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1861/09/17

Taylor, Walter Herron, 1838-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sally Tompkins re: battle at Richmond Mountain

"[T]he expedition not wholly baren of good results. We captured all their pickets...the plan was well arranged (and that is all my Genl [Lee] had to do with it) but...the assault was not made."

GLC07646

1871/09/24

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Title: Engraving inscribed by Sherman

"If...you would take the trouble to examine the volume throughout, and to minute all the passages where your recollection or your notes would detect an error, it would confer a new and valuable obligation upon me...."

GLC07647

1770/03/23

Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775

Letter signed

Title: to George Grenville re: aftermath of Boston Massacre, troop presence in Boston

"It was so apparently incompatible with the Safety of the town for the troops to continue any longer in it, that His Majesty's Council were unanimous in their Advice to the Lieutenant Governor, that they should be removed to the Barracks at Castle Island." Also signed by James Bowdoin and Samuel Pemberton.

GLC07649

[1880 ca.]

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Does a College Education Pay re: supporting college education

"The methods employed in any enterprise and occupation, have so changed within the last fifty years, that a necessity has risen for an advanced grade of intelligence and education."

GLC07650

1771/05/15

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Adams, et al. re: British policy & the potential loss of the colonies

"History shows that by these Steps great Empires have crumbled heretofore; and the late Transactions we have so much Cause to complain of, show that we are in the same Train, and that without a greater Share of Prudence and Wisdom than we seem on both Sides to be possessed of, we shall probably come to the Same Conclusion" Includes only last page of original letter, along with a collateral transcript of the remainder.

GLC07651

1737/05/06

Zenger, John P., 1697-1746

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Alexander re: gratitude to attorney 2 years after trial and aquittal

"The Service it did me was great for that compleated my Deliverance..."

GLC07652

1780/10/09

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Clinton re: situation at West Point after Arnold's treason

"The condition of the works and the knowledge the enemy has of them from Arnold's late shameful and treasonable conduct make it necessary that every exertion should be made to compleat them, and I have it from the commander in chief to leave nothing unattempted to accomplish it."

GLC07653

1763-1772

Grenville, George, 1753-1813

Header Record

Title: Collection of Grenville papers re: colonial policy towards colonies [Decimalized .01- .42]

Chancellor of the Exchequer and Prime Minister from the spring of April 1763 until July 1765, George Grenville became one of the least loved heads of government over the colonies due to two revenue bills that could be blamed, to an extent, for what eventually propagated into the Revolutionary War. These Acts of Parliament were the Sugar Act of 5 April 1764 and the Stamp Act of 22 March 1765, each designed to raise revenue for a financially limited British Empire.

GLC07654

1763 ca.

Autograph note

Title: Anonymous note re: division of American bill

"The American bill if Divided into different bills will most certainly meet with less opposition..."

GLC07654.01

1763 ca.

Committee of Merchants of Boston

Manuscript document

Title: Extract of letter from Committee of Merchants at Boston to Jasper Mauduit

Bernard has itemized one hundred and five points, ranging from the establishment of "a Nobility for life" to the redrawing of colonial frontiers according to "natural boundaries." Includes a three-page preface.

GLC07654.02

1763/05/19

Bollan, William, fl. 1750-1763

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Grenville re: illicit trade in America, Holland, and other ports

GLC07654.03

[1764]

Bernard, Francis, 1712-1779

Manuscript document

Title: Principles of Law & Policy applied to British Colonies in America

GLC07654.04

1764/10/03

Temple, John, fl. 1764

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Grenville re: improprieties in collecting taxes in Colonies

GLC07654.05

1764/10/29

Murray, James, fl. 1764

Letter

Title: to Commissioners of Trade and Plantation re: French under English rule in Quebec

GLC07654.06

1765 ca.

Grenville, George, 1753-1813

Manuscript document

Title: List of undischarged taxes from the Colonies

GLC07654.07

1799/05/23

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Letter signed

Title: to James Wilkinson re: summoning Wilkinson to Washington

"I begin now to be anxious to learn that you had received my letter desiring you to repair to the Seat of Government...that...a general plan for the arrangement of the affairs of the Western Army, with an eye to the existing posture of our political concerns, might be digested and adopted." Syrett, Harold C. (The Papers Of Alexander Hamilton. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1976), Volume XXIII: 1799/04 - 1799/10, p. 139

GLC07656