20 February 1777

Schaack, H.V., fl. 1777

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for $1040 received from Theodore Sedgwick]

Money paid for the purchase of 1040 bushels of wheat.

GLC01450.232.02

21 March 1777

Tebbets, Reuben, 1743-?

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for sixteen shillings received from Captain Wallingford]

Money paid for "Mr. Meturen Rickers Rates for the year 1774."

GLC01450.232.03

2 April 1782

Skinner, C., fl. 1782

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Permission for Samuel Barron "to come to Staeton Island"]

GLC01450.232.04

5 September 1781

Beckwith, George, 1753-1823

Manuscript document

Title: [British spy report]

Reports on George Knox "formerly a Capt. in the Continental Army" who had resigned his commission in April 1780 and resumed farming in Newark. Informs that Knox turned himself over to loyalist refugees at Bergen and sought to join the British service. Relays that Knox reported that General George Washington is below Philadelphia and the troops with him are the Jersey Brigade of about 600 or 700, the Congress Regiment, a detachment of light infantry formed from York troops, and the French troops. Knox also reported that the New England troops are at the Hudson Highlands under General…

GLC05224.01

10 September 1781

Beckwith, George, 1753-1823

Autograph document signed

Title: [British spy report]

Reports on intelligence given by Jesse Sturges, "Washington's army passed that place on his march to Virginia, in order to form a Junction with the French." Informs that Washington has 5000 French and 2000 Continental troops. States that any boat in the Chesapeake that could carry men was used. Reports that the French fleet is in Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia.

GLC05224.02

February 14, 1776

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Printed document signed

Title: [Commission of Gideon Stebbins]

Countersigned by Charles Thomson. Partially printed appointment of Gideon Stebbins to Second Lieutenant in the Army of the United States Colonies. Accompanied by two signed payrolls for militia commanded by Stebbins during Shays' rebellion. The payrolls are dated June 1786 and September 1786. (GLC01412.10.01 + GLC01412.10.02)

GLC01412.10.01

3 January 1778

Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Heath

Written by Burgoyne, captured British General in charge of the Convention Army to Heath, American General in charge of the district where Convention Army is located. Says Heath made no objection to sending a person to Rhode Island to get money for the Convention Army, so he has made arrangements to do so. To avoid delays he would like Heath's permission to send David Geddes, acting paymaster, to Rhode Island. Promises he will return within a specified time. Asks for an escort for Geddes from Providence back to Cambridge. Hopes to hear from him by that evening or next morning. In a different…

GLC04764.45

February 1778

Henley, David, 1749-1823

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [George Washington?]

Written by Colonel Henley as the former commandant of the Prospect Hill barracks near Cambridge, Massachusetts, which housed the captured British Convention Army. Recipient is inferred from the title "your Excellency" used toward the end of the letter. Henley was about to be sent before a court martial for allegations of murder and abusing British prisoners during his tenure at Prospect Hill. Says he left his business behind in Virginia to follow him into war out of purely selfless reasons. Says he does not now "have an Opportunity to blead" because he was placed in a command he did not want…

GLC04764.62

21 November 1777

Powars & Willis (Boston, Mass.), 1776-1801

Newspaper

Title: Independent chronicle and the universal advertiser. [Vol. X, no. 483 (November 21, 1777)]

Prints the transcript of part of a court case involving a Mr. Horne and Lord Mansfield. Includes a long poem, news from Philadelphia, Fishkill, New Haven, and Boston. Also includes public notices and information on the lottery.

GLC01450.452.04

30 December 1776

Graham, William, fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: [Certification of arrival of recruits]

Written in a secretarial hand for Captain Graham as commander of the 45th Regiment of Foot. Certifies that he has received James Carey on 27 November 1776 and Henry Lamport and John Gardiner on 30 December 1776, all recruits from the 24th Regiment of Foot.

GLC04764.26

27 March 1777

Bird, John, ?-1777

Document signed

Title: [Certification of arrival of recruits]

Written in a secretarial hand for Bird as Lieutenant Colonel of 15th Regiment of Foot. Certifies that James Ainsworth and George Lupton, recruits from the 20th Regiment of Foot, have joined his regiment. Bird died on 4 October 1777 at the Battle of Germantown.

GLC04764.27

30 December 1776

Graham, William, fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: [Certification of arrival of recruits]

Written in what appears a secretarial hand for Captain Graham as commander of the 45th Regiment of Foot. Certifies that he has received Alexander Melne, a recruit from the 62nd Regiment of Foot.

GLC04764.28

12 March 1777

Ogilvie, James, fl. 1777

Document signed

Title: [Certification of arrival of recruits]

Written in a secretarial hand for Major Ogilvie of the 4th Regiment of Foot. Cosigned by Major Robert Kingston, a staff officer under General John Burgoyne. Certifies that James Barnett, William Mitchell, and John Freeman were received from the 62nd Regiment of Foot.

GLC04764.29

12 March 1777

Ogilvie, James, fl. 1777

Document signed

Title: [Certification of arrival of recruits]

Written in a secretarial hand for Major Ogilvie, commander of the 4th Regiment of Foot. Cosigned by Major Robert Kingston. Certifies that John Crawford, Richard Jones, and Thomas Welsh were received from the 20th Regiment of Foot.

GLC04764.30

12 March 1777

Ogilvie, James, fl. 1777

Document signed

Title: [Certification of arrival of recruits]

Written in a secretarial hand for Major Ogilvie, commander of the 4th Regiment of Foot. Cosigned by Major Robert Kingston. Certifies that John Torrance and Charles Handley were received from the 9th Regiment of Foot.

GLC04764.31

17 March 1777

Calder, H., fl. 1777

Document signed

Title: [Certification of arrival of recruits]

"A true Copy" made by Captain Edward Foy, Adjunct General in Canada. Lieutenant Colonel H. Calder of the 49th Regiment of Foot was certifying that nine soldiers from the 8th Regiment and three from the 47th Regiment have joined his regiment.

GLC04764.32

March 1777

Liroth, R.M., fl. 1777

Document signed

Title: [Certification of arrival of recruits]

Written in secretarial hand and signed by "R.M. Liroth" and marked "May 6th." Certifies that 64th Regiment of Foot received Derby Eaden as a recruit from the 20th Regiment of Foot.

GLC04764.33

March 1777

Townshend, George Townshend, 1st marquis, 1724-1807

Letter

Title: to Sir Guy Carleton

Clerical copy of an excerpt of a Townshend letter dated 6 March 1777. Townshend was Master General of the Board of Ordinance in England. Written to Carleton, the British General and Governor of Canada. Postmarked from Portman Square, in Westminster, England. Says the two cadets were not yet provided for, so he placed them in the "late augmentation" of artillery, so they would not lose their regimental rank by being abroad. Leaves it up to Carleton to place them. Also says there are not sufficient cadets qualified enough to serve abroad and has not sent any out.

GLC04764.34

September 7, 1777

Fraser, Simon, 1729-1777

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Written by Fraser, a Brigadier General and commander of Burgoyne's's elite Advance Corps in the Saratoga Campaign. Recipient is unknown, but might be Robert Kingston, a staff officer of General John Burgoyne. Says a few days previously, the General (probably Burgoyne) told him there were a dozen firelocks at headquarters he could have to arm the provincials. Wants recipient to deliver them to the bearer of this letter, a sergeant in Captain Macalpin's Corps. Note at bottom by recipient says he received 16 firelocks brought in by inhabitants and that they were given to Macalpin's Corps.…

GLC04764.35

3 March 1778

Phillips, William, 1731-1781

Document signed

Title: [Documents pretaining to pay for drivers and horses during Saratoga Campaign]

Document signed by Major General Phillips, after the Battle of Saratoga. Certifies the account that 1020 pounds of Halifax currency is due to Jacob Jordan for the use of 400 horses and 200 drivers to pull his artillery during the campaign around Saratoga 1 October 1777 to 17 October 1777. Countersigned by Jonathan Carter, Commissary of Horse for the Royal Artillery, approving the account documented by Phillips.

GLC04764.36

20 October 1777

Money, J., fl. 1777

Autograph document signed

Title: [Account for payment]

Captain Money says he received slightly over 41 pounds sterling from David Geddes, acting paymaster for General John Burgoyne after the defeat at the Battle of Saratoga. Says the money is for the late Sir Francis Clarke, the former aide-de-camp to Burgoyne, "on account of 165 Days forage."

GLC04764.38

1777-1778

Document

Title: Objections, by the 24th Regt.

List of two objections the 24th Regiment of Foot had against the Articles of Convention that delineated the terms of surrender of the British Army after its defeat in the Battle of Saratoga. Seems to be written in the months after the battle at Cambridge, Massachusetts, where prisoners of war were sent, but no exact date or place of creation are provided. First complaint is that officers are not quartered according to rank and that their living spaces are sub-par. The second complaint is about the distinction made between field officers and other officers of regiments in the parole process.…

GLC04764.39

10 November 1777

Rollinson, J., fl. 1777

Autograph document signed

Title: [Objections of officers of the 20th Regiment to conditions under the Articles of Convention]

Document by the Captains, Subalterns, and staff of the 20th Regiment of Foot asserts that the Americans need to follow through on the stipulations in the Articles of Convention, which delineated the conditions of surrender after the Battle of Saratoga. Says they will not follow the Articles unless the Americans hold up their end of the deal. Asserts that they are acting on their principles of honor, justice and duty. The complaints include: not being quartered by rank, restrictions on hours they are allowed to move about, restrictions on the movement of servants, and restrictions on…

GLC04764.40

1777-1778

Autograph document

Title: Advanced Corps

Complaints of the Advanced Corps over the implementation of the Articles of Convention after the Battle of Saratoga. Date inferred from other documents in this collection, which have similar complaints around the end of 1777. Place written inferred from the fact that prisoners of war from the Battle of Saratoga were sent to Cambridge, Massachusetts. They are angry about not being quartered by rank, their early curfew, and the inability to buy items like bread and milk from anyone other than the commissary. The Advanced Corps was an elite group in General John Burgoyne's army that was defeated…

GLC04764.41

1777-1778

Autograph document

Title: The Field Officers of the 9th Objections to the Parole

Field officers of the 9th Regiment of Foot sent their complaints against the implementation of the Articles of Convention after the Battle of Saratoga. Date inferred from other documents in this collection listing the complaints of other British units around the end of 1777. Place written inferred from the fact that the prisoners of war after Saratoga were sent to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Objections include: Officers and men not quartered agreeable to the Articles, that they do not receive wood, rations, or provisions, restrictions on the purchasing of items outside the commissary. Was…

GLC04764.42