15 September 1863

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to General Pleasonton

Awaiting instructions from Washington, asks if there is any evidence that "Lee will cross the Rapidan to give me battle between the two rivers, {which} would prove his having a greater force than we have supposed."

GLC08305

1794

Manuscript document

Title: Iroquois Treaty

Negotiations with General Chapin leading up to the Canandaigua Treaty (Nov.,1794) which was part of Washington's tactics to contain British agitation of the Indians and establish peace with the Nations.

GLC08332

21 April 1777

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Captain Caleb Gibbs

Headquartered at Morristown after a brutal winter, reorganizes his personal, offical and family possessions for residence in Philadelphia as he re-builds the Army to answer Cornwallis's New Jersey campaign: "Bring...my sword, my gun etc.. can had also better be brought unless they could be put into the hands of some gentleman in Philadelphia that would take particular care of them...My papers at New Town, take with you to Philadelphia, and have them well recieved in a good trunk or strong box and lodged with the Publick Papers of Congress." Also requested were "table linens and "mattress" and…

GLC08341

02 Dec 1793

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

Document signed

Title: Signed by George Washington

Act of Third Congress "for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt"

GLC08351

16 September 1734

Upham, Ezekiel, fl. 1734

Autograph document signed

Title: [Sale of land to Abraham Harding].

Witnessed by Josiah Fisher and John Harding. Includes description of the property. Certified by Justice of the Peace John Chandler in Worcester of Woodstock on 7 May 1737.

GLC02891.01

23 May 1737

Harding, Abraham, fl. 1734-1737

Autograph document signed

Title: [Meeting notification for the Township of New Medford].

All concerned are requested to attend a meeting on the second Wednesday of June at ten o'clock in the morning at which land will be allotted by the proprietors, and to hear how they shall dispose of charges accrued during division of lands. Signed as Clerk.

GLC02891.07

26 March 1755

Kirby, Robert, fl. 1755

Document signed

Title: [Last will and testament of Robert Kirby of Dartmouth, in the County of Bristol].

Witnessed by Peter Allen and Nathanel Tallman (his mark). Attested by Dartmouth town clerk Sanford. Signed with his mark.

GLC02924.010

circa 1726

Hathaway, Thomas, fl. 1717-1726

Document signed

Title: [Report of a meeting held in Dartmouth Township].

Regarding Cedar Swamp. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.029

circa 1726

West, Stephen, 1736-1819

Document signed

Title: [Report of various meetings about land in Dartmouth Township].

Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.032

December 1725

Hathaway, Thomas, fl. 1717-1726

Document

Title: [Narrative of the current status of the Gifford family's land disputes in the Township of Dartmouth].

GLC02924.033

19 July 1726

West, Stephen, 1736-1819

Document

Title: [Report of a meeting about land in Dartmouth Township].

Docket reads: "Acts made since the fire."

GLC02924.034

circa June 25, 1726

Churchill, Thomas, fl. 1726

Document signed

Title: [Copy of records about methods of land distribution in Dartmouth Township].

A note below the clerk's signature reads: "to be entered first on the new book of records [illegible]." Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.035

circa 3 December 1726.

West, Stephen, 1736-1819

Document signed

Title: [Report of a general meeting about land].

Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.036

February 12, 1731

West, Stephen, 1736-1819

Document signed

Title: [Report of a meeting held at the town house].

The subject of the meeting is a meadow beside Cedar Swamp. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.037

30 March 1731

West, Stephen, 1736-1819

Document signed

Title: [Report of a meeting held at the town house].

The subject of the meeting is a meadow by Cedar Swamp. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.038

10 September 1737

Howard, Edward, fl. 1731

Document signed

Title: [Power of attorney to Enos Gifford].

Also signed by Timothy Gifford (his mark), Jeremiah Gifford, and William Hicks, all residents of Dartmouth, who also give power of atttorney to Enos Gifford. Witnessed by Samuel Pack and Cornelius Bennet. Certified by Justice of the Peace [illegible] Richmond. Howard lists his profession as shipwright. The two Giffords are yeomen, and Hicks is an "inholder."

GLC02924.039

01 April 1737

Tripp, John, fl. 1737

Document signed

Title: [Description of a piece of property belonging to John Briggs of Dartmouth Township].

Tripp adds the names of the members of the committee: himself, Nathaniel Soule, and [illegible] Sanford. Attested as a true copy and signed as Proprietor's Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.040

8 September 1735

West, Stephen, 1736-1819

Document signed

Title: [Report of a meeting held at the town house].

The subject of the meeting is a request to fill in Cedar Swamp. The meeting was adjourned without the matter being put to a vote. Attested as a true copy signed as Proprietor's Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.041

17 April 1748

Gifford, Cainan, fl. 1748

Document signed

Title: A receit to dress white leather.

A recipe for tanning white leather. Verso reads: "To Little Compton April 17th Day 1748."

GLC02924.042

3 June 1751

Gifford, Elijah, fl. 1751

Document signed

Title: [Power of attorney to Enos Gifford].

Witnessed by Samuel Willbor and Martha Willbor (her mark). Attested by Justice of the Peace Samuel Willbor. Enos Gifford is the father of Elijah Gifford.

GLC02924.043

18 April 1758

Moore, Joshua, fl. 1758

Document signed

Title: [Report on the fitness for military service in the French and Indian War of Elijah Gifford].

"I have considered the case of Elijah Gifford and finding him deaf of one of his ears (as he saith) which (in my opinion) may render him an unfit person to serve his King or Country in this present expedition; becaus his hearing being depraved."

GLC02924.044

November 1726

Hathaway, Thomas, fl. 1717-1726

Document signed

Title: [Report of a meeting held at the town house].

George Badcock and Henry Tucker have asked the township's permission to build a grist mill. After examining the records of the township and on consultation with Benjamin Hammond's survey, it is determined that title to the land is clear. Attested as a true copy signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.045

12 April 1777

Spooner, Walter, fl. 1777

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dear Friends

Tells six prisoners in jail in Taunton that he could find no one to interpose for them or to pay their fines. Asked William Tallman to send him a petition with their names, but it has not arrived. Has sent a letter to the sheriff asking him to discharge them on their giving twenty pound bonds. Regarding his belief that the court will not prosecute them if they fail to pay the bond, he adds: "you need not mention my judgement, for if you should it may give some uneasiness to others." Address on verso reads: "To the six persons now in goal at Taunton for not going into the Army."

GLC02924.046

January 18, 1777

Bryant, James, fl. 1777-1778

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a warrant for the arrest of soldiers who failed to appear at the muster of 6 January 1777]

Also contains Bryant's clerical signatures of the selectmen, the militia officers, and the Committee of Safety. Gideon Brownell, Silvenas Sixon, David Sowle, Jonathan Gifford, Elijah Gifford, Christopher Slocum, and Timothy Comel of the Town of Dartmouth were appointed soldiers and were ordered to appear for muster. Constable Gamaliel Bryant is ordered to arrest these men and to put them in jail until such time as a fine of 12 pounds is paid. Certified as a true copy.

GLC02924.047

16 April 1806

Various

Header Record

Title: Collection of 2 document relating to Thomas Jefferson's collection of wines. See decimalized entries.

GLC03873