April 25, 1777

Beardsley, Nehemiah, fl. 1775-1777

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Cooke

Two sets of orders on one page. First orders are to Joseph Platt Cooke and a colonel [name illegible] to muster the regiment immediately as the enemy is near Compo Hill, Connecticut. Instructs to march day and night and bring all the ammunition they can gather. Signed by G. S. Sele[missing text], Brigadier General. The second set of orders are to Captain Dan Town[missing text] from Beardsley who signed as Major. Beardsley states that he has received the above information and orders the companies in New Fairfield, Connecticut to march immediately. Content refers to the British attack on…

GLC01450.096

21 May 1777

Lane, Daniel, 1740-1811

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Continental Army bounty]

Lane signed as Captain. Certifies that he has received a bounty of 24 pounds from Benjamin Randall for each man from Stoughtonham, Massachusetts who served in the army for three years. Lists the names of the men.

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February 5, 1776

Easton, James, fl. 1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Philip Schuyler

Informs that he is sending a list of the officers who served in his regiment and requests that Schuyler send them their commissions. Schuyler was a Revolutionary War general and a delegate to the Continental Congress.

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10 November 1776

De Vernejoul, Jean Louis, fl. 1776-1789

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for Rations for French officer]

Receipt for four pounds seventeen schillings and three pence due to Captain Jean Louis de Vernejoul for his rations. Covers fifty-two days worth of rations at three rations a day. Signed by de Vernejoul as "Capt Des Etas Unis."

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14 May 1777

Carpenter, Jonathan, fl. 1777

Manuscript

Title: [Mount Independence muster roll]

A list of Captain Davis Howlitt's company in Colonel John Ashley's First Berkshire regiment.

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February 28, 1780

Prescott, Oliver, 1731-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Prescott signed as Major General, Massachusetts militia. Informs that he is enclosing a return of the militia officers of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, which he just received. He has not gotten the return from Worcester County, Massachusetts yet.

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June 16, 1780

Campbell, Patrick, fl. 1780

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Duncan Campbell

Informs that the bills for 700 pounds that he was so concerned about have been brought in from the rebels by a friend who was also a prisoner. States that being a prisoner has gotten the better of him but the Commander in Chief has intimated to him that he may be able to purchase a recently vacated commission of Major. He thanks his father for the money and says he has saved 400 pounds and expects to be able to pay him back in less than two years. Pat Campbell was a soldier in the British army.

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February 5, 1781

Martin, Luther, 1748-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Sim Lee

Luther informs Lee about criminal cases tried in court and their outcomes. Thomas Laughlin was convicted of highway robbery and attempted murder to a blind man, Horner and Keith were convicted of breaking into the house of Moses McCubben. Discusses someone named Shoemaker who petitioned the governor of Virginia to become a citizen. Also mentions that Shoemaker told Mr. Lindenberger that there were people in town corresponding with the enemy. They offered Shoemaker a chance to escape if he became a spy and gathered information on the flour ships. Martin was an attorney and a delegate to the…

GLC01450.103

1799

Marchant, Henry, 1741-1796

Header Record

Title: Collection of two letters to Joseph Clarke [Decimalized .01-.02]

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November 30, 1779

Greene, William, 1731-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Clarke

States that since he is absent from home, he is taking the chance to send him the enclosed. Apparently free franked by Henry Marchant and Greene. Addressed to Greene as Governor of the state of Rhode Island on recto; addressed to Joseph Clarke, General Treasurer of Rhode Island, on recto.

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June 29, 1777

Speakman, Gilbert Warner, fl. 1771-1780

Autograph letter signed

Title: to David Hitchcock

States he has sent with Mr. Baker a large box of items he will need when he is in Brookfield. Requests that he receive it and not turn it upside down as there are bottles that could break. On the reverse someone has written a prayer. There are notes possibly about various accounts written on the first page and on the page with the address dated 1772-1778.

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12 October 1775

Cox, Joseph, fl. 1775

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Promissory note]

Promises to pay Janus Judah 28 pounds, six shillings, and nine pence with interest.

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March 30, 1779

Autichamp, Jean-Louis de Beaumont, 1738-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Chevalier de Montrond

Discusses various personal matters.

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8 October 1778

Myllys, George, fl. 1778

Manuscript document signed

Title: [State of Connecticut resolution]

Resolves that anyone possessing 10 pound notes issued by the Treasury December 1776 will receive six [unknown monetary unit abbreviation] per year starting June 1778 until paid. Myllys signed as Treasurer.

GLC01450.112

December 8, 1779

Document

Title: [Invoice for rice shipped on Brig Fox]

Invoice and bill of lading lists 254 whole and 91 half barrels of rice shipped by A. Livingston on account of the United States. The Brigantine Fox was a Continental Transport ship, commanded by Owen Folger.

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July 31, 1778

Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr., 1710-1785

Letter signed

Title: to Jedediah Huntington

States that letters from Providence have made a council session necessary. Requests that he attend as soon as possible and to pass the notice along to Mr. Mumford and Mr. Hillhouse. A list of supplies (port, wheat, oats, etc.) is jotted on the top and bottom of the second page. Trumbull was the governor of Connecticut 1769-1784. Jedediah Huntington was a Continental general from Connecticut. Letter is matted along edges.

GLC01450.114

June 4, 1776

Read, John, fl. 1774-1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Owen Biddle

Letter addressed to Biddle in Philadelphia. Encloses a receipt from Lieutenant Werte for utensils delivered to Captain Lewe's company of the First Battalion of Colonel Mile's Regiment of Riflemen. Mentions receiving 10 wooden bowls. Reports that since being appointed as Barracksmaster, the artillery men have been applying for many necessities. Asks him to review a copy of a request for supplies made by Captain Proctor and let him know what quantities he should send. Biddle was a clockmaker and merchant in Philadelphia. It is possible he was supplying the wooden utensils and other supplies.

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December 5, 1776

Trumbull, Joseph, 1737-1778

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Asa Waterman

Trumbull replies to an undated letter from Waterman written on the same page. In the earlier letter Waterman informs Trumbull that Captain Lyon has refused to deliver some hides stating that a man offered him $40 to ship them to Norwich as soon as possible. Asks Waterman what he should do as he has an opportunity to sell them. Trumbull replies on the bottom half of the page advising Waterman to demand the hides from Lyon in his name, and to apply to the authority of General David Wooster for aid if necessary.

GLC01450.116

circa 1776

Manuscript

Title: [Muster roll of first foot company from Dighton]

Lists officers and soldiers.

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January 16, 1776

Manuscript

Title: [Captain Wright's muster roll] [incomplete]

Lists men's names, rations, and service. Missing upper left corner of page and lower right quadrant of the page.

GLC01450.119

circa 1776

Manuscript

Title: Muster roll

Lists men's names, rank, enlistment date, and distance traveled. Simon Edgel listed as Captain.

GLC01450.120

circa 1777

Manuscript

Title: [Account of rations and pay for Captain Humphrey's Company]

Lists the costs for pay, rations, mileage, etc. for the company.

GLC01450.121

1777

Manuscript

Title: [List of officers of Colonel Samuel McClellan's regiment]

Lists officers and their place of residence.

GLC01450.122

16 August 1776

Manuscript

Title: [Account of men left sick from the 17th regiment of Captain Ebenezer Bissell's company]

Lists the men left sick along the road or at Roxbury Hospital when the regiment marched for New York 5 July 1776. Also lists expenses.

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January 27, 1778

McNall, James, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: [Receipt of bounty]

Signed by many others. Certifies that the men of Simsbury have received from Captain Jonathan Humphrey wages, bounty, and mileage for an expedition to Providence, Rhode Island October 1777 under Colonel Samuel McClellan's regiment. Page two is also signed by some of the same men, stating that they have received six shillings from Colonel Noah Phelps as bounty or premium for the same expedition.

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