29 May 1775

Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

Autograph document signed

Title: [Pay order for repair of guns]

Cosigned by William Pithen, and Ez Williams. Pay order to Treasurer John Lawrence to pay Robert Sloan six pounds for repairing arms. Charges should be billed to Connecticut. Note on reverse dated 29 May 1775 signed by Robert Sloan certifying that he received 6 pounds.

GLC01450.073

1776-1777

Header Record

Title: [Collection of three items related to gun maker Uriah Hanks] [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC01450.074

23 August 1779

Shed, Joseph, fl. 1779

Autograph document signed

Title: [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 received of Joseph Noyes for 10 men belonging to the State Brig Hazard. Second note states the goods were received from Noyes for Cave and three men belonging to the Monmouth. The third states the goods are for Abbott and the men of the ship Sally.

GLC01450.076

August 1779

Document

Title: [Document listing ship provisions]

Lists fresh beef delivered by Shadrack Ham to seamen returning from the Penobscot Expedition. Ships listed include the Hector People, Black Prince, the Warren, the Putnam, the Monmouth, and sundry vessels. The Penobscot Expedition (July-August 1779) was a failed American offensive against the British fortress at Penobscot (present-day Maine).

GLC01450.077

17 June 1780

Lindsay, Samuel, fl. 1780

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for food]

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

GLC01450.080

24-29 August 1779

Boston, Sileas, fl. 1779

Document signed

Title: [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

1 July 1779

Document

Title: [Printed articles of agreement for schooner Unity]

Partially printed agreement between Joseph Bubiere, the master, the men of the Schooner Unity, and the state of Massachusetts binding the schooner as a transport vessel going to Penobscot from Boston.

GLC01450.082

circa July-August 1779

Marston, Brackett, 1747-1781

Document

Title: [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 full for the meals listed above. This document was possibly related to the Penobscot Expedition (July-August 1779), a failed American offensive against the British fortress at Penobscot (modern Maine).

GLC01450.083

6 May 1782

Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Robert Nicholson Richey]

Appoints Richey as master of the ship Shrewsbury. Dated on board the ship Formidable. On reverse is a note dated 2 June 1782 signed by Samuel Wallis allowing Richey to be paid for his time served as master of the ship. Rodney was a British Vice Admiral. Partially printed.

GLC01450.084

1777/09/27

Header Record

Title: [Collection of two items] [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC01450.085

22 April 1780

Lansingh, Jeremiah, 1754-1817

Autograph document signed

Title: 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 the regiments commanded by Colonel W. Crea and Colonel Stephen Schenfer to march to Fort Edward. One eight of Colonel Jacobus Van Schoonhoven and Colonel Van Wort's regiments will march to Palmer Town commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius Von Verhten. Instructs that the regiments should be armed with enough ammunition and provisions to…

GLC01450.087

circa 1770s

Autograph manuscript

Title: [List of Captain Timothy Goodwin's company]

List of men belonging to the trainband in the Second Company in York under Captain Goodwin.

GLC01450.092

14 April 1783

Lewis, F., fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: 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

1778

Lyon, Samuel, fl. 1778

Printed document signed

Title: [Signed five dollar Continental bill, no. 173421]

Five dollar United States currency note worth "five Spanish milled dollars or the value thereof in gold or silver." Cosigned by Robert A. Roberts, and numbered 173421, probably in his hand. Reverse states it was printed by Hall and Sellers.

GLC01450.094

1 August 1778

Woodberry, Stephen, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: [Roll of Ipswich men receiving payment for service at Providence, Rhode Island]

Signed by many other men. Acknowledges the receipt of nine pounds each from the selectmen of Ipswich in partial pay for serving in the six weeks campaign at Providence, Rhode Island under Captain Robert Dodge.

GLC01450.095.01

3 October 1781

Dodge, Robert, fl. 1781

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Promissory note for John Dodge]

Certifies that he promises to pay John Dodge twenty dollars silver on behalf of the town each month until John is discharged. Note on reverse signed by John Dodge and dated 3 May 1782 states he received the amount in full.

GLC01450.095.02

21 May 1777

Lane, Daniel, 1740-1811

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Continental Army bounty]

Lane signed as Captain. Certifies that he has received a bounty of 24 pounds from Benjamin Randall for each man from Stoughtonham, Massachusetts who served in the army for three years. Lists the names of the men.

GLC01450.097

10 November 1776

De Vernejoul, Jean Louis, fl. 1776-1789

Document signed

Title: [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

14 May 1777

Carpenter, Jonathan, fl. 1777

Manuscript

Title: [Mount Independence muster roll]

A list of Captain Davis Howlitt's company in Colonel John Ashley's First Berkshire regiment.

GLC01450.100

1799

Marchant, Henry, 1741-1796

Header Record

Title: Collection of two letters to Joseph Clarke [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC01450.104

12 October 1775

Cox, Joseph, fl. 1775

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Promissory note]

Promises to pay Janus Judah 28 pounds, six shillings, and nine pence with interest.

GLC01450.107

15 February 1775

Speakman, Gilbert Warner, fl. 1771-1780

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Certification for enlistment in Continental service]

Certifies that Silas Sewan enlisted into Continental service for one year under Speakman.

GLC01450.108

8 October 1778

Myllys, George, fl. 1778

Manuscript document signed

Title: [State of Connecticut resolution]

Resolves that anyone possessing 10 pound notes issued by the Treasury December 1776 will receive six [unknown monetary unit abbreviation] per year starting June 1778 until paid. Myllys signed as Treasurer.

GLC01450.112

8 December 1779

Document

Title: [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

circa 1776

Manuscript

Title: [Muster roll of first foot company from Dighton]

Lists officers and soldiers.

GLC01450.118