circa 1778-1781

Manuscript

Title: [Manuscript noting the succession of officers for 80th and 82nd foot]

Includes details related to the British 80th and 82nd Regiments. Reports that Mr. Stapleton purchased the Captain Lieutenancy in the 17 Dragoons, and Captain Lieutenant Tyler assumed the position of the late Captain Maxwell, who died at Bristol. States that ensign George Stewart purchased Mr. Graham's Lieutenancy, and ensign George Walker Stewart succeeded Lieutenant Snodgrass. Relates that the Duke of Hamilton was nominated as an ensign.

GLC01450.402

26 June 1781

Cox & Co., fl. 1758-1781

Manuscript signed

Title: [Document related to the British 82nd Regiment of Foot]

States that "George Walker Stewart was posted by order of the Duke of Hamilton as an Ensign in the 82.d Regiment, from the 5th Jany 1778." Created in Craig's Court, Whitehall, London.

GLC01450.403

5 May 1781

Manuscript

Title: [Information pertaining to the British 38th and 45th Regiments of Foot]

Mentions Ensign Forrest, in the 38th Regiment of Foot. Cites W. Evan's removal to the 45th Regiment.

GLC01450.404

1768/02/04

Robinson, John, 1727-1802

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Thomas Irving to Inspector of Imports and Exports and Register of Shipping in America]

Also signed by Charles Parson, William Burch, Henry Hudson, and one other ("J. Wm. [illegible]"), all at the Customs House in Boston. Appointed by "the Commissioners for managing & causing to be levied his Majesties Customs and other Duties in America." Also outlines the duties of Irving's new position. A note on the verso signed by Fra. Bernard dated 15 April 1768 confirms that Irving took the oath of office. Irving was later a controversial figure involved in investigating the Boston Tea Party. Features paper seal. Ornate design decorating the top of the page.

GLC01450.406.02

1699

Butler, James, fl. 1699

Document signed

Title: [Blank commission for an ensign]

Signed as Duke of Ormonde.

GLC01450.408

3 November 1731

Scott, Silvanus, fl. 1731

Document signed

Title: [Bond between Silvanus Scott and Jonathan Sprague, Junior, and the Colony of Rhode Island]

Also signed by Jonathan Sprague, Junior. Signed as witnesses by John Wickof and Daniel Abott. Scott and Sprague agree to bond themselves unto General Treasurer of the Colony of Rhode Island Abraham Borden, and to his successors in office, the sum of "three thousand pounds currant money of New England." The condition of the bond is that Scott and Sprague will pay all expenses that arise to the colony in association with the "controversy between the Colony of Rhode Island and the Province of the Massachusetts Bay relating to a gord of land."

GLC01450.409.01

14 June 1776

Coman, Richard, fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: [Legal document transfering land to the colony of Rhode Island]

Co-signed by Coman's wife Sarah. Also witnessed and signed by Philip Peekham and Jacob Goff. Coman sold about one acre of land to the colony of Rhode Island for 50 Spanish milled dollars. The deal was made with John Jenckes and John Waterman as trustees of the colony appointed to build a powder mill on the property. Document details precise boundaries of the land. Paper seals are next to Richard and Sarah's names.

GLC01450.410.01

13 November 1777

Foster, Theodore, 1752-1828

Autograph document signed

Title: [Rhode Island Council of War resolution of Rhode Island to pay Caleb Harris]

Signed by Foster as town clerk. Harris, the manager and director of a gun powder mill, is authorized to draw 120 pounds on the treasury. Harris signed on verso, noting he "Recd the Contents."

GLC01450.410.02

21 August 1777

Rhode Island Assembly

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Rhode Island resolution ordering the purchase of land near a gun powder mill]

Signed twice by J. Lyndon (clerk of the lower house), R.J. Holme (deputy secretary of the Upper House), and certified a true copy Henry Ward. Authorizes Jacob Goffe to purchase land near the mill and build a house, all at the state's expense. The resolution by the Lower House was agreed to by the Upper House the next day, with the caveat that Caleb Harris "be added to superintend the Business." A signed note by Harris on the verso indicates he received the contents from Joseph Clarke, the state treasurer.

GLC01450.410.03

21 June 1778

Bryan, George, 1731-1791

Printed document signed

Title: Commission of William Young as Capt Lieut. to defend western frontier

Partially printed document signed by Bryan as Vice-President of Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council and countersigned by Timothy Matlack as secretary. Indicates that he is being appointed to "a Company of Woodsmen to be raised for the defence of the frontiers." Any mention of frontier woodsmen is highly unusual. Has a paper seal.

GLC01450.411

30 November 1776

Tryon, William, 1729-1788

Document signed

Title: [Oath of loyalty to the King of England]

Partially printed document signed by New York's Royal Governor William Tryon. Certifies Daniel Rogers as having subscribed to the proclamation offering a pardon to any rebels who came forward and took an oath of allegiance to the king. The declaration itself was dated 30 November 1776, and this oath was probably signed after that date.

GLC01450.412.01

1748/08/02

Document signed

Title: Receipt for billeting soldiers for Canadian expedition

GLC01450.412.02

31 May 1781

Morgan, Ephraim, fl. 1776-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for 1410 pounds of flour]

Morgan, the Quartermaster for the Connecticut line during the American Revolution, notes his receipt of the flour "for the use of the Connt Division."

GLC01450.412.03

9 November 1784

Mitchell, Thomas, fl. 1781

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for corn and rye for Nathan Barber, a wagoner]

Mitchell, an assistant deputy quarter master, asks Jacob Benson for five bushels of corn and three of rye for the New Hampshire line. Nathan Barber, the wagoner, signed as "Waginer" noting his receipt of the items from Benson on the verso.

GLC01450.412.04

5 September 1777

Helme, R.J., fl. 1768-1778

Autograph document signed

Title: [Order to pay Timothy Coffin 103 pounds, 11 shillings]

Witnessed and signed by Helm as clerk. Ordered by the Rhode Island Council of War so that Coffin could pay the portage bill of the Sloop Diamond for a voyage to South Carolina. A note signed by Coffin on the verso attests to his receipt. Surname possibility spelt Helm.

GLC01450.412.05

6 September 1777

Spear, Gersham, fl. 1777

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for 200 barrel hoops]

Needed for the making of powder barrels during the American Revolution, priced at six shillings per hundred hoops. With a signed (with a mark) note indicating Thomas Frace received the hoops from the commissary, Samuel Hodgdon.

GLC01450.412.10

1756/03/03

Anson, George, fl. 1755-1756

Document signed

Title: British impressment order to Capt Powlett, signed as Lord High Admiral

Countersigned by John Cleveland.

GLC01450.412.13

13 November 1782

Drake, William, fl. 1782

Manuscript signed

Title: [Private signals for British vessels to identify one another at sea by day and night]

Provides very specific instructions for identification procedures. Written on board the H.M.S. Perseus. Written to Captain George Darby, commander of the sloop Pylades. Based on the command of Admiral Leonard Horner.

GLC01450.412.16

1 March 1782

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Broadside

Title: [Printed resolution of recruitment schedule]

1,500 men are needed for the "Massachusetts Line." Lists quota required from each town. Also resolves that a tax will be imposed if these quotas are not met. A few handwritten calculations in the margins. [Pages 1-4 are present, but the document is incomplete, as indicated by the catch phrase at the bottom of fourth page. The Massachusetts Historical Society catalog indicates that their copy of this broadsheet is 5 pages long.]

GLC01450.430

30 January 1715

Tailer, William, fl. 1715

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Peter Adams, gent., as ensign in the militia company whereof Edmund Quincey is captain]

Countersigned by Woodward. Date is possibly in old style. Partially printed document. Signed as Lieutenant Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

GLC01450.433

23 February 1764

Hathaway, Simon, fl. 1764

Document

Title: [Land survey of a 69 acre plot beside the road between Rochester, Massachusetts and Waveham, Massachusetts, and a narrative explanation]

Includes the names of the surveyors: Isaiah Hatch, Joseph Haskell, and [illegible]. Narrative explanation details the owners of various parts of the plot. Hand drawn map includes distances and environmental boundary markers. Docketed on reverse as "Simon Hathaway's plann" dated April 16, 1764.

GLC01450.434

23 July 1777

Clapp, Jonathan, ?-1815

Document signed

Title: [Return of Major Jonathan Clapp's Regiment]

Docketed 19 March 1779 by David Lyman. Lyman states that Captain [Hampten?] is to pay John Lyman $50, and to charge the sum to David Lyman. Contains several other dockets, notes, and mathematical figures on verso.

GLC01450.435.01

26 April 1775

Blaney, Aaron, 1745-1824

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for 120 pounds of bread and 140 pounds of pork]

Deputy Commissary Blaney indicates that the food was received from Captain Jabez Ellis "for the use of the Provincial Troops Station'd in Roxbury."

GLC01450.436.01

1775-1783

Ellis, Jabez, 1733-1808

Manuscript document signed

Title: Capt. Ellis's Class their Proportion of Silver Money Given to their Soldier as annexed to their Names

Lists soldiers and the amount of silver and paper money they received. Travel costs are listed on the verso. Signed by Ellis on the verso.

GLC01450.436.03

27 August 1793

Ellis, Jabez, 1733-1808

Printed document signed

Title: [New York land sale]

Partially printed document in which Ellis sells Calvin Sanger a five hundred acre tract of land in Romulus, New York, which was originally granted to Abial Pettee for service in the American Revolution.

GLC01450.436.04