4 April 1798

Document

Title: An estimate of the value of lands remaining unalienated in the Waldo Patent

Listing of "unalienated" properties within the Waldo patent, and their value.

GLC02437.09266

20 May 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for one man of Captain Thomas Patten's Company

Also signed by Captain Patten. Covers 9-20 May. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer, who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09731

20 May 1783

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for two army prisoners

Also signed by Captain R. Willis. Covers one day's worth of rations. Contains a note on page two written by John [Waid?], who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09732

21 May 1783

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for Captain Thomas Patten's Company

Also signed by Captain Patten on both pages. Covers 21-25 May. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer, who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09733

21 May 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for one man of Captain Thomas Patten's Company

Also signed by Captain Patten. Covers 21-28 May. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer, who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09734

21 May 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for two prisoners confined in the provost

Also signed by Captain Henry Ten Eyck. Contains a note on page two written by Noah [?], who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09735

22 May 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for two men of the Second Connecticut Regiment

Also signed by Captain [Betts]. A note written in a different hand at the bottom of the page confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09736

23 May 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for two men belonging to the Second Connecticut Regiment

Also signed by Captain E. Eells. Covers the period of one day. Contains a note on page two written by Edward Field, who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09737

22 May 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for one Captain Lieutenant and one police officer for the garrison of West Point

Also signed by John Miles, police officer. Covers 16- 31 May. Contains a note on page two written by Charles Fryer, who confirms receipt of the rations.

GLC02437.09738

24 May 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Request for one day's provisions for two prisoners]

The prisoners are from the Second and Eighth Companies, Second Connecticut Regiment. Also signed by Captain Edward Buckley of the Main Guard. Contains a note on page two written by Jabez Whitmore, who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09739

25 May 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for Captain Thomas Patten's Company of Artificers belonging to the Ordnance Department

Signed by Captain Patten on both pages. Covers 25-28 May. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer, who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09740

25 May 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Order for provision to be supplied to two prisoners]

The prisoners belong to the Second and Eighth Companies, Second Connecticut Regiment. Also signed by Captain Lemuel Clift of the Main Guard. Contains a note on page two written by David Bradley, who confirms receipt of the rations.

GLC02437.09741

26 May 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for two men of Captain Thomas Patten's Company

Also signed by Captain Patten. Covers 26-27 May. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer, who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09742

26 May 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for two prisoners belonging to the Second Connecticut Regiment

Also signed by Captain E. Eells of the Main Guard. Covers the period of one day. Contains a note on page two written by Edward Field, who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09743

27 May 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for two prisoners

Covers the period of one day. Also signed by Captain R. Willis, of the Main Guard. Contains a note on page two signed by Edward Field, who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09745

30 June 1851

Bell, Henry H., 1808-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the editors of the National Intelligencer

Written by Lieutenant Bell who asked that the daily edition of the National Intelligencer be stopped and that the weekly version be sent instead. Encloses three dollars (not included). This short note is signed "H.H. Bell" and he was identified as the Bell who became a Civil War admiral by a partially erased pencil note in the upper left corner of the document. Small tear in upper left corner.

GLC03479.17

4 June 1852

Lavallette, Elie Augustus F., 1790-1862

Letter signed

Title: to Andrew H. Foote

Written by Lavallette as Commander in Chief of the African Squadron to Lieutenant Foote. Forwards a letter he found in his papers (not included). Hopes Foote had a short passage and a pleasant meeting with his family and friends. Document has been torn in upper right corner and is close to being torn along the folds. Written while aboard the "USS Germantown".

GLC03479.19

4 January 1853

Greer, James A., 1833-1904

Letter signed

Title: to J. B. Pollock

Written by Greer the year he graduated from the Naval Academy. References Pollock's letter from 13 December 1852 where Pollock said he sent a map of Texas to his agent. The agent was supposed to forward it to Greer. Says the agent has failed to comply with Pollock's request.

GLC03479.20

4 August 1855

Stewart, Charles, 1778-1869

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Turner

Written in a secretarial hand and signed twice by Stewart as Commander of the Philadelphia Navy Yard to Lieutenant Turner of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Tells him to take command of recruits given to him by Commander Engle and to proceed to Amboy by railroad and then to New York and report to Captain Boannan. Turner is to return after this is done. Boannan signed the letter and stated that Turner arrived in New York on 8 August. Stewart signed it and noted that he reported back to Philadelphia on 23 August. The letter is mounted with paste on another sheet of paper.

GLC03479.23

28 March 1856

McKeever, fl. 1856

Signature

Title: [Autograph cut-out of a McKeever letter]

Autograph (1.9 x 11.3 cm.) was cut from a larger letter and is pasted to a larger piece of paper (5 x 22.5 cm.). Above the autograph it is marked "Reported." The first letter of the first name, which is illegible, is next to the name "McKeever." Pencil note on the larger sheet says it could be for a "Chauncey McKeever," but that could not be confirmed.

GLC03479.24

3 January 1857

Ingraham, Duncan N., 1802-1891

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for the Bureau of Ordnance & Hydrography]

Countersigned by Matthew F. Maury as Superintendent of the Naval Observatory certifying that seven dollars should be paid to the Navy Agent at Philadelphia. Signed by Ingraham as Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. Ingraham entered the CSN in 1861, serving as commandant of the Charleston naval station from 1862-1865.

GLC03479.25

8 October 1861

Green, Joseph F., 1811-1897

Letter signed

Title: to William Boud & Son

Written in secretarial hand and signed by Green as Assistant Inspector in charge of Ordinance at the Ordinance Office of the Boston Navy Yard to the firm William Boud & Son. Says three chronometers will be sent to them to be put in good order.

GLC03479.28

20 May 1861

Craven, Thomas, 1808-1887

Letter signed

Title: to Eugene L. Morton

Written by Commander Craven to Morton as a Navy Agent in Boston. Encloses a bill (not included) of E.B. Knapp for a steamboat fare of recruits for $21. Asks him to send the amount.

GLC03479.30

6 February 1862

Smith, Joseph, fl. 1841-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George H. Preble

Smith says he cannot obtain the lithograph of the gunboat that Prebel wants, but say he will get a copy as soon as he can. Says he did send specifications for the new plated gunboats though. Same signature at GLC03479.12 and .36.

GLC03479.31

4 November 1863

Bache, Alexander Dallas, 1806-1867

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Clarence Fendall

Bache, of the coastal survey, tells Fendall to proceed to Cairo and report to Admiral Porter. Stamp on verso "Exchanged by order Secretary Navy."

GLC03479.32