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[Permission for Samuel Barron "to come to Staeton Island"]
2 April 1782
Skinner, C., fl. 1782
GLC01450.232.04
to Elbridge Gerry
November 23, 1780
Davis, Caleb, 1738-1797
Docketed in Elbridge Gerry's hand. Reminds Gerry that he has an "appointment upon a Committee to devise ways & means to supply the treasury to pay this Commonwealth's Quota of the army and other Exigencies of Government." This committee is to sit...
GLC01450.233
June 12, 1776
Wendell, John, 1731-1808
Wendell asks Gerry to use his political influence to help place him in a number of governmental positions. Says that he is confident he can attain the position of "Vendue Master" if Gerry can get him a favorable letter from the President. Also...
GLC01450.234
June 16, 1776
Freeman, Samuel, 1743-1831
On Gerry's advice, Freeman and his regiment "have applied to Court to consider our losses at Falmouth," in the hopes the court would petition Congress. The court refuses, and feels it might seem "selfish" to do such a thing. Discusses trouble...
GLC01450.235
to Benjamin Hewins
November 17, 1778
Flood, Stephen, fl. 1778
Worries that some back home believe he has defected to the British side. Feels he has "as good a right as others" to the "town Bounty" this year, and asks Hewins to obtain the money and send it to him. Letter addressed to Hewins as "Treasurer of the...
GLC01450.236
[Decimalized .01-.02]
1775-1778
Dated December 22, 1775, April 24, 1778.
GLC01450.237
[Receipt for Joseph Graves]
December 22, 1775
Parker, Jonas, ?-1775
States that Graves is owed one pound sixteen ounces for "entertainement given to let Jonas Parker and his men in bringing prisoners" over his land. Signed by Parker as "Captain of the Gaurd." Verso dated 22 December 1775, but the document must have...
GLC01450.237.01
to Nathanael Greene
April 24, 1778
Green, John, 1730-1793
John Green asks Nathanael Greene to "give an order to my Quarter Master" for a list of items which his regiment is "much wanting." The list, written below includes "35 kettles, 230 H. Sacks, 22 N. Sacks & 280 Lanterns," and is signed by William...
GLC01450.237.02
to Ephriam Bowen
October 31, 1778
Burnet, Ichabod, fl. 1778-1782
Burnet reminds Bowen that he must send the clothing supplies already requested, as they are badly needed by himself and General Nathanael Greene. Greene was Quartermaster General at the time of this letter. Ichabod Burnet was Greene's personal aide...
GLC01450.238
Documents related to the Revolutionary War [Decimalized .01-.02]
1777-1779
See decimalized entries.
GLC01450.239
[Receipt for regimental pay]
February 11, 1777
Peters, Richard, 1743-1828
Written by Peters as the Secretary for the Board of War. Receipt says to pay Thomas Hughes, regimental paymaster of the 7th Virginia Battalion, two months wages for the soldiers under his jurisdiction. Says he is to be accountable to the Pay Master...
GLC01450.239.01
to Clement Biddle
May 26, 1779
Brownard, Benjamin, fl. 1779
Letter written by Brownard from the Quartermaster General's office to Colonel Biddle as Deputy Quartermaster General of Pennsylvania. Says "The General" requests Biddle to provide pasture for the expresses - probably horses for the express riders -...
GLC01450.239.02
to the Selectmen of Coventry
April 13, 1777
Elderklin, Vine, fl. 1776-1810
Letter written by Elderkin as Captain in 7th Connecticut Regiment to the Selectmen of Coventry, Connecticut. Requests the selectmen furnish John Bill and Samuel Bardain, two soldiers in his company, with guns, bayonets, cartridge boxes, and blankets...
GLC01450.240
[Approving payment to Constable of Hartford John Dodd for various supplies]
May 1776
Hosmer, Titus, 1736-1780
Hosmer signed as clerk. It lists the items Dodd was paid for, the last being for "14 Days tending the General Assembly." Dodd signed the verso in a note indicating his receipt of the payment on 11 June 1776.
GLC01450.241.01
[Receipt for Captain Vine Elderkin]
15 April 1777
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807
Signed by Ellsworth as a member of the Connecticut Pay-Table Committee. To Connecticut Treasurer Jonathan Lawrence. Receipt says to pay Captain Elderkin over 83 pounds for the various expenses to treat the illnesses in his company in Colonel Mott's...
GLC01450.241.02
[Pay order for William Williams]
24 October 1781
Wadsworth, Fenn, fl. 1778
Docketed by Williams. Countersigned by Eleazer Wales and by Jedediah Huntington. Order to pay colonel William Williams seven pounds seven schillings, with tax of one penny per pound, and "charge the state." From the "Pay Table Office" Signed by...
GLC01450.241.03
[A muster roll of Capt. Claps Company]
1 November 1779
Brown, Andrew, ?-1797
Muster roll for of Captain Lemuel Clap's company in the Massachusetts Guard. Lists name, rank, and enlistment date of men in the regiment. Almost all the men enlisted 11 August, though some later. A third of the men in the company are named Clap...
GLC01450.241.04
to Asa Waterman
October 21, 1782
Allen, Paul, 1742-?
Allen informs Waterman of the return of "our Brother Capt Joseph Cashman." Says Mr. Cushing's child "the sicked child that ever I saw." News arrived from Newfoundland of the "Royal George" sinking in port, and 1,300 people dying. Around eight hundred...
GLC01450.242
[Receipts and account book] [Decimalized .01-.06]
1757-1781
GLC01450.243
to Theadore Atkinson
20 September 1757
Johnson, James, fl. 1757
Receipt says ten days after sight of this note to exchange money to pay Joseph Morse & Co. 24 dollars for value received. Atkinson was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
GLC01450.243.01
[Receipt for Samuel Kennedy]
December 25, 1763
Cottrell, Thomas, fl. 1763
Signed by Lieutenant Cottrell and co-signed as a witness by Kennedy Farrell. Receipt says to pay Samuel Kennedy over 21 pounds Rhode Island currency.
GLC01450.243.02
[Receipt for small arms payment]
17 October 1776
Mathewson, Jonathan, fl. 1776
Received 390 pounds for 100 hundred small arms from Joseph Clark, Treasurer of Rhode Island. The small arms are to be marked with the colony's stamp.
GLC01450.243.03
[Account ledger for payments to Samuel Tufts]
24 September 1778
The Town of Newburyport
Ledger of payments from the town of Newburyport to Samuel Tufts. The payments began on 10 February 1778 and ended on 24 September 1778 and was for a total of over 182 pounds. The town mostly purchased clothing from Tufts. He signed the document...
GLC01450.243.04
[Receipt of Abraham Greene]
16 November 1781
Maxwell, Adam, fl. 1781
Receipt written in Council of War. Authorizes Abraham Greene to draw one pounds, 10 shillings in silver money from the general treasury. Note on verso, signed by Greene, says he received the money on 27 November 1781.
GLC01450.243.05
[Receipt for Archibald Crary]
December 1, 1781
Written in a Council of War. Receipt allows Colonel Archibald Crary to draw 90 pounds, in either silver or gold, from the general treasury. Note on verso, signed by Crary, says he received payment on 6 December 1781.
GLC01450.243.06
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