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1 July 1779
Clarke, Joseph, 1719-1792
[Invoice for Benjamin West for Clarke's "assistance in the Loan and Treasury Office]
Lists expenses from April through July 1779. Clarke was the Rhode Island treasurer.
GLC01450.194.01
3 June 1783
Hiller, Joseph, 1748-1814
[Customs authorization for John Jacobs and his sloop, the Sally]
Partly printed. Hiller, Collector of Customs for Salem, authorizes Jacobs to take ballast and stores on board. Indicates that the Sally is bound for Saco (present-day Maine).
GLC01450.197.02
1757/08/11
Leonard, Ephraim, 1730-?
[Notice to Joseph Hall, "Captain of a military foot Company in the Town of Taunton"]
In accordance with an order from the Governor of Massachusetts, Colonel Leonard tells Hall to have his company armed and in a state of readiness to march to defend the frontiers of the province from the French and Indians encamped at Fort William...
GLC01450.199.01
25 November 1776
Wilson, Nathaniel, fl. 1776
[Order to attend a meeting]
Orders the recipient to "repair to the parade by the meeting house" at the specified time and date, in accordance with an act of the General Court. Document co-signed by John Waite and John Johnson. The three men sign as the Selectmen of Falmouth.
GLC01450.207
1772-1779
[Six Revolutionary War era financial documents 2 receipts, 1 receipt for poll tax, 3 state currencies] [Decimalized .01- .06]
[Currency]. [Philadelphia], Pennsylvania: 03 April 1772. Two shilling and sixpence note. Printed by Hall and Sellers. Signed by Cadwalader Morris, Joseph Swift and Samuel Hudson. No. 4665.
[Currency]. [Philadelphia], Pennsylvania: 01 October 1773...
GLC01450.226
May 1776
Hosmer, Titus, 1736-1780
[Approving payment to Constable of Hartford John Dodd for various supplies]
Hosmer signed as clerk. It lists the items Dodd was paid for, the last being for "14 Days tending the General Assembly." Dodd signed the verso in a note indicating his receipt of the payment on 11 June 1776.
GLC01450.241.01
15 April 1777
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807
[Receipt for Captain Vine Elderkin]
Signed by Ellsworth as a member of the Connecticut Pay-Table Committee. To Connecticut Treasurer Jonathan Lawrence. Receipt says to pay Captain Elderkin over 83 pounds for the various expenses to treat the illnesses in his company in Colonel Mott's...
GLC01450.241.02
24 October 1781
Wadsworth, Fenn, fl. 1778
[Pay order for William Williams]
Docketed by Williams. Countersigned by Eleazer Wales and by Jedediah Huntington. Order to pay colonel William Williams seven pounds seven schillings, with tax of one penny per pound, and "charge the state." From the "Pay Table Office" Signed by...
GLC01450.241.03
March 1764 - February 1767
[Account book of the General Treasurer of Rhode Island]
Records sums paid out by Clarke, mostly for soldiers pay during the French & Indian War. Signed by various recipients. Many blank sheets.
GLC01450.244.01
20 March 1748
Greene, William, 1696-1758
[Receipt for branding iron]
Patrick Chambers signs, acknowledging that payment was made "for making & Cutting a Branding Iron for Sealing Measures for the Colony of Rhode Island." Greene, Governor of Rhode Island, orders Thomas Richardson, Rhode Island Treasurer, to pay Edward...
GLC01450.253
1758/03/25
De Lancey, James, 1703-1760
[Appointment of George Brewerton, Jr. to Lieutenant of a New York Regiment]
Partially printed military commission issued by De Lancey in his capacity as Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief in the Province of New York.
GLC01450.273
23 July 1746
Martin, James, fl. 1746
[Order to pay Martin Howard nine pounds and seventeen shillings]
Payment due for Howard's appearance in court for the Samuel Bannister case "and for impressing Men in the Expedition against Cape Breton" during the British conflict with French and Indian forces during King George's War. Sent from Rhode Island...
GLC01450.278
2 June 1757
[Account of expenses related to the Rhode Island Council of War]
Expenses related to the French and Indian War. Sent to Thomas Richardson.
GLC01450.280
23 October 1740
Whipple, Joseph, 1687-1750
[Notice to issue arms to Captain George Wanton]
Sent to George Wanton, the general treasurer for Rhode Island.
GLC01450.281
1 May 1745
Yonge, William, ?-1755
[Document in the name of George II re: authorization to recruit soldiers for a British regiment]
A true copy signed by John Campbell, Earl of Loudon, sent to William Yonge who was the British secretary of state for war. Campbell was a colonel in the British army in the American colonies.
GLC01450.288
11 October 1757
Partridge, Richard, fl. 1757
to William Greene
Bill of exchange for 100 pounds issued to Greene as governor of Rhode Island and payable to Andrew Oliver, treasurer of the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the French and Indian War. A note on the verso signed by Oliver directs payment to David...
GLC01450.289
24 January 1758
Lewis, Francis, 1713-1803
The Petition of Francis Lewis and George Harrison of the City of New York Merchants
Co-signed by George Harrison. Asks Delancey, Lieutenant Governor of New York, for permission to outfit a privateer. The ship they want to outfit is the Columbine, a 90-ton ship with eight guns to be manned by 40 men commanded by a Bernard Badger.
GLC01450.299
18 August 1750
Ellery, William, 1702-1764
[Commission of Handley Chipman to Justice of the Peace for Newport, Rhode Island].
Signed as the Deputy Governor of the colony of Rhode Island. Marked as the 23rd year of the reign of George II.
GLC01450.320
1756/09/13
Shirley, William, 1694-1771
Order re: impressment of carts for military supplies
French & Indian War order, signed by Governor of Province of Massachusetts Bay.
GLC01450.321
6 January 1758
Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
[Clipped signature of Royal Governor Pownall]
Possibly created in Boston. States "In Council Jan. 4 1758 Read & Conceiv'd Thos. Clarke... Consenteet to Pownall." On verso, contains a partial petition from the town of Boxford, Massachusetts, to the Governor of Massachusetts.
GLC01450.327
1754/02/04
Appointment
Signed as Governor of Massachusetts
GLC01450.328
1763/08/04
Sherwood, Joseph, fl. 1763
Reporting, "…the government here will require 10,000 troops to be kept in pay by the Northern colonies."
GLC01450.329
10 December 1757
[Signature of Pownall and Andrew Oliver]
GLC01450.336
1768/02/04
Robinson, John, 1727-1802
[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
3 November 1731
Scott, Silvanus, fl. 1731
[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
21 August 1777
Rhode Island Assembly
[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
1 March 1782
Massachusetts House of Representatives
[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
21 June 1781
[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
16 September 1776
Gilbert, Thomas, 1723-1788
[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
1781
[Calculations for accounts paid by the "Select Men"]
Contains various calculations and notations of Select Men in Massachusetts.
GLC01450.447.06
1759-1777
Four Boston newspapers [Decimalized .01-.04]
GLC01450.452
1775-1780
Revolutionary War documents from Newburyport [Decimalized .01-.12]
Revolutionary War documents from the town of Newburyport, Massachusetts.
GLC01450.460
1 February 1777
Massachusetts Bay Council
[Appointment of Nathaniel Dearing as a captain in the Massachusetts militia]
Partially printed document signed by John Avery as deputy secretary of the council. Also signed by members of the Massachusetts Bay Council, including: Artemas Ward, Caleb and Thomas Cushing, John Winthrop, Moses Gill, B. White, John Taylor, William...
GLC01450.520.01
6 September 1775
[Authorization to administer the oath of service for Bristol County Massachusetts]
Partially printed document signed Perez Morton as deputy secretary of the council. Signers from the Massachusetts Bay Council include: James Otis, B. Greenleaf, W. Spooner, Caleb Cushing, Joseph Garish, John Whitcomb, Jedediah Forster, Eliad Taylor...
GLC01450.522
1755/02/26
Clark, Abraham, 1726-1794
An Act for making provisions for the subsistence of his Majesty's Forces during their march through this colony and for providingcarriages for transporting their baggage
The act provided for subsistence and transport for British forces. It is in Clark's hand, with signatures by J. Betcher (Governor) and others. Second page is docketed on verso on the same date as creation. Both pages are bound at the top by a red...
GLC01450.524
1761/04/08
Bernard, Francis, 1712-1779
Francis Bernard, Esq.; Captain-General and Governor in Chief, in and over His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New England, and Vice-Admiral of the same. A Proclamation for a general Fast.
A proclamation in the name of Francis Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, which announces a day of fasting during the French & Indian War. The top of the document is marked with a printed Royal engraving that contains the notation "Dieu et...
GLC01450.534
1777-1779
[Collection of letters pertaining to the Continental Loan Office of Rhode Island] [Decimalized .01-.08]
GLC01450.008
19 May 1775
Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775
[Commission of Benjamin Perkins]
Countersigned by Samuel Freeman, as secretary, who has also penned Warren's signature at the right bottom of the document. Partially printed document from the Congress of Massachusetts Bay Colony announcing the appointment of Perkins to the post of...
GLC01450.024
23 August 1778
Wheelock, Eleazor, 1711-1779
[Fine for refusing to enter the Continental Service]
Signed "By order of the Select Men." Receipt for ten pounds received of Asa Hamant as a fine for refusing the enter Continental service after being notified.
GLC01450.029
18 January 1777
[Receipt to Captain Elephalet Bulkley]
Countersigned by John Lawrence, the Treasurer of Connecticut. Receipt requesting Lawrence to pay Captain Eliphalet Bulkley 1800 pounds, nine shillings, and nine pence for the balance due his company in Colonel Erartus Woolcott's regiment. Also...
GLC01450.039
2 July 1776
Seymour, Thomas, 1735-1829
[Recepit for Captain Eliphalet Bulkley]
Countersigned by John Lawrence, the Treasurer of Connecticut. Co-signed by Oliver Ellsworth, a member of the Paytable Committee, that was responsible for paying the Revolutionary bills of Connecticut. Receipt requesting Lawrence to pay Captain...
GLC01450.040
25 May 1773
Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785
[Commission of Eliphalet Bulkley as Captain]
Countersigned by George Wyllys, Secretary. Appointment of Bulkley as Captain of the Third Company in the 12th regiment in the Colony of Connecticut. Trumbull was the governor of the Colony of Connecticut, and later the only colonial governor who...
GLC01450.042
30 June 1778
Sewell, Edward B., fl. 1778
[Account of men raised for the Continental Army to reinforce militia in Fishkill and Peekskill, New York]
Signed by nine other men, the Commission officers, the selectmen, and the Committee of Safety of the town. States that eight men were hired to go to Fishkill for 110 pounds each, three men were hired to go to Peekskill for 80 pounds each, and three...
GLC01450.048
4 June 1777
Olney, James, fl. 1777
[Deposition about the location of a fence]
Uriah Alverson countersigned as Justice of the Peace and certifies on reverse that Olney and Joshua Shrefe swore to tell the truth. Olney and Shrefe give testimony regarding the location of a fence they helped John Bellon build 23 years ago because...
GLC01450.055
22 June 1778
Pettingill, Benjamin, fl. 1778
[Council orders for the town of Easton, Massachusetts]
Cosigned by Jacob Leonard, Seth Pratt, and Benjamin Fobes as the Selectmen of Easton. Orders to the constables of the town of Easton. Directs them to notify the townspeople that are qualified to act in town affairs to assemble at the public meeting...
GLC01450.057
circa 1776
Bowman, John, fl. 1776
[Petition of inhabitants of Kennebeck River in Lincoln County]
Signed by 38 other men. Petition to the members of the Massachusetts Bay Council and the House of Representatives requesting that a port and a naval office be established upon the Kennebeck River (present day Kennebec River, Maine). States that the...
GLC01450.064
29 May 1775
[Pay order for repair of guns]
Cosigned by William Pithen, and Ez Williams. Pay order to Treasurer John Lawrence to pay Robert Sloan six pounds for repairing arms. Charges should be billed to Connecticut. Note on reverse dated 29 May 1775 signed by Robert Sloan certifying that...
GLC01450.073
1776-1777
[Collection of three items related to gun maker Uriah Hanks] [Decimalized .01-.03]
GLC01450.074
[Printed articles of agreement for schooner Unity]
Partially printed agreement between Joseph Bubiere, the master, the men of the Schooner Unity, and the state of Massachusetts binding the schooner as a transport vessel going to Penobscot from Boston.
GLC01450.082
1 August 1778
Woodberry, Stephen, fl. 1778
[Roll of Ipswich men receiving payment for service at Providence, Rhode Island]
Signed by many other men. Acknowledges the receipt of nine pounds each from the selectmen of Ipswich in partial pay for serving in the six weeks campaign at Providence, Rhode Island under Captain Robert Dodge.
GLC01450.095.01
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