17 February 1782

Traille, Peter, fl. 1782

Manuscript document signed

Title: [British Royal Artillery Return of Stores Issued for Service of the Post at the Quarter House]

Requests that George Wray, Commissary to the Royal Artillery, send supplies listed to Simon Fraser. A note signed by Fraser confirms his receipt of the items. Title taken in part from docket.

GLC01450.154

31 October 1780

Traille, Peter, fl. 1782

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account of supplies used by the Royal Artillery in Charleston, South Carolina in October 1780]

Lists ordnance, building supplies, and smithery, wagon-making, repair, and laboratory supplies, the service for which they were needed and the quantities expended.

GLC01450.155

December 1781

Wray, George, fl. 1772-1793

Autograph document signed

Title: [Account of artillery stores released to James Boyd]

Signed by Wray as Commissary to the Royal Artillery. Boyd is described as "Matross in the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Indicates that the supplies lists were for "the New Work on Hadress Point."

GLC01450.156

November 22, 1778

Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790

Letter signed

Title: to Ezra Badlam

Letter written by Major General Putnam as commanded Continental forces near Redding, Connecticut to Lieutenant Colonel Badlam as commander of the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment. Orders Badlam to take his regiment to New Hartford, Connecticut or wherever General Enoch Poor is, to relieve him from oversight of the Convention troops. Those troops were British prisoners of war from the Saratoga Campaign of 1777. Wants Badlam to take the Convention troops to Fish Kill Landing. Recommends taking only provisions and no baggage. Says Poor will provide further directions. Struck out on a blank page is…

GLC01450.157

November 23, 1779

Paine, Samuel, 1754-1807

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amasa Davis & Co.

Letter describes trading conditions in the South. Encloses account of sale of the cargo of the ship "Dove," which amounted to over 20,800 pounds (the account is not included here). Knows recipient will be disappointed with the small cargo being sent to Boston, but says the war has made shipping a precarious business. Complains of high prices after the failed attempt to take Savannah and the increased local demand after the harvest. Apologizes for not finding any light articles or valuable produce to ship and says prices will not drop until after Christmas. Recommends against shipping indigo…

GLC01450.158

12 September 1779

Manuscript document

Title: [Penobscot Expedition: Approval of request to retrieve Americans in enemy territory]

Written by an unknown commander during the Revolutionary War giving permission to Thomas Nutting and Charles Hutchings to raise a party to "fetch off the families of the friends of America" at "Majabagaduce" (now Castine, Maine). They are given permission to raise a party of men not already in the service and to take prisoners; they are not to commit any "inhuman action" along the way. Townsend is now Boothbay Harbor. Verso of document has a waxy backing, which appears to have been added to provide stability to the paper.

GLC01450.159

February 29, 1780

Bullard, John, 1756-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rufus Man

Letter written by preacher John Bullard to Rufus Man. Asks Man to join him at the schoolhouse that evening at 1 a.m. precisely. Tells him to say nothing to anyone.

GLC01450.160

7 June 1777

Barnard, John, fl. 1777-1780

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt to John Chanioard

Captain Barnard, a commander of a company of Continental soldiers, wrote that he received 120 pounds from Captain Edward Ellis of Middletown to pay soldiers recently enlisted in the Continental Army. Barnard says he is in Samuel Wyllys's regiment. A separate sheet (17.2 x 22.4 cm.) that appears to have been used as an envelope is also included. Miscellaneous figures are added up on both sides of the sheet. Docket on the sheet says he received 120 pounds from Barnard on 29 March 1780.

GLC01450.161

1776-1778

Header Record

Title: Marching orders and military fine reciepts for Asa and Charles Hamant [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC01450.162

July 22, 1777

Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr., 1710-1785

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ezekiel Williams

Letter written by Trumbull as Governor of Connecticut to Williams as Commissary of Prisoners at Hartford. Asks Williams to follow through on the request of Elias Boudinot, the congressionally appointed Commissary General of Prisoners, for information. Tells Williams to pass along a list of prisoners and expenses to Boudinot's assistant, Mr. Messerau, when he arrives from Boston. Says Boudinot has written "several" times for this information and that Williams needs to move so prisoner exchanges and reimbursements can be facilitated.

GLC01450.163

March 6, 1778

Davis, Eleazar, 1722-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Hand

Davis informs Hand that "a Gentleman by the Name of Elliot" can verify "what I have related to you concerning myself." Letter written at Fort Pitt.

GLC01450.164

1777-1783

Elmer, Ebenezer, 1752-1843

Header Record

Title: Two letters by Ebenezer Elmer [Decimalized .01-.02]

Written at Camp Middlebrook. Dated June 20, 1777 - May 12, 1783.

GLC01450.165

1775-1781

Document

Title: [List of New Hampshire military expenses]

The state of New Hampshire pays residents of Cornish "for public services done in the late War for which they have received no pay." Lists the names of colonels, captains, privates, and others. Also cites the reason for various expenses, such as for victuals, billeting, and raising men.

GLC01450.166

31 August 1786

Oliver, Joseph, fl. 1786

Document signed

Title: to Thomas Bowlby

Witnessed and co-signed by attorneys William Truelove and A. Vikers, saying proper stamps were provided for the document. This Legal document gives Oliver's power of attorney to Bowlby, an attorney in Philadelphia. Oliver was previously in an artillery unit in Pennsylvania and had left North America and joined an artillery unit based out of Nottingham, England. Oliver was giving Bowlby the complete power to transact his business in America, including the distribution of certain lands for service in North America during the Revolution. Also demands that Bowlby recover debts from a William Rows…

GLC01450.167

6 June 1778

Dexter, John Singer, 1753-1790

Document

Title: [Town meeting minutes from Cumberland, Rhode Island]

Signed and witnessed by John Dexter, clerk of the town council of Cumberland. Demarcates a section of highway that is to be built under the care of Major John Fisk, one of the Supervisors for Highways. Lists names of men under Fisk's command.

GLC01450.168

December 12, 1782

Fuller, Jonathan, fl. 1782

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Colonel Jackson

Discusses his possession of fifty three hats meant for a company of light infantry during the American Revolution. Fuller identifies himself as "Capt 4: M. Regt."

GLC01450.169.01

11 May 1780

Wyllys, George, 1710-1796

Document signed

Title: [Resolution of the Connecticut Assembly to pay Amos Mead]

States that Mead advanced Lieutenant James Hughes two hundred dollars Continental currency to raise a company for the defense of Greenwich. The next year Hughes defected to the enemy, leaving Mead with only a promissory receipt. The assembly resolves to pay Mead seven pounds ten schillings out of the treasury to cover this expense. Mead signs acknowledging receipt of the money. Written at "A General Assembly of the State of Connecticut."

GLC01450.169.02

March 30, 1779

Kováts, Mihály, Fabricy, 1724-1779

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Hand

There are multiple spellings for the Hungarian creator of this document. Signs this letter "Michael de Kowatz," but is also known as Michael Kovats de Fabricy or simply Michael Kovats. He was a Colonel in the Continental Calvary and was killed on May 11, 1779 defending Charleston, South Carolina. Letter written to Brigadier General Hand. Seems to be writing about an attack that was defended, but this is a quick translation. In postscript mentions a man named David Lewy, who seems to have delivered the letter. Kovats is celebrated as a Hungarian patriot for his service and sacrifice in the war.

GLC01450.169.03

October 26, 1787

Belneavis, Archibald, fl. 1776-1787

Letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant General Cunningham

Letter written by Captain Lieutenant Belneavis to Lieutenant General Cunningham before both men were to depart for the West Indies. Says before he is to join the 45th Regiment of Foot, which is under Cunningham's command, he conceives it his duty to mention a few particulars of his service in order to promote a possible promotion. Said he went to America in 1776 and joined the 71st Regiment of Foot and fought in all their campaigns, both North and South. Says he served at the capture and defense of Savannah and the seizure of Charleston. Also served under Cornwallis in North and South…

GLC01450.169.04

circa 1783

Lodge, John, fl. 1783

Print

Title: View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill with the Burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775

Marked that it is engraved by Lodge, but drawn by a Mr. Millar. Engraved for Edward Barnard's book "New Complete & Authentic History of England," which was published in 1783. Shows the bombardment, from both land and sea, of Charles Town. The town was bombarded after house-to-house fighting failed to dislodge the American militia. Officers asked that hot shot be fired at the town, which was done from ships and from Copp's Hill in Boston. The engraving shows the subsequent conflagration. Also shows British troops marching up Breed's Hill, where they were soon to be slaughtered. Condition…

GLC01450.169.05

1707/05/12

Church, Benjamin, 1639-1718

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Sworn statement of Robert Grandee attesting to a fight between Joseph Tabor and an unnamed Indian]

Signed by Grandee and witnessed by Church and another person, "J Byfield." The scuffle occurred in Grandee's home. Grandee restrained Tabor to protect the Indian and the Indian ran off. Possibly a legal document.

GLC01450.170.02

August 24, 1703

Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Governor of Massachusetts Dudley states that he has complaints from Captain Thomas Coram against John Crosman for demolishing a house owned by Coram and taking the boards from it for military use. Dudley authorizes the apprehension of Crosman.

GLC01450.171

August 23, 1714

Lindall, T., fl. 1714

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Leonnard

Regarding a dispute over land his father sold to Lieutenant Leonnard, possibly a relation of Samuel Leonnard.

GLC01450.172

16 May 1737

Quincy, John, 1689-1767

Document signed

Title: [Power of attorney to Samuel Leonard from Zechariah Thayer of Brantrey]

Signed by Zechariah Thayer. Signed as witnesses by Jeremiah Thayer and Eleazer Thayer. Empowers his friend Samuel Leonard of Raynham to act for him in meetings of the owners of the "old ironworks (so called) in Raynham" during Thayer's lifetime. Quincy attests the document and signs as justice of the peace.

GLC01450.173.01

18 June 1744

Leonard, Samuel, fl. 1744

Document signed

Title: [Warrant for the impressment of George Knap]

Pursuant to a warrant from Colonel George Leonard, on behalf of Governor "Shierly," Knap is to appear at Captain Leonard's dwelling in Raynham on the morning of 20 June, completely outfitted for military service and prepared "to proceed on his Majesty's service for the defense and protection of his Majesty's subjects in the frontiers of this province." Written as Captain of the Military Company in Raynham. On verso is the signed statement of Elijah Leonard that he did meet with Knap on the day indicated and gave him the warning.

GLC01450.173.02