October 23, 1777

Parsons, Samuel H., 1737-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Mumford

Written by General Parsons to Mumford as a merchant in Groton, Connecticut. Says he has doubtlessly heard of the Convention between General Gates and General Burgoyne. The Convention delineated the terms of surrender for General Burgoyne. Mentions the action at the Battle of Germantown on 4 October 1777. Explains that due to fog, the battle with General William Howe ended prematurely. Says the Americans were close to victory before the fog settled on the field. Mentions casualties of generals. Says General Clinton embarked before he could attack. Says his numbers are few and now fears an…

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October 23, 1779

Parsons, Samuel H., 1737-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Mumford

Written by General Parsons to Mumford, a Groton, Connecticut merchant. Thanks him for his letter of 17 October 1779. Thanks him for procuring a place for his son, but is against him going on the ship "Trumbull" with Captain Nicholson. Would rather him go on a privateer or a merchant ship with Captain Henman. Says British have abandoned their posts at Verplank's and Stony Point for New York. Says Newport, Rhode Island is not evacuated, but that he hopes that will happen soon. Says if it happens they will have a formidable force to reduce New York. Conjectures on what British might do.…

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April 14, 1780

Parsons, Samuel H., 1737-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Mumford

Written by Parsons as a Major General in the Continental Army to Thomas Mumford, a merchant from Groton, Connecticut. Mumford was also the brother-in-law of Parsons's staff officer Silas Deane. Tells Mumford that he asked Mr. Lawrence (possibly John Lawrence, Treasurer of Connecticut) to go to the British lines to inquire about his captured son. Because of Lawrence's efforts, Joseph Chew, a loyalist from New London, Connecticut, will bring Parsons's son on a ship he is taking from New York to New London, where he will be exchanged for a British prisoner. Asks Mumford if he can give an…

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April 25, 1780

Parsons, Samuel H., 1737-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Mumford

Written by Parsons as a Major General in Continental Army to Thomas Mumford, a merchant from Groton, Connecticut. Mumford was also the brother-in-law of Parsons's staff officer Silas Deane. Tells Mumford his son was waiting at home after having escaped from a prison ship in New York Harbor. Mentions that he was grossly abused and "closely confined" on board. After 14 days of confinement he was liberated to the city by a Mr. Walter and just as he was about to board Joseph Chew's ship, which was to take him to New London, Connecticut, for a prisoner exchange, he was taken away and carried to…

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June 20, 1799

Nelson, Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Perkins Magra

Introduces Captain Don de Pinto, sent from the Marquis de Niza. Magra was Consul General at Tunis. Marquis de Niza headed a Portugese squadron in the blockading of Valetta, Malta, 1798-1800.

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27 March 1666

Rhode Island General Assembly

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Acts and orders of the General Assembly sitting at Newport]

Signed by the clerk, Joseph [illegible].

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10 March 1658

Sanford, John, fl. 1658

Autograph document

Title: [Acts and orders made at the General Court of Commissioners held for this Colony at Portsmouth, March the tenth 1658]

Written by Chief Magistrate of the Colony at Portsmouth Sanford. Report of a meeting moderated by Benedict Arnold. Written at Colony of Portsmouth

GLC00496.079

10 July 1776

Rutherford, Griffith, 1721-1805

Autograph document signed

Title: to The Honorable Council of Safety of North Carolina

Describes Indian unrest in the frontier. Hopes to negotiate a treaty. Awaits instructions from the Council. Rutherford served as a general in the Revolution and in 1776 was successful in subduing the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina.

GLC00496.081

circa 1820

Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Autograph manuscript

Title: The fortunes of Nigel [incomplete]

Single page only with revisions. Sellers note on verso reveals source and location of remaining sheets.

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September 27, 1843

Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to David Henshaw

Requests permission from Secretary of the Navy Henshaw to appoint Charles F. Cady a master's mate. Written on board the USS Poinsett.

GLC00496.084

circa 2 October 1866

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Autograph manuscript

Title: [One man power versus Congress]

An attack on President Andrew Johnson delivered at the Music Hall in Boston. Includes a draft of a letter to Johnson, 12 November 1865. Unknown assigned date. Transcript available.

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8 November 1782

United States in Congress Assembled. Thomson, Charles

Manuscript document signed

Title: Resolution: instructions to Washington to retaliate for cruelty

Docketed on p.2

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October 11, 1777

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to John Page, Williamsburg

Describes the attack at Germantown and the loss of victory due to a retreat caused by fog. He closes by mentioning that the troops were in good spirits. Boatner, Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, calls the "retreat" a panic caused by confusion in the fog; he concludes that Washington's plan of attack was flawed.

GLC00496.097

December 16, 1793

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Daniel Carroll

Written to Carroll as Commissioner for the City of Washington. The letter discusses the "free stone" on Washington's property, a plan of Mr. Greenleaf to sell lots and buildings (GW directs him to the Commissioners), and Greenleaf's proposal to build a city hospital. Washington's signature is repaired. Docketed on p.4.

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March 20, 1779

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gouverneur Morris

Washington acknowledges receiving the letter from Col. George Morgan, and discussing "affairs to the westward." McIntosh, who had mortally wounded Button Gwinnett in a duel, commanded Fort Pitt from May 1778 until Mar. 5 1779. His subordinates Daniel Broadhead and Morgan complained of his conduct. Washington writes that residence with McIntosh at Valley Forge had impressed him and he hoped the Georgian would be disinterested in western disputes. He writes that command will go now to Brodhead and concludes (with a hint of exasperation) "with such means as are provided, I must labour" ("…

GLC00496.099

August 14, 1795

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Dickinson, et al.

[Memorial re Jay's Treaty] Answers Dickinson's current inquiry regarding a memorial with an enclosure previously sent to the Selectmen of Boston (not included).

GLC00496.100

9 June 1783

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Document signed

Title: [Official discharge of Leonard Chapin Matross from the 2nd New York Artillery Regiment].

Countersigned by Washington's military secretary, Jonathan Trumbull, and Adjutant James Bradford. Matross' discharge came shortly after the end of the American Revolution. His service began 10 March 1781. With a nineteenth century note on the loan of this document to an International Exposition by Mrs. William Cummings Story Lawrence of Long Island, New York. Partially printed.

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July 19, 1779

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to George Clinton

Reporting the battle of Stony Point. With brief postscript by Washington. Docketed on p. 2.

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July 30, 1798

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James McHenry

Forwards Anthony MacHarg's letter of application for cavalry instructor to Secretary of War McHenry. Washington expresses interest in MacHarg's experience but requires further testimonial to professional ability and personal character.

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16 December 1797

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Document signed

Title: [Land Lease for James Welch]

Washington's copy with annotations throughout. Includes detailed boundary and rent information.

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January 20, 1784

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph note signed

Title: to John Davidson

Regarding an address from the Yankee Club of Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland. Recipient inferred from docket.

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21 February 1785

Document signed

Title: [Land Grant for George Washington]

Signed by George Washington, George Dulany, and Elizabeth Dulany. Countersigned by David Steward, William Payne, Charles Lee, and Lund Washington with their respective seals. Restores Washington's inherited land grant dating from 1674.

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1783-1815

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph note signed

Title: to unknown

Fragment from a longer letter with only the signature and postscript remaining. Postscript discusses surgeons in Philadelphia recommended by delegates of the Continental Congress. "Mr. Palmer" is visible on verso.

GLC00496.107

July 29, 1793

Dandridge, Bartholomew, 1737-1785

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances Washington

Announces the death of Mrs. Lear, a family friend. Frances Washington, George Washington's niece, and Dandridge were cousins.

GLC00496.116

December 7, 1857

Badger, George Edmund, 1795-1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Carlisle

Discusses current legal cases. Badger was a superior court judge, secretary of the Navy, and U.S. senator. James Mandeville Carlisle was a Washington, D.C., lawyer with whom he formed a law partnership in the mid-1850s.

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