1781

Header Record

Title: [Collection pertaining to the 10th Massachusetts Regiment [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC01450.016

1777-1783

Vernon, Thomas, fl. 1778-1780

Manuscript

Title: Thomas Vernon account books [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC01450.017

1778-1805

Pattullo, Robert, fl. 1778-1805

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Journal for ship Molly]

Daily log of activity aboard the British supply ship Molly sailing in the New York Harbor. Pattullo was the master. Most entries detail the weather, supplies received or delivered, and duties of the men aboard. Many entries note the carpenters' work to upkeep the ship. The daily entries end 16 May 1779. An insert titled Inventory of Ordnance Stores Embarked on Board the Molly Snow, Halifax 5 September 1779, lists cargo such as grapeshot, cartridges, tacks, spikes, etc. The journal becomes more of an account book starting with 23 August 1783, and lists cash paid or received for cargo…

GLC01450.019

1779-1783

Header Record

Title: Collection of 20 letters pertaining to James Lovell and Samuel Holten [Decimalized .01-.20]

Dated January 22, 1779-June 30, 1783.

GLC01450.020

January 24, 1778

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Bromfield

Letter written from camp near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Letter of introduction for Abraham Lott, Esquire. Lott was from New York City but was living in New Jersey.

GLC01450.021

ca. 1777-1780

Header Record

Title: [Collection of letters related to wine trade in Portugal] [Decimalized .01-.08]

GLC01450.022

1781-1783

Irvine, Charles, 1756-1819

Header Record

Title: Collection of letters of British soldier Charles Irvine to his brother [Decimalized .01-.19]

GLC01450.023

19 May 1775

Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775

Document signed

Title: [Commission of Benjamin Perkins]

Countersigned by Samuel Freeman, as secretary, who has also penned Warren's signature at the right bottom of the document. Partially printed document from the Congress of Massachusetts Bay Colony announcing the appointment of Perkins to the post of Captain of the company in the Regiment of Foot commanded by Colonel Moses Little. Autograph note on verso signed by Jonathan Hastings, Justice of the Peace and dated 1 July 1775 certifies that Perkins took the oath of appointment. Warren was President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress. He was also elected Major General of the Militia and…

GLC01450.024

June 30, 1779

Powell, Jeremiah, 1714-1789

Letter signed

Title: to John Waite

Powell informs Waite of the General Court decision to undertake the Penobscot Expedition. Orders were issued to detach 1500 men from the militia of Massachusetts, 100 artillery men, and a number of vessels to Penobscot Bay to dislodge the British stationed there. Reports that orders were given for provisions, ammunition, and firearms to be sent. The council also requested the assistance of the state of New Hampshire. Powell signed the letter as President of the Massachusetts Council. The Penobscot Expedition occurred July-August 1779 in present-day Maine (then Massachusetts). The Americans…

GLC01450.025

24 May 1780

Philips, Philip, fl. 1780

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Return of ordnance belonging to the Charles-Town frigate]

Signed as Conductor of Artillery. List of artillery supplies found at the Boston, Dorrels, French, and Still House batteries belonging to the frigate Charles-Town, previously called the Boston. Lists hand grenades, arm chests, barrels, shot, hand spikes, etc.

GLC01450.027

19 October 1775

Gordon, John, fl. 1775-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for money from Gordon Hutchins]

States one pound, four shillings was received of Captain Gordon Hutchins in lieu of a coat for a uniform promised by the New Hampshire Congress. Winter Hill was the next fortification after the troops left the field of after the Battle of Bunker Hill.

GLC01450.028

23 August 1778

Wheelock, Eleazor, 1711-1779

Autograph document signed

Title: [Fine for refusing to enter the Continental Service]

Signed "By order of the Select Men." Receipt for ten pounds received of Asa Hamant as a fine for refusing the enter Continental service after being notified.

GLC01450.029

1770-1802

Bromfield, Henry, 1727-1820

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Memorandum book with accounts]

Includes genealogical data on the Bromfield and Copley families. There are two notes about the death of Edward Clarke and distribution of his estate dated 1770 and 1771. Bromfield's wife Hannah was a Clarke. One entry details Bromfield's thoughts about a Dr. Hunter's calculations of the size of Noah's ark. Other entries include his accounts, notes on his activities, recipes for curing meats or making liquor and various foods, and cures for common ailments of the period, such as gout, dysentery, and whooping cough. With a few clippings on various compounds to remove hair, or relieve…

GLC01450.030.01

1777

Bromfield, Eliza, 1763-?

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Composition and sentiment book]

Mostly contains poetry. Eliza was the daughter of Henry Bromfield from his second marraige to Hannah Clarke.

GLC01450.030.02

22 October 1776-20 August 1778

Manuscript

Title: [H.M.S Renown account booklet and diary]

Lists of goods received on various ships. Includes mileage table between cities in North America. Possibly belonged to a British officer.

GLC01450.031

circa 1765-1775

Faneuil, Benjamin, fl. 1770-1780

Autograph document

Title: [Shipping order from Benjamin Faneuil]

Orders Jonathan Clark to ship molasses, turpentine, and tallow to Halifax on the account of Butler and Fritten. Envelope is addressed to Jonathan Clarke. Faneuil was a merchant. Document is not dated.

GLC01450.032.01

January 23, 1776

Mitchell, William, fl. 1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Clarke

Mitchell writes to his uncle and sends love to the family. Informs him that he has sent some of Luise's things with Samuel Starbuck to Clarke at Providence, and asks him to take care of them. Postscript states that he would like him to send mother's letter because he does not know where to send it and does not want it to get lost. Letter addressed to Clarke as General Treasurer at Providence.

GLC01450.033

April 1777

Header Record

Title: Collection of two documents pertaining to forged permission to marry [Decimalized .01-.02]

Dated April 23, 1777 - April 24, 1777.

GLC01450.034

1 May 1781

Buell, Nathan, fl. 1781

Autograph document signed

Title: [Account of cash paid for sundries delivered to families of officers and soldiers of the Connecticut Line]

Countersigned by Eleazer Waters at the Pay Table Office. List of accounts dated 16 March 1781 through 11 April 1781 listing officers or soldiers and the goods sent to them. Sundries include potatoes, beef, pork, wheat, and flour. Buell was Lieutenant Commander in the Continental Army.

GLC01450.035

July 7, 1778

Prevalage, Marquis de la, fl. 1778

Letter signed

Title: to Marquis de Langeron

Informs Langeron that the detachment for each frigate consists of thirty-five men, and twelve for the canons. Says he has received letter for Comte d'Orvilliers which he will forward to him.

GLC01450.036

March 23, 1778

Conant, Oliver, 1754-1843

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jonathan Rice

Conant requests Rice to pay Samuel Conant, his father, all of Oliver's wages from the state of Massachusetts Bay for his army service in 1777. On reverse is written Samuel Conant, and "to Mrs. Abagail Ewing."

GLC01450.037

1777-1780

Panny, John, fl. 1777-1780

Document

Title: [Receipt for land by John Panny]

Page dated 1 January 1780 states Panny bought five acres and twenty-four rods of common land from Daniel Phillips of Norton. Now he "doth...pitch for two acres and eight rod...adjoining to his own home." Also a note about Nathan Seeles, "casting of his Land South of Capt Robert Harvard's Land." On reverse are Continental dollar amounts and other calculations and a date of 1 September 1777. Dated 1 September 1777 - January 1, 1780.

GLC01450.038

January 18, 1777

Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt to Captain Elephalet Bulkley]

Countersigned by John Lawrence, the Treasurer of Connecticut. Receipt requesting Lawrence to pay Captain Eliphalet Bulkley 1800 pounds, nine shillings, and nine pence for the balance due his company in Colonel Erartus Woolcott's regiment. Also requests payment for the service of two doctors, Augustus Mather, and John Watrow. States that all should be charged to the State. On verso there are two notes, both dated 18 January 1777, signed by Eliphalet Bulkley stating that he received 150 pounds, the other signed note stating he received 862 pounds, 4 shillings. Below docket is a signed note…

GLC01450.039

2 July 1776

Seymour, Thomas, 1735-1829

Autograph document signed

Title: [Recepit for Captain Eliphalet Bulkley]

Countersigned by John Lawrence, the Treasurer of Connecticut. Co-signed by Oliver Ellsworth, a member of the Paytable Committee, that was responsible for paying the Revolutionary bills of Connecticut. Receipt requesting Lawrence to pay Captain Eliphalet Bulkley, paymaster of a company, 50 pounds charged to the Colony of Connecticut. Autograph note, signed by Bulkely, says he received the payment on 2 July 1776. Autograph note, in Seymour's hand, signed by Bulkely on verso, says he received the payment on 2 July 1776. Autograph document signed, by J. Treadwell, below docket says that the…

GLC01450.040

circa 1770-1780

Bulkley, Eliphalet, 1746-1816

Sketch signed

Title: [Equestrian silhouette of Colonel Eliphalet Bulkley]

Silhouette of Colonel Bulkley of the 25th Regiment of Connecticut by T.C. Colchester.

GLC01450.041