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[Commission of John Paul Mascarene to Colonel of Infantry]

Appointment of John Paul Mascarine to Colonel of Foot. Signed by Secretary of War Edward Hayes. Signed by the Commissary General [name illegible]. Features a dark blue paper seal. Also written in Hermhausen

GLC01450.442

to Capt. Winslow

Written as British Colonel. Note that Mascarene shortened his name from John Paul to Paul. The letter mentions Indians being spotted at Montagnes & up the Cape.

GLC01450.443

[Certificate establishing Joseph Hopkins as ensign of a state militia regiment]

Signed by Cooke as Governor of Rhode Island. Signed by Henry Ward, Secretary of Rhode Island. Docket indicates that Hopkins was an ensign in Captain Malachi Hammet's Company.

GLC01450.444.01

Receipts pertaining to the Hopkins family [Decimalized .01-.10]

GLC01450.444.02

to unknown

Description laid-in. The letter mentions redeeming slaves and concluding peace with Tripoli [Algiers].

GLC01450.445

Collection, mostly pertaining to Jacobite resistance in France [Decimalized .01-.16]

Contains various letters documenting the attempts of Edward Bourke, (sometimes spelled 'Burke') an officer in the Regiment Irelandois of Berwick, to unearth a Jacobite plot in Cambray, France. Bourke possibly worked for, or in connection with...

GLC01450.446

[Order to collect twenty eight pounds from the treasurer of Middletown, Rhode Island]

Explains that the money is owed the state treasury for the costs of procuring beef to provision Revolutionary War soldiers. Orders the sheriff of Newport to collect the money from Thomas Peckham, the Middletown treasurer, and if he does not supply...

GLC01450.447.01

[Instructions to Moses Hitchcock on arranging a Brookfield, Massachusetts town meeting]

Signed by the eight Select Men of Brookfield (two names illegible). Orders Hitchcock, as constable of Brookfield, to inform all the town's freeholders and those qualified to vote to meet on 30 September 1776. Provides instructions on the agenda,...

GLC01450.447.02

[Accounts for Jabez Champlin due from the estate of Joseph and William Wanton]

Mostly various cleaning, mending, and chimney sweeping activities. One entry for "Drawing Tooth for your Negro." Accounts from 1766-1770, and two from 1774. A 12 April 1785 note on the verso indicates that Champlin personally verified the account...

GLC01450.447.03

[Receipt for three "Pair Yarn Stockers"]

With a signed note dated 4 September 1778 indicating her receipt of the money owed.

GLC01450.447.04

[Payments to William Tiel]

Lists various expenses from October-November 1775 and February 1776, most related to shipping.

GLC01450.447.05

[Calculations for accounts paid by the "Select Men"]

Contains various calculations and notations of Select Men in Massachusetts.

GLC01450.447.06

Commissions and letters related to Simon Elliot [Decimalized .01-.06]

GLC01450.448

to unknown

Bertram, later discovered to be a literary imposter, writes to an unknown recipient (possibly to William Stukeley). Reports that when he receives the recipient's reply, he will deliver "Richard," a historical manuscript which he claimed to have found...

GLC01450.449

Instructions [signals]

Written during the war with Cuba. Signal instructions for the Squadron under the command of Sir George Pocock, Admiral of the Blue Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet. Addressed "To the Master of the Prince George Transport, By Command of the Admiral."...

GLC01450.450

Louisiana land grant no. 94 [in Spanish]

GLC01450.451

Four Boston newspapers [Decimalized .01-.04]

GLC01450.452

[Military account book of James Parker with loose papers]

Lists saddlery supply orders of General Cholmondeley (1767) and Lieut. Gen. Elliot (1767-71), and their respective staffs. Also included some loose papers slipped in the leaves. Inside the front cover is: an inventory from a saddler and coach and...

GLC01450.453

Records of accounts, mentions Pensacola, Fla.

Repaired. With description laid-in.

page numbered 81 includes a print of Gibraltar.

GLC01450.454

to Elbridge Gerry

Docketed in Gerry's hand. Tells Gerry that Congress has finally decided to satisfy his accounts "declaring that no charge against me have been proved." Comments that he thinks "a serious inquiry into the conduct of the Commissioners, must soon...

GLC01450.456

Letters to lieutenant colonel Persifor Frazer [Decimalized .01-.11]

Ten letters written by Johnston to Frazer, and one set of Johnston's orders for his company. Most of the letters are written by Johnston while he is away from the regiment in ill health, informing Frazer of various duties that he and the company...

GLC01450.457

Receipts, accounts, and memoranda pertaining to the costruction of Fort Arnold, Plum Island, Massachusetts [Decimalized .01-.08]

GLC01450.459

Revolutionary War documents from Newburyport [Decimalized .01-.12]

Revolutionary War documents from the town of Newburyport, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.460

American Judaica documents relating to Jewish colonists, patriots, etc.

(Judaica Collection)

GLC01450.500

[Signed thirty dollar Contintental bill, no. 54504]

United States currency note worth "thirty Spanish milled dollars or the value thereof in gold or silver." Cosigned by Thomas Donnellan, and numbered 54504, possibly in Levy's hand. Reverse states it was printed by Hall and Sellers.

GLC01450.500.02