14 February 1776

Massachusetts Bay Council

Printed document signed

Title: [Commission of Joseph North as Colonel in 2nd Regiment of Massachusetts militia from Lincoln County]

Partially printed document signed Perez Morton as deputy secretary of the council. Signers from the Massachusetts Bay Council include: W. Severs, W. Spooner, John Winthrop, Thomas Cushing, Moses Gill, John Whitcomb, James Prescott, Eliad Taylor, Michael Farley, Jabez Fisher, B. White, John Taylor, J. Palmero, B. Greenleaf, and Dr. Samuel Holten. A manuscript note on the verso indicates that North took the oath of service required by the appointment, witnessed by Wiliam Howard and [C. Dalteg]. Also signed on verso by Hannah E. North and William H. Bridge. Includes a paper seal.

GLC02542.25

9 May 1776

Massachusetts Bay Council

Document signed

Title: [Commission of William North as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Massachusetts artillery]

Partially printed document signed by John Avery as deputy secretary of the council. Also signed by members of the Massachusetts Bay Council, including: Jer. Powell, Artemas Ward, B. Greenleaf, Richard Derby, John Whitcomb, Moses Gill, John Taylor, B. White, Ben Austin, H. Gardner, E. Thayersir, D. Hopkins, Jabez Fisher, and Dr. Samuel Holten. North was appointed a lieutenant in the 6th company, 1st regiment under Captain John Gill in the Regiment Train of Artillery commanded by Colonel Thomas Crafts. Features paper seal of the state of Massachusetts.

GLC02542.26

23 April 1842

Theobald, Mathew, 1790-1856

Document signed

Title: [Abstinence pledge card]

Printed card, with various illustrations, stating that Catherine Cauty has taken the "the Total Abstinence Pledge." Cauty has card number 4281797. Signed by Theobald as president of the society. Pledge card states that Cauty will refrain from drinking all intoxicating liquors except those used medicinally. Graphic illustration of intemperance shows a husband beating his wife and an illustration of temperance shows a happy scene of the family reading by the hearth.

GLC02542.27

21 February 1781

Painter, L., fl. 1781

Document signed

Title: [Enlistment document for volunteers in company of William Van Dueser]

Signed by 23 men to show they have voluntarily enlisted in the company of artillery under the command of William Van Dueser to serve as a guard for the town of New Haven, Connecticut until the first day of 1782. Several people signed their name, but were scratched off the list later. It appears that the document was created by Lieutenant Painter since his signature is below a note that states "those Inlisted the First of January together with myself Jany 1 1781." Related to GLC02542.30.

GLC02542.28

25 December 1792

Hurd, Jacob, ?-1811

Document signed

Title: [Insurance inventory and charges]

Insurance document for the cargo of the brigantine "Prudence" written by Hurd while at sea. Says it was delivered to Mr. P. Mayer at Belzone & Co. Starts on 6 December and ends 22 December. The items being shipped are mostly foodstuffs and farm animals. It seems that all totals are in French livres. The docket says the voyage originated in France.

GLC02542.29

1 June 1781

Hunt, John, fl. 1782

Document signed

Title: [Enlistment document for volunteers in company of William Van Dueser]

Signed by 8 men to show they have voluntarily enlisted in the company of artillery under the command of William Van Dueser to serve as a guard for the town of New Haven, Connecticut until the first day of 1782. Related to GLC02542.28.

GLC02542.30

31 October 1760

Bernard, Francis, 1712-1779

Printed document signed

Title: [Appointment of John North as a Justice of the Peace in Lincoln County, Massachusetts]

Partially printed document signed by Bernard as Massachusetts governor and Andrew Oliver as secretary. A manuscript note on the verso, dated 13 November 1760 and signed by Jacob Wendell and James Bowdoin as members of the governor's council, affirms that North took the oath of office. Features paper seal.

GLC02542.31

20 January 1681

Penn, William, 1644-1718

Document signed

Title: [Receipt to William Wigan].

Witnessed by H. Spingett and T. Coxe. Wigan purchased 500 acres of land "in Pennsylvania." Signed two months before Penn actually received the land charter from Charles II.

GLC02543

4 April 1779

Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Written by Major General Schuyler to an unknown recipient, but seller's description says it is probably to Continental Congressman James Duane. References recipients letter of 20 March and another undated letter. Says the president, probably Continental Congress President John Jay, sent him the resolution rejecting his resignation. Schuyler had put in his resignation after an October 1778 court martial, which he requested, acquitted him of incompetence over the loss of Fort Ticonderoga in 1777. Says he wants to resign because Congress deprived him of the command of his army when they selected…

GLC02545

15 March 1860

Bright, Jesse David, 1812-1875

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred Edmund Burr

Bright, a United States Senator from Indiana, declines an offer from Burr, Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, to "visit Connecticut and address the Democracy of that state during the present Canvass." Bright served as a U.S. senator from Indiana from 1845-1862.

GLC02925.03

1858/03/18

Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Seymour re: introducing John Marmen Grigg

Written as Secretary of State. Seymour was American Minister to Russia.

GLC02925.04

9 April 1860

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter signed

Title: to Alfred Edmund Burr

Davis, a United States Senator from Mississippi, declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to attend a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. Writes "Although the state of my health & that of my family would not have allowed…I am sure I would have been much pleased with a visit to your state…My public duties however so completely engross my time as to leave me no opportunity for such enjoyments during the Session of Congress ...". Davis served as a U.S. congressman (1845-1846) and senator (1847-1851, 1857-1861) and as…

GLC02925.08

10 March 1860

Pugh, George Ellis, 1822-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred Edmund Burr

Declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. States "I fervently hope that our Democratic friends in Connecticut may be so earnest, and zealous, and withal so fortunate as to break the back of Abolitionism at the approaching election. Their victory (if victory it shall be) will decide the Presidential contest ...It is a source of regret to me that I cannot wear the harness in a battle so glorious, and full of such weighty consequences." Pugh served as a U.S. senator from Ohio…

GLC02925.16

1850/05/02

Ritchie, Thomas, 1778-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: to General

Thanks the General for a copy of Ritchie's own letter from 1836, in which he argued for the annexation of Texas. Recalls that he sent a similar letter to Secretary of State Martin Van Buren around the same time, and that Van Buren seemed to agree with him. Remembers that it was, ironically, Van Buren's later opposition to annexation that cost him the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1844. This letter comes from Alfred E. Burr's scrapbook, but it is unclear who the "General" was. The docket, which is written in a separate hand, but also addressed to "Gen." suggests that the letter…

GLC02925.17

12 March 1860

Slidell, John, 1793-1871

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred Edmund Burr

Slidell, a United States Senator from Louisiana, regretfully declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. States "The Democracy of Connecticut has long been distinguished for its bold & unflinching adherence to sound constitutional principles, your representatives in both branches of Congress have commanded the gratitude & admiration of every true Southern man ..." Declares "in the person of the gallant Seymour you have a standard bearer worthy of the great cause…

GLC02925.18

4 August 1860

Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred Edmund Burr

Stevens, writing as chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee, transmits an article (not included) for publication in the Hartford Times, a Connecticut newspaper. Instructs Burr, Times founder and publisher, to publish his enclosed article immediately. Written on National Democratic Executive Committee stationery containing a printed endorsement for John C. Breckenridge as President and General Joseph Lane for Vice President in the upper left corner. Stevens was governor of the Territory of Washington from 1853 to 1857, and served in the U.S. Congress from 1857 to 1861. During…

GLC02925.19

13 March 1860

Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred Edmund Burr

Toombs, a United States Senator from Georgia, regretfully declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. States "I consider your approaching election of the utmost importance to the Country. Your opponents are the enemies of the Constitution & when the Constitution perishes the Union will & ought to perish with it." Toombs was a U.S. congressman (1845-1852) and senator (1853-1860) from Georgia. During the Civil War he served as Confederate secretary of state and…

GLC02925.20

21 August 1913

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Typed letter signed

Title: to Willie Olcott Burr

Signed as President, typed on White House stationery. Wilson refutes the imputation made on Noone, stating that Noone's honesty is not questionable. Willie Olcott Burr was editor of the Hartford Times.

GLC02925.22

7 April 1915

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Typed letter signed

Title: to Alfred Burr

Signed as President. Letter regarding the investigation of statements made against Mr. Spellacy.

GLC02925.23

1 October 1867

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Document signed

Title: [Endorsed check from Gideon Welles]

Check for $16.25 signed by Gideon Welles to "B" and endorsed on verso by Brady.

GLC02926

1 July 1832

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J. Vincent Browne

Informs that he has received his letter about cordage and tea. States that the Committee of Manufactures of the Senate is now meeting about the tariff and will report tomorrow. Remarks that " ... you have already engaged their attention and we hope to remedy the evils suggested by you." Written as Senator and addressed to Browne in Boston, Massachusetts.

GLC02927

1941

Harris & Ewing, fl. 1905-1977

Photograph signed

Title: [Portrait of Supreme Court Justices]

Formal group portrait of the Supreme Court Justices in robes. Signed by the nine justices: Owen J. Roberts, J.C. McReynolds, Charles Evans Hughes, Harlan Fisk Stone, Hugo L. Black, William O. Douglas, Stanley Reed, Felix Frankfurter, and Frank Murphy.

GLC02929.01

circa 1962

Harris & Ewing, fl. 1905-1977

Photograph signed

Title: [Portrait of Supreme Court Justices]

Formal group portrait of the Supreme Court Justices in robes. Signed by justices William O. Douglas, Hugo L. Black, Earl Warren, Felix Frankfurter, Tom Clark, Charles E. Whittaker, John Marshall Harlan, William J. Brennan Jr., and Potter Stewart.

GLC02929.02

1774/08/12

Griffin, Cyrus, 1748-1810

Manuscript document

Title: [Revocation of Cyrus Griffin's power of attorney][copy]

Witnessed by Leroy Peachy, Samuel Griffin, and William Griffin. The power of attorney had been granted by Burges Ball and John Payne, and their wives, and pertained to the administration of land in Virginia. Also contains a copy of the identity and marriage certification made by James Gordon, the justice of the peace for Lancaster County, Virginia, as well as James Ball, Dale Carter, and Richard Mitchell. A note on the verso by Thomas Griffin indicates that the certification was recorded in a court in Lancaster County on 15 September 1774.

GLC02923

circa 1640-1837

Various

Header Record

Title: Collection of 73 documents relating to Plymouth, Dartmouth Township, and environs. See decimalized entries.

GLC02924