1757/07/11

Lithgow, William, fl. 1757

Document signed

Title: re: accounting of sundries & supplies to tend the sick.

GLC01450.342

1762/04/07

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

Document signed

Title: Orders payment to Moses Franks for troop supplies against the Cherokee Indians on the Frontiers of Virginia .

Franks was a prominent Jewish merchant.

GLC01450.507

February 28, 1757

Wentworth, Benning, fl. 1757

Document signed

Title: [Proclamation concerning raising troops in New Hampshire]

Promotes voluntary enlistment in order to raise troops to serve on the western frontiers of the New England governments and to prevent the further encroachment of the French. Lists what each volunteer will receive in terms of salary and equipment. Wentworth is listed as a "Captain General and Commander in his Majesties' Province of New Hampshire." On verso are dated notes made by a soldier, Ebenezer Eatton, recording marching activities. Note by Eatton states that he enlisted 9 March 1757.

GLC01450.545

1759/06/04

Bradstreet, John, 1714-1774

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Order to pay Robert Livingston 576 pounds]

Bradstreet, a British officer, orders Abraham W. Cortin, a temporary deputy paymaster general, to make the payment, which was owed for "Sundries supplied for His Majesty's service" during the French and Indian War. A note signed by Livingston below the order states that the payment should be made to Dirck Jansen. A note signed my Jansen on the verso indicates the payment was received on 8 August 1759.

GLC01450.275

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Confederate cavalryman with canteen, 1/6 plate ambrotype, ruby-glass

GLC02187

1756/10/11

Ruggles, Timothy, 1711-1795

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certification that Cornelius Vander Barrak delivered medical supplies]

The supplies were for "the sick and well People of Col. Thatcher & Colonel Ruggles's Regiment" during the Seven Years' War.

GLC02503.20

1813/09/21

Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Captain Camp

Requests supplies including "tents, Camp kettles, pans, axes & spades" for the New York militia's move to Maryland. Sent to Captain Camp at the department of the quartermaster general.

GLC02498.19

1758/06/10

Boscawen, Edward, 1711-1761

Letter signed

Title: to Captain Vaughan

Orders Captain Vaughan to "receive twelve pipes of Madeira wine being two months supply," for his men. Written on board the HMS Namur.

GLC02500.03

1780/10/24

United States. Continental Congress.

Manuscript document signed

Title: Resolution re: shortage of military supplies

Signed by Thomson as Secretary of Congress. The resolution is a response to a report of the Commissary General Col. E. Blaine. Was written in Congress.

GLC02121

1862/11/03

Peck, John J., 1821-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to E. L. Crete? re: discharging a man, capturing supplies & home guard men

GLC02465.19

1865/03/18

Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906

Autograph note signed

Title: to Langdon Cheves Easton

General Schofield sends a message, at the direction of General Sherman's quarter master, Brevet Major General Langdon Cheves Easton (1814-1884). He requests "100,000 suits of clothing."

GLC02465.20

1861/12/18

Viele, Egbert L., 1825-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Capt. Harcall [?]

Brig. General Viele asks for horse teams that are "good," because the ones he has are not up to the standard required

GLC02465.27

1813/12/28

Brown, Jacob, 1775-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Newbould

General Brown forwards $300 to pay interest on a bond. Notes that his quarters are good and that supplies are coming to his town. Indicates that he is not worried by the enemy forces in the vicinity and welcomes an attack, because it would "give me another chance for acquiring military reputation and of promoting the honor...of my Country." In a postscript, seeks Newbould's candid opinion of the army.

GLC02047

1782/09/17

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Consents to stopping work on the magazine and instead having the men work on the barracks. "I shall inform the Secretary at War, who seemed to have the completion of the Magazine much at heart, of the reasons which have hindered us from proceeding." Approves Knox's nomination of "Commissaries &c of Military stores." Written at "Head Quarters." Docketed in Knox's hand.

GLC02437.09380

1842/09/06

Snively, J., fl. 1842

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: authorizing Ward to use government stores

Damaged. Written as Acting Quarter Master General.

GLC02145.43

1783/01/05

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to David Brooks

Signature has been clipped. Writes to D. [likely David] Brooks, Assistant Clothier General, "Agreably to your request Major Haskell and Capt Bliss will decide what articles [in] Store, are fit and which unfit for service."

GLC02437.01799

1864/09/06

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gideon Welles re: furnishing coal for the Government

Written as President. Not in Basler. Lincoln writes to his Secretary of Navy about a woman's proposal to supply coal. He suspects she is insane.

GLC02793.036

1799/07/07

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James McHenry re: War Department's fiscal needs

Written as President to his Secretary of War. Numbered at top 173.

GLC02793.008

1781/05/31

Jackson, William, 1759-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John de Neville re: military uniform; correspondence with Benjamin Franklin

Requests an order of gold military epaulets and gold sword knots, as he will soon sail. Says he has written to Dr. Franklin (Benjamin Franklin). Jackson had been working with fellow American diplomats in Europe to negotiate contracts for military supplies.

GLC02470.19

1782/06/07

Pierce, William, 1740-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gen. Anthony Wayne re: about horses

Written near Bacon's Bridge, South Carolina, in Dorchester County.

GLC02470.31

1781/04/27

Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819

Letter signed

Title: to [Thomas Jefferson] re: ship carrying clothing & money for convention troops in Va. and Maryland

Maryland governor Lee asks Virginia governor Thomas Jefferson to allow delivery of the enclosed letter [no longer present] to a recently-landed flag ship bearing supplies for General John Burgoyne's captured army, the so-called Convention Troops. Lee explains that he has told British Convention troops commander General James Hamilton that the ship, now at Hampton Roads in Virginia, may sail to George Town, Maryland in order to deliver those supplies intended for the Convention troops in that state. In January of 1781, the turncoat Benedict Arnold had attacked Virginia, forcing Jefferson…

GLC02471.27

1701/09

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Fragment of account sheet re: expenditures outlayed for province of New York

Part of an itemized list detailing each of the outlays of Livingston made for the Province of New York, totalling £5335 19 shillings 2 1/4 pence. The outlays included "Incidents" and Provisions for the Indians of the Five Nations , and "for Makeing 400 wheel Barrows to fortify Albany & Shinnectady."

GLC03107.00641

1701/10/30

Weemes, James, fl. 1700-1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: recent news from England

Weemes writes that with the arrival of "our members of Parliament," mail from London arrived as well and that he would proceed to forward Livingston's mail. He also discusses Lt. Governor Nanfan's failure to provide for the garrison at Albany. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00648

1701/11/22

Riggs, John, fl. 1699-1701

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: Lord Cornbury's impending arrival in New York

Riggs begins with a claim that he "hartylie wish[es] our garrisons weare in as good order as you saye our nebors are," and then discusses the upcoming arrival of newly-appointed Governor Edward Hyde Lord Cornbury. He also sends word of life at the Court of St. James, and of Coll. Ingoldsby's being in favor with Lord Cornbury and thus returning to New York after an absence the length of the Bellomont administration. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00651

1702/05/27

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Orders re: naming all officers and soldiers of Fort William Henry as freemen

Due to regulations preventing all but free men from carrying on as tradesmen in the colonies, many soldiers and officers of his Majesty's Armies had deserted their posts due to want of food and clothing. In an effort to convey gratitude and maintain the town's protection from "the French of Canada and their Indians," the Council ordered that all soldiers and officers barracked at Fort William Henry be granted the status of free men, and all rights and priveleges which follow.

GLC03107.00675