15 October 1782

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lewis Pintard

Relates news from New York, including the arrival of "a Packer" and news that "Charles Town was evacuated."

GLC08994.01

16 October 1782

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

Envelope

Title: [Free Frank for a letter from Elias Boudinot to Lewis Pintard]

Envelope is pasted inside GLC08994.03, a copy of Boudinot's "Journal or historical recollections of American events during the revolutionary war."

GLC08994.02

1894

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

Book

Title: Journal or historical recollections of American events during the revolutionary war

Boudinot's recollections of the American Revolution, with a number of anecdotes on the subject, and one hundred thirty-nine illustrations. Published by Frederick Bourguin. Only twenty-five large copies of the book were made, this one numbered copy twenty-four.

GLC08994.03

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of the waggons, horses &c. necessary for 30,000 infantry 7c. for 1 year no:1

Main page is a large list counting the necessary amounts of various types of wagons, where they are required, their cost in 1775, and the total cost in 1775 of all wagons. Second page contains the title and a note explaining that deductions for upkeep will have to be factored in. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.01

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of camp equipage necessary for an Army of 30,000 infantry &c. for 1 year no: 3

Main page is a large list counting the necessary amounts of various military stores, where they are required, their cost in 1775, and the total cost in 1775 of all these stores. Stores include items such as tents, buckets and iron cups. Second page contains the title and a note. Note explaining that if the army is forced to fight in the winter the tents may be ruined, and that a stationary army needs fewer kettles, canteens and knapsacks than a marching army. These factors will affect the total cost. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget…

GLC00634.01.02

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of intrenching, coopers &c mason's tools, necessary for an army of 30,000, infantry &c for 1 year no:4

Main page is a large list counting the necessary amounts of various entrenching tools, where they are required, their cost in 1775, and the total cost in 1775 of all these tools. Second page contains the title and a note stating that the amount of entrenching done will affect the number of tools needed, and thus the cost. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.03

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of house carpenter's tools, necessary for an army of 30,000 infantry &c. for 1 year also of falling axes. no: 5

Main page is a large list counting the necessary amounts of various builders tools and axes, where they are required, their cost in 1775, and the total cost in 1775 of all these tools. Second page contains the title and a note stating it is hard to know if the number of tools is appropriate, and if any deduction should be made for them. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.04

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of Saddler's Tools &c. necessary for an army of 30,000 infantry &c. for 1 year. no: 6

Main page is a large list counting the necessary amounts of various sadler's tools, where they are required, their cost in 1775, and the total cost in 1775 of all these tools. Second page contains the title and a note stating it is the tools may suffer in the harsh weather, but that no deduction seems necessary. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.05

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of iron mongery &c. necessary for an army of 30,000 infantry &c. for 1 year no:7 [Fragment]

The left half of the list, which would include the headings, is missing. Main page contains a list of numbers that correspond to some sort of iron mongery related items. The items are grouped according to where they are needed, and their cost in 1775 is listed, as well as the total cost in 1775 of all listed items. Second page contains the title. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.06

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of stationary & cloth necessary for an army of 30,000 infantry &c. for 1 year no:8

Main page is a large list counting the necessary amounts of various items of stationary and clothing, where they are required, their cost in 1775, and the total cost in 1775 of all these items. Second page contains the title and a note discussing the accuracy of these calculations. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.07

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of fuel, lumber &c. necessary for an army of 30,000 infantry etc. for 1 year no:9

Main page is a list counting the necessary amounts of various building materials, where they are required, their cost in 1775, and the total cost in 1775 of all these items. Second page contains the title and a note stating a deduction in the stated amount is unlikely. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.08

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of ship carpenter's. & smith's toolds necessary for an army of 30,000 infantry for 1 year. no: 12

Main page is a list counting the necessary amounts of various ship carpenter's and smith's tools, where they are required, their cost in 1775, and the total cost in 1775 of all these items. Second page contains the title and a note stating this list is appropriate for one year. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.09

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of vessels &c. necessary for an army of 30,000 infantry &c. for 1 year. no: 13

Main page is a list counting the necessary number of ships and ship related equipment, where these items are required, their cost in 1775, and the total cost in 1775 of all these items. Second page contains the title and a note stating this list is appropriate for one year. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.10

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of store hire yearly at different ports for the use of the army. no. 14. an estimate for one year, and will admit of no deduction

List estimating costs expected for various different military stores. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.01.11

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of horses at posts not included in army estimate on those of forage and provision teams. no. 6

List estimating the number of various types of horses needed for the army and where they will be needed. Title from docket. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.01

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of horses with the army, to be furnish'd forage & the cost thereof no. 8.

List estimating the number of horses the army will need to fill various duties, and the cost of feeding these horses. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.02

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of provisions teams necessary for supplying the main army in winter quarters no. 10

List estimating the number of horse teams the army will need transport provisions. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.03

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of the wages & subsistence of all the persons employed on salary in the q. m. general's department, except the waggon branch. 1780 no. 11

List estimating the wages to be paid to the employees of the quarter master general's department. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.04

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of artificers at ports and with the army no. 13

List estimating the number of various types of artificers needed for the army, and the posts they will be needed at. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.05

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Return of officers & persons employed in the q. m. genl. dept. entitled to public horses no. 14

List of men, either by name, position, or both, who are entitled to horses from the government, and the number of horses to which each is entitled. Also lists the district the men are from, and the number of men that fill different posts. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.06

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Number of horses sent out from camp no. 16

List recording the dates on which wagons and horses were sent "from Camp to Winter," who sent the horses, who they were sent to, and how many horses and wagons were sent. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.07

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Return of issuing commissaries Augt. 1779. no. 17

Lists the names of the issuing commissaries of the Middle Department and Southern Department. Also lists place of birth, enlistment date, former employment, and place stationed for each of the commissaries. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780. Docket on second page. Title from docket.

GLC00634.02.08

1815-1860

Youngdalh, Luther Wallace, 1896-1978

Signature

Title: [Signatures of various United States political figures]

Collection primarily contains signatures from nineteenth and twentieth century Senators and Representatives. Other signatures are included, such as Youngdahl (Governor of Minnesota 1947-1951); William Moultrie (Revolutionary War patriot); William F. Packer (Pennsylvania Governor 1858-1861); Frank L. Polk (Acting Secretary of State 1920); Sir Oliver Mowat (Canadian statesman); Jeremiah Sullivan Black (Attorney General 1857-60 and Secretary of State 1860-1861) among others. United States Congressmen include William E. Mason (Illinois, late nineteenth/early twentieth century); Henry Dodge (…

GLC03481.33

1 September 1778

Jacobs, John, 1735-1817

Autograph document signed

Title: The Names of the Officers of Col. Jacobs Regt. which are Omitted in the New Arrangements by General Sullivan's Orders

Colonel Jacobs lists sixteen of his officers.

GLC01450.218.04

17 August 1779

Foster, Caleb, 1760-?

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bounty receipt for Revolutionary War soldiers]

Indicates the receipt of twenty one pounds for Foster and Allen Perley enlisting "to go to Boston 'tll the first of October."

GLC01450.218.05