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29 October 1778
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to Elbridge Gerry
Draft of Genet's letter to Adams planning to ask French to reinforce D'Estaing, copied by Adams and sent to Elbridge Gerry
GLC08126
11 October 1779
Witherspoon, John (1723-1794)
Requisition of a quarter cask of spirits
GLC08136
4 August 1778
Morris, Lewis (1726-1798)
to Gouverneur Morris
Letter to his half brother praising the commissary general of supplies of the army, Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth, and asking him to support Wadsworth against his opposers in Congress. Remarks that accounts have reported that the British have "made...
GLC08174
28 November 1778
Sackville, George Germain (1716-1785)
[to the King's Commissioners]
Responding to a memorial petition from the merchants of South Carolina and Georgia and contemplating a British attack on Georgia. Asks the king's (King George III) commissioners to use their judgment on how much of the memorial to comply with....
GLC08202
09 November 1769
Babcock, Henry (fl. 1769)
to Thomas Brattle
Encloses the resolves of the Connecticut Assembly in support of Boston's struggle against the Townshend Acts and the King's Commission of Customs and recommends that they be printed.
GLC08221
25 August 1779
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Pass from Albemarle county to Medicinal Springs in Berkeley County, for Mr. Burchsdorff and Major General Riedesel, and family.
Pass from Albemarle county to Medicinal Springs in Berkeley County, for Mr. Burchsdorff and Major General Riedesel, and family (German mercenaries captured with Burgoyne at Saratoga).
GLC08316
1777
The Capture of Burgoyne
Satirical "Proposals for an exchange of General Burgoyne - Ascribed to his excellency William Livingston esq. governor of the state of New Jersey." In unknown hand, possibly written by a group.
GLC08320
09 January 1778
Henry, Patrick (1736-1799)
to John Syme
Re: disposition and treatment of British Convention prisoners in Virginia: "The prisoners... are to walk about in the day time, but to be locked up at night securely. They are to be well fed & treated with humanity."
GLC08337
[ 1779-1780 ]
Blank form to promote militia members with instructions on following orders.
Blank form to promote militia members with instructions on following orders. As Governor of Virginia, in Williamsburg [between 01 June 1770 and 02 June 1781.]
GLC08339
08 July 1776
Dennis, John (fl. 1776)
to Samuel Tucker
Chairman of the New Brunswick (NJ) Committee of Safety writes to naval hero Samuel Tucker of scarcity and hardship: "The call by the militia, for ammunition so great, that I have under the necessity of sending power to Amboy... Leed has also been a...
GLC08348
12 Dec 1777
Parker, James
to Robert Morris
For release of former employee, Scotsman Hugh Brown, convicted of high treason and sentenced to death: "That he has once more expressed to me a desire to return to his native country saying it was very unfortunate for him to be in a strange country...
GLC08349
4 May 1764
Gage, Thomas (1721-1787)
to Sir William Johnson
Re: Suppression of Pontiac's rebellion which, "I am to hope will put a final end to all our Indian Quarrells, and procure us a safe & lasting Peace with all the Indian Tribes."
GLC08378
29 May 1780
De Kalb, Johann (1721-1780)
to Louis-Casimir
Re: arriving late to assist General Lincoln at Charleston due to a lack of troops and supplies. In French. To Louis-Casimir, Baron de Holtendorff.
GLC08388
1776, 1795
[Spies and Traitors Collection] Decimalized
GLC08389
15 August 1776
Bancroft, Edward (fl. 1776)
[Letters of British spy]
Letters of British spy, preparing men for Dorcester Service.
GLC08389.01
1779-1781
[Collection of two items re: American prisoners of war] Decimalized
GLC08390
22 October 1779
Farry, John (fl. 1779)
[Deposition of American sailor captured by the British off Nova Scotia in 1778]
GLC08390.01
27 November 1781
[Prisoner Petition]
"The Petitioned Number of American Prisoners of War . . .," requesting exchange for British officers and seamen. Penned from Kinial Prison, signed by 10 American POW's.
GLC08390.02
28 May 1781
Jay, John (1745-1829)
to American Counsel at Cadiz, Richard Harrison
Re: Current negotiations between United States and Spain, and ordering material to be used in clothing African-American laborers.
GLC08391
11 June 1770
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
to the Committee of Correspondence in New Jersey
"...[A]ll the duties in the last Revenue Act are repealed, except that on Tea."
GLC07689
1777/07/29
Greene, Nathanael (1742-1786)
to Colonel Brewer re: military movements of General Howe
"I am still of the opinion General Howe goes southward or returns to the North River- He will receive great aid in attacking Philadelphia from his shipping and great assistance from the inhabitants of all the lower counties."
GLC07710
1782/10/03
Anthony, Christopher (fl. 1782)
Document re: emancipating his slaves
GLC07774
1780/10/07
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis (1738-1805)
to Maj. Wemyss re: strategy for Carolina Campaign
GLC07849
1769-1792
Lee, Arthur (1740-1792)
9 letters to William Petty, first Marquis of Lansdown, 1 to William Jones [Decimalized .01- .11]
GLC07865
3 July 1769
To Sir William Petty
GLC07865.01
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