Circa 1790

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Sir William Petty

GLC07865.08

10 May 1792

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Sir William Petty

GLC07865.09

Circa 1792

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Sir William Jones

GLC07865.10

Circa 1792

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

Envelope

Title: To Sir William Jones

"The Honorable Sir William Jones one of the Supreme Judges in India"

GLC07865.11

February 7, 1775

Troutbeck, John, fl. 1755-1784

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Reaffirms their friendship and hopes to see him in the future. Expects Knox to write to him before he leaves London, and after he leaves, to record everything noteworthy that occurs and send that to Troutbeck when he returns. Mentions visiting the House of Commons and hearing debates on the law of England. Praises the oratory of Edmund Burke, possibly in reference to his speech on "Conciliation with America." Has heard that Americans relish news of war, but asks how they will react to the coming news concerning peace under the "scandalous terms" that permit Spanish and French trade in…

GLC02437.00192

February 26, 1772

Dawes, Thomas, 1731-1809

Document signed

Title: [Account of payment made by Thomas Flucker to Thomas Dawes]

Possibly related to Dawes, the Boston architect and patriot. Account information pertains to 1771. Signed by Dawes on verso 26 February 1772, noting receipt of payment from Flucker. Flucker hired Dawes to complete various tasks, including chimney sweeping, whitewashing walls, and repairing stonework.

GLC02437.09470

February 17, 1773

McClure, David, 1748-1820

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes about his good health and safe return from Indian country. Mentions that he has not received a letter from Knox. Asks Knox to "convey the inclos'd by some safe Conveyance," possibly in reference to a book order. M'Clure sent Knox a letter from Fort Pitt on 20 August 1772, (see GLC02437.00015) indicating that he was going to serve as missionary to the Delaware Indians in a town on the Muskingum River in Ohio. M'Clure spells his name Maccluer.

GLC02437.00032

February 16, 1766

Goldthwaite, Thomas, 1717-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Flucker

Written from Fort Pownall, at present-day Stockton Springs, Maine. Reports that although he has not had a recent letter from Flucker, he plans to proceed with constructing the new township as soon as spring arrives. Writes, "I can form no opinion from the papers which I've seen how the opposition to the stamp act is likely to issue. IF it should end in allowing the Colonies a representation in Parliament I think it will be making bad, worse...But this is a dangerous subject to handle - & I'll quit it lest I should be brought to confession under the tree of liberty." Discusses his views on…

GLC02437.09033

February 17, 1772

Goldthwaite, Thomas, 1717-1799

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Thomas Goldthwait's June lease]

Documents a lease of land negotiated by Thomas Goldthwait between the heirs of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo on the one part, and [possibly his son] Thomas Goldthwait Jr. Signed by Thomas Goldthwait and Thomas Goldthwait Jr., as well as by Jonathan [Lowder] and Francis Archbald, Jr. as witnesses (though all signatures are in the same hand).

GLC02437.09073

February 6, 1765

Freeman, Enoch, 1706-1788

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Extract from the deed of division of lands]

Apparently addressed to Jedidiah Preble. Outlines the lands being given to Thomas Flucker on behalf of his wife, Hannah Waldo Flucker, as she is an heir to her father Brigadier Samuel Waldo's estate.

GLC02437.09023

1770

Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804

Header Record

Title: [Miscellaneous correspondence and documents] [Decimalized.01-.11]

Elleven pieces of correspondence and documents by Philip Schuyler.

GLC09632

5 March 1763 to 30 July 1764

Kemble, Stephen, 1740-1822

Manuscript document

Title: British Orderly Book

A record book containing British military orders and instructions including parale locations and infractions of soldiers.

GLC07126.01

February 12, 1769

Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

He compliments her on her fourth volume and mentions the reaction of a local woman. He talked with Benjamin Rush about CMG and reports the conversation. The 11th Earl of Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, (1742–1829).

GLC01794.05

June 22, 1783

Harcourt, fl. 1763-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

He mentions the recent conclusion of her great histories as models for future historical work. He expresses his annoyance with Parliament and their useless debates.

GLC01794.15

June 11, 1788

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Saige

The letter is a draft. She has read the political tracts and responds to them. She will attempt to make copies available in England. She comments on a museum's response to her work.

GLC01794.31

July 2, 1766

Cardross, fl. 1763-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

He comments on Mr. Pitt and the present schemes of administration. Pitt's opinion on the affairs of America differ from those ministers who appointed him, creating an "instance of duplicity." He comments on "the total neglect of Continental affairs."

GLC01794.32

January 20, 1775

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. & Mrs. Northcote

She has news from Boston that Bostonians have appointed their own governor. She expresses regret for the declining state of England. To Mrs. Nortcorte she describes her health and writes about her daughter.

GLC01794.38

February 21, 1778

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Snowden

GLC01794.40

November 9, 1783

Watson, Richard, 1737-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catherine Macaulay

GLC01794.41

November 9, 1789

Mallet, Philip, fl. 1763-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catherine Macaulay

Mallet is sending a book to Macaulay, mentioning a sermon by Dr. Price on the anniversary of the American Revolution, and mentioning the French Revolution in a positive light.

GLC01794.42

November 12, 1789

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Capel Lofft

Mentions her letters on education.

GLC01794.43

circa 1789

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Wilson

GLC01794.44

18 June 1764

Beam & Cuthbert

Autograph document signed

Title: to William Stodhart

A bill of sale for an unnamed enslaved girl, purchased for 45 pounds

GLC09898.01

1774

Seabury, Samuel, 1729-1796

Pamphlet

Title: Free Thoughts, on the proceedings of the Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia Sept. 5, 1774

One pamphlet written by Samuel Seabury and published in 1774. The full title of the pamphlet is "Free Thoughts, on the proceedings of the Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia Sept. 5, 1774: Wherin Their Errors are exhibited, Their Reasonings Confuted, And The fatal Tendency of their Non-Importation, Non-Exportation, and Non-Consumtion Measures, are open to the plainest understandings; And The Only Means pointed out for Preserving and Securing Our present Happy Constitution: in a Letter to The Farmers, and other Inhabitants of North America In General and to those of the Province of New-…

GLC09666

November 4, 1769

Wentworth, H., fl. 1769

Printed document signed

Title: [Legal writ to Sheriff of New Hampshire]

This document is a printed mandate made in the name of King George III. It was written and signed in Portsmouth, N.H on 4 November 1769. It is a legal writ to the sheriff of New Hampshire ordering the seizure of Richard Perkins for appearance in court.

GLC03657.01