1763-1783

Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Van Deursen

Has been informed by Commodore Decator that "two 74s and two large frigates" may be headed in their direction, and hopes Van Deursen is prepared in the event "they should think proper to pay us a visit." H. Burbeck may be Henry Burbeck (1754-1848).

GLC02542.32.25

1763-1783

Note

Title: [Incomplete]

Fragment of a note or letter. The only legible words read "my Uncle of...Isiah Arnold Esq...Aged 83. born in...for Paul Collin...my Father James..."

GLC02542.32.29

2 October 1780

Chew, Joseph, fl. 1780

Autograph note signed

Title: [Joseph Chew's discussion of a letter from Benedict Arnold]

The note, signed by Chew, explains how the accompanying letter (no longer present) was kept undercover, "This Letter was delivered as a Blank Sheet of Paper put over one or two newspapers - which by wetting with a Proper Composition made it Legible." Also describes the writer of the letter and how he has been persecuted, claiming, "... the writer was a Colo. in his Majestys Service during the War that Ended in 1763... Since which he has been thoroughly persecuted." Benedict Arnold, who served in the French and Indian War, may have been the writer Chew was referring to. The date is written…

GLC05533.02

8 July 1776

Maitland, John, fl. 1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Earl of Lauderdale

British soldier writing from occupied "Staten Island," sends word of Howe's invasion of New York: " ... we ran up to a bay of Long Island where the Rebels thought we were going to Land & were very strong indeed... Our little Army are all now ashore & Cantooned in & around the Island which is a very pretty one ... We expect the Guards & Germains every hour ... "

GLC09022

7 June 1778

Mostyn, Samuel, fl. 1778

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Pennant

British officer in occupied Philadelphia discusses threats against Loyalists: "Peace is not wish'd at all nor hardly talked of ... The rebels have publish'd a list of Persons whom they mean to threat as Traytors [sic] to the States of America, if they will not give themselves up."

GLC09023

28 May 1778

Campbell, Donald, fl. 1776-1778

Document signed

Title: [Legal declaration on the ship Clarendon in the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida]

Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal document signed by Donald Campbell of Kingston, Jamaica as a witness identifying the vessel "Clarendon." Campbell attested that the ship currently named "Lizette," sitting in the harbor of St. Augustine, was formerly named the "Clarendon." He says the ship had been captured by the "rebels" and is the property of Thompson C. Whitelaw of Jamaica and Mr. Coates in Glasgow, Scotland. Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.02

25 June 1776

Wood Joseph, fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: [Legal document for recovery of debt in East Florida Court of Common Pleas]

Legal document from the East Florida Court of Common Pleas. Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Signed by Joseph Wood who was swearing that John Williams, a "Practitioner in Physics," owes him the sum of "Ten pounds and upwards." Also signed by John Holmes in the docket that the document was filed with the court. Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.03

2 January 1778

Sviney, Noel, fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: [Oath on papers captured and thrown overboard from the ship Bourbon]

Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal oath sworn before the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida and signed by Sviney as the purser of the British ship "Perseus." Sviney attested that the packet of papers from the captured ship "Bourbon" were all the written materials that came from the vessel. Claims he does not know of any other papers, but that he has been informed that a number of papers were thrown overboard when the "Bourbon" was about to be captured. Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.04

January 18, 1777

Catherwood, Robert, fl. 1764-1783

Document signed

Title: [Judicial order for the officers of "Beaufort" to be examined under oath]

Order signed by Judge Catherwood and sent to John Halsey, the Marshal of the Court of Admiralty of East Florida. After reading the petition of William Panton and another claimant and hearing from several witnesses, Catherwood tells Halsey to order the officers of the privateer "Beaufort" to come to shore and testify under oath. It appears that Panton was claiming he did not get his fair share of the prize money. the officers shall "be forthwith sent on shore to be examined upon Oath touching the promises, security being given." Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.05

14 November 1777

Catherwood, Robert, fl. 1764-1783

Document signed

Title: [Judicial order concerning the ships "Polly and "White Queen"]

Judicial order of the Vice Admiralty Court of East Florida signed by Judge Catherwood. It was ordered that the cargo belonging to the vessel "Polly" be landed and an inventory be taken. Also orders that the "Polly" be used for "the purposes of lightening" the vessel "White Queen." Says that the cargoes will remain under the joint care of the Marshal of the Court and the Captors Agent until a final decision is made. Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.06

December 15, 1777

Wallace, Richard, fl. 1777

Document signed

Title: [Oath sworn before the Vice Admiralty Court of East Florida]

Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal document affirming the statement made under oath by Richard Wallace, Master of the ship "Ichard"(?). Wallace was claiming that all the papers from the captured brig "Hope" are in the possession of the court, except for one ledger which the Master of the "Hope" lost or mislaid. Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.07

10 August 1778

Somervill, Francis, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: [Oath sworn before the Vice Admiralty Court of East Florida]

Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal document signed by Somervill swearing that the accounts are just and true and that the 137 pounds, 13 shillings, 7 pence, and 3 farthings were lost by being taken on the schooner "William." Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.08

3 March 1779

Johnson, William, fl. 1779

Document signed

Title: [Oath sworn in the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida]

Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal document signed by William Johnson, swearing an oath before the court that the ship "The Chance Now" brought in on 2 March by the privateer "Tory's Revenge" is rightfully owned by the merchants Peter and John Berthon of London. The Americans had called the captured ship the "Maria." Probably written in St. Augustine.

GLC01411.09

circa 1779

Yonge, Henry, 1712-?

Document signed

Title: The Sloop Lucky Chance her Tackle and One Negro

One legal document in the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida given to Judge Robert Catherwood dated approximately 1779. Claims that the sloop "Lucky Chance" contained tackle and one enslaved person identified as "one Negro." The ship previously belonged to a subject of the King of Spain. The person who captured the sloop, Jacinta Pau, did not have commission or authority to take the ship on the high seas and Yonge is stepping in to take the ship for Britain. Document dated from around the time Spain and Britain began fighting during the American Revolution. Probably written in St.…

GLC01411.10

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of fuel, lumber &c. necessary for an army of 30,000 infantry etc. for 1 year no:9

Main page is a list counting the necessary amounts of various building materials, where they are required, their cost in 1775, and the total cost in 1775 of all these items. Second page contains the title and a note stating a deduction in the stated amount is unlikely. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.08

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of ship carpenter's. & smith's toolds necessary for an army of 30,000 infantry for 1 year. no: 12

Main page is a list counting the necessary amounts of various ship carpenter's and smith's tools, where they are required, their cost in 1775, and the total cost in 1775 of all these items. Second page contains the title and a note stating this list is appropriate for one year. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.09

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of vessels &c. necessary for an army of 30,000 infantry &c. for 1 year. no: 13

Main page is a list counting the necessary number of ships and ship related equipment, where these items are required, their cost in 1775, and the total cost in 1775 of all these items. Second page contains the title and a note stating this list is appropriate for one year. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.10

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of store hire yearly at different ports for the use of the army. no. 14. an estimate for one year, and will admit of no deduction

List estimating costs expected for various different military stores. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.11

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of horses at posts not included in army estimate on those of forage and provision teams. no. 6

List estimating the number of various types of horses needed for the army and where they will be needed. Title from docket. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.01

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of horses with the army, to be furnish'd forage & the cost thereof no. 8.

List estimating the number of horses the army will need to fill various duties, and the cost of feeding these horses. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.02

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of provisions teams necessary for supplying the main army in winter quarters no. 10

List estimating the number of horse teams the army will need transport provisions. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.03

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of the wages & subsistence of all the persons employed on salary in the q. m. general's department, except the waggon branch. 1780 no. 11

List estimating the wages to be paid to the employees of the quarter master general's department. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.04

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of artificers at ports and with the army no. 13

List estimating the number of various types of artificers needed for the army, and the posts they will be needed at. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.05

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Return of officers & persons employed in the q. m. genl. dept. entitled to public horses no. 14

List of men, either by name, position, or both, who are entitled to horses from the government, and the number of horses to which each is entitled. Also lists the district the men are from, and the number of men that fill different posts. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.06

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Number of horses sent out from camp no. 16

List recording the dates on which wagons and horses were sent "from Camp to Winter," who sent the horses, who they were sent to, and how many horses and wagons were sent. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.07