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Autograph letter signed

to William Knox

1775

Waldo, Jonathon, fl. 1721-1779

Brief note pertaining to items Waldo had obtained or attempted to obtain for Knox. Closes with "As I was in the Beginning so I now am and ever shall be."

GLC02437.00229

Autograph letter signed

to William Knox

1775

Waldo, Jonathon, fl. 1721-1779

Thanks Knox for so often obliging him. Reports that Mr. Oliver, possibly Andrew Oliver, will pay Knox for the gun he got for Waldo (see GLC02437.00190 and GLC02437.00194). Assures him that Knox's requests are foremost on his mind. Expresses his...

GLC02437.00230

Autograph document

[Plan for setting fire to British ships in Boston Harbor]

circa 1775-1776

Affirms the practicability of laying siege to Boston Harbor, landing soldiers in the town of Boston, and setting fire to British shipping. Provides a lengthy list of military preparations and plans for the siege, For a map of the plans see GLC02437...

GLC02437.00231

Map

[Battle plan for the siege of Boston Harbor]

circa 1775-1776

Mapped battle plan for an American siege of Boston Harbor. Shows boats and some major geographic markers. For written plans see GLC02437.00231.

GLC02437.00232

[Description of an impregnable floating engine]

circa 1775-1776

Provides both a drawn and written explanation of the design of a vessel "constructed to destroy Barges, Tenders, Ships, Towns, Castles, & Magazines." Made of iron and wood, the vessel has an octangular design "in order to annoy the Enemy upon all...

GLC02437.00233

[Plans for siege of Boston Harbor][incomplete]

circa 1775-1776

Discusses an oil fire at Nantucket, raises questions about plans to use an oil fire to destroy British ships in the Boston Harbour, and suggests making "an experiment on some small pond." A fragment from the middle of a document. For more on the...

GLC02437.00234

[A Return of Goods drawn out of the Continental Store for Capt. Eliphalet Newell's Company in Col. Henry Knox's Regiment]

1 January 1776

Newell, Eliphalet, 1735-?

Invoice of goods, listing quantities drawn by various officers in December 1775.

GLC02437.00235

[Resolution on the election of military officers by Congress]

4 January 1776

Resolution pertaining to when more than one person is elected to the same rank on the same day. Notes that the Congress then went on to elect field officers for the battalion ordered to be raised in Pennsylvania. Another note indicates that this...

GLC02437.00236

Deed

1749/10/24

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Deed transferring to eldest son and heir Robert Livingston Jr. (?) share of 100 acres of land at Salisbury, CT
Executors of estate of Philip Livingston: Catherine Livingston, Peter van Brugh Livingston, John Livingston, Philip...

GLC03107.05448

Deed

1749/10/25

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Deed transferring to eldest son and heir Robert Livingston Jr. (?) share of the iron ore bed at Salisbury, CT
Executors of estate of Philip Livingston: Catherine Livingston, Peter van Brugh Livingston, John Livingston, Philip...

GLC03107.05449

Document signed

Indenture

1752/06/01

Livingston, Robert Jr., 1688-1775

Indenture for lease of a farm to Corneli[u]s Brusie
Partially printed

GLC03107.05450

Indenture

1758/06/22

Harvey, Joel, fl. 1749-1758

Indenture for lease of land to Robert Livingston, Jr.
Lot rented was in "the oblong, or Equivaent Lands, lately surrendered by the Colony of Connecticut, to the Colony of New York."

GLC03107.05451

Manuscript document

Indenture

1759/01/16

Livingston, Robert Jr., 1688-1775

Handwritten copy of an indenture for lease of a farm to William Livingston From docket: "Copy of a lease given Br[other] William [Livingston] to inable him to represent the mannor in General Assembly"

GLC03107.05452

Indenture for John Peter Lowery

1760/03/19

Livingston, Robert Jr., 1688-1775

Indenture for lease of a farm to John Peter Lowry

GLC03107.05453