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GLC#
GLC00307
Type
Header Record
Date
1774-1804
Title
Collection record [decimalized]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
8 items
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
Road to Revolution
Revolutionary War
Finance
Politics
Merchants and Trade
Military History

Showing 8 of 8 records

Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to John Hancock

September 27, 1777

Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800

Thomas Mifflin informs Hancock that he has appointed "Francis Huger of Charleston South Carolina Deputy Quarter Master General for that State." He asks for a commission for Huger.

GLC00307.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to unknown

circa 1763-1783

Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

Written by Wayne, a general in the Continental Army who fought in many of the major battles with Washington and was later sent to the Southern Theatre when activity shifted to there. This document is undated and could be a retained draft or a copy of...

GLC00307.02
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Robert Townsend Howe

October 29, 1789

Lee, Henry, 1756-1818

This is actually three letters on one sheet of paper. Lee, a Revolutionary War General from Virginia, was writing about an advertisement for land, which he appears to have an interest in, placed by Robert Howe. The other two letters are each a page...

GLC00307.03
Collection Item
Printed document signed

[Importation certificate for the port of Marblehead, Massachusetts]

25 June 1804

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

Partially printed document signed as collector and countersigned by J. Prentiss as Collector. Numbered 14976. Certifies that Thomas Meek imported one cask of wine.

GLC00307.04
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to M. M. Hays

May 15, 1786

Glover, John, 1732-1797

Glover, noted leader of the 14th Continental Regiment during the Revolutionary War, discusses a shipment of oil with Hays, a lawyer. He mentions Mr. Stilman, Mr. Secur, and the price of oil.

GLC00307.05
Collection Item
Document signed

[Receipt of John Philip De Haas]

circa 1770

De Haas, John Philip, fl. 1735-1786

Receipt for one doubloon.

GLC00307.06
Collection Item
Document signed

[Check for 139 dollars]

15 August 1807

Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824

Check written by Putnam, a Revolutionary War general and founder of a colony in Ohio. He began the colony in Adelphia, Ohio, which later became Marietta, Ohio. He moved to the Ohio country in 1788 as the Superintendent of the Ohio Company. This 139...

GLC00307.07
Collection Item
Autograph document signed

[Signed receipt from William Livingston to Elias Dayton]

April 8, 1775

Livingston, William, 1723-1790

Receipt written by Livingston, the future Governor of New Jersey. Countersigned by Dayton as a merchant in New Jersey and future general in Revolutionary War. Dayton was to join the Committee of Safety in New Jersey in December 1774 and Livingston...

GLC00307.08