th. He is well; hopes she is too. He got the box they sent through Mr. Bailey. He did not need tobacco, as it "is an article I have quit using." He sends the box home; asks her to...

GLC00653.22.16

to Julia Blanche Kell

John McIntosh writes to his wife about a package he has sent her. He responds to news of his sons' ill health and suggests a healthier diet for them. He mentions a ship named the Everglade which is to be purchased the next day, "when I will take...

GLC00684.06

to Benjamin Lincoln

Written by Walton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Colonel in the First Georgia Battalion who was severely wounded and captured during the Battle of Savannah in December 1778, to Lincoln as commander of the Southern Department. Walton...

GLC01019

[Account for supplying 4850 British troops in America 1779-1780]

An account of the expenses of the contractor John Durand for the provisions he delivered to the Commissary of Stores at Cork, Ireland for 4,850 British troops in America. The contract was dated 2 September 1779. The left column of the account has...

GLC01133

to Samuel and Robert Purviance

Morris, chairman of a Congressional secret committee, acknowledges receipt of correspondence from the Purviance brothers, merchants in Baltimore, Maryland. Transmits inventories (not included) of two prize vessels, discusses a recent purchase of...

GLC01135

to Elliot & Williams

Wayne pleads for supplies (particularly flour), decrying with great urgency having "been frequently without provisions" and claiming that "There must have been some fatal neglect or error somewhere." Elliot & Williams were suppliers for the army...

GLC01141

Receipt for transporting 100 men and provisions

Signed as colonel of artillery and inspector general of Texas Republic troops.

GLC01167

[Diary of Joseph Leslie 18th regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company D]

Several pages in the diary have names and regiments of different officers from New York, Ohio, Michigan, etc., who were prisoners with him. Includes several pages of Libby Prison expenses/accounting of what he paid for crackers, paper, tobacco...

GLC01185

to John Armstrong

Harrison makes an urgent request to the Secretary of War Armstrong for medical supplies to be sent to Cleveland, Ohio. Also asks that all liquor shipments be sent with a "dry-barrel" because "Experience has long since convinced all those in the...

GLC01193

[Mess Bill]

Bill listing foodstuffs purchased from 30 September 1862 to 10 July 1863 under the command of Major General John G. Walker. Signed by Mason, who indicates he received payment on 30 August 1864.

GLC01404.04

to all concerned

Signs as Major General. Requests that commissaries in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts supply provisions to Major Scott and his recruits while on recruiting service.

GLC01412.34

[Order of arrest for Benjamin Stevens]

General McDougall orders the arrest of Stevens for his refusal to deliver provisions to the hospital waggoner. He is also ordered to be arrested because his previous receipts for the hospital were for indefinite quantities. Docketed "arrested by a...

GLC01412.35

[Orderly book of Peleg Simmons]

Daily orders for troops at Middletown and Newport, Rhode Island. Reports on soldiers' and officers' duties, troop movements, court martials, provisions, uniforms, armaments, soldiers' appearance, and general announcements to the troops at camp....

GLC01450.003

[Diary of Ezra Tilden]

Provides a detailed day by day account of Tilden's march through New York during the Revolutionary War. Writes extensively about daily duties, poor rations, hunger, hardships along the march, sickness and death amongst the soldiers, and the...

GLC01450.004

[Collection of 4 letters to William Richardson] [Decimalized .01-.04]

GLC01450.009

[Collection of materials related to Gideon Savage, a soldier in the Continentental Army] [Decimalized .01-.20]

GLC01450.013

[Memorandum book with accounts]

Includes genealogical data on the Bromfield and Copley families. There are two notes about the death of Edward Clarke and distribution of his estate dated 1770 and 1771. Bromfield's wife Hannah was a Clarke. One entry details Bromfield's thoughts...

GLC01450.030.01

[Account of cash paid for sundries delivered to families of officers and soldiers of the Connecticut Line]

Countersigned by Eleazer Waters at the Pay Table Office. List of accounts dated 16 March 1781 through 11 April 1781 listing officers or soldiers and the goods sent to them. Sundries include potatoes, beef, pork, wheat, and flour. Buell was...

GLC01450.035

[Account book for rations delivered to the Continental Army]

List of regiments and officers with the number of rations delivered to each. Front page states it is to Wadsworth and Carter, a firm created by Jeremiah Wadsworth and Colonel Carter. Carter was actually John Barker Church. They served as agents for...

GLC01450.051

[Receipt for food for state troops]

Three separate notes on one page all certifying the receipt of food items like bread, sugar, and coffee. First note signed by Shed, second by William Cave, and the third signed with a mark by Joseph Abbott. The first note states the goods were...

GLC01450.076

[Receipt for food]

Cosigned by Thomas Heming. Receipt for food for Lindsay for three days work aboard the Brig Ranger.

GLC01450.080

[Receipt for victuals]

Signed by many other men of various brigs returning from the Penobscot expedition certifying that they received breakfast or dinner at Thaddeus Broad's.

GLC01450.081

[Receipt for payment of food for sailors]

Receipt listing ships, how many men on each, and the quantity of bread for each. Mentions privateer ships the Black Prince, the Warren, the Hazard, etc. There is a note at the bottom of the page signed by Marston stating he received 135 pounds in...

GLC01450.083

Brigade orders

General Abraham Ten Broeck's orders signed by Lansing as Major Brigade. States that since the enemy is in the northern and western frontier, it is necessary for part of the brigade to take action. Informs that the General has ordered one eighth of...

GLC01450.087

to Mr. Carpenter

Requests that 20 barrels of corn be delivered to his waggoner. Discusses hauling flour to Fredericksburg. Note on reverse signed by William Carpenter certifies that he filled the order.

GLC01450.093

[Receipt for Rations for French officer]

Receipt for four pounds seventeen schillings and three pence due to Captain Jean Louis de Vernejoul for his rations. Covers fifty-two days worth of rations at three rations a day. Signed by de Vernejoul as "Capt Des Etas Unis."

GLC01450.099

[Invoice for rice shipped on Brig Fox]

Invoice and bill of lading lists 254 whole and 91 half barrels of rice shipped by A. Livingston on account of the United States. The Brigantine Fox was a Continental Transport ship, commanded by Owen Folger.

GLC01450.113

[Captain Wright's muster roll] [incomplete]

Lists men's names, rations, and service. Missing upper left corner of page and lower right quadrant of the page.

GLC01450.119

[Account of rations and pay for Captain Humphrey's Company]

Lists the costs for pay, rations, mileage, etc. for the company.

GLC01450.121

John Ely collection of miscellaneous documents mostly receipts [Decimalized.01-.22]

Collection of various papers from John Ely, Revolutionary war colonel. Mostly receipts. Some documents mention prisoners.

GLC01450.143

[Provision return]

Reads "A Provision Return of Capt Calkinses Company for Eleven Men. To the Comdg Lebediah Gates Sergent."

GLC01450.143.03

[Provision return]

Provision return for eleven men in Captain Colking's company. Verso contains a crossed out receipt.

GLC01450.143.04

[Provision return]

Provision return for eighteen men of Captain Colkin's company.

GLC01450.143.05

A provision return of Colo John Ely Regt for January 11 & 12: 1777

Lists pounds of bread and beef provided to various officers in John Ely's regiment. Also lists number of men under each officer.

GLC01450.143.06

[Provision return]

Reads "A provision Return for 9 Men for Capt Colkine Company that fell in this Day for the Company."

GLC01450.143.07

[Reciept for beef and bread]

Received "seven pound beef & seven pounds bread an allowance of seven men" in Justus Buck's regiment.

GLC01450.143.08

A provision return of Colo John Ely's regiment for January 17: 18 & 19: 1777

Lists pounds of bread, pork, and beef provided to various officers in John Ely's regiment. Also lists number of men under each officer. Dated January 17, 1777 - January 19, 1777.

GLC01450.143.10

A provision weekly return of Colo John Ely's Regt for January 18th 1777

Lists pounds of bread, pork, and beef provided to various officers in John Ely's regiment. Also lists number of men under each officer. Signed on verso. Note on verso states that Morris received the articles mentioned.

GLC01450.143.11

[Reciept for bread]

Received thirty pounds bread for his company from "John Deshon Commissary."

GLC01450.143.12

[Provision return]

Provision return for fifty men in captain Buck's company.

GLC01450.143.13

[Provision return]

A provision return for sixty-six men under captain Oliver Grant in colonel John Ely's regiment.

GLC01450.143.14

[Provision return]

Provision return for one hundred men.

GLC01450.143.15

[Provision return]

Provision return for eighty men for captain Calkin's company.

GLC01450.143.16

[Provision return]

Provision return for thirty nine men in Oliver Grant's company.

GLC01450.143.17

[Provision return]

Provision return for Captain Buck's company containing one hundred men. Signed on verso. Veros also reads "100 Beefe, 75 Pork."

GLC01450.143.18

[Account betwee John Ely and Connecticut]

Formal record listing money to Ely by Connecticut. Includes pay of one dollar per day for time while he was captured, and reimbursement for expenses such as rations incurred during fighting. Includes conversion values between old currencies and...

GLC01450.143.22

[Massachusetts Bay treasury document]

Partly printed document. Signed by Secretary Jonathan Avery and sent to Treasurer Henry Gardner. Also signed by members of the Council Chamber. The more prominent officials on the list include: future Massachusetts Governor James Bowdoin...

GLC01450.147

[Massachusetts Bay treausury document]

Partly printed document. Signed by Secretary John Avery to Treasurer Henry Gardner. Also signed by 15 members of the Council Chamber. Directs the treasurer to pay 50 pounds to Edward Cutt, commissary, for provisions for the troops stationed at...

GLC01450.148

[List of New Hampshire military expenses]

The state of New Hampshire pays residents of Cornish "for public services done in the late War for which they have received no pay." Lists the names of colonels, captains, privates, and others. Also cites the reason for various expenses, such as...

GLC01450.166

to his parents, brother-in-law, and sister

Written at Cloud's Mill near Alexandria, Virginia. His regiment passed through Richmond, Virginia on 10 and 11 May. They marched through the principal streets in column formation. Union Army Chief of Staff Henry Halleck did not receive them and...

GLC07460.120

to John Fairfax

Before leaving Mount Vernon to serve his first term as President of the United States, Washington instructs Fairfax regarding management of the estate. States that all matters should ultimately be directed by his nephew, Major George Augustine...

GLC07487