circa 1673-1689

Header Record

Title: Items related to Samuel Pepys [Decimalized .01 and .02]

GLC00496.258

July 26, 1706

Cadogan, William, Earl, 1672-1726

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Letter possibly written by Cadogan (First Earl Cadogan) in present day Belgium. Relates "I should be very glad you made all possible haste... for King and [vassels] going along with Blood to Menin, and Spotswood being sick, I have no body with me..." Requests that the recipient make a plan of Menin, since the plan created by the Prussian captain of dragoons was incorrect.

GLC01450.446.01

October 24, 1709- December 23, 1709

Stanwix, Thomas, fl. 1670-1725

Document signed

Title: [Muster roll of Thomas Stanwix's regiment of foot]

Possibly refers to Thomas Stanwix, Governor of Gibraltar 24 January 1711- 7 August 1713. Signed by Stanwix, R. Bucknall, and Garvis Newton. Lists the names of soldiers in Stanwix's regiment, Captain John Caley's company.

GLC01450.446.02

October 24, 1709-December 23, 1709

Stanwix, Thomas, fl. 1670-1725

Document signed

Title: [Muster roll of Thomas Stanwix's regiment]

Possibly refers to Thomas Stanwix, Governor of Gibraltar 24 January 1711- 7 August 1713. Signed by Stanwix, R. Bucknall, and Garvis Newton. Lists the names of soldiers in Stanwix's regiment, Captain John Haye's company.

GLC01450.446.03

November 4, 1716

Bourke, Edward, fl. 1700-1730

Autograph letter

Title: to William Cadogan

Discussing Jacobite rebellion, writes "the first of this month a letter was putt into my hands to be forwarded to mister Sheldon one of the pretenders privy counsell with treats of nothing but to conspire against King George. I would lett you know ye chief article of it together with my name only I am afraid to be discovered, but I beg the favour of your Lordship to sign some other name and to give mee some other address and I will write you word of all there is in the letter..." Requests a reward for his discovery of treason. Instructs the lord to direct correspondence to Monsieur Hurcado,…

GLC01450.446.04

November 8, 1716

Sheldon, Dominick, fl. 1689-1721

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Refers to previous correspondence. Mentions an enclosed letter from the recipient's brother, whose name is not mentioned. Writes that the recipient may explain the present situation further to his brother if it is deemed safe to do so. Writes "I doe not think it necessary, all the world knowing the circumstances wee are in since the late Tretey between England and France" (possibly referring to a treaty signed in October 1716). Possibly referring to James Stuart, writes "The King is now god be thankful out of all maner of dainger and begins to sitt up..."

GLC01450.446.05

November 12, 1716

Cadogan, William, Earl, 1672-1726

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Bourke

Replies to GLC01450.446.04, in which Bourke informed Cadogan of a Jacobite plot. Guarantees "a reward equal to the Discovery you shall make" (regarding the discovery of Jacobitism in Cambray). States "I sign this letter by another name than my own, as you [design], and I send you an address by which you may write Safely..." In a postscript, provides instructions to [deliver] to Mr. John Williams under cover to Mr. Benjamin Furly (possibly a code or pseudonym, since Furly, a Quaker and noted Rotterdam intellectual, had died in 1714). Signed fictitiously by John Williams, a psuedonym Cadogan…

GLC01450.446.06

November 15, 1716

Bourke, Edward, fl. 1700-1730

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Cadogan

Letter written to John Williams, a pseudonym Cadogan used in his correspondence with Bourke. Bourke mentions previous correspondence to and from Cadogan, which discussed Bourke's discovery of a Jacobite plot. Bourke relates that his brother Ulick Bourke was instructed to deliver a letter from Lord Abingdon (Montagu Venables-Bertie, 2nd Earl of Abingdon) to Monsieur Sheldon (possibly Dominick Sheldon). In the letter, Abingdon begs Sheldon "to send him with the rest of the pretenders friends some arms and officers into England and that they will engage to detrone the usurper as they call him…

GLC01450.446.07

November 18, 1716

Bourke, Edward, fl. 1700-1730

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Cadogan

Bourke writes to "John Williams," a pseudonym Cadogan used in his correspondence with Bourke. Refers to previous correspondence discussing the discovery of a Jacobite plot (refer to GLC01450.446.04, .06, and .07), in which Bourke requested a pension in exchange for information he provided. Writes "I am very sorry that the news I did myself the honnour to write to you last, proves false by reason it was a trick of mister Sheldons" (possibly referring to Dominick Sheldon). Relates that Sheldon and others sent false information through Bourke to see if he could keep a secret. Writes that he…

GLC01450.446.08

November 21, 1716

Cadogan, William, Earl, 1672-1726

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Bourke

Discusses previous correspondence related to a Jacobite plot (refer to other items in the GLC01450.446 collection). Mentions the unreliable nature of sending information through the post, and promises Bourke a pension he previously requested in return for information he supplied Cadogan regarding Jacobite treason. States that he will send his aide-de-camp, Colonel Huske, to Cambray to deliver Bourke's money. Mentions treasonous letters Bourke previously discovered between lords in England and Mr. Sheldon (possibly Dominick Sheldon). Promises Bourke that no one should question Huske's…

GLC01450.446.09

November 24, 1716

Cadogan, William, Earl, 1672-1726

Autograph letter

Title: to Edward Bourke

Discusses previous correspondence between Bourke and Cardogan regarding a Jacobite plot in Cambray, France (refer to previous letters in the GLC01450.446 collection). Refers to the dangerous nature of sending confidential materials through the post. Discusses the delivery of money to Bourke by Colonel Huske, Cadogan's aide-de-camp. Asserts that Huske will also give Bourke a letter written in Cadogan's hand (and attests that all previous correspondence from Cadogan was written in his own hand). Instructs to continue sending letters to John Williams (a pseudonym Cadogan used in his…

GLC01450.446.10

November 29, 1716

Bourke, Edward, fl. 1700-1730

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Cadogan

Discusses previous correspondence between Bourke and Cadogan regarding Bourke's discovery of a Jacobite plot in Cambray, France (refer to previous letters in the GLC01450.446 collection). Discusses a letter (not included) from Mr. Sheldon (possibly Dominick Sheldon), that Bourke may be transmitting to Cadogan, British ambassador at the Hague. Requests a sum of money from Cadogan, in exchange for information he has provided regarding Jacobites in Cambray. Instructs Cadogan to burn their previous correspondence. Addressed to John Williams, a pseudonym Cadogan used in correspondence with Bourke…

GLC01450.446.11

December 4, 1716

Bourke, Edward, fl. 1700-1730

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Cadogan

Discusses previous correspondence between Bourke and Cadogan regarding Bourke's discovery of a Jacobite plot in Cambray, France (refer to previous letters in the GLC01450.446 collection). Mentions a previous visit from Colonel Huske, who Cadogan sent to Cambray to deliver money and information to Bourke. Writes "ever since Huske was herre, all my letters by orders of the comander was taken up because they seen mee conserve soe much with him It is with difficulty I can send you this... " Writes that he told Huske previous correspondence was between Cadogan and Bourke's brother (possibly Ulick…

GLC01450.446.12

August 29, 1762

Taylor, George, fl. 1762

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant General De Boice

Letter written to the Governor of (possibly &) Lieutenant General De [Boice] at Santo Domingo. Taylor, master of the brig New Grace, writes that he has taken two brigantines and two sloops, and that he put eighty people ashore with water and provisions. Requests "a Flag Truce to take them off the Island" as soon as possible. Letter written "On board the New Grace of the Cape."

GLC01450.446.13

July 1743

Huske, John, fl. 1743

Document signed

Title: [In French]

Signed by General Huske.

GLC01450.446.16

March 7, 1758

Holmes, Henry, 1703-1762

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Lorimer

Letter signed by British Major General Holmes, Colonel of the 31st Regiment of Foot. Countersigned by John F. Hesse, certifying that this letter has been entered in the office of Thomas Gore, Commissary General of Musters. Holmes appoints Lorimer as surgeon to the 31st Regiment.

GLC01450.807.04.01

24 May 1758

Hay, James, fl. 1758

Document signed

Title: [Confirms that John Lorimer is qualified to serve as a surgeon in the British military]

Hay, a surgeon, states "The subscribers having some time ago formally examined M. John Lorimer hereby testifie (as we have done formerly) that we have found him qualified to serve as Surgeons [Mate?] in any of his Majesties Regiments... "

GLC01450.807.04.02

22 March 1754

Lovez, David, fl. 1754

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for military wages from John North]

Certifies that he received eight pounds in military wages from John North for his services at Fort Frederick.

GLC02542.32.02

30 September 1720

Ballantine, John, 1677-1735

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Writ demanding payment from Nathaniel Coney]

Partially printed document that orders Coney to pay a fine of seventeen pounds each to Henry Guionneau and James Leblond. Coney has paid part of his forty three pound fine, but if he can not pay the rest, orders his imprisonment. Signed by John Ballantine as clerk. Docket states that Edward Winslow has paid the required amount, and is signed by Winslow, Guionneau, and Leblond. Docket also reads "Guionneau & Leblond v. Coney."

GLC02542.32.01

20 November 1754

Bathrick, John, fl. 1754

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for army wages from John North]

Receipt for sixty eight pounds in army wages paid by received from John North. Also signed by Patrick Rodney as witness

GLC02542.32.03

1760

North, John, fl. 1760

Manuscript document

Title: [Bill from John North to Theodore Marshall]

Bill from John North to Theodore Marshall. Debts total nineteen pounds, and include charges for buttons, fabric and tailoring.

GLC02542.32.04

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Report]

Discusses a voyage and the sale of items.

GLC02437.08090

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Inhabitants of Thomaston, Maine]

Lists the names of the inhabitants of the eastern district of Thomaston.

GLC02437.08102

circa 1750-1820

Schuyler, Wendt, fl. 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Opinion on articles] [incomplete]

Discusses his views and opinions about certain articles, especially payments and buildings for land. Appears to be incomplete.

GLC02437.08130

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript letter

Title: to Elizabeth

Writes about a village and states that "their awkward attempts to appear what they are not, and never can be is amusing enough. For instance what do you think of Old Squire Gleason enacting the Beau and not only this but apearing [sic] the gallant gay Lothario and winning hearts and cruelly leaving them to break-"

GLC02437.08132