1775-1823

Header Record

Title: [Lovett family business accounts] [Decimalized .01-.33]

GLC01450.006

1779 -1781

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [John Lovett account book of ships and prizes]

Documents the name, sailing date, and captain of ships and schooners, and details the goods these ships brought back to Lovett. Lovett was a ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. During the Revolutionary War privateering ships, privately owned vessels, were used to assist in defending the colonies from the British Navy. In return, they received profits from prizes captured. Includes 5 loose fragments inserted.

GLC01450.006.01

December 1, 1806

Leach, Nathan, fl. 1806

Document signed

Title: [Statement of captors' shares from the privateer ship Pilgrim]

Statement signed by the owners of shares of the proceeds captured on the ship Pilgrim's first cruise. Total of 39 signatures, Leach being the first. Documents that privateer Hugh Hill was the captain, and that the ship was in the agency of John Lovett. States that the men received the sum from Elizabeth Lovett, from the estate of the deceased John Lovett. Lists the name of each owner, the number of shares owned, sums paid to each, name of a witness, their signature, and the date. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dated 1 December 1806 - May 7,…

GLC01450.006.02

July 2, 1783

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account and ledger book]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Note on last page signed by Jeremiah and Ezra Lovett, 2 July 1783. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dated 11 September 1778 - May 31, 1779.

GLC01450.006.03

1778-1779

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account and ledger book for receipts from the Earl of Sandwich]

Lists what each captain received from the Earl of Sandwich. Mostly lists of goods and their costs. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dated 11 September 1778 - May 11, 1779.

GLC01450.006.04

1775

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account book] [incomplete]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. The dates run backwards with the earliest at the end of the book. The pages of the first half of the ledger book have been cut out. A few other pages are fragments. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dated April 28, 1775 - 21 September 1775.

GLC01450.006.05

1 November 1777 - July 1779

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account book]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Includes a mention of pistols and cannons shipped. Also includes a bet he placed in a pub regarding the coming route of all British soldiers from America. These pages are marked. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.006.06

29 October 1779 - 1780

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account book] [incomplete]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Possibly incomplete, first page is loose. Includes 3 fragment pages.

GLC01450.006.07

1774-1777

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Account book of John Lovett]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Inscribed, "John Lovet his book Elizabeth Lovet" on inside cover. John Lovett signed his name repeatedly and doodled all over the front and back covers. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dated September 3, 1774-March 25, 1777.

GLC01450.006.08

December 11, 1780 - August 13, 1781

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account book]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.006.09

1783

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lovett family account book]

Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Includes 6 loose fragments. Dated June 16, 1783 - November 1783.

GLC01450.006.10

1782

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Manuscript

Title: [Lovett family receipt]

Details prize monies and other goods given by Lovett to various ship captains and sailors. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dated February 20, 1782 - October 1782.

GLC01450.006.12

1780-1819 (bulk: 1819)

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Manuscript

Title: Account book

GLC01450.006.13

1780-1825

Lovett, John, 1743-1792

Autograph manuscript

Title: [John Lovett account book for Pilgrim's prizes]

Details distribution of the prize monies from the privateer ship the Pilgrim. Many notes added in 1806-1807 certifying money was received by various sailors from the estate of the deceased Lovett. Most signed by Elizabeth Lovett, his wife. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. He served as the agent for the prizes captured by the Pilgrim. Dated May 30, 1780 - 10 December 1825.

GLC01450.006.14

28 April 1758

Morton, John, 1724-1777

Document signed

Title: Commission of Alexander Anderson Lt. Colonel.

Signed by President of New Jersey John Redding and John Morton. Authored by William Shirley.

GLC01450.007.01

19 April 1776

Shirley, William

Document signed

Title: [Commission of Alexander Anderson]

Appointment of Anderson to the post of Lieutenant Colonel of a Battalion of Militia in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Morton signed as Speaker of the Assembly.

GLC01450.007.02

20 October 1779

Shirley, William

Document signed

Title: [Oath of Alexander Anderson]

Certifying that Anderson took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity on 15 December 1778. Richards signed as a witness. Printed by John Dunlap.

GLC01450.007.03

1777-1779

Header Record

Title: [Collection of letters pertaining to the Continental Loan Office of Rhode Island] [Decimalized .01-.08]

GLC01450.008

February 8, 1777

Hillegas, Michael, 1729-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Clarke

Hillegas states that he is sending the Continental Loan Office certificates by favor of James Betton and William Gregg. The certificates amount to $171,100 in total, with 389 at $400 each, 1 at $500, and 25 at $600. He asks Clarke to number them and dispose of them according to the resolutions of Congress and the enclosed instructions. He gives instructions on numbering the certificates and asks for receipts to be given to Governor Jonathan Trumbull (of Connecticut), who will transmit them back to Hillegas. The Continental Loan Offices administered loans to the Continental Treasury to help…

GLC01450.008.01

1782

Header Record

Title: [Collection of 4 letters to William Richardson] [Decimalized .01-.04]

GLC01450.009

1775-1776

Header Record

Title: Collection of 5 letters to Andrew Caldwell pertaining to naval matters, court martials, and privateers [Decimalized .01-.05]

GLC01450.011

1761-1809

Header Record

Title: [Collection of 7 documents, and 1 sword of British General Thomas Hartcup] [Decimalized .01-.09]

GLC01450.012

2 July 1761

Ligonier, John, 1680-1770

Document signed

Title: [Commission of Thomas Hartcup]

Counter-signed by Richard Cox. Appointment of Hartcup to be a Gentleman Cadet in the Royal-Regiment of Artillery under John Durand. Noted by Dan Kemp that this was entered into the Office of Ordnance 6 July 1761. Ligonier was the Colonel of the First Regiment of Footguards and Master-General of Ordnance.

GLC01450.012.01

March 17, 1782

Hartcup, Thomas, fl. 1761-1820

Letter

Title: to Sir Frederick Haldimand

Commandant Hartcup writes that he received Haldimand's dispatches dated January 31, 1782. Reports on the last matter of importance to occur, Lord Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown and Gloucester in Virginia to the French and American forces on October 19, 1781. Mentions that he heard about the King's speech in the Rebel Papers stating that the King and the two Houses of Parliament were resolved to continue the war despite the capture of Cornwallis. States he will forward Haldimand's dispatches for A. Snap Hammond and General Campbell tomorrow by the armed Brig Howe. Indicates that he will…

GLC01450.012.02

1779-1784

Hartcup, Thomas, fl. 1761-1820

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Accounts of costs for Fort Penobscot and Fort Halifax]

British document concerning the construction of these two forts. States that expenditures are for Fort Penobscot from 1 May 1779 to 24 January 1784 and at Halifax from 1 January 1783 to 31 July 1783. Hartcup was Commanding Engineer. Fort Penobscot was occupied by British forces 1779-1783. It is now known as Fort George. It was the last post to be surrendered by the British at the end of the Revolutionary war.

GLC01450.012.03