1760 ca.

Various

Manuscript document signed

Title: Oath of allegiance to King Geroge III, signed by 90 members of Massachusetts

Document joined at top and printed in two columns, signed by officials of the Massachusetts Bay colony. (Since new oaths were required on the coronation of a new monarch, dating is inferred from that date.)

GLC07476

1777/07/29-1777/08/03

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Manuscript document signed

Title: Resolutions re: relieving Major General St. Clair and Schuyler of command

Resolutions of Congress, signed as President, countersigned by William Houston. Also calls for more soldiers. Was written in Congress.

GLC07477

1781/10/28

Heath, William, 1737-1814

Letter signed

Title: to John Hancock re: detailed news of Cornwallis' surrender

GLC07478

1828/09/10

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter

Title: to William B. Sprague re: suggesting sources for Autograph collector (draft?)

Mentions signers of Declaration, George Mason and Declaration of Rights. Possibly a letter draft, written on an address leaf (quarter sheet of paper). Postmark on verso.

GLC07479

1776/07/27

Silliman, Gold Selleck, 1732-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his son

Destruction of statue of King George III in NYC. In part: "I went toward the Fort and there I saw his Majesty and his Horse, tumbled Headlong down on the Ground." Silliman also writes about "a Mighty Fleet of Ships our Enemies have got" off Staten Island.

GLC07480.01

1776/07/06

Letter

Title: to "Uncle" re: British invasion of New York, an American preparations

An unsigned letter describing the British invasion of Staten Island and American preparations and provisioning in New York. The writer appears to have been conducting business for the recipient. Losses on p. 1, near center fold (obliterating a word before "Tory Army") and on the top of p. 2 affecting some lines of text.

GLC07480.02

1776/07/10

Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785

Letter

Title: to unknown re: Revolutionary War in New York

Reed discusses counter-intelligence "it being of the utmost importance to prevent any Communication or Correspondence with the Enemy," the British invasion of Staten Island, and a direction that the army not recruit unarmed soldiers, as guns "cannot be provided here and must therefore be an incumbence to the Army of the publick."

GLC07480.03

1776/08/02

McClintock, Samuel, fl. 1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Whipple re: religious freedom and framing constitution

GLC07481.01

1775/01/19

Manuscript

Title: to T & J. Fleet re: "A Customer" [draft advertisement for a Boston newspaper]

Anonymous, signed "A Customer." A draft for patriotic advertisement in Boston newspaper, written to the printers of the Boston Evening Post, T. &. J. Fleet.

GLC07481.02

1775/11/09

Slough, Matthias, fl. 1775

Letter signed

Title: to Jasper Veats re: petition from Congress to be delivered to King George

Discusses a petition from Congress to be delivered "to His Majesty."

GLC07481.03

1833/10/26

Tibbles, Stephen, fl. 1833

Document signed

Title: Deposition re: his services as a minuteman at Lexington and Concord

GLC07481.04

1775/05/17

Benedict, Noble, fl. 1775

Manuscript

Title: Bond of Joseph Starr and Noble Benedict for militia service

Bond to the "Company of the English Colony of Connecticut" with Starr serving as paymaster of the 6th Company. Includes engraving of Oliver Ellsworth.

GLC07481.05

1812/09/18

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Rush re: Jefferson and Madison's Presidential terms, War of 1812

"Those who brought us into this confusion are the best qualified to bring us out of it" (War of 1812).

GLC07492

1776/05/10

Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Clinton re: last stages of unsuccessful Canadian invasion

GLC07493

1778/01/24

Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Heath re: requesting Stark's aid for a second invasion of Canada

GLC07494

1778/06/09

Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Clinton re: defending northern borders against British & Indian raids

Written to Governor Clinton of New York.

GLC07495

[1775]/10/05

Montgomery, Richard, fl. 1775-1778

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert R. Livingston re: Canada, wishes to be home

"Our Liberties are so intimately connected with freedom in Canada... would I were at my plough again!" (Montgomery is writing to his brother-in-law.)

GLC07496

1780/02/06

Rutledge, John, fl. 1739-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Governor of Havana re: British forces in Georgia

Rutledge asks Spanish Governor of Havana: "To concoct a plan for reducing the British force in Georgia."

GLC07497

1863/03/03

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Letter signed

Title: to N. B. Baker re: clarifying the President's draft order

"The President has not at any time issued a proclamation calling for 300,000 men..." An order was to be given, but no official copy was recieved. Annotation in another hand on verso.

GLC07226

1909/02/12

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

Typed document

Title: Speech draft re: influence of Lincoln, given at New York Republican Club of NYC

Original draft of speech: "I was born a slave...my first recollection of Abraham Lincoln was...by the prayers of my mother...as she was kneeling over my body earnestly praying that Abraham Lincoln might succeed and that one day she and her boy might be free"; with autograph corrections.

GLC07232

1863 ca.

Photograph

Title: [Carte de Visite of Jacob Hart's wife]

Two cent revenue stamp on verso.

GLC07219.02

1799/11/16

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Morton re: slave trade

"Put a stop to the exercise of the slave trade by our citizens. Spanish laws prohibit neutrals from trading to the main, unless they import a given number of what are called 'New Negroes,' meaning such as are immediately from Africa." Morton served as U.S. Consul in Havana. (Insect losses at edge of p. 1 affecting text.)

GLC07221

1814/02-09/1815

Thorne, Captain, fl. 1814

Autograph manuscript

Title: War of 1812 orderly book of Capt. Thorne's Co., 60th King's Rifles

60th regiment, King's Royal Rifle Corps in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

GLC07222

1864/05/04

Marshall, Charles, 1830-1902

Autograph note signed

Title: to Charles Marshall re: Troops movement in Chancellorville; Burnside

"Gen Lee has been directed to make the enemy develope his forces & acertain whether there is any infantry with him. The Gen is just leaving by the old turnpike." Written on receiver's copy of Fitzhugh Lee telegram. Written in pencil on verso.

GLC07223

1862/05/29

Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife re: McClellan, McDowell, Butler's New Orleans Proclamation

"Oh that some hearty hand will plant a dagger deep in his...black heart"; "Both the army & people have confidence in our ability to whip the Yankees off & save Richmond...I would rather die, if die I must, on the battlefield, fighting for the liberties of my country and disunion with the Yankees"

GLC07224