2 May 1745

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 855 (May 2, 1745)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Mentions petition presented to the General Assembly of Pennsylvania regarding the creation of a new county. Includes a speech from William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, to the General Assembly of that province, regarding the royal protection of subjects from the French. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.057

23 May 1745

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 858 (May 23, 1745)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Discussion of the French troops at Frankfort. Printed speech by King George II to both houses of Parliament regarding duties on alcohol, current military support for Hungary, and a new treaty with Poland. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Reports of French and Indian plotting against Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.060

11 July 1745

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 865 (July 11, 1745)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. A Connecticut ship being chased by French privateers ran ashore on St. Bartholomew. Adds that the crew escaped but the ship was carried off by the aggressors. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.066

19 September 1745

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 875 (September 19, 1745)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Pennsylvania governor George Thomas's message to the assembly discussing information from Governor George Clinton of New York regarding the Treaty of Montreal, an alliance between the French governor of Canada and the United Nations of Indians. Includes assembly's reply signed by Speaker John Kinsey. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.073

February 3, 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 947 (February 3, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 1, 3, and 4. Massachusetts Bay governor William Shirley's speech to the general assembly of that province regarding acts of hostility between Indians and French Canadians. Also discusses settling boundary disputes between Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.088

16 March 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 953 (March 16, 1747)]

Signed by A. Petes. Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Discusses a skirmish between American troops and French Canadians on Île-Saint-Jean. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships. After coming under British control in 1763 Île-Saint-Jean became known as Island of Saint John. In 1799 its name was changed to Prince Edward Island.

GLC06670.093

2 July 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 968 (July 2, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 1 through 4. Discusses the arrival of French flags of truce in the ports of New York and Philadelphia. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.100

2 August 1750

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1129 (August 2, 1750)] [Incomplete]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit page 2. Reports the rescue of a French ship carrying men, women, and children bound for Penobscot Bay. Pages 1 and 2 only.

GLC06670.149

3 June 1779

Tallmadge, Benjamin, 1754-1835

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Relates that he enclosed to Samuel Broome of Boston a set of bills of exchange drawn by Captain [Simonot De Valcourt?] from Valcourt's father. Encloses an extract [from his contract with Broome], copying the information for Knox. Discusses the details of the contract. Writes, "The Depreciation of our paper money, & my wish to forward the Bills to France soon, makes it necessary to have some limited time that I may regulate some matters of foreign trade accordingly ... " Reports "I am happy to inform you that the Grand Army under Genl Washington are on their [march] for Fish Kills-"…

GLC02437.00767

27 July 1779

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Knox's working draft of opinion delivered to his Excellency General Washington]

Knox answers the question of "the position that it will be proper for our Army to take, on the Question whether any and what offensive measures can with propriety be pursued at present, and of the line of Conduct necessary for us to pursue under the circumstances ... " Asserts that the caution of the British suggests they are expecting reinforcements. Discusses strategic positioning and the possibility of enemy movement along the Hudson River. Mentions Verplanck's Point. In closing, writes, "Unless the Enemy receive a large reinforcement their operations will be pretty much [confind?]...…

GLC02437.00778

May 21, 1779

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Henry Knox recaps a letter he recently sent to William, in which he urged William to sail directly to Amsterdam instead of stopping in France. He mentions letters of introduction he previously sent for William's voyage to Europe, noting he will also ask the Baron von Steuben for introductory letters. He requests William to send a list of the persons to whom Baron Johann De Kalb's letters of introduction were addressed. Relates that the Winslow sisters will travel to Boston within a fortnight. Comments on the recovery of Lucy, his wife, from a recent illness. He instructs William to ship his…

GLC02437.00763

16 March 1779- July 1779

Document

Title: Memo of sundry bills forwd to France

Includes dates of bills, names of whom the bills were drawn in favor of, and countersigners' names. Verso contains two similar accounts.

GLC02437.00772

28 September 1779

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter

Title: to Benjamin Lincoln

Later copy. Expresses happiness in hearing of the British evacuation of South Carolina, which Knox attributes to Lincoln's attack on the British in the Battle of Stono Ferry, 20 June 1779, (there is evidence that the British had previous plans to evacuate the area). Informs Lincoln that some British troops are currently embarking from New York. Writes, "The Enemy as well in Europe as in America seemed to have formed some very high hopes of obtaining all South Carolina the present Campaign. The chagrin at the failure will be proportionate. The European intelligence is extremely flattering…

GLC02437.00783

18 November 1779

Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Written to William Knox at Amsterdam. Reports that he asked his uncle about the "chest, cask, & some loose furrs which you desire to be shipped for Amsterdam." Notes that some of the items were sold because they were damaged, and Knox may draw the proceeds from him "at sight: I could have remitted it but could not find a Bill for so small a sum." Reports that the chest will be shipped to Amsterdam at first opportunity, addressed to [John de] Neufville & Son at Knox's request. A note at the top of the page written in a different hand states, "From Jona William at Paris."

GLC02437.00786

May 8, 1781

Lovell, James, 1737-1814

Autograph letter

Title: to Samuel Holten

Author inferred due to content and handwriting. Recipient inferred from content and from comparison to other items in the 1450.020 collection. Lovell praises Massachusetts but laments the failure of the states to contribute to the common cause. States that foreign troops are garrisoning West Point because they can feed themselves and are paid. He reports that the Quarter Master had to sell some provisions in order to ship others to a skeleton of an army in need of food and supplies. He writes extensively about the dismal financial state, inflation, and depreciation of the currency. He…

GLC01450.020.14

July 20, 1781

Irvine, Charles, 1756-1819

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander Irvine

Charles Irvine writes to his brother in Aberdeen, Scotland that he has arrived safely in New York. The boat was frequently chased but out-sailed any danger. Informs that he is now with the 57th regiment and everything is going well. Praises the officers. Mentions meeting General Campbell (possibly John Campbell) who is in New York from Pensacola but is on parole and therefore cannot serve. Comments that Campbell is not held in high esteem among the men. Says Lieutenant Colonel McLeroth has told the men they may be going south to join British General Cornwallis. General Washington and some…

GLC01450.023.06

December 5, 1780

Lovell, James, 1737-1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Holten

Recipient inferred from content (also, handwriting on the docket matches that on other letters). Signed with initials. Lovell states that he received his letter. Remarks that he will not send him all the bad news that has come to him since the recipient suffers in mind and body. He prompts him to read the Epistle of Bush to Shippen because the writer criticizes Lovell in it. States that Mr. Adams (John Adams) has defended the resolution of March 18 against the opinions of the Count de Vergennes (Charles Gravier) of France. On March 18, 1780 the Continental Congress had passed a resolution…

GLC01450.020.08

March 27, 1781

Lovell, James, 1737-1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Holten

Recipient is inferred from content and from other items in the 1450.020 collection. The handwriting on the docket matches the others addressed to Holton. States he has received letters from Holten and James Carmichael, but not from John Jay. Remarks that he is glad the spirit of the state (Massachusetts) is so high. Reports that Nathaniel Greene has lost a battle. Discusses the action of the French fleet off the Cape of Virginia. Says Holten will have his wish as per Bermuda and mentions the repeal of a former resolve involving imports and exports from the island. Indicates that the dire…

GLC01450.020.13

May 29, 1781

Lovell, James, 1737-1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Holten

Letter signed with initials. Recipient inferred from context and by comparing the docket to others in the 1450.020 collection. Wants to relay intelligence from Europe but he is concerned about doing so because of an obligation to secrecy. Remarks that the burden will fall on the inattentive and negligent states that are not in the middle of the war effort instead of on the discouraged states actively involved: "The Execrations of portenty will fall more justly perhaps on the Inattention and Negligence of the States distant from the immediate Carnage of the War than upon the Despondency and…

GLC01450.020.16

June 25, 1778

Montgomery, John, fl. 1778-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Newton, Gordon, and Johnston

Mentions that they have accepted their drafts and will pay them in due course. States that they dined with Mr. Brown and his sisters who sailed for England on the 16th on the Duke of York Packet. Informs on the news brought from England by the packet boat. States that British Admiral John Byron and Sir Peter Parker have sailed in quest of French Admiral d'Estaing who passed the straights of Gilbrator on the 7th. Reports on the status of their fleet. Explains that a packet from Philadelphia brought news that the British have rejected the conciliatory plan of the commission (possibly Congress…

GLC01450.022.01

July 7, 1778

Montgomery, John, fl. 1778-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Newton, Gordon, and Johnston

First page contains a copy of his last letter dated June 25, 1778 (see GLC01450.022.01 for letter). States he has included a copy of the last letter. Advises on the status of accounts and drafts (possibly involving wine trade with Portugal). Explains that a convoy from England has informed them that British Admiral Augustus Keppel's fleet had taken into possession two French frigates and an armed schooner of the Arethusa near the island of Ushant. The fleet also had an engagement with another French frigate and refers him to the Gazzette News for details. This engagement near Ushant was…

GLC01450.022.02

January 15, 1779

Montgomery, John, fl. 1778-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Newton, Gordon, and Johnston

Letter co-signed by R. Sealy and Daniel Parminter. First page contains a copy of his last letter. The copied letter is dated November 24, 1778 and deals with a shipment of wine, brandy, barley, cork, and sundries to India. Informs them that they have taken on partners and will now be known as Montgomery, Sealey, and Co. Reports that he can only give disappointing political news. British Admiral John Byron's fleet has suffered damage and the Somerset has been lost near Cape Cod. The French Admiral d'Estaing has escaped and has probably gone to the West Indies. He requests them to send one pipe…

GLC01450.022.03

March 7, 1779

Montgomery, John, fl. 1778-1795

Autograph letter

Title: to Mr. Newton, Gordon, and Johnston

Letter signed as Montgomery, Sealy, and Co. Discusses their business accounts dealing with wine and brandy shipments to and from Portugal in the first part of the letter. States that they will only send letters by packet boat as other ships are not safe. He describes what has occurred in the Revolutionary War recently, and informs that the British under Admiral Samuel Barrington and General James Grant have captured the island of St. Lucia (December 12-28, 1778), which French Admiral Valerie d'Estaing failed to counteract. The French troops suffered heavy losses. He states that there is great…

GLC01450.022.04

September 18, 1779

Montgomery, Sealy, & Co., fl. 1779

Autograph letter

Title: to Newton, Gordon, and Johnston

Details accounts for the shipping of sundry goods, wine, and brandy. Then discusses placing insurance on the shipments and states that he has given the insurance agents the necessary information about the ships, the captains' names, where the shipment is going, etc. Mentions that British Admiral Charles Hardy has sailed with 53 ships to attack the enemy. Lists men returned safely from East India to Limerick. Reports that they took two French privateers on their way to Limerick. Newton, Gordon, and Johnston were merchants from Madeira.

GLC01450.022.06

circa 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Financial document of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Lists various expenses, including "cash paid by Marquis de Lafayette for orders presented the French officers", and to L'Enfant for ribbons.

GLC04379.16