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1777/09/28
Howe, William, 1729-1814
Proclamation offering protection to those who remain peaceably at home
Printed by James Humphreys, Junr. Printed at Philadelphia but issued from Howe's Head Quarters at Germantown.
GLC01183
1863-1864
Leslie, Joseph, fl. 1863-1864
[Diary of Joseph Leslie 18th regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company D]
Several pages in the diary have names and regiments of different officers from New York, Ohio, Michigan, etc., who were prisoners with him. Includes several pages of Libby Prison expenses/accounting of what he paid for crackers, paper, tobacco...
GLC01185
25 March 1861
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Lincoln's appointment of Joshua Reed Giddings as Consul General]
Also signed by William Henry Seward as Secretary of State. President Lincoln appoints former Ohio Representative Giddings to serve as Consul General of the United States for the British North American Provinces. Has a seal on bottom left corner.
GLC01413
1805/05/25
Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
[Notice of an amendment to "An act for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbours of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction"]
A circular letter signed by Secretary of the Treasury Gallatin and sent to Dudley Hobart, the collector of Bath, Maine. Instructs Hobart to enforce the amendment to the fourth section of the March 3, 1805 act, which empowered the president "to...
GLC01420
June 30, 1777
Pecker, James, fl. 1768-1778
to his children
Remarks that he is in good health and never had small pox. Mentions he has sent his son, Billy, to safety at Mount Independence and describes the approach of the enemy to Fort Ticonderoga, expecting a bloody battle the next day. The enemy army made...
GLC01412.49
2 November 1776
Sever, William, fl. 1766-1776
[Agreement and appointment of William Sever]
Cosigned by William Sever, John Avery, and Timothy Foster. Witnessed by Alexander Gray and Seth Loring. Agreement in which Sever, Avery, and Foster are bound to Henry Gardner (Treasurer of Massachusetts) in the amount of ten thousand pounds, unless...
GLC01412.51
10 October 1772
Gage, Thomas, 1718-1787
[Commission of John Phillips as Fort Major at Castle William in Massachusetts]
Includes a square paper seal on top left corner. Castle William was a British garrison in the Boston Harbor.
GLC01412.53
24 April 1758
Reading, John, fl. 1758
[Commission of Alexander Anderson as lieutenant of foot]
Countersigned by Secretary Charles [illegible]. Assigns Anderson to the New Jersey Regiment under Captain John [illegible]. Partially printed document. Signed as President of the Council (governor) and "Commander in Chief of the Province of Nova...
GLC01412.64.15
23 August 1711
Argyll, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743
[Commission of James Des Pieres as lieutenant of foot for a regiment commanded by William Stanhope]
Countersigned by R. Arnold, authorized by the Secretary at War. Argyll's seal is completely worn off, and docket (on verso) is faded. Campbell signs as General and Commander in Chief of British forces in Spain.
GLC01412.66
13 August 1668
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685
[Commission of George Lord Livingston]
Possibly created by Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale and Secretary of State for Scotland under King Charles II. Signed "Lauderdaill." Appoints Livingston to be "captaine of that Company In Our Regiment of foote whereof the Earle of LinLithgow is...
GLC01412.67
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