15 May 1777

Document

Title: [Receipt for goods on the Brig Sally]

Lists porter, playing cards, and sugar.

GLC01450.205.02

25 November 1776

Wilson, Nathaniel, fl. 1776

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Order to attend a meeting]

Orders the recipient to "repair to the parade by the meeting house" at the specified time and date, in accordance with an act of the General Court. Document co-signed by John Waite and John Johnson. The three men sign as the Selectmen of Falmouth.

GLC01450.207

6 May 1776

Cooke, Nicholas, 1717-1782

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of John Fiske]

Partially Printed document signed by Cooke as Governor of Rhode Island. Co-signed by Secretary Henry Ward. John Fiske was named a Major in the Second Regiment of militia from the county of Providence. Embossed paper seal with the symbol of Rhode Island the word "Hope" on it. Document is pasted to a piece of heavier paper and the docket is barely visible when viewed through the heavy paper.

GLC01450.209.01

5 July 1778

Eames, Daniel, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: [Return for men detached from Captain Daniel Eames's Company]

Created in Hopkington (possibly Hopkinton, Massachusetts). Indicates that men were detached from Eames's Company to serve in Colonel Samuel Bullard's Regiment "to Reinforce the Continental Armey untill the first January next." Lists the names of Sergeant Solomon Walker and Privates Amos Stimson, Daniel Sever, and Thomas Law.

GLC01450.215.01

1 April 1776

Morse, David, 1756-1830

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request to pay bearer for military service during the American Revolution]

Asks for pay for one month and ten days of enlistment. Signed on the verso by David's father, Pelatiah Morse, who was possibly the bearer.

GLC01450.215.02

1776

Hall & Sellers

Printed document signed

Title: [One third of a dollar, No. 307773]

Partly printed document signed by J. Sellers, of Hall & Sellers, Philadelphia printers. The front indicates the money was printed according to a resolution of the Continental Congress passed 17 February 1776. Underneath an icon of a sundial appears the phrase: "Mind Your Business."

GLC01450.215.03

30 July 1778

Johnson, Isaac, 1713-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Military pay reciept]

Verifies that he has recieved twenty pounds because Elisha Johnson is being sent to Rhode Island. Elisha Johnson was Isaac Johnson's son.

GLC01450.215.05

16 March 1776

Abbott, Joshua, 1740-1815

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Certificate of enlistment]

Certifies that Jacob Chamberlain has enlisted until the end of December in Captain Abbott's company in Colonel Stark's regiment. Written from Camp.

GLC01450.216.01

22 March 1776

Hill, Ebenezer, 1766-1854

Document signed

Title: [Weekly return of Captain Simon Edgel's Company]

Signed by Hill as Lieutenant. Indicates that Edgel's company is part of Colonel John Robinson's regiment. Records numbers of officers present.

GLC01450.216.02

9 May 1776

Gould, James, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: [Revolutionary War era receipt from Captain Simon Edgel]

Signed "James Gould Ensign." Notes the reception of three pounds, ten shilling, and one penny, for himself and four others listed (John Divine, Jonathan Whitney, William Gibbs, and Phineas Chamberlain), not otherwise mentioned on a receipt. Gould had asked for pay for himself, Whitney, Gibbs and Chamberlain the previous month (see GLC01450.218.02).

GLC01450.218.03

31 March 1776

Wilkins, Josiah, 1752-?

Document signed

Title: [List of soldiers intended for Captain Simon Edgel]

Signed by Josiah Wilkins and Jabez Bush, both members of a regiment from Marlborough, Massachusetts. They request that Edgel "please to diliver to Lieut Peter [Howe] our Wages and This shall Be your Discharge from us." Lists the names of18 soldiers.

GLC01450.219.01

26 March 1776

Knox, John, fl. 1771-1791

Document signed

Title: to Mr. Robinson

Knox sends his compliments to Robinson and reminds him what was agreed upon respecting Gonharin's Corps. Says they made an agreement that Alderman Harley was to have orders to deliver 500 suits of clothing for Governor Legges Regiment. Harley had told Knox he had no orders from Robinson.

GLC01450.220.02

23 February 1782

Traille, Peter, fl. 1782

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for powder for the British Royal Artillery]

The powder was received from and the receipt sent to George Wray, Commissary to the Royal Artillery. The powder was for making blank cartridges for recruits.

GLC01450.221

28 May 1782

Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792

Printed document signed

Title: [British bill of exchange for 500 pounds payable to William Billyer]

Partially printed bill of exchange. The money was designated "For Defraying the Expenses and Carrying on the Current Serives of your Office at thei Place." Noted accepted on 13 August 1782. The docket orders payment to a Mr. Patrick Leckie from Billyer.

GLC01450.222

12 October 1778

Pool, Joshua, 1763-1781

Autograph document signed

Title: [Josua Pool's request for wages owed for Revolutionary War service]

Asked that his pay for service in a Massachusetts company be given to the bearer. On the verso is a receipt dated 15 October 1778 for eighteen pounds for Joshua Pools, drawn by the Select Men of Newburyport on the town treasurer and signed by his father (and also a veteran) Mark Pool.

GLC01450.224.01

1772-1779

Header Record

Title: [Six Revolutionary War era financial documents 2 receipts, 1 receipt for poll tax, 3 state currencies] [Decimalized .01- .06]

[Currency]. [Philadelphia], Pennsylvania: 03 April 1772. Two shilling and sixpence note. Printed by Hall and Sellers. Signed by Cadwalader Morris, Joseph Swift and Samuel Hudson. No. 4665. [Currency]. [Philadelphia], Pennsylvania: 01 October 1773. Five shilling note. Printed by Hall and Sellers. Signed by William Wister, Samuel Miles and Owen Jones, Jr. No. 24025. Historical Background: An emission of £150,000 in bills of credit to revive the loan office system. Penn family arms on the front and a cast cut of a farm scene on the back [excerpted from Jordan's "Colonial Currency."] […

GLC01450.226

1775-1778

Ashley, S., fl. 1775-1778

Header Record

Title: [Three Revolutionary War receipts]

Dated 20 July 1775 (from Massachusetts), 23 August 1776 (from New York), and 2 January 1778 (from Massachusetts).

GLC01450.227

1778-1779

Header Record

Title: Documents dated: 1778/06/09, 1778/04 and 1779/01/14 [Decimalized .01- .03]

See decimalized entries.

GLC01450.228

1776-1778

Header Record

Title: Tool list and Debt notice for Oliver Titcomb's regiment [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC01450.229

1778-1780

Header Record

Title: [Three Revolutionary War receipts for soldiers' pay]

Dated 27 January 1779, 28 December 1780 and 31 December 1778

GLC01450.230

1777-1780

Header Record

Title: [Seven Revolutionary War receipts and documents] [Decimalized .01- .07]

Dated 28 December 1777, 11 July 1778, 11 July 1778, 9 January 1779, 19 March 1779, 24 February 1780, and 29 Sptember [no year].

GLC01450.231

February 12, 1760

Waldo, Sam, fl. 1760

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for hiring a whale boat during the French and Indian War]

Tallies various charges, including hiring the boat "to got to the Relief of St. Georges when attacked by the French and Indians."

GLC01450.232.01

1775-1778

Header Record

Title: [Decimalized .01-.02]

Dated December 22, 1775, April 24, 1778.

GLC01450.237

1777-1779

Header Record

Title: Documents related to the Revolutionary War [Decimalized .01-.02]

See decimalized entries.

GLC01450.239

May 1776

Hosmer, Titus, 1736-1780

Autograph document signed

Title: [Approving payment to Constable of Hartford John Dodd for various supplies]

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