February 23, 1764

Hathaway, Simon, fl. 1764

Document

Title: [Land survey of a 69 acre plot beside the road between Rochester, Massachusetts and Waveham, Massachusetts, and a narrative explanation]

Includes the names of the surveyors: Isaiah Hatch, Joseph Haskell, and [illegible]. Narrative explanation details the owners of various parts of the plot. Hand drawn map includes distances and environmental boundary markers. Docketed on reverse as "Simon Hathaway's plann" dated April 16, 1764.

GLC01450.434

23 July 1777

Clapp, Jonathan, ?-1815

Document signed

Title: [Return of Major Jonathan Clapp's Regiment]

Docketed 19 March 1779 by David Lyman. Lyman states that Captain [Hampten?] is to pay John Lyman $50, and to charge the sum to David Lyman. Contains several other dockets, notes, and mathematical figures on verso.

GLC01450.435.01

26 April 1775

Blaney, Aaron, 1745-1824

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for 120 pounds of bread and 140 pounds of pork]

Deputy Commissary Blaney indicates that the food was received from Captain Jabez Ellis "for the use of the Provincial Troops Station'd in Roxbury."

GLC01450.436.01

April 22, 1775

Stanley, Daniel, fl. 1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jabez Ellis

Stanley says he has sent food gathered from the townspeople to support Ellis' troops. "Don't give up the cause but go on and the Lord be with you," he prays for the troops.

GLC01450.436.02

1775-1783

Ellis, Jabez, 1733-1808

Manuscript document signed

Title: Capt. Ellis's Class their Proportion of Silver Money Given to their Soldier as annexed to their Names

Lists soldiers and the amount of silver and paper money they received. Travel costs are listed on the verso. Signed by Ellis on the verso.

GLC01450.436.03

27 August 1793

Ellis, Jabez, 1733-1808

Printed document signed

Title: [New York land sale]

Partially printed document in which Ellis sells Calvin Sanger a five hundred acre tract of land in Romulus, New York, which was originally granted to Abial Pettee for service in the American Revolution.

GLC01450.436.04

10 September 1706

George, Prince, consort of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1653-1708

Document signed

Title: [Commission of Robert Chadwicke to first Lieutenant of the ship "Chichester"].

Printed document with blanks filled in by hand. Prince George of Denmark was also Admiral of England.

GLC01450.437

January 1780

Greenleaf, Moses, 1755-1812

Manuscript signed

Title: [Records of court martial of Samuel Shattuck]

Record of the court martial trial of Sergeant Samuel Shattuck. Lists other men set to stand trial, and gives details of Shattucks case. Includes tesstimony of two witnesses who testified that Shattuck knowingly left the service before his time was up. Also states that he was convicted of mutiny and desertion, and punished with a reduction in rank and lashes. States that Captain Moses Greenleaf was the "Judge and Advocate" in the case, and that Major Moses Knap was the President. Verso signed by Greenleaf. Marked "triplicate." Dated January 9, 1780 - January 11, 1780.

GLC01450.438

20 September 1748

Gorham, Joseph, fl. 1748

Document signed

Title: [Return of troops, Gorham's Rangers from Nova Scotia]

Date is written in Old Style/New Style: 1747/1748. Muster roll for 61 days between December 25, 1747 and February 23, 1748. List of names and whereabouts of Officers and Private Men in Captain John Gorham's Independent Commission of Rangers, "raised for the defense of his Majesty's Garrison of Annapolis Royall & Province of Nova Scotia". John Gorham listed as Captain, Joseph Gorham and William Boum as Lieutenants, and Matthew Winniett as Ensign. Cosigned by Lieutenant Joseph Gorham.

GLC01450.439

5 March 1708

Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714

Document signed

Title: countersigned by Sunderland [Commission of John Paul Mascarene to Lieutenant]

Countersigned by James Taylor as Secretary of War. Appoints Mascarene a Lieutenant in the company of Captain Boyle Smith in a foot regiment commanded by William Lord Montjoy. By the command of Queen Anne I. Date is written in old style 1707/08.

GLC01450.440

1717/08/25

George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-1727

Document signed

Title: [Commission of John Paul Mascarene to Captain]

Appointment of John Paul Mascarine to Captain in the Regiment of Colonel Richard Phillips Esq. Signed by Secretary of War R. Arnold. Signed by the Commissary General [name illegible]. Signed by J. Addison below the phrase "by His Majesties Command." Features a dark blue paper seal. Written at Hampton Court.

GLC01450.441

01 June 1750

George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760

Document signed

Title: [Commission of John Paul Mascarene to Colonel of Infantry]

Appointment of John Paul Mascarine to Colonel of Foot. Signed by Secretary of War Edward Hayes. Signed by the Commissary General [name illegible]. Features a dark blue paper seal. Also written in Hermhausen

GLC01450.442

April 29, 1748

Mascarene, Paul, fl. 1748

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Capt. Winslow

Written as British Colonel. Note that Mascarene shortened his name from John Paul to Paul. The letter mentions Indians being spotted at Montagnes & up the Cape.

GLC01450.443

25 November 1776

Cooke, Nicholas, 1717-1782

Printed document signed

Title: [Certificate establishing Joseph Hopkins as ensign of a state militia regiment]

Signed by Cooke as Governor of Rhode Island. Signed by Henry Ward, Secretary of Rhode Island. Docket indicates that Hopkins was an ensign in Captain Malachi Hammet's Company.

GLC01450.444.01

1777-1789

Header Record

Title: Receipts pertaining to the Hopkins family [Decimalized .01-.10]

GLC01450.444.02

February 5, 1680

Baker, S.G., fl. 1680

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Description laid-in. The letter mentions redeeming slaves and concluding peace with Tripoli [Algiers].

GLC01450.445

1709-1874

Header Record

Title: Collection, mostly pertaining to Jacobite resistance in France [Decimalized .01-.16]

Contains various letters documenting the attempts of Edward Bourke, (sometimes spelled 'Burke') an officer in the Regiment Irelandois of Berwick, to unearth a Jacobite plot in Cambray, France. Bourke possibly worked for, or in connection with General Dominick Sheldon, a known ally of James Stuart (the "Old Pretender"). Bourke corresponded with William Cadogan, a Britih ambassador at the Hague, regarding the Jacobite plot. Also contains several items related to the Hopkins family of Scituate, Rhode Island.

GLC01450.446

21 June 1781

Clarke, Joseph, 1719-1792

Autograph document signed

Title: [Order to collect twenty eight pounds from the treasurer of Middletown, Rhode Island]

Explains that the money is owed the state treasury for the costs of procuring beef to provision Revolutionary War soldiers. Orders the sheriff of Newport to collect the money from Thomas Peckham, the Middletown treasurer, and if he does not supply it, to take him into custody. SIgned as the General Treasurer of Rhode Island. Two notes on the verso indicate the monies were paid.

GLC01450.447.01

16 September 1776

Gilbert, Thomas, 1723-1788

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Instructions to Moses Hitchcock on arranging a Brookfield, Massachusetts town meeting]

Signed by the eight Select Men of Brookfield (two names illegible). Orders Hitchcock, as constable of Brookfield, to inform all the town's freeholders and those qualified to vote to meet on 30 September 1776. Provides instructions on the agenda, which will include Revolutionary War financing, the town budget, preparations for the small pox epidemic, taxation, and arms manufacturing. A note signed Hitchcock on the verso indicates his compliance.

GLC01450.447.02

1766-1787

Jabez, Champlin, fl. 1766-1787

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Accounts for Jabez Champlin due from the estate of Joseph and William Wanton]

Mostly various cleaning, mending, and chimney sweeping activities. One entry for "Drawing Tooth for your Negro." Accounts from 1766-1770, and two from 1774. A 12 April 1785 note on the verso indicates that Champlin personally verified the account and another note dated 5 May 1787 and signed by Champlin indicates he received the account. J. Barker attests that Champlin has made the claim under oath.

GLC01450.447.03

11 July 1778

Burt, Elizabeth, fl. 1778

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for three "Pair Yarn Stockers"]

With a signed note dated 4 September 1778 indicating her receipt of the money owed.

GLC01450.447.04

1775-1776

Manuscript document

Title: [Payments to William Tiel]

Lists various expenses from October-November 1775 and February 1776, most related to shipping.

GLC01450.447.05

1781

Manuscript document

Title: [Calculations for accounts paid by the "Select Men"]

Contains various calculations and notations of Select Men in Massachusetts.

GLC01450.447.06

1786-1807

Header Record

Title: Commissions and letters related to Simon Elliot [Decimalized .01-.06]

GLC01450.448

July 3, 1751

Bertram, Charles, 1723-1765

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Bertram, later discovered to be a literary imposter, writes to an unknown recipient (possibly to William Stukeley). Reports that when he receives the recipient's reply, he will deliver "Richard," a historical manuscript which he claimed to have found, to the press. Contains various questions related to British history and geography. Discusses the possibilities of the origin of "Richard's" author. Offers condolence regarding the death of the Prince of Wales. On page one, includes a watercolor of a prehistoric Celtic dolmen; Bertram states that he saw this kistvaen on the road toward Holt,…

GLC01450.449