1783

Autograph document

Title: [Requisition for paper]

A requisition of paper for use by the company Captain Robert Snell in Colonel Denny McCobb's Regiment.

GLC02669.067

1783

Bailey, Jacob, 1731-1808

Autograph document

Title: to Jacob Bailey

Certification of money to be paid to Jacob Bailey for the trasportation of baggage from Burlington, Vermont to New Gloucester, Maine.

GLC02669.068

14 July 1813

Autograph document

Title: [Receipt for rum]

A receipt for the purchase of rum.

GLC02669.070

2 January 1812

Sylvester, Thomas B, fl. 1812-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Bailey

A letter written by Thomas B. Sylvester to Jacob Bailey. Sylvester informs Bailey of his arrival with money to pay the soldiers their advances. A large piece of the document is missing and there is significant context loss.

GLC02669.002

February 13, 1812

Autograph letter

Title: to unknown recipient

A letter entailing the call for volunteers and the initial experience of a group of men who answered that call. The author refers to this group of men as a "band of brothers" acting "for the preservation of of ourself and country." The author also mentions a lack of blankets and utensils, but that "like good soldiers," they did not complain. The corners of the letter are torn and the there is some content loss at the top of the page due to discoloration and fading.

GLC02669.003

February 14, 1813

Yetten, James, fl. 1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Bailey

A letter from James Yetten to his friend Jacob Bailey. Yetten writes Bailey a copy of a soldiers letter, which includes a basic timeline of a soldiers experiences. The letter also speaks of crossing paths with other companies, an engagement with the enemy, prayer, and being shot twice in battle.

GLC02669.004

February 23, 1813

Bailey, Jacob, 1731-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hannah Bailey

A letter from Jacob Bailey to his wife Hannah Bailey, in which he expresses religious observations, his faith in God and his mercy, and his attempts to subdue the use of God's name in vain and profanity amongst soldiers. Written at Fort Sumter.

GLC02669.005

28 April 1813

Bailey, Jacob, 1731-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hannah Bailey

A letter from Jacob Bailey to his wife Hannah Bailey. In his letter, Jacob Bailey writes about his health, the death of Benjamin Brown, marching orders towards Champlain and Swantson, Vermont, and his hope for peace. There is a small tear halfway down the left side of the front page.

GLC02669.006

21 May 1813

Bailey, Jacob, 1731-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hannah Bailey

A letter from Jacob Bailey to his wife Hannah Bailey. In his letter Bailey writes about his experience in Colonel Denny McCobb's Volunteer Regiment including an improvement in troop moral and stopping smugglers. Bailey also asks his wife for continued prayer and to write to him more frequently.

GLC02669.007

7 June 1813

Bailey, Jacob, 1731-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hannah Bailey

A letter from Jacob Bailey to his wife Hannah Bailey. In his letter, Bailey details the Battle of Lake Champlain in Vermont and the capture of Captain Merrick and thirty-three soldiers from his company. He also writes about British soldiers defecting and gains made by the American forces. The Battle of Lake Champlain is also known as the Battle of Plattsburgh.

GLC02669.008

17 June 1813

Bailey, Hannah, fl. 1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Bailey

A letter written by Hannah Bailey to her husband Jacob Bailey. Bailey writes that while she misses her husband greatly, but that she trusts in God and hopes it is the Lord's will that he return home from the war.

GLC02669.009

20 June 1813

Bayley, Robert, fl. 1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Bailey

This document contains three seperate letters written to Jacob Bailey. The first is a letter from Robert and Maley Bayley to their son informing him of their troubles, including the loss of their cattle and their subsequent inability to pay for bread until the corn crop becomes ready to sell. The second letter is from John Bayley to his brother Bailey inquiring about his health and asking Jacob Bailey to write to him. The third letter is from John Bayley to his nephew Jacob Bailey asking how he likes being a soldier. Jacob Bailey signs his documents Bailey, but the rest of his family in this…

GLC02669.010

8 July 1813

Bailey, Jacob, 1731-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lt. Robert Bailey

A letter from Jacob Bailey to his father Robert Bailey in response to GLC02669.10. Bailey feels guilty for being away from his family when they are experiencing such trying financial circumstances, but also states that if he were to return home he would feel guilty for abandoning his fellow soldiers. The bottom of the page appears to have been cut, resulting in content loss.

GLC02669.011

February 13, 1813

Autograph document

Title: to unknown recipient

The author writes about unsatisfactory living arrangements and how the contractor, paid by the government to make the quarters, did not fulfill his obligations. Most of the bottom half of the page is missing and it is possible that content was lost as a result.

GLC02669.021

18 March 1813

Autograph document

Title: to unknown recipient

The author accidently came across a young deserter named Samuel Young and was in the process of taking him back to camp when the author was accost by a sergeant named Whitney. On the back of his document is a side note about the amount of money needed for buckles and the statement "To Money Reed 5.00."

GLC02669.022

3 June 1813

Autograph document

Title: to unknown recipient

The author writes about hearing gunshots and cannon fire in the distance from the early morning until around noon. At around noon the author concluded that the Battle was over and that one side or the other was "rejoicing at the Victory."

GLC02669.023

19 July 1813

Autograph document

Title: [Leave of absence for Jacob Bailey]

A document granting Jacob Bailey leave of absence until further orders.

GLC02669.025

February 7, 1801

Jay, John, 1745-1829

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Richard Varick, Mayor of New York]

Appointment of Varick to the positions of Mayor, Water Bailiff, and Clerk of the Market. Includes pendant seal attached with ribbon. Modern mounting.

GLC02127

4 October 1813

Freeborn, John fl. 1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Winchester

Account of a dispute that arose between the author and Warring. Signed by John Freeborn, Abraham Walter, James C. W. Osgood, and Washington Dennison. Written at Beauport

GLC06997.032

1729-1930

Farrell, Louis, 1930-?

Typed manuscript

Title: [Geneology of the Winchesters]

Includes all the descendants of WIlliam Winchester since his arrival in America in 1729.

GLC06997.080

July 31, 1805

Unknown

Autograph note

Title: to unknown

Price of flour and bacon.

GLC01450.600.018

20 July 1830

Autograph document

Title: [Announcing pro-slavery meeting]

GLC01450.600.057

November 13, 1802

Murphy, Sarah, fl. 1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sons

GLC01450.600.080

July 10, 1797

Duane, Walter, fl. 1797

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sir

Duane writes a letter to Murphy addressing the letter as "to Sir."

GLC01450.600.081

23 May 1793

Winchester, James, 1725-1826

Autograph note

Title: to unknown

Wm. Winchester Bot. Of Thos & Sam Hollingsworth two pair of Horsemen …" Pencil note in later hand at bottom: "William Winchester, father of genl. James Winchester."

GLC06997.001