2 March 1769

May, John, 1748-1812

Document signed

Title: [Certificate]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Certifies that a cart of hay has been weighed.

GLC02437.08254

18 October 1769

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

Accounts relating to land of the Flucker estate.

GLC02437.08255

1770

Autograph note

Title: [Request]

Asks the recipient to send several items, including a history of England, and a copy of Paradise Lost. Date previously inferred, written on pencil.

GLC02437.08256

1770

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

Lists various items and their prices, including mariner's compasses, parchment books, ink, dictionaries and others. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08257

January 7, 1771 - February 13, 1772

Manuscript document

Title: Fragment [receipts]

Notes of receipts, the first dated 7 January 1771 and the next dated 13 February.

GLC02437.08258

18 October 1770

Leach, John, fl. 1770

Manuscript document

Title: [Plan]

A diagram of a plan for land, with dimensions and includes a compass with the cardinal directions.

GLC02437.08259

25 April 1771

Snell, John, fl. 1770

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Promissory note]

Promissory note to pay Thomas Flucker money for fencing or clearing land. Noted as written in Hopkinton, state unknown.

GLC02437.08260

5-10 September 1771

Russell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipts]

List of three notes of receipt for various amounts of money. The first is signed by Russell and dated 5 September. The second is signed by Charles Williams and dated 6 September. The last is signed by George Lush and dated 10 September.

GLC02437.08261

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Memorandum]

List of books, which includes bibles, histories, hymnals, poetry and Paradise Lost.

GLC02437.08264

2 October 1771

Knox, John, fl. 1771-1791

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of books bought from Thomas Longman, including books on shipping, medicine, the church and sailing.

GLC02437.08266

1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt]

Lists quantities of sulphur.

GLC02437.08267

circa 1776-1795

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account]

Lists an account William Knox has with Benjamin Callender concerning cloth and sewing materials, most for tailoring.

GLC02437.08269

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt]

Receipt for unspecified goods bought in London, England.

GLC02437.08274

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt]

List of items and their amounts, including flowers, ribbon, lace, postage for letters and gold wire.

GLC02437.08275

January 15, 1772

Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of books on a variety of subjects to ship from London to Boston. Noted as a copy in the docket.

GLC02437.08276

circa 1771-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of books and prices covering a variety of topics. Items include bibles, Greek mythology and philosophy, Aesop's fables, and dictionaries.

GLC02437.08278

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt for wine, rum, cider, etc.]

List of items and their costs. Includes wine, rum, cider, oats, hay, and other goods.

GLC02437.08281

1775

Manuscript document

Title: [Estimate]

List of building materials for a four story building, not including the basement, and their prices. Items include bricks, shingles, boards, timber and paint. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08282

20 March 1756

Fox, Henry, Baron Holland, 1705-1774

Manuscript letter

Title: [to William Shirley]

Informs Shirley that one of his men, Lydius is a spy and expresses surprise "that you (Shirley) should, this Summer, have employed M. Lydius...who [is] suspected to carry on a secret correspondence with the Government of Canada." Demands an explanation for Lydius' employment and his instructions to William Johnson regarding his promises to the Indians if they join the British. Requires Shirley to answer by way of the Commander in Chief and give a character account of "every person you have employed." Writes, despite the suspicions, "The great Regard I have for you, Sir, makes me very…

GLC09054.06

circa March 1756

Alexander, William, 1726-1783

Manuscript document

Title: Extract of the Report made by the Commissioners employed on the part of the Province of Pennsylvania at the meeting at Albany in 1754

Discusses news of the alleged spy, Mr. Lydius. News heard from a Mr. Woodbridge and two other Connecticut men who were "in Town with intent to negotiate a Puchase from the Indians for the Susquehannah Lands lying within the Latitude of the Connecticut Charter..." Goes on to more explicitly outline the charges against Lydius: "known to have abjured the Protestant Religion in Canada, and to be concerned in a clandestine Trade with the Caghnawaga or French praying Indians, and supected to carry on a secret Correspondece with the Government of Canada; and as Mr. Alexander informed Us, might not…

GLC09054.07

2 September 1890

Ramsay, F.M., fl. 1890

Typed letter

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Letter from Bureau of Navigation (Navy Department) replying to Maitland's request for a certificate in lieu of the discharge for John Reedy. Refers to the act of Congress approved 7 February 1890, which "...prescribes that whenever satisfactory proof is furnished that any commissioned officer, appointed or enlisted man who served in the Navy or Marine Corps of the United states in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, or the War of the Rebellion, has lost his discharge, or the same has been destroyed without his privity or procurement, a certificate in lieu of such discharge shall be furnished to…

GLC03523.10.211

circa 1890

Lemon, George E., fl. 1890

Printed document

Title: Affidavit for Additional Evidence

Partially completed affidavit for additional evidence prepared by attorney George E. Lemon for Nettie C. Maitland. Appears to be in relation to the disability discharge of her father, Samuel Hill, a soldier in the 66th regiment of Ohio. There are two copies of the same form; one is partially disintegrated on the right side.

GLC03523.10.212

circa 1890

Pennebaker, C.D., fl. 1890

Printed document

Title: Pension Law of June 27, 1890

Description, rules and regulations of the Pension Law of June 27, 1890, written by the office of Washington, D.C. attorney C. D. Pennebaker. Document is torn on crease line.

GLC03523.10.213

circa 1890

Pennebaker, C.D., fl. 1890

Printed document

Title: Declaration for Dependent Father's Pension

Blank application of Declaration for Dependent Father's Pension, Act of June 27, 1890, produced by the office of Washington, D.C. attorney C. D. Pennebaker. There are two copies of the form.

GLC03523.10.214

circa 1890

Pennebaker, C.D., fl. 1890

Printed document

Title: Declaration for Dependent Mother's Pension

Blank application of Declaration for Dependent Mother's Pension, Act of June 27, 1890, produced by the office of Washington, D.C. attorney C. D. Pennebaker. There are two copies of the form.

GLC03523.10.215