Collection Search

to Joseph Clark

Dow writes to Clark discussing a receipt and enclosing Benjamin Brown autograph signed letter dated January 3, 1764

GLC01450.330

to Volckert Dow, with DS Certificate 12/2/1763, re: Ft. Ontario

Written about Fort Stanwix

GLC01450.331

to unknown

Two letters written at Fort Brunington. Dated December 5, 1763 and April 22, 1864.

GLC01450.332

[Monthly return for the 20th Regiment of foot commanded by Colonel Kingsley]

Muster return for Colonel Kingsley's Regiment. Lists names of officers present and absent. Gives the status of men in the regiment, including the number sick, in hospitals, and deceased. In fragile condition.

GLC01450.333

to Joseph Clarke

A pay order.

GLC01450.334

to Capt. John Alden

Military orders.

GLC01450.335

[Signature of Pownall and Andrew Oliver]

GLC01450.336

Receipt

GLC01450.337

to William Pepperrell

Shirley writes to Pepperrell to discuss payment of workmen's wages in garrison. It is a signed note on an autograph signed letter.

GLC01450.338

List of supplies

GLC01450.339

re: charges for nursing & tending sick in Col. John Choate's Regiment.

GLC01450.340

re: tending the sick. (naval) (cos. Wm Williams and Jason Monk)

GLC01450.341

re: accounting of sundries & supplies to tend the sick.

GLC01450.342

re: orders payment for transportation of troops.

Signed as governor of Massachusetts

GLC01450.343

Orders troops to protect "His Majesty's subjects" on the Western frontiers.

GLC01450.344

to Capt. Thatcher

Lincoln writes to Thatcher ordering a meeting of commanding officers.

GLC01450.345

Invoice for cleaning guns

GLC01450.346

Financial receipt

GLC01450.347

Financial receipt

GLC01450.348

to Capt. Thatcher

Lincoln writes to Thatcher about a meeting of officers about a proposed expedition against Canada.

GLC01450.349

Clipped signature from close of letter

GLC01450.350

Report of troop return.

GLC01450.351

[Receipt book, 4th Massachusetts Regiment]

Bound in leather (possibly sheepskin) with metal clasp. Notes the payment of wages, and contains the names of officers and companies in the regiment. Includes receipts for the purchase and/or repair of breeches, shoes, coats, shirts, horses, and...

GLC01450.400

[Proof of service for Guilluame de Luce] [in English and French]

The English part of the document certifies that Guillaume de Luce served in the Northern Army for the United States of America, and that he served well. Signed by Horatio Gates at Yorktown on 11 February 1778. The French part attests that Gates'...

GLC01450.401

[Manuscript noting the succession of officers for 80th and 82nd foot]

Includes details related to the British 80th and 82nd Regiments. Reports that Mr. Stapleton purchased the Captain Lieutenancy in the 17 Dragoons, and Captain Lieutenant Tyler assumed the position of the late Captain Maxwell, who died at Bristol....

GLC01450.402

[Document related to the British 82nd Regiment of Foot]

States that "George Walker Stewart was posted by order of the Duke of Hamilton as an Ensign in the 82.d Regiment, from the 5th Jany 1778." Created in Craig's Court, Whitehall, London.

GLC01450.403

[Information pertaining to the British 38th and 45th Regiments of Foot]

Mentions Ensign Forrest, in the 38th Regiment of Foot. Cites W. Evan's removal to the 45th Regiment.

GLC01450.404

to S. Little

Statoon addresses Little as "my dear chum." Writes after a long separation to tell him he has the warmest feelings for him. Hopes that hearing from him will excite a like emotion in Little. Has heard that he has become a minister. Sends his...

GLC01450.405

to Thomas Irving

Letter written by William Irving to his son Thomas Irving, who was Inspector General of Imports, Exports, and Register of Shipping for North America in Boston. Says he has waited impatiently the past three weeks for the result of Charles's petition...

GLC01450.406.01

[Appointment of Thomas Irving to Inspector of Imports and Exports and Register of Shipping in America]

Also signed by Charles Parson, William Burch, Henry Hudson, and one other ("J. Wm. [illegible]"), all at the Customs House in Boston. Appointed by "the Commissioners for managing & causing to be levied his Majesties Customs and other Duties in...

GLC01450.406.02

[Blank commission for an ensign]

Signed as Duke of Ormonde.

GLC01450.408

[Bond between Silvanus Scott and Jonathan Sprague, Junior, and the Colony of Rhode Island]

Also signed by Jonathan Sprague, Junior. Signed as witnesses by John Wickof and Daniel Abott. Scott and Sprague agree to bond themselves unto General Treasurer of the Colony of Rhode Island Abraham Borden, and to his successors in office, the sum...

GLC01450.409.01

[Legal document transfering land to the colony of Rhode Island]

Co-signed by Coman's wife Sarah. Also witnessed and signed by Philip Peekham and Jacob Goff. Coman sold about one acre of land to the colony of Rhode Island for 50 Spanish milled dollars. The deal was made with John Jenckes and John Waterman as...

GLC01450.410.01

[Rhode Island Council of War resolution of Rhode Island to pay Caleb Harris]

Signed by Foster as town clerk. Harris, the manager and director of a gun powder mill, is authorized to draw 120 pounds on the treasury. Harris signed on verso, noting he "Recd the Contents."

GLC01450.410.02

[Rhode Island resolution ordering the purchase of land near a gun powder mill]

Signed twice by J. Lyndon (clerk of the lower house), R.J. Holme (deputy secretary of the Upper House), and certified a true copy Henry Ward. Authorizes Jacob Goffe to purchase land near the mill and build a house, all at the state's expense. The...

GLC01450.410.03

Commission of William Young as Capt Lieut. to defend western frontier

Partially printed document signed by Bryan as Vice-President of Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council and countersigned by Timothy Matlack as secretary. Indicates that he is being appointed to "a Company of Woodsmen to be raised for the defence...

GLC01450.411

[Oath of loyalty to the King of England]

Partially printed document signed by New York's Royal Governor William Tryon. Certifies Daniel Rogers as having subscribed to the proclamation offering a pardon to any rebels who came forward and took an oath of allegiance to the king. The...

GLC01450.412.01

Receipt for billeting soldiers for Canadian expedition

GLC01450.412.02

[Receipt for 1410 pounds of flour]

Morgan, the Quartermaster for the Connecticut line during the American Revolution, notes his receipt of the flour "for the use of the Connt Division."

GLC01450.412.03

[Receipt for corn and rye for Nathan Barber, a wagoner]

Mitchell, an assistant deputy quarter master, asks Jacob Benson for five bushels of corn and three of rye for the New Hampshire line. Nathan Barber, the wagoner, signed as "Waginer" noting his receipt of the items from Benson on the verso.

GLC01450.412.04

[Order to pay Timothy Coffin 103 pounds, 11 shillings]

Witnessed and signed by Helm as clerk. Ordered by the Rhode Island Council of War so that Coffin could pay the portage bill of the Sloop Diamond for a voyage to South Carolina. A note signed by Coffin on the verso attests to his receipt. Surname...

GLC01450.412.05

to uncle

Letter regarding Spanish hostilities against American ships. Reused by recipient, containing three retained drafts of Edward Thurston (uncle) written on the inner pages to other people, Newport, 1762.

GLC01450.412.06

to Esek Hopkins

Bradford discusses a matter involving Mr. Southouse. States "I think tho he had been a Revenue officer (wch I find he is not) I shou'd thought my self Justifiable to have given him what he Claimd being no more than his furniture as its Characteristic...

GLC01450.412.07

to John Fisher

Meng asks Fisher, who is referred to as a Storekeeper (but who was also an assistant deputy quartermaster and military supply agent) for a marquee for Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin, who "by the late high Winds has had his old one torn to pieces."

GLC01450.412.08

to George King

"Agreeable to your request" he is sending King papers relating to the cases of "Champney vs Boyd & Dennis vs. Boyd." Hopes the papers are returned, and tells King to bill Champney.

GLC01450.412.09

[Receipt for 200 barrel hoops]

Needed for the making of powder barrels during the American Revolution, priced at six shillings per hundred hoops. With a signed (with a mark) note indicating Thomas Frace received the hoops from the commissary, Samuel Hodgdon.

GLC01450.412.10

to Abraham Lewis

Marschalk saw Frederick Fine, a block maker, and says Fine would appreciate a letter from Lewis.

GLC01450.412.11

British impressment order to Capt Powlett, signed as Lord High Admiral

Countersigned by John Cleveland.

GLC01450.412.13

to Mary Cox

Travel to Baltimore disrupted by "the enemy." His boat was forced to return to Petersburg because the British controlled "the bay." Is informed that a ship bound for France carrying her nephew was lost, and hopes she has heard from him. Has directed...

GLC01450.412.14

to his brother

Stone writes a long letter to his brother that includes an announcement that "Cornwallis was taken." Discusses his brother's business in Philadelphia and advises him of the benefits of continuing to cultivate a friendship with a man named Mr. Morrill...

GLC01450.412.15

[Private signals for British vessels to identify one another at sea by day and night]

Provides very specific instructions for identification procedures. Written on board the H.M.S. Perseus. Written to Captain George Darby, commander of the sloop Pylades. Based on the command of Admiral Leonard Horner.

GLC01450.412.16

to Robert Montague [in French]

Grasse thanks the captain of the Flora for his kind actions on behalf of Mr. de Reali and Mr. de Carouge. Also thanks him for provisions. Letter written on board his ship Ville de Paris after being captured by the British. After being captured on...

GLC01450.428

to Barthelemy Terrasson [in French]

Letter written by Cabarus to Terrasson as French Deputy Consul in Baltimore. Docket states Terrasson responded on August 30, 1779. Letter needs translation.

GLC01450.429

[Printed resolution of recruitment schedule]

1,500 men are needed for the "Massachusetts Line." Lists quota required from each town. Also resolves that a tax will be imposed if these quotas are not met. A few handwritten calculations in the margins.

[Pages 1-4 are present, but the document...

GLC01450.430

to unknown

Needs translation.

GLC01450.431

to Christopher Whipple

Cosigned by John Read and John Jenckes, who own the ship Liberty with Potter. Whipple, Captain of the Liberty, signs at the bottom of the page, promising to obey the orders contained within the letter and attesting that the text is a true copy of...

GLC01450.432

[Appointment of Peter Adams, gent., as ensign in the militia company whereof Edmund Quincey is captain]

Countersigned by Woodward. Date is possibly in old style. Partially printed document. Signed as Lieutenant Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

GLC01450.433

[Land survey of a 69 acre plot beside the road between Rochester, Massachusetts and Waveham, Massachusetts, and a narrative explanation]

Includes the names of the surveyors: Isaiah Hatch, Joseph Haskell, and [illegible]. Narrative explanation details the owners of various parts of the plot. Hand drawn map includes distances and environmental boundary markers. Docketed on reverse as...

GLC01450.434

[Return of Major Jonathan Clapp's Regiment]

Docketed 19 March 1779 by David Lyman. Lyman states that Captain [Hampten?] is to pay John Lyman $50, and to charge the sum to David Lyman. Contains several other dockets, notes, and mathematical figures on verso.

GLC01450.435.01

[Receipt for 120 pounds of bread and 140 pounds of pork]

Deputy Commissary Blaney indicates that the food was received from Captain Jabez Ellis "for the use of the Provincial Troops Station'd in Roxbury."

GLC01450.436.01

to Jabez Ellis

Stanley says he has sent food gathered from the townspeople to support Ellis' troops. "Don't give up the cause but go on and the Lord be with you," he prays for the troops.

GLC01450.436.02

Capt. Ellis's Class their Proportion of Silver Money Given to their Soldier as annexed to their Names

Lists soldiers and the amount of silver and paper money they received. Travel costs are listed on the verso. Signed by Ellis on the verso.

GLC01450.436.03

[New York land sale]

Partially printed document in which Ellis sells Calvin Sanger a five hundred acre tract of land in Romulus, New York, which was originally granted to Abial Pettee for service in the American Revolution.

GLC01450.436.04

[Commission of Robert Chadwicke to first Lieutenant of the ship "Chichester"].

Printed document with blanks filled in by hand. Prince George of Denmark was also Admiral of England.

GLC01450.437

[Records of court martial of Samuel Shattuck]

Record of the court martial trial of Sergeant Samuel Shattuck. Lists other men set to stand trial, and gives details of Shattucks case. Includes tesstimony of two witnesses who testified that Shattuck knowingly left the service before his time was...

GLC01450.438

[Return of troops, Gorham's Rangers from Nova Scotia]

Date is written in Old Style/New Style: 1747/1748. Muster roll for 61 days between December 25, 1747 and February 23, 1748. List of names and whereabouts of Officers and Private Men in Captain John Gorham's Independent Commission of Rangers, "raised...

GLC01450.439

countersigned by Sunderland [Commission of John Paul Mascarene to Lieutenant]

Countersigned by James Taylor as Secretary of War. Appoints Mascarene a Lieutenant in the company of Captain Boyle Smith in a foot regiment commanded by William Lord Montjoy. By the command of Queen Anne I. Date is written in old style 1707/08.

GLC01450.440

[Commission of John Paul Mascarene to Captain]

Appointment of John Paul Mascarine to Captain in the Regiment of Colonel Richard Phillips Esq. Signed by Secretary of War R. Arnold. Signed by the Commissary General [name illegible]. Signed by J. Addison below the phrase "by His Majesties Command."...

GLC01450.441

[Commission of John Paul Mascarene to Colonel of Infantry]

Appointment of John Paul Mascarine to Colonel of Foot. Signed by Secretary of War Edward Hayes. Signed by the Commissary General [name illegible]. Features a dark blue paper seal. Also written in Hermhausen

GLC01450.442

to Capt. Winslow

Written as British Colonel. Note that Mascarene shortened his name from John Paul to Paul. The letter mentions Indians being spotted at Montagnes & up the Cape.

GLC01450.443

[Certificate establishing Joseph Hopkins as ensign of a state militia regiment]

Signed by Cooke as Governor of Rhode Island. Signed by Henry Ward, Secretary of Rhode Island. Docket indicates that Hopkins was an ensign in Captain Malachi Hammet's Company.

GLC01450.444.01

Receipts pertaining to the Hopkins family [Decimalized .01-.10]

GLC01450.444.02

to unknown

Description laid-in. The letter mentions redeeming slaves and concluding peace with Tripoli [Algiers].

GLC01450.445

Collection, mostly pertaining to Jacobite resistance in France [Decimalized .01-.16]

Contains various letters documenting the attempts of Edward Bourke, (sometimes spelled 'Burke') an officer in the Regiment Irelandois of Berwick, to unearth a Jacobite plot in Cambray, France. Bourke possibly worked for, or in connection with...

GLC01450.446

[Order to collect twenty eight pounds from the treasurer of Middletown, Rhode Island]

Explains that the money is owed the state treasury for the costs of procuring beef to provision Revolutionary War soldiers. Orders the sheriff of Newport to collect the money from Thomas Peckham, the Middletown treasurer, and if he does not supply...

GLC01450.447.01

[Instructions to Moses Hitchcock on arranging a Brookfield, Massachusetts town meeting]

Signed by the eight Select Men of Brookfield (two names illegible). Orders Hitchcock, as constable of Brookfield, to inform all the town's freeholders and those qualified to vote to meet on 30 September 1776. Provides instructions on the agenda,...

GLC01450.447.02

[Accounts for Jabez Champlin due from the estate of Joseph and William Wanton]

Mostly various cleaning, mending, and chimney sweeping activities. One entry for "Drawing Tooth for your Negro." Accounts from 1766-1770, and two from 1774. A 12 April 1785 note on the verso indicates that Champlin personally verified the account...

GLC01450.447.03

[Receipt for three "Pair Yarn Stockers"]

With a signed note dated 4 September 1778 indicating her receipt of the money owed.

GLC01450.447.04

[Payments to William Tiel]

Lists various expenses from October-November 1775 and February 1776, most related to shipping.

GLC01450.447.05

[Calculations for accounts paid by the "Select Men"]

Contains various calculations and notations of Select Men in Massachusetts.

GLC01450.447.06

Commissions and letters related to Simon Elliot [Decimalized .01-.06]

GLC01450.448

to unknown

Bertram, later discovered to be a literary imposter, writes to an unknown recipient (possibly to William Stukeley). Reports that when he receives the recipient's reply, he will deliver "Richard," a historical manuscript which he claimed to have found...

GLC01450.449

Instructions [signals]

Written during the war with Cuba. Signal instructions for the Squadron under the command of Sir George Pocock, Admiral of the Blue Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet. Addressed "To the Master of the Prince George Transport, By Command of the Admiral."...

GLC01450.450

Louisiana land grant no. 94 [in Spanish]

GLC01450.451

Four Boston newspapers [Decimalized .01-.04]

GLC01450.452

[Military account book of James Parker with loose papers]

Lists saddlery supply orders of General Cholmondeley (1767) and Lieut. Gen. Elliot (1767-71), and their respective staffs. Also included some loose papers slipped in the leaves. Inside the front cover is: an inventory from a saddler and coach and...

GLC01450.453

Records of accounts, mentions Pensacola, Fla.

Repaired. With description laid-in.

page numbered 81 includes a print of Gibraltar.

GLC01450.454

to Elbridge Gerry

Docketed in Gerry's hand. Tells Gerry that Congress has finally decided to satisfy his accounts "declaring that no charge against me have been proved." Comments that he thinks "a serious inquiry into the conduct of the Commissioners, must soon...

GLC01450.456

Letters to lieutenant colonel Persifor Frazer [Decimalized .01-.11]

Ten letters written by Johnston to Frazer, and one set of Johnston's orders for his company. Most of the letters are written by Johnston while he is away from the regiment in ill health, informing Frazer of various duties that he and the company...

GLC01450.457

Receipts, accounts, and memoranda pertaining to the costruction of Fort Arnold, Plum Island, Massachusetts [Decimalized .01-.08]

GLC01450.459

Revolutionary War documents from Newburyport [Decimalized .01-.12]

Revolutionary War documents from the town of Newburyport, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.460

American Judaica documents relating to Jewish colonists, patriots, etc.

(Judaica Collection)

GLC01450.500

[Signed thirty dollar Contintental bill, no. 54504]

United States currency note worth "thirty Spanish milled dollars or the value thereof in gold or silver." Cosigned by Thomas Donnellan, and numbered 54504, possibly in Levy's hand. Reverse states it was printed by Hall and Sellers.

GLC01450.500.02

[Signed five dollar Contintental bill, no. 57990]

United States currency note worth "five Spanish milled dollars or the value thereof in gold or silver." Cosigned by Israel Whelen, and numbered 57990, possibly in Jacobs' hand. Reverse states it was printed by Hall and Sellers.

GLC01450.500.03

[Bill of exchange signed by Silas Deane, with endorsement on verso signed by Isaac Moses]

A bill of exchange for two hundred pounds sterling to be paid to Isaac Moses, written to "Horneca, Fitzeau and Co. Bankers of Amsterdam." Verso, signed by Moses, states the amount be paid to Samuel B. Webb.

GLC01450.501

[Aaron Burr promissory note, with verso signed by Benjamin L. Judah]

Promissory note to Judah for five hundred and fifty dollars. Verso, endorsed by Judah reads "Read the Contents, NY 25, Ben Judah."

GLC01450.502

[Receipt from Commisioners of Indian Affairs to Barnard Gratz]

A receipt for one hundred sixty pounds, twelve shillings owed to Gratz. Signed for by Thomas Walker, John Harvie, John Montgomery, and Jasper Yeates as the "Commissioners for Indian Affairs." The verso is signed by Gratz, as well as Joseph Simon...

GLC01450.503

[Reciept for 2000 florins owed Phillip Jacob Cohen]

Receipt from Wilhelm and Jan Willink of Amsterdam, owing 2000 florins to Cohen. Signed by Cohen on verso. Signature of Anthony Wayne crossed out on front. Spelled Wilhem and Ian in this letter.

GLC01450.504

[Statement for 1087 Pounds 10s.1p owed Jacob Rodriguez Rivera]

Statement, mostly for candles, but also for paper products. Candles are for a lodge, most likely Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in the United States, though it is not named. Rivera belonged to Touro Synagogue. Thomas Vernon, another Rhode...

GLC01450.505

to Joseph Clarke

Levy says Clarke misinformed his partner Moses Seixas about the interest due on a Rhode Island bond. Levy sold the bond based on this misinformation, and now requests the lost interest from Clarke. Clarke's name is spelled Clark in the text.

GLC01450.506