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[unknown Lieutenant in 10th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment]

circa 1864

Loeffler's, J., fl. 1860-1890

Standing three-quarter portrait with beard and mustache, holding kepi hat and sword.

GLC05528.24

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Autograph letter signed

to Henry Knox

1 October 1776

Hoff, Joseph, fl. 1776

Discusses the canons he was ordered to make. Work had stopped from lack of communication but was restarting, and Hoff seeks instructions on what to make. Also indicates that he has the opportunity to hire additional moulders, one of which was the...

GLC02437.00462

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Manuscript document

John Hoff Memoranda for Col: Knox

circa 6 October 1776

Hoff, Joseph, fl. 1776

Autograph endorsement signed on verso by Henry Knox, written from Mt. Washington, [New York] dated 6 October 1776, requests that Lieutenant Samuel Treat be granted passage over King's Bridge. John Hoff's memoranda explains the content and...

GLC02437.00463

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Manuscript document signed

[Clothing receipts]

2 October 1776-14 October 1776

Keyes, Nathaniel, fl. 1776

Four receipts for coats, white swanskin (a kind of material) and shoes, signed by Keyes, Thomas Frothingham, John Oliver, Joseph Eayres and Nathaniel Bowen. (All served under Henry Knox.) Notes supplies received at Mount Washington from Isaiah...

GLC02437.00467

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Autograph letter signed

to Henry Knox

5 October 1776

Jacob, fl. 1776

Informs Knox that he "is manufacturing gun powder for the Continental Congress" that is intended for George Washington. Sends samples to Knox and asks to be informed which will pass inspection. Signed in the third person in the text.

GLC02437.00469