18 March 1783

Mercer, John F., 1759-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Weedon and William Fitzhugh

Relays information related to the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution. Discusses a dispatch from Henry Laurens, one the American delegates working on the treaty, that "conveys...the design of the court of London...to disconnect belligerent Powers" and that "the spirit of the Nation is high for the prosecution of the War agt. France." Laurens recommends that the United States "adhere religiously to our engagements with France." Also encloses (not included) and discusses newspapers with pertinent information.

GLC06491.02

1 April 1783

Mercer, John F., 1759-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Weedon

Relays information related to the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution. Discusses the possibility of a separate peace being brokered that does not include France. Also discusses the insincerity of some British protestations (revealed in the Robert Livingston - Guy Carleton correspondence) supposedly meant to curb blood shed, "which has disgraced the British Councils thought this war." Comments on the British in New York.

GLC06491.03

11 April 1783

Mercer, John F., 1759-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Weedon

Relays information related to the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution. Announces the arrival of an officer in New York with a "Proclamation from the King of Great Britain." Also notes the arrival of vessels from France with dispatches from the American ministers negotiating peace. Indicates that Congress will declare an end to hostilities on the day this letter was written. Discusses opposition and reluctant acceptance of American Independence in Parliament.

GLC06491.04

29 April 1783

Mercer, John F., 1759-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Weedon

Relays information related to the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution. Sends a newspaper (not included) with "a very interesting debate in the House of Commons." Also mentions the Robert Livingston-Guy Carleton correspondence, as it relates to executing the provisional peace treaty's call for the British evacuation of New York. Explains the need to be prudent about keeping up American defenses. A post script indicates he misplaced a letter from Weedon from which he was to send an extract from to another person.

GLC06491.05

20 September 1783

Mercer, John F., 1759-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Weedon

Relays information related to the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution. Discusses a letter he sent to William Fitzhugh, which was "to be considered in a great measure a joint one." Notes that France has assured the United States that the definitive treaty will not be signed without the Americans, in addition to hinting that "our own facility is running with the British Commerce." Alleges that "we have reason to apprehend that not only great Britain but all the other European Powers, even our friends will pursue the object of deriving advantages from our commerce…

GLC06491.06

4 November 1775

Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Extracts of resolutions of the Continental Congress]

Resolutions of the Continental Congress recommending that the assemblies of the various colonies to have fire locks and saltpetre manufactured, punish people who harbor deserters, and permit the army to impress vessels for transportation. The resolutions dated 4 November 1775 specify the fire lock supply needs, recommends fines, whipping, and oaths for people who harbor deserters, and ask the New England colonies to grant General Washington the power to impress carriages, horses, and other means of transportation at a "reasonable rate." A resolution from 10 November 1775 urges the…

GLC08921

4 September 1780

Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ebenezer Foote

From West Point, Arnold writes to a supplier asserting that "The Enemy from their Preparations seem to have some important movement in contemplation, their object may be an attack on these ports." Consequently, he requests the cattle meant for the post be expedited so that they will be well provisioned. Written at "Robinson's House."

GLC08919

29 December 1820

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George A. Otis

Thanks Otis for the copy of a translation of Carlo Botta's History of the War of Independence, Vol. 2 (Storia della guerra della indipendenza degli Stati Uniti d'America, in Italian). Discusses the translation, noting that "Of the original work the high character seems to be sufficiently established." Indicates that a recent letter he wrote was not for publication, but permits Otis to use as he sees fit. Tells Otis that Andrew Stephenson of Richmond, Virginia requests a subscription of "your volumes as they come out."

GLC08928

1778/11/06

Duffield, John, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for tea]

Duffield attests to receiving 837 British pounds worth of tea from Robert Campbell.

GLC08696.01

1779/10/25

Brown & Morgan, fl. 1779

Document

Title: [Receipt for tea and sugar]

Attests to receipt of two half chests of tea and one barrel of sugar by Greenbury Dorsey, possibly Greensbury Dorsey (d. 1807) of Huntington County, Pennsylvania.

GLC08696.02

1780/07/14

Hopkins, R., fl. 1780

Document

Title: [Receipt for tea]

Attests to receipt of 179 pounds of tea by Greenbury Dorsey, possibly Greensbury Dorsey (d. 1807) of Huntington County, Pennsylvania. Notes that R. Hopkins was paid $6000.

GLC08696.03

21 March 1777

Tebbets, Reuben, 1743-?

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for sixteen shillings received from Captain Wallingford]

Money paid for "Mr. Meturen Rickers Rates for the year 1774."

GLC01450.232.03

2 April 1782

Skinner, C., fl. 1782

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Permission for Samuel Barron "to come to Staeton Island"]

GLC01450.232.04

circa 1837

Crosby, Orris, 1791-1863

Autograph document signed

Title: [Orris Crosby outlines his life]

In a description of the events of his life, discusses his imprisonment in Canada. After his imprisonment, he was shot by John Garland, an officer in the Royal Navy, for refusing to fight against the United States in the 10 September 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. Refers to the battle as "Perry's Battle," after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. Claims that he was the son of Revolutionary War soldier Simon Crosby. States that he resides in Adams County, Wisconsin. This document is accompanied by a newspaper clipping containing Crosby's obituary. Date estimated based on references within the note.

GLC03436.07

5 September 1781

Beckwith, George, 1753-1823

Manuscript document

Title: [British spy report]

Reports on George Knox "formerly a Capt. in the Continental Army" who had resigned his commission in April 1780 and resumed farming in Newark. Informs that Knox turned himself over to loyalist refugees at Bergen and sought to join the British service. Relays that Knox reported that General George Washington is below Philadelphia and the troops with him are the Jersey Brigade of about 600 or 700, the Congress Regiment, a detachment of light infantry formed from York troops, and the French troops. Knox also reported that the New England troops are at the Hudson Highlands under General…

GLC05224.01

10 September 1781

Beckwith, George, 1753-1823

Autograph document signed

Title: [British spy report]

Reports on intelligence given by Jesse Sturges, "Washington's army passed that place on his march to Virginia, in order to form a Junction with the French." Informs that Washington has 5000 French and 2000 Continental troops. States that any boat in the Chesapeake that could carry men was used. Reports that the French fleet is in Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia.

GLC05224.02

1897

Hammond, B.F., fl. 1897

Print

Title: Afro-American Monument

Oil process chromo-lithographic poster. A picture of an angel putting her hand on the head of a slave, surrounded by nine vignettes depicting scenes from slavery to results of emancipation. Includes pictures of Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass, the death of Crispus Attucks, the initial arrival of African slaves in 1619, and Abraham Lincoln "breaking the chain of bondage," among other scenes. There is also related statistical information.

GLC08941

February 14, 1776

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Printed document signed

Title: [Commission of Gideon Stebbins]

Countersigned by Charles Thomson. Partially printed appointment of Gideon Stebbins to Second Lieutenant in the Army of the United States Colonies. Accompanied by two signed payrolls for militia commanded by Stebbins during Shays' rebellion. The payrolls are dated June 1786 and September 1786. (GLC01412.10.01 + GLC01412.10.02)

GLC01412.10.01

3 January 1778

Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Heath

Written by Burgoyne, captured British General in charge of the Convention Army to Heath, American General in charge of the district where Convention Army is located. Says Heath made no objection to sending a person to Rhode Island to get money for the Convention Army, so he has made arrangements to do so. To avoid delays he would like Heath's permission to send David Geddes, acting paymaster, to Rhode Island. Promises he will return within a specified time. Asks for an escort for Geddes from Providence back to Cambridge. Hopes to hear from him by that evening or next morning. In a different…

GLC04764.45

February 1778

Henley, David, 1749-1823

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [George Washington?]

Written by Colonel Henley as the former commandant of the Prospect Hill barracks near Cambridge, Massachusetts, which housed the captured British Convention Army. Recipient is inferred from the title "your Excellency" used toward the end of the letter. Henley was about to be sent before a court martial for allegations of murder and abusing British prisoners during his tenure at Prospect Hill. Says he left his business behind in Virginia to follow him into war out of purely selfless reasons. Says he does not now "have an Opportunity to blead" because he was placed in a command he did not want…

GLC04764.62

circa 1770-1785

Engraving

Title: Major - General, John Sullivan.

Half length engraving of Sullivan in uniform. Sullivan was a Major General in the Continental army from New Hampshire. He later served as President of New Hampshire.

GLC01450.201.05

30 December 1776

Graham, William, fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: [Certification of arrival of recruits]

Written in a secretarial hand for Captain Graham as commander of the 45th Regiment of Foot. Certifies that he has received James Carey on 27 November 1776 and Henry Lamport and John Gardiner on 30 December 1776, all recruits from the 24th Regiment of Foot.

GLC04764.26

27 March 1777

Bird, John, ?-1777

Document signed

Title: [Certification of arrival of recruits]

Written in a secretarial hand for Bird as Lieutenant Colonel of 15th Regiment of Foot. Certifies that James Ainsworth and George Lupton, recruits from the 20th Regiment of Foot, have joined his regiment. Bird died on 4 October 1777 at the Battle of Germantown.

GLC04764.27

30 December 1776

Graham, William, fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: [Certification of arrival of recruits]

Written in what appears a secretarial hand for Captain Graham as commander of the 45th Regiment of Foot. Certifies that he has received Alexander Melne, a recruit from the 62nd Regiment of Foot.

GLC04764.28

12 March 1777

Ogilvie, James, fl. 1777

Document signed

Title: [Certification of arrival of recruits]

Written in a secretarial hand for Major Ogilvie of the 4th Regiment of Foot. Cosigned by Major Robert Kingston, a staff officer under General John Burgoyne. Certifies that James Barnett, William Mitchell, and John Freeman were received from the 62nd Regiment of Foot.

GLC04764.29