1782/08/03

Harwicke, John, fl. 1782

Document signed

Title: Land office warrant for James Clark

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.21

1772

Humphreys, Charles, 1714-1786

Document signed

Title: Signed Pennsylvania paper currency note

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.22

1783/10/17

Jones, Willie, 1740-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: Bill to State of North Carolina for services in Continental Congress

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.23

1798/09/10

Kinsey, James, 1731-1803

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: business transaction

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.24

1802/05/04

Langdon, John, 1741-1819

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elbridge Gerry re: introducing John Wentworth

GLC02471.25

16 July 1778

Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

Document signed

Title: A list of provisions to be furnished by the commisary for the use of the French squadron under the command of Vice Admiral d'Estaing

List of provisions to be provided by the "Marine Committee" to the "French Squadron" commanded by Admiral d'Estaing. Lists amount needed. Items include bread, salt pork, hog heads & feet, salt fish, cheese, peas, beans, rice, beer, and vinegar. States one third of these provisions must be received immediately, and the rest whenever d'Estaing desires. If any particular articles cannot be obtained, they should be replaced by equal amounts of similar articles, except vinegar which "is indispensable." If the French find they need some items more than others, they can change the…

GLC02471.26

1781/04/27

Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819

Letter signed

Title: to [Thomas Jefferson] re: ship carrying clothing & money for convention troops in Va. and Maryland

Maryland governor Lee asks Virginia governor Thomas Jefferson to allow delivery of the enclosed letter [no longer present] to a recently-landed flag ship bearing supplies for General John Burgoyne's captured army, the so-called Convention Troops. Lee explains that he has told British Convention troops commander General James Hamilton that the ship, now at Hampton Roads in Virginia, may sail to George Town, Maryland in order to deliver those supplies intended for the Convention troops in that state. In January of 1781, the turncoat Benedict Arnold had attacked Virginia, forcing Jefferson…

GLC02471.27

1772/05/20

Low, Isaac, 1735-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jellis Fonda re: business affairs

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.28

1781/09/14

Mathews, John, 1744-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles Drayton re: personal business

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.30

07 December 1769

Middleton, Henry, 1717-1784

Document signed

Title: [South Carolina court of chancery legal document]

Describes a series of legal actions relating to a court case involving the sale of enslaved people. The defendant, George Saxby, was ordered to pay a sum to the complainant, William Waties, including two thirds of the cost of the lawsuit. George Saxby then petitioned the court for a rehearing, and the case was reheard on December 7, 1769, resulting in the same decision. Signed by members of the Court of Chancery in South Carolina, including William Bull, the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. Other signers include Othniel Beale, Henry Middleton, John Burn, and Thomas Skottone. Henry…

GLC02471.31

1787/03/23

Neilson, John, fl. 1787-1797

Document signed

Title: re: decision of court-appointed referees in a dispute

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.32

1776/01/21

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803

Autograph document signed

Title: re permit to John Riddell to take passage to Great Britain

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.33

1773/03/04

Randolph, Peyton, 1721-1775

Document signed

Title: Signed two pound Virginia paper currency note

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.34

1774/12/19

Rhoads, Samuel, fl. 1774

Document signed

Title: re: indenture of Alexander Abrahams

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.35

1793/12/04

Schureman, James, fl. 1793

Letter signed

Title: re: personal finances, also signed by John Neilson and John Bray

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.36

November 30, 1796

Smith, Melancton, 1744-1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Holten

Smith is attempting to reestablish his acquaintance with Holten to get information on the presidential race in Massachusetts. Smith is worried that electors in New England, under the influence of Alexander Hamilton, will give their votes to Thomas Pinckney of South Carolina, the supposed vice presidential candidate. Says that if southern electors vote for Pinckney, a favorite son, that both Jefferson and Adams could lose the presidency. To prevent this he hopes the Massachusetts electors will vote for another candidate and mentions Aaron Burr. Asks the correspondence to remain confidential…

GLC02471.37

1777/05/14

Smith, Richard, fl. 1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Livingston re: declining attendance "at the present session"

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.38

1781/01/20

United States. Continental Congress.

Autograph document signed

Title: Extract from minutes urging Governor of Delaware to send troops to Trenton

Written as Secretary of Congress. [Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.39

1776/01/03

Tilghman, Matthew, 1718-1790

Document signed

Title: Military commission

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.40

1775/08/04

Trumbull, Joseph, fl. 1775

Autograph letter signed

Title: Payment for and storage of molasses

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.41

1757/12/19

Ward, Samuel, 1756-1832

Autograph document signed

Title: to Thomas Richardson re: voucher for payment to Edward Saunders

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.43

1791/01/10

Wisner, Henry, 1720-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Simeon De Witt re: land grant

Possibly the son of Continental Congress member Henry Wisner. (The elder Wisner died in 1790).

GLC02471.44

1789/03/15

Wisner, Henry, 1720-1790

Document signed

Title: Certificate & receipt of payment as delegate to NY Convention (c/s Geo Clinton)

[Continental Congress members]

GLC02471.45

24 June 1861

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter signed

Title: to Warren Winslow

Tells Winslow that he is forwarding his request to promote Colonel Daniel Harvey Hill to the Secretary of War for consideration. A blue paper and printed blurb about Davis are attached to the document. 1 black and white bust engraving of Jefferson Davis included.

GLC02472

17 August 1865

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Todd Lincoln

Douglass thanks Lincoln for former President Abraham Lincoln's walking stick. Notes that the gift is not merely a memento, but is an "inclination of his humane interest" in the "welfare of my whole race." Accompanied by a small newspaper clipping and a black and white bust engraving of Douglass.

GLC02474