16 January 1776

Manuscript

Title: [Captain Wright's muster roll] [incomplete]

Lists men's names, rations, and service. Missing upper left corner of page and lower right quadrant of the page.

GLC01450.119

circa 1776

Manuscript

Title: Muster roll

Lists men's names, rank, enlistment date, and distance traveled. Simon Edgel listed as Captain.

GLC01450.120

circa 1777

Manuscript

Title: [Account of rations and pay for Captain Humphrey's Company]

Lists the costs for pay, rations, mileage, etc. for the company.

GLC01450.121

1777

Manuscript

Title: [List of officers of Colonel Samuel McClellan's regiment]

Lists officers and their place of residence.

GLC01450.122

16 August 1776

Manuscript

Title: [Account of men left sick from the 17th regiment of Captain Ebenezer Bissell's company]

Lists the men left sick along the road or at Roxbury Hospital when the regiment marched for New York 5 July 1776. Also lists expenses.

GLC01450.123

27 January 1778

McNall, James, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: [Receipt of bounty]

Signed by many others. Certifies that the men of Simsbury have received from Captain Jonathan Humphrey wages, bounty, and mileage for an expedition to Providence, Rhode Island October 1777 under Colonel Samuel McClellan's regiment. Page two is also signed by some of the same men, stating that they have received six shillings from Colonel Noah Phelps as bounty or premium for the same expedition.

GLC01450.124

11 June 1777

Follett, Robert, fl. 1778

Autograph document signed

Title: [Promise and receipt of payment]

Promises to pay Charles Trellwen 20 pounds, 13 shillings, and five pence Halifax currency for supplies received from him. Various materials (cloth, buckram, thread, buttons) and their quantity and cost are listed on the lower part of the page. Thomas Drowne signed on the reverse stating he received 20 pounds, 13 shillings, and five pence for Mrs. Sarah Carter, dated 22 June 1778 at Kittery, Maine.

GLC01450.125

circa 1778

Document

Title: [Payment and orders for a Massachusetts regiment]

States that each person enlisted will get two pounds per month. They will march to the heights of Dorchester, Massachusetts to be formed into regiments, and will serve until 1 December 1778 unless discharged sooner. On the reverse is a note stating that the total amount of money to hire men to serve in the army bound for Canada is $287.

GLC01450.129

31 August 1778

Bayard, John Bubenheim, 1738-1807

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for drummers and fifers]

Orders David Rittenhouse to pay Captain William Duffield seven pounds, 19 shillings for obtaining drummers and fifers for his company. On reverse is a note signed by Duffield certifying that he received payment, 11 September 1778. Bayard signed as speaker.

GLC01450.130

1775

Header Record

Title: [Collection of two documents related to the Harlem campaign] [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC01450.131

1 May 1775

Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785

Document signed

Title: [Printed militia commission for Zephaniah Briggs]

Commission of second lieutenant Briggs in a company commanded by Nehemiah Beardsley to assist his captain in gathering enlistments to form a company of 100 men.

GLC01450.132

May 6, 1778

Morrison, James, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: [Affidavit of James Morrison declaring his knowledge of a mutiny]

James Morrison declares that he overheard Philip Slaid and Captain David Pierce (he has written "Peirce") say that Preserved Pierce is about to lead a mutiny. Related to GLC01450.134 and date infered from that document.

GLC01450.133

6 May 1778

Morrison, James, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: to the Sheriff of the County of Bristol

Says that the Sheriff is required to apprehend and bring Preserved Pierce before him to answer for all the charges against him (from GLC01450.133, that charge is mutiny). Morrison states that there is enough evidence to say that Pierce is "Enemical to the United States of America and therefore ought to be Examined." Says if he won't take an oath he is to be sent to the "Common Goal." Is initialed "J.M."

GLC01450.134

31 May 1781

Lawrence, John, 1719-1802

Autograph document signed

Title: [List of persons paid by the state of Connecticut]

To John Lawrence, Connecticut State Treasurer. Countersigned by William Moseley. Signed at the Pay Table Office. One docket, stating "Review the Contents for the within," is signed by John Sherman. Another docket states "Order Lieut Levi Munson & others," and is dated 31 May 1781.

GLC01450.136

6 May 1778

Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785

Document signed

Title: [Account information 1774-1778]

Trumbull signs as Governor of Connecticut, a post at which he served 1776-1784. Possibly a naval account for the state of Connecticut.

GLC01450.137

15 June 1775

Document

Title: [Docket: Proportion of stores destroyed]

Only the docket.

GLC01450.141

20 July 1780

Truxton, Thomas, fl. 1780

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Revolutionary War exchange note drawn on France]

GLC01450.142

1777-1790

Header Record

Title: John Ely collection of miscellaneous documents mostly receipts [Decimalized.01-.22]

Collection of various papers from John Ely, Revolutionary war colonel. Mostly receipts. Some documents mention prisoners.

GLC01450.143

18 July 1776

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790

Document signed

Title: [Massachusetts Bay treasury document]

Partly printed document. Signed by Secretary Jonathan Avery and sent to Treasurer Henry Gardner. Also signed by members of the Council Chamber. The more prominent officials on the list include: future Massachusetts Governor James Bowdoin, Continental Congressman and future Massachusetts Acting Governor Thomas Cushing, and future Massachusetts Representative and Senator Benjamin Austin. There are 11 other signatures, including Caleb Cushing, Henry Gardner, Samuel Holten and Moses Gill. Document states that Gardner is directed to pay Beriah Norton, commissary, 500 pounds to provision the…

GLC01450.147

29 November 1776

Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800

Document signed

Title: [Massachusetts Bay treausury document]

Partly printed document. Signed by Secretary John Avery to Treasurer Henry Gardner. Also signed by 15 members of the Council Chamber. Directs the treasurer to pay 50 pounds to Edward Cutt, commissary, for provisions for the troops stationed at Kittery Point.

GLC01450.148

13 August 1856

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Document signed

Title: to the Senate

Based on a report from Captain M.C. Meigs, Pierce requests that the Senate appropriate $750,000 for "the Capitol extension."

GLC01188

April 30, 1808

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to William Pinkney

Discusses congressional proceedings, foreign affairs, the Chesapeake affair, British and French aggression, and the Embargo Act of 1807. A portion of the letter has been written in code and is translated in another hand. Signed as Secretary of State. Pinkney was the U.S. Minister to Great Britain.

GLC01191

18 May 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Lincoln endorsement on letter concerning the remains of Captain W. G. Hewins]

Lincoln note written on a letter by the Governor of Massachusetts, John A. Andrew, dated 13 May 1863 from Boston. The letter is addressed to "All Officers in Command, of the United States, or of Volunteers," asking that Mr. Gibbs, who is bringing home the remains of Captain W. G. Hewins, receive all proper courtesies while on his journey. Lincoln's signed note on the second page reads, "Secretary of War please see Mr. Gibbs, with this letter from Gov. Andrew." Also with an autograph note signed by Major General Joseph Hooker and dated 21 May 1863, to Colonel Ingalls requesting that he…

GLC01195

October 26, 1879

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Emily Collins

Offers his home as a place to stay during her attendance at the eleventh annual meeting of the American Woman Suffrage Association, to be held in District of Columbia in early January 1880. Emily Parmely Collins worked for women's rights in New York, Louisiana, and Connecticut.

GLC01197

July 9, 1778

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Francis Barber

Addressed to Barber in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where he was recovering from a wound received at the Battle of Monmouth. Instructs Barber to obtain intelligence on the British movements across the Hudson river in New York while in New Jersey. Informs that any expenses will be repaid. Expresses relief that Barber's wound is healing. States that, "Tho I wish for your services, I would not have you to rejoin the Army before your condition will admit of it, with the most perfect safety." Text of the letter and the address are written in the hand of Washington's secretary, Robert H.…

GLC01201