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May 1773
[List of German settlers on east side of Broad Bay]
List of German settlers on the east side of Broad Bay received from the Schoolmaster in May 1773.
GLC02437.09082
25 November 1777
Ko´sciuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817
[Receipt to Jonathan Trumbull]
Colonel Kosciuszko, the famous Polish patriot, says he received two hundred dollars to Colonel Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., paymaster of the New York Department, for work in the engineering department. The payment was agreeable to Major General Horatio...
GLC02499.10
1769/07/28
Iroquois Nation
Six Nations. Document signed with the holograph totems of 14 chiefs.
A reciept acknowledging the final payment for land ceded by the Six Nations at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix. With the loss of these lands the Six Nations eventually dispersed: the Mohawk and Cayuga to Canada, the Oneida to Wisconsin, while the Onondaga...
GLC02548
6 June 1780
De Kalb, Johann, 1721-1780
to George Washington
Written by General De Kalb, known as Baron De Kalb, as second in command of the Carolina campaign. Written to General Washington. Encloses a copy of a letter he sent to the Board of War so Washington would know his route of march (that letter is not...
GLC03758
22 July 1777
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to Stephen Moylan
Written by General Washington to Colonel Moylan as commander of the First Pennsylvania dragoons. References Moylan's letter of 21 July 1777. Encloses a letter he asks Moylan to forward to General David Forman (known by the nickname of " Black David"...
GLC03353
18 June 1778
Pulaski, Casimir, 1747-1779
to Colonel Hoppé
Written by Brigadier General Pulaski, a Polish count, as commander of his independent cavalry brigade to a Colonel Hoppé as Quartermaster General in Easton, Pennsylvania. Pulaski was soliciting help for the creation of what would become the "Pulaski...
GLC03568
9 July 1782
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Samuel Osgood
Writes to Osgood, then a member of the Continental Congress and the treasury board, to request that Congress pay Baron von Steuben. States that "it has been owing to [von Steuben] that a substantial discipline has been established in the American...
GLC03646
1770/01/25
Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: decision to move to Dutchess County
Robert, Jr.'s nephew Philip J. Livingston writes that he will be moving to Dutchess County from New York City, and explains "My Reasons for this proposed change of settlement arise from the great Decline of Business in our Profession in the City...
GLC03107.03229
1773/04/03
Coklen, Nathan, fl. 1773
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: notice of plans to move
Coklen states that he plans to move to New Winsor, and asks if he can wait to pay Robert, Jr. until he harvests his crops. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.03270
1773/05/29
Duane, James, fl. 1763-1785
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: dissatisfaction with politics
James Duane describes how he is overwhelmed with his business at the moment, and airs some frustrations regarding New York's political situation:"Timidity has induced the Colony to make a most unreasonable sacrifice to the Massachusett's bay. I fear...
GLC03107.03278
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