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3 September 1782
Frothingham, Thomas (1755-1827)
[Return]
Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered for the month of August 1782 at West Point, New York. Items listed by type and weight.
GLC02437.10703
18 June 1780
Harrison, Richard (1750-1841)
to James Jarvis
Mentions a difficult trip to Cadiz, Spain and discusses possible business ventures with produce, fabric, and other goods. Address leaf also contains several calculations.
GLC02437.00811
7 June 1778
Mostyn, Samuel (fl. 1778)
to Thomas Pennant
British officer in occupied Philadelphia discusses threats against Loyalists: "Peace is not wish'd at all nor hardly talked of ... The rebels have publish'd a list of Persons whom they mean to threat as Traytors [sic] to the States of America, if...
GLC09023
1 June 1780-1789
Unknown
Warrant for money owed to Sharp Liberty
One warrant for eight pounds and five shillings owed to soldier, Sharp Liberty. Signed "X"' by Liberty and J. Lawrence, treasurer.
GLC09132.01
1 June 1782-1789
Lawrence, John (1719-1802)
[Pay warrant for African American soldier]
Connecticut Line Continental Army, Revolutionary War pay warrant issued to African American soldier Nero Cross, for five pounds, eight shillings, and five pence. Signed by John Lawrence, treasurer of the State, "X" on verso by Cross, and docketed...
GLC09364
1765
Great Britain. Acts.
An Act for granting and applying certain stamp duties... [Stamp Act]
original London edition of the Stamp Act
GLC03562.11
26 March 1776
Hancock, John (1737-1793)
to John Barry
Hancock, Thomas McKean, Richard Henry Lee, John Alsop, Joseph Hewes, Robert Morris, and Edward Rutledge sign as members of the Marine Committee (all but Alsop went on to sign the Declaration of Independence). Hancock et al. inform Captain Barry that...
GLC03714
11 April 1776
Signed by members Hancock, Robert Morris, John Alsop, Richard Henry Lee, Joseph Hewes, George Read, William Whipple, and Stephen Hopkins as members of the Congressional Marine Committee (all but Alsop went on to sign the Declaration of Independence)...
GLC03715
26 May 1774
Read, George (1733-1798)
to Virginia Committee of Correspondence
Countersigned by Thomas McKean and John McKinley. Read, McKean, and McKinley were members of the Delaware Committee of Correspondence. Discusses the Boston Port Bill, nonimportation, and the formation of a continental congress.
GLC03718
15 November 1775
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to Richard Henry Lee
Adams outlines the government that he envisions for America, that it should have executive, legislative and judicial branches, similar to the colonial government of Massachusetts. He also argues for a bicameral legislature and insists that judges...
GLC03864
19 August 1765
Hinshelwood, Archibald (fl. 1765)
to Joshua Mauger
A first-person account of the escalating conflict over the Stamp Act from a pro-British perspective. Hinshelwood thanks Mauger for helping him get an appointment for the "disposal of the stamps" in Nova Scotia. Discusses his position as secretary in...
GLC03902.061
1767/01/29
Snoek, Godfree
Agreement of Robert Livingston, Jr. to rent a farm to Godfree Snoek
The document states that Robert, Jr. will rent a farm on the Manor of Livingston to Godfree Snoek and his wife, and also outlines the contents of their annual rent. Snoek signed with his mark.
GLC03107.03107
8 January 1778
Heath, William (1737-1814)
to John Burgoyne
Written by General Heath as commander of the district where the captured British Convention Army is located to General Burgoyne, the commander of the Convention Army. Says that Mr. Blodget has valid complaints against British soldiers demolishing...
GLC04764.48
9 January 1778
Written by General Heath as commander of the district where the captured British Convention Army is situated to General Burgoyne, commander of the Convention Army. Complains that British troops are guilty of abusive behavior toward the sentries and...
GLC04764.49
circa October 1777
Burgoyne's Lamentation, At his surrender to the American army, under General Gates.
Nine stanza poem printed in Boston. Each stanza has eight lines and follows an "aabbccdd" pattern of rhyme. This broadside is the seventh edition. Date is estimated as around the end of the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777, but it could be later...
GLC04764.83
1776/03/23
Rejection of Olive Branch Petition by Congress; lets colonists arm vessels
The document sets regulations for arming vessels for defense and privateering. Printed by John Dunlap.
GLC04771
1 April 1778- 10 June 1779
Continental Congress (1774)
[Military account book]
Includes detailed records for the payment of generals, aid-de-camps, other military posts, and military supplies. Cited as created by the Second Continental Congress, though possibly created by the Massachusetts Board of War.
GLC04773
5 September 1774
United States. Continental Congress.
Letter from the General Congress at Philadelphia, September the 5th, 1774, to the People of Great Britain.
This document is a long broadside, printed in four columns and addressed to the people of Great Britain. The broadside says: "Know then, that we consider, and do insist that we are, and ought to be, free as our fellow subjects in Britain, and that no...
GLC04774
1775/06/12
Gage, Thomas (1721-1787)
Proclamation of amnesty in Boston to all but Samuel Adams and John Hancock
Authorship attributed to John Burgoyne. With woodcut royal seal of George III at top. Gage writes: "In this exigency of complicated calamities, I avail myself of the last effort within the bounds of my duty, to spare the effusion; to offer, and I...
GLC04781
11 May 1778
Laurens, Henry (1724-1792)
to Caesar Rodney
Written by Laurens as President of the Continental Congress to Rodney as President of Delaware. Says he sent a packet on 9 May 1778 by General William Smallwood. Says it contains 20 copies of an address by Congress on the regulation of armed vessels...
GLC04804.01
9 May 1778
A Proclamation.
This document is a proclamation ordering American ships to act according to an honest code and not take up piratical acts while in American waters. It is a printed broadside approved by Henry Laurens and Charles Thomson as President and Secretary...
GLC04804.02
22 August 1775
Lynch, Thomas (1749-1779)
Receipt for 50 pounds
Partially printed. Provided by South Carolina as legal compensation for an executed slave belonging to Lynch's father, Thomas Sr.
GLC04815
1776/02/22
Massachusetts
A Proclamation for a general fast [Massachusetts Bay Colony]
Printed by Benjamin Edes. References: Evans 14841, MHS Broadsides 1981.
GLC04817
1777
Freshest Advices from the Northern Army [battle of Freeman's Farm at Saratoga]
Report on the battle of Freeman's Farm at Saratoga which made obvious to Burgoyne that he would have to surrender. References: Bristol B4441; Ford 2055.
GLC04840
12 August 1776
Williams, William (1731-1811)
to Jabez Huntington
Summarizes affairs in first weeks of independence. Opens by commenting on his arduous journey to Philadelphia to join the Continental Congress. Informs that Silas Deane has arrived from France with the report of the French court's unfavorable...
GLC04867
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