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1783

Address leaf

Title: [partial address leaf reading Alexander, Secretary...]

GLC03769.005

1783

Autograph document

Title: [economic theories and proposals]

includes agricultural figures and population notes

GLC03769.006

16 June 1890

Defew, Chauncey M., fl. 1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Cobb

GLC03769.007

1783

Map

Title: [rudimentary map of John Jackson's estate]

backside contains figures

GLC03769.008

1783

Document

Title: scrap paper containing illegible handwriting

GLC03769.009.01

21 December 1861

Blutring, John, fl. 1861

Document signed

Title: partial receipt for O'Brien

GLC03769.009.02

21 April 1823

Hoffman, Murray, fl. 1823

Autograph document signed

Title: Depositions of witnesses in a case between Benjamin Huntington, Gordon L. Mumford and Philectus Havens and others.

GLC03769.011

19 April 1823

Bluendorf, Ian, fl. 1823

Autograph document signed

Title: Legal summons for witnesses in the case between Benjamin Huntington and Philectus Havens and others.

GLC03769.012

2 May 1825

Burton, Francis, fl. 1825

Autograph document signed

Title: [document requring 450 dollars to be paid to James Kerr as six months salary]

GLC03769.014

February 17, 1787

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790

Broadside

Title: A Proclamation: [amnesty offer to Shays's rebels]

Offers pardons to Massachusetts citizens who participated in Shay's Rebellion (1786-1787). Document includes a printed seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Printed by Adams and Nourse. Noted in Ford no. 2474.

GLC00518

February 16, 1783

Gist, Mordecai, 1742-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathanael Greene

Informs General Greene that there are less ammunition and supplies in the magazine for the troops in Charleston than he expected

GLC02497.07

February 6, 1788

Paterson, John, 1744-1808

Document signed

Title: [Certification for rations]

Written by Major General Paterson to certify that Ira Sayman has furnished 140 rations. This was enough for ten days for one lieutenant and 12 men who were guarding prisoners in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Note on verso, signed by Caleb Hick, says the rations were received.

GLC02497.13

February 27, 1785

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Francis Mercer

Monroe, a member of the Confederation Congress, informs Mercer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, that a secretary will soon be appointed to assist John Adams as Minister to Great Britain. States that James McHenry, also a member of the Confederation Congress, has not mentioned a nomination for this position. Informs that the Indian Commissioner, a friend of Mercer's, presented himself before Congress. States that there are many important issues before Congress, including propositions for raising men and the regulation of commerce. Informs Mercer of his participation on a…

GLC02861

February 16, 1789

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Pierre Van Cortlandt

Refers to an enclosed letter (not present). Asks New York Lieutenant Governor Pierre Van Cortlandt to support the Federalist strategy to defeat New York Governor George Clinton by withdrawing from gubernatorial race. ". . . withdraw from a competition in which your friends can promise themselves no advantage to you and perceive much disadvantage to the cause they have so earnestly at heart-the removal of the present governor."

GLC04869

February 27, 1798

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William A. Washington

Commisserates with his nephew, Colonel William A. Washington, on the death of his wife. Regrets he cannot find employment for Mr. Ashton, who had been recommended to him by his nephew, as he already has hired a clerk. Notes the grains he uses to make whiskey and the price he charges for it. Inquires about a source of staves for flour barrels, and tells him of queries on the Washington family genealogy from Sir Isaac Heard of the Heraldry Office in England. Asks about "Mrs. Washington of Bushfield".

GLC04445

circa 1850

Sartain, John, 1808-1897

Title: Engraving of Joseph Hopkinson.

Adhered to scrapbook mount. Adhered to lower right is typed biographical note. Based on the ca. 1810 portrait by Thomas Sully.

GLC02453.55

7 July 1794

Barber, Nathan, fl. 1794

Printed document signed

Title: A Return of the Men, Arms, Ammunition and Accoutrements of Captain Blank

GLC02150.58