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to Samuel Holten

Discusses the dire economic state of the colonies, inflation, and the depreciation rate of currency. States that according to John Adams, the British will continue the war. Mentions that Maryland has limited the time beyond which the old money will...

GLC01450.020.10

[Resolution of the Court allowing delegates to draw money]

Signed and approved by John Hancock as a true copy by John Avery. Appropriating 3000 pounds out of the new emission of money for the Treasurer of Massachusetts for use by the delegates of the state at Congress. Imposes a limit of 600 pounds for any...

GLC01450.020.11

to Samuel Holten

States he had hoped he could give an account of British General Charles Cornwallis, but they must wait before judging whether or not he will fail in his retreat. Remarks that Benedict Arnold is still safe. He will write again next Thursday and...

GLC01450.020.12

to Samuel Holten

Recipient is inferred from content and from other items in the 1450.020 collection. The handwriting on the docket matches the others addressed to Holton. States he has received letters from Holten and James Carmichael, but not from John Jay. Remarks...

GLC01450.020.13

to Samuel Holten

Letter signed with initials. Discusses a letter sent to Elbridge Gerry concerning money. States that Congress cannot move forward with the creation of a new system during this wartime without money from the states. Writes "Congress without their...

GLC01450.020.15

to Samuel Holten

Letter signed with initials. Recipient inferred from context and by comparing the docket to others in the 1450.020 collection. Wants to relay intelligence from Europe but he is concerned about doing so because of an obligation to secrecy. Remarks...

GLC01450.020.16

to Samuel Holten

Hutchinson, a soldier in the Continental Army, requests a receipt for the Quakers in the town of Lynn for the payment of soldiers. Lists two soldiers and the amount of pay. States he is in great need of it and asks him to bring it when he returns...

GLC01450.020.18

to Samuel Holten

Avery informs Holten that Holten was elected as a delegate to represent Massachusetts in Congress and that his term will begin the first Monday of next November.

GLC01450.020.19

to Samuel Holten

Wadsworth begins by expressing thanks for his last letter and for the informative pamphlet on Congress. Mentions that the Continental debt is much lower than people had expected thanks to the "prudence and good economy of Congress." Comments that...

GLC01450.020.20

to Mr. Newton, Gordon, and Johnston

Mentions that they have accepted their drafts and will pay them in due course. States that they dined with Mr. Brown and his sisters who sailed for England on the 16th on the Duke of York Packet. Informs on the news brought from England by the packet...

GLC01450.022.01

[Officers of the Society of Cincinnati, State of New York]

Lists officers and their positions.

GLC04379.01

[Docket referring to the division of members of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

GLC04379.02

[Resolution of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts, to deny a membership application]

Draft resolution of the Society of the Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts, to return the membership fees of Luke Day and Elijah Day for "openly joining & leading & conducting the late rebellion in this Commonwealth," and thus having "rendered...

GLC04379.03

[Rule of Appointment agreed on, in the General Meeting of the Society of Cincinnati]

Lists state societies with a number next to each, possibly the number of members or votes.

GLC04379.04

[Member list of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Lists member names, and for some, provides the county and town they are from.

GLC04379.05

[Member list of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Lists member names, and for some, provides the county and town they are from.

GLC04379.06

[Member list of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Lists member names underneath the county they are from, and notes their hometown beside their name.

GLC04379.07

[Member list of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Lists member names underneath the county they are from, and notes their hometown beside their name.

GLC04379.08

[Docket pertaining to the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Very brief mention of sending things to Suffolk and Middlesex. The note's purpose and meaning are not clear.

GLC04379.09

[Note pertaining to finances of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Provides numbers of certificates relating to the society's treasury. Jackson had commanded the 16th Massachusetts Regiment and the 4th Massachusetts Regiment during the Revolutionary War. He served as treasurer of the Society of Cincinnati for the...

GLC04379.10

[Treasury receipt of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Certifies receipt of a payment of twelve shillings from Captain Constant Freeman for an "assessment levied on the Society of Cincinnati." Jackson had commanded the 16th Massachusetts Regiment and the 4th Massachusetts Regiment during the...

GLC04379.11

[Treasury receipt of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Certifies receipt of a payment of twelve shillings from Captain Constant Freeman for an "assessment levied on the Society of Cincinnati," which Crocker promised to transmit to Henry Jackson, treasurer of the Society of Cincinnati for the state of...

GLC04379.12

[Treasury receipt of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Certifies receipt of a payment of four dollars from Captain Constant Freeman for Captain Nathaniel Nason's diploma and part of an "assessment levied on the Society of Cincinnati." Jackson had commanded the 16th Massachusetts Regiment and the 4th...

GLC04379.13

[Diploma delivery receipt from the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Indicates that Sewall received a diploma from Constant Freeman for Lieutenant Joseph Tucker, of York, Maine. Promises to deliver it to Tucker. Sewall worked as a lawyer in York, Maine.

GLC04379.14

to Constant Freeman

Circular letter asking each member of the Society of Cincinnati for the state of Massachusetts to come to the meeting on the next fourth of July and bring twenty-four shillings to pay for an assessment and diploma. Edwards was the society's...

GLC04379.15