1779/06/24

Rutledge, John, fl. 1739-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Lincoln re: war content: "I am glad the attack was made"

Written one month after Lincoln's surrender at Charleston, S.C.

GLC02470.35

1785/12/23

Spaight, Richard Dobbs, 1758-1802

Autograph document signed

Title: One hundred for war expenses

GLC02470.36

1768/09/07

Webster, Pelatiah, fl. 1768

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt clipped from a receipt book

Written on a slip of paper.

GLC02470.37

1783/11/05

Williamson, Hugh, fl. 1783-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Halsten re: regarding employing a distiller

GLC02470.38

1757-1809

Header Record

Title: Members of Continental Congress, incl. Congress of 1774 [decimalized]

[decimalized 02471.01-02471.45]

GLC02471

1764/07/12

Alsop, John, 1724-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: personal matters

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.01

1771/08/06

Biddle, Edward, 1738-1779

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt for six pounds

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.02

1770/07/03

Bland, Richard, 1710-1776

Document signed

Title: Receipt for payment as commissioner

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.03

1765/05/01

Boerum, Simon, 1724-1775

Document signed

Title: Witnessing a will

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.04

1778/06/13

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [Ezekiel Williams]

Regarding P.O.W.s. [Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.05

22 November 1766

Chew, Benjamin, 1722-1810

Autograph document signed

Title: [Legal opinions of Chew and Joseph Galloway relating to a land auction]

Also signed by Jospeh Galloway. Relates to a case in which the Sheriff conducting the auction demanded payment for the land immediately, before execution of a deed. Both Chew and Galloway found the Sheriff at fault.

GLC02471.06

21 February 1793

Clinton, George, 1739-1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Jefferson

New York Governor Clinton writes to Secretary of State Jefferson to transmit an act of the New York legislature (not included) ceding lands on Montauk Point to the federal government.

GLC02471.07

1767

Crane, Stephen, 1709-1780

Autograph document signed

Title: List of court costs, Essex County, New Jersey

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.08

[1779/06/24]

Dana, Francis, 1743-1811

Document signed

Title: re: for expenses

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.09

1768/10/11

De Hart, John, 1728-1795

Autograph document signed

Title: Warrant for arrest of Moses Bishop

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.10

1785/09/01

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George G. Meade re: estate legal opinion

GLC02471.11

1785/01/27

Few, William, 1748-1828

Autograph document signed

Title: Signed oath in re: land grant (c/s William Glascock)

GLC02471.12

1777/03/20

Folsom, Nathaniel, 1726-1790

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Stickney re: securing troops for three New Hampshire regiments

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.13

1771/03/13

Goldsborough, Robert, 1733-1788

Document signed

Title: Legal indenture for title to a tract of land

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.14

29 March 1787

Gorham, Nathaniel, 1738-1796

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathan Dane

Written by New Hampshire Continental Congressman Gorham (who stepped down from the presidency of the Congress on 2 February 1787) to Massachusetts Continental Congressman Dane. Claims he has never seen such electioneering before and says he believes John Hancock will the race for governor of Massachusetts (Hancock did win). Provides other insights into politics and that "the Country People are riding about from Town to Town comparing and contriving," for candidates. Hopes to see Dane in New York and encloses a bill of exchange for a Mr. Bidloe (not included here).

GLC02471.15

1809/10/18

Griffin, Cyrus, 1748-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: lottery

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.16

1777/05/13

Hanson, John, 1715-1783

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Johnson re: recommendation of Thomas Edison as battalion Adjutant

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.17

1775

Haring, John, 1739-1809

Document signed

Title: Printed form for appointment of New York militia officer [blank]

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.18

1778/12/25

Haring, John, 1739-1809

Autograph document signed

Title: Payroll Voucher (c/s John Sitcher)

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.19

1776/03/25

Hart, John, 1708-1780

Document signed

Title: re: signed New Jersey paper currency note

[signer of Declaration]

GLC02471.20