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[Inspection return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Inspection return for the infantry. Lists men by rank, present status, arms and supplies.

GLC02437.10581

[Account]

Account between Henry Knox and Clement Biddle. Lists transactions by date from 31 December 1791 to 29 June 1792.

GLC02437.10591

[Indenture]

Indenture regarding a payment of $10 owed them by Benjamin Walker. First part states the terms and circumstances related to the indenture, signed by William Bingham, his wife and W. Jackson and Grubb as witnesses. Second part is a note of...

GLC02437.10596

[Contract]

Noted as a copy. An indenture contract between Henry Knox and Joseph Anthony. Appears Knox is purchasing land from Anthony in Penobscot and Hancock County, Maine for $26,000. Document is partially printed with information written by hand.

GLC02437.10597

[Map of land]

Notes as a copy. A detailed hand drawn map of a plan for settlers' lots in Bangor, Maine. Shows rivers, creeks, and each lot is numbered. Docket notes, "Park Holland Esq [his] letter February 1802 - John Gleasons extract."

GLC02437.10605

[Booklist]

A long list of books that Henry Knox purchased possibly from Eben Battelle. Date was added later in pencil. Henry Knox signed he received the books.

GLC02437.10612

[Return]

Return for a New Hampshire battalion commanded by James Carr. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. The year 1782 was noted on the docket at later date in pencil.

GLC02437.10613

[Table of stock]

Table showing the relative value of American stock. Categories include marked value of stock, deferred, various indents, and reference.

GLC02437.10614

[Account]

A financial account involving Henry Knox and Charles Barrett. Docket notes the account was settled with Charles Barrett on 8 July 1795. Written in Knox's hand, signed in text by Knox. Also signed by Charles Barrett.

GLC02437.10624

[Contract]

Signed by Benjamin Alder. John Coney and John [Lavell] Junior signed as witnesses. Anthony Roddard signed as Justice of the Peace on 5 May 1722 at Boston, Massachusetts. Contract between Thomas Smith and Benjamin Alder. Involving a tract of land...

GLC02437.10630

[Contract]

Signed by Samuel Waldo and Benjamin Burton. John Palmer and Charles [Proctor] signed as witnesses. J. Bradbury signed as Justice of the Peace on 25 January 1743. Indenture contract between Samuel Waldo and Benjamin Burton. Waldo grants 200 acres...

GLC02437.10634

[List]

Noted as a copy. A list of settlers at St. Georges River, "Medumcook" [Meduncook], and Broadbay, Maine. Settlers are listed by town. Docket notes the list was supposedly written by Captain John North the original list is in Samuel Winslow's...

GLC02437.10641

[Abstract of pay due to the field and staff officers and nine companies of the regiment of artillery commanded by Colonel Henry Knox]

Includes travel expenses and billeting. Contains information from December 1775 and January 1776.

GLC02437.10654

[Abstract of men in a regiment of artillery commanded by Colonel Henry Knox]

Lists the names of men in the regiment.

GLC02437.10659

[Roll of men in Captain Edward Burbeck's Company, a regiment of artillery commanded by Colonel Henry Knox]

Lists the names of men and their ranks in the regiment.

GLC02437.10660

[Roll of enlisted men in Captain [Sebastian] Bauman's artillery company for the Continental Service ordered to be raised in the colony of New York by the Provincial Congress]

Lists the names of men, date of enlistment, and place of birth.

GLC02437.10661

[Return]

Return from Military Stores at Albany, New York. Lists current stock of articles and articles carried forward.

GLC02437.10662

[Muster roll of Captain Bauman's company of artillery in the regiment commanded by Henry Knox]

Lists names of officers and soldiers. Covers the month of March, entered in April.

GLC02437.10663

[Payroll of Captain Sebastian Bauman's company in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Lists names of men. Covers 1 June 1776 to 30 June 1776.

GLC02437.10664

[Map of Yorktown, Virginia]

Drawn map of Yorktown, Virginia. Shows roads, rivers, and other land markings, but not fortifications. With Cornwallis autograph note written across the front: "you will deliver the town immediately." Likely created by the British right before the...

GLC02437.10669

In Provincial Congress [calling for election of revolutionary government]

Possibly printed by John Holt. Evans 14934.

GLC02442

to Elias Boudinot

Adams introduces Joshua Grigby, Jr. to President of Congress Boudinot. Adams describes Grigby as the wealthy son of a Suffolk gentleman, who "wishes to settle and be happy in America." Adams notes that Grigby will be able to tell Boudinot about...

GLC02449

to Elbridge Gerry

The Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts urges Gerry, as one of the men selected to represent their state at the upcoming Annapolis Convention, to make arrangements to attend. Discusses confusion and problems in confirming that the state will have...

GLC02450.06

to the Freeholders of the County of Westmoreland

Announces Meriwether Smith's desire to become a representative in Congress for the district containing Essex County, Virginia, through the upcoming election, the first under the recently ratified Constitution. Cites his public service during the...

GLC02450.18

[Appointment of William H. Wharton as minister to the U.S.]

Signed by Sam Houston. Countersigned by Austin as Secretary of State, with Samuel A. Roberts presentation on back to Mrs. Hugh White, regarding provenance. Red wax seal on bottom left corner.

GLC02452.01

to Owen Brown

Brown discusses the free state struggle, and reports there are rumors of a free state man being murdered, and that it may lead to more violence. Says "We feel more, & more certain that Kansas will be a Free State." Also discusses family affairs...

GLC02454

to Thomas Caute Reynolds

General Buckner, commanding the District of Arkansas and West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department, writes to Reynolds, Confederate Governor of Missouri. Advises Reynolds to move off of the main road. Docketed by Reynolds. Says"...Every thing here...

GLC02456.03

to George G. Garner

Reply to Garner's order, stating that he cannot "guard the mines at Bloomfield and Fairfield" because he has no troops. However "as soon as Col Wharton returns" with his 8,000 troops, "I will be at your service." An initialed note ("B.B.") from...

GLC02460.05

to Samuel W. Melton

Clay, Assistant Adjutant General for Confederate General Samuel Cooper writes that Cooper does not advise diminishing the Army of Tennessee and does not approve the suggestion that General John Cabell Breckinridge's Regiment and Dortch's Battalion...

GLC02460.10.02

to Leonard Fulton Ross

General Prentiss, Union Commander of the District of East Arkansas, replies to correspondence from General Ross (possibly Leonard Fulton Ross, commander of a post in Helena). States "I will endeavor to keep up communication with you and have sent...

GLC02461.27

to unknown

Written on stationary of "160 West Eighty Sixth Street." Written by Mahan, who had resigned his naval commission in 1895 and who was a well-known author on naval theory and strategy in 1900. Appears to be written to a magazine or newspaper editor...

GLC02466.08

[Receipt].

"Recd. of Mr. Woodward the sum of ten pounds ten shillings on account." From 1733 to 1743 Oglethorpe was Resident Trustee, Commander-in-Chief, of Georgia. With letter of provenance. 1 black and white bust engraving of Oglethorpe and 2 full length...

GLC02468.18

to Thomas Johnson re: recommendation of Thomas Edison as battalion Adjutant

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.17

to Mary Todd Lincoln

Douglass thanks Lincoln for former President Abraham Lincoln's walking stick. Notes that the gift is not merely a memento, but is an "inclination of his humane interest" in the "welfare of my whole race." Accompanied by a small newspaper clipping...

GLC02474

to Benjamin Harrison

Written by Henry as Governor of Virginia to Harrison, a Declaration of Independence signer, as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. Says he has enclosed a letter he received by express from Charlestown, South Carolina (not included). Wants...

GLC02477

to Friend Griffin

Orders several motors. Comments on his financial situation, "I am poor and needy, so if you could manage to do a neat bit of philanthropy I would like to buy them at shop cost plus 10 percent profit." Written on stationary from the Laboratory of...

GLC02480.03

to Richard S. Ewell

"Stonewall" Jackson discusses enemy troop positions while preparing for his Valley campaign. Believes Banks "still at New Market." Jackson is twenty eight miles from New Market, and "only about 16 miles from Fishers Gap." Also asks Ewell to send...

GLC02481

[Order to pay Lyddall Bowles $500 for "value received"]

Draft "No. 12" drawn on Bank of the United States. Signed note on verso by Bowles transfers the order to Thomas Leiper and a note signed by Leiper acknowledges the payment. Lewis died three months later. 1 full length and one bust engraving of...

GLC02488

to Benjamin Lincoln

Informs that he is sending two men as prisoners of war, Thomas Page and Joseph Dawson. States that the men say they deserted from the British but Marion suspects they may be spies. " ... I suspect from their Characters they are sent as Spies, and...

GLC02491

to Samuel Laughlin

Mentions some proofs Edwin Polk obtained to be added to a publication about Ezekial Polk (James K. Polk's grandfather) and his service in the Revolutionary War. Advises that this be done soon. Asks when the full report of the proceedings of the...

GLC02496

to Catharine Macaulay

Gordon seeks Macaulay's help in writing a history of the Revolution. He planned a contemporaneous account of the Revolution, which he claims is authorized by Washington. Letter written in the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, formerly part of Roxbury...

GLC01791.01

to Catharine Macaulay

Refers to the present dangerous affairs due to British barbarity. Alludes to "the Bravery of the peasants of Lexington." Describes the investment of a colonial army led by Washington and the beginnings of a representative government in Massachusetts...

GLC01800.02

to James Madison

Dates letter Thursday. Discusses President John Quincy Adams' State of the Union Address before Congress on 4 December 1827 and comments that it did not move her either negatively or positively. Observes that some may be critical of it because he...

GLC01812

[Appointment of Ormsby M. Mitchel as Brigadier General of Volunteers]

Signed by Abraham Lincoln as president; countersigned by Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War, and endorsed by Lorenzo Thomas as Adjutant General on 7 February 1862. On verso, contains a note in pencil relating that this document was given to a...

GLC01821

to John Sullivan

Informs Sullivan that Greene has prepared winter quarters for those of his men commanded by Clinton and Hand. Written in McHenry's hand. Written from "Head Quarters."

GLC01830

Circular letter re: declaration of war on Mexico

Printed letter signed as Secretary of State. This copy was sent to to Seth Sweetser, U.S. Consul at Guayaquil.

GLC01860.18

to Thomas Nelson

Circular letter in which Secretary of State Madison, on behalf of President Jefferson, requests district attorneys forward explanations of how state laws apply to seamen deserting from foreign vessels. Seeks Nelson's reply on the laws of Virginia....

GLC01870

Endorsement on Winfield Scott ALS 3 p. 2-8-1865 re: paroling nephew E. P. Scott

Scott's ALS to William Hoffman, Commissary General of Prisoners, 2/8/1865 has been endorsed by Lincoln, asking that Capt. E. P. Scott be paroled to Lieut. General Scott. Young Scott was the elder's grand nephew, serving as a Confederate Prisoner of...

GLC01889.01

to Col. Geo. Bomford re: $50,000 being set aside for building (gun?) carriages

Written on stationery of the War Department's Engineer Dept.

GLC01943

to Thomas B. Pugh

Douglass refuses to speak at the Philadelphia Academy of Music because of its discriminatory policies towards African Americans. The letter escalates into a barrage of criticism against the Academy and Philadelphia the "City of Brotherly Love", which...

GLC01954