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1781-1864
Various
The James Basker and Angela Vallot Family Archive
A collection of material related to abolition in the United States as well as in England. Contains engravings and newspapers.
GLC09791
20 December 1790
Fitch, John (1743-1798)
[Biography of John Fitch]
A handwritten biography of John Fitch. The text is written under an engraving of a image of a steamboat with the caption "Plan of Mr. Fitch's Steamboat." There is a more detailed typed biography attached to the upper left hand corner of the page. In...
GLC02480.07.01
14 April 1800
Kitteridge, Thomas (1756-1818)
[Moses Dorman's military discharge]
One manuscript document dated Andover, April 14, 1800, certifying Moses Dorman's near sightedness rending him unfit for military service. Document is signed by "Thomas Kittredge," the Regiment's surgeon. On reverse of document is a note from Captain...
GLC09687
1700 - 1800
Green, Timothy (fl. 1784)
[Four pages extracted from a printed folio volume of state laws, 18th century]
One document entitled "Indian, Molatto, and Negro Servants and, Slaves" dated 1784. Pages were extracted from a printed folio volume of state laws. The law imposes a rule that any unaccompanied servant in public without a ticket or pass would be...
GLC09723
1783 circa
Clothing and payroll return document 1st Massachusetts regiment
"Account Clothing for the first Massachusetts Regiment for the Year 1783." Signed by Azariah Egleston, Paymaster and Agent.
GLC09134.02
"Account Charges to be made.. for the Year 1783."
GLC09134.03
"Account of the Public Securities Received by Azariah Egleston, Agent..., for and delivered to the Officers and Soldiers...being the Balance Due them, for arrears of pay, Subsistence, Clothing, the Quantity of the Men Engaged further and Commutation...
GLC09134.04
August 1807
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
Untitled
Unsigned fragment. "It would be dishonourable, and might be ruinous if without a redress of our wrongs war did not promptly follow the expiration of the embargo. No other alternative is left to our choice. Every other expedient has been tried and...
GLC09135
3 March 1785
Schuyler, Philip John (1733-1804)
to Charles Thomson
Draft letter to Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, declining appointment [as one of three commissioners to lay out site for Federal capital] "Reduced to the painful necessity of a sedentary life by chronic disorders,… In this situation Congress...
GLC09242
1787-1812
Church, Angelica (1756-1814)
[Five letters to family members][Decimalized .01-.05]
Five letters to family members including Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler, and Mrs. Philip J. Schuyler.
GLC09629
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