circa 1770-1780

Sketch

Title: [18th century military drawing of a soldier in uniform]

Full body ink sketch of soldier in uniform holding a sword. Not signed or dated.

GLC01450.071

circa 1770-1780

Chamborant, André-Claude, marquis de, 1732-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Baron von Reidesel

Autograph letter signed in the third person. Reidesel was a Hessian general in the Revolutionary War. Chamborant was a French hussar leader.

GLC01450.079

circa 1770s

Autograph manuscript

Title: [List of Captain Timothy Goodwin's company]

List of men belonging to the trainband in the Second Company in York under Captain Goodwin.

GLC01450.092

February 15, 1775

Speakman, Gilbert Warner, fl. 1771-1780

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Certification for enlistment in Continental service]

Certifies that Silas Sewan enlisted into Continental service for one year under Speakman.

GLC01450.108

14 July 1774

Carleton, Guy, 1724-1808

Document signed

Title: [Document to supply clothing for troops]

Witnessed by Doubleday and another illegible signature. Carleton appoints Alexander Adair and Henry Bullock of Charing Cross as his attorneys to contract for the clothing provided for Carleton's 47th Regiment of Foot. Document sealed with Carleton's signet. Bears Carleton's red, wax official seal.

GLC01412.36

10 October 1772

Gage, Thomas, 1718-1787

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Commission of John Phillips as Fort Major at Castle William in Massachusetts]

Includes a square paper seal on top left corner. Castle William was a British garrison in the Boston Harbor.

GLC01412.53

3 March 1775

Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr., 1710-1785

Document signed

Title: [Engsign's commission of Stephen Day]

Cosigned by Secretary George Wyllys. Partially printed certificate signed by Connecticut's Colonial Governor and Captain-General Jonathan Trumbull appointing Stephen Day ensign to the 22nd Regiment of Connecticut. He is given command of a company of troops. Embossed paper seal on left side of document.

GLC01412.64.05

1763-1783

Manuscript

Title: [Description of General William Smallwood's family and education]

Appears to be a fragment of a biographical sketch of General Smallwood of Maryland. Previous entry in Past Perfect claimed the sketch appears to be from the early 19th century, before 1840, but there is no evidence to back up that assertion. Mentions that he comes from a "highly respectable family." Says his father Bayne Smallwood was a merchant and planter on a large scale who was also a justice of the peace and a member of the House of Burgesses for many years. He married Priscilla Heaherd of Virginia, "a lady of family and fortune." Smallwood was sent to England at a young age and first…

GLC01205.05

March 25, 1774

Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elbridge Gerry

Letter written by Adams, who later signed the Declaration of Independence, as a member and clerk of the colonial assembly in Massachusetts to Gerry, also a future signer of the Declaration, as a member of the assembly. References a letter from Gerry that explained the violence in Marblehead, known as the Smallpox War or the Marblehead Riots, and asked for military intervention. Gerry was one of the leading citizens of the town who wanted to build a hospital to inoculate the populace against smallpox. Once it was built, the populace, fearful that inoculations spread the disease further,…

GLC01213

July 16, 1772

Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Warren

Letter written by Adams, a future signer of the Declaration of Independence, as member of the Massachusetts legislature to Warren, also a member of the Massachusetts legislature. Says the session is over and the resolves, including one asking the King to rescind Governor Hutchinson's salary, have passed. Says he will send him a copy of the resolves if he promises not to publish them. Expresses his friendship with Warren, who he says was with him when the Tories cursed him at a commencement speech at Cambridge and at another occasion when "Confusion to me & my Adherents was given as a…

GLC01215

8 November 1767-1785

Sylvester, Deborah, fl. 1760-1785

Header Record

Title: Collection of items belonging to Deborah Sylvester [Decimalized .01-.02.08]

GLC01144

December 28, 1774

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Adams describes the effects of the Boston Port Bill upon the government and people of the colony. He warns that the arrest of Parliament's opponents "will produce Resistance, and Reprisals, and a Flame through America, Such as Eye hath not yet Seen, nor Ear heard nor hath it entered into the Heart of the Minister or his Minions to conceive." He prophesies resistance and reprisals.

GLC01788

22 March 1770

Cooper, William, 1720-1809

Autograph document signed

Title: Order from Boston 217 [Official transmittal to Catharine Macauley concerning the Boston Massacre]

Official memorandum, written and attested by Boston Town Clerk William Cooper, to transmit a printed copy of the Representation concerning the Boston Massacre to Catharine Macaulay on behalf of the citizens of Boston. Refer to the Macaulay papers, GLC 1784.02-1800.04.

GLC01789.01

March 23, 1770

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Co-signed by committee members Samuel Pemberton and Joseph Warren, transmitting the official statement on the Boston Massacre. Explains that they hoped she could intercede for them. Refer to the Macaulay papers, GLC01784.01-1800.04.

GLC01789.02

December 8, 1772

Cooper, William, 1720-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Sends notes and proceedings of legal town meeting of Boston.

GLC01789.03

October 31, 1770

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Argues that the Freeholders of America are firm in the cause of liberty. Associates the colonial cause with virtue and piety and implicitly identifies Britain with luxury and corruption. It is notable that so many colonists addressed their appeals to an Englishwoman.

GLC01790.01

1771

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Dickinson

A response in draft form to Dickinson's previous letter, concerning her hopes that America confine its "lust for ornaments to the limits of their own ingenuity."

GLC01790.02

March 30, 1770

Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Relating his admiration for Macaulay's spirit and love of liberty.

GLC01792

September 22, 1769

Livingston, William, fl. 1769-1793

Letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Livingston thanks her for the present of her history of England and argues that "nothing will satisfy us short of a Constitution" with America able to tax itself.

GLC01793

1763-1791

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

Header Record

Title: Correspondence of Catharine Macaulay [Decimalized .01- .63]

Collection of correspondence of Catharine Macaulay Graham with various people from England, Scotland, France, and America, including a folder of transcripts of letters not included in this collection. Materials in this collection consist of retained drafts, letters received, drafts written on other letters, and some occasional pieces. According to a later note in GLC 1795, these letters were returned by her second husband William Graham to daughter Catharine Sophia Macaulay Gregorie. Some letters are in French. A full inventory is available, and transcripts of some letters are also…

GLC01794

July 27, 1769

Otis, James, 1725-1783

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Otis praise's Macaulay's "The History of England from the accession of James I to that of the Brunswick line" and her skill as an historian. States that "God & Nature...have been equally kind to both sexes" and it is only the "Tyranny of Custom" that keeps more women from rivaling men in art and science. At her request, he discusses American affairs at length, denouncing greedy governors, oppressive revenue officers, and the damage being done to commerce by seizure of vessels owned by loyal Americans. He exclaims, "Good God! This is British liberty & felicity with a vengeance."…

GLC01796

April 25, 1769

Sophronia, fl. 1769-1770

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

"Sophronia" recalls the original goals and hardships of the first settlers of the New England colonies and offers her services in providing information to Macaulay. Draft of response letter comments on Sophronia's sentiments of public liberty. Macaulay looks forward to future correspondence and publications from America relative to the present dispute. Includes a draft response.

GLC01797.01.01

December 8, 1769

Sophronia, fl. 1769-1770

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Describes the patriotic spirit of men and a few women in America. While lamenting the frivolousness of many women, she acknowledges the national fervor of others, particularly among the most religious women of New England. Refers to Dickenson, Oho, and other patriotic writers.

GLC01797.02

March 24, 1770

Sophronia, fl. 1769-1770

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Praises men sympathetic to patriotic cause. Informs Macaulay that John Adams authored "Dissertations on the Canon & Feudal Laws" and encourages her to start correspondence with him.

GLC01797.03

December 29, 1774

Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Warren describes the resolve of the people to resist "the strides of Wanton power" and fears the results, "an innocent Land Drenched [in] Blood." Believes that surely this destruction and anger can't continue much longer, particularly the blockade of Boston. Encourages future correspondence and support.

GLC01800.01