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1 December 1784
Seixas, Moses, 1744-1809
[Receipt for Moses Seixas]
A receipt for thirty nine pounds nine schillings one pence from Joseph Clarke to Moses Seixas.
GLC01450.517.03
19 November 1784
Isaaks, Jacob, fl. 1755-1784
[Receipt for Jacob Isaacs]
Receipt from Joseph Clarke to Jacob Isaacks for six pounds seventeen shillings worth of interest. Joseph Clarke was the general treasurer of Rhode Island. Jacob Isaacks was a Jewish merchant and broker in Newport.
GLC01450.518.01
1783
Lovett, John, 1743-1792
[Lovett family account book]
Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly...
GLC01450.006.10
1779-1784
Hartcup, Thomas, fl. 1761-1820
[Accounts of costs for Fort Penobscot and Fort Halifax]
British document concerning the construction of these two forts. States that expenditures are for Fort Penobscot from 1 May 1779 to 24 January 1784 and at Halifax from 1 January 1783 to 31 July 1783. Hartcup was Commanding Engineer. Fort...
GLC01450.012.03
12 May 1783
Hiller, Joseph, 1748-1814
[Permit to unload ship]
Permit allowing John Buffington, master of the ship Marquiss de Lafayette at the port of Salem, Massachusetts. Lists the number of cases, barrels, bales, etc. that he will be unloading. Signed by Hilton as a Naval Officer. The Marquis de Lafayette...
GLC01450.060
Buffington, John, fl. 1778-1783
[Statement of account with owners of the privateer ship, the Marquis de Lafayette]
Lists amounts for sundry disbursements, commission, and balance due the owners. A Mr. Williams is the only owner listed.
GLC01450.063
9 January 1784
Pagan, Robert, fl. 1784
[Certification of account of Nathaniel Deering]
Countersigned by Archibald Campbell, commander at Fort George, in Penobscot (now Maine). Certifies that in October 1775, Nathaniel Deering had a quantity of cattle, sheep, and hay which was for the British troops at Boston. Also certifies that...
GLC01450.072
14 April 1783
Lewis, F., fl. 1783
to Mr. Carpenter
Requests that 20 barrels of corn be delivered to his waggoner. Discusses hauling flour to Fredericksburg. Note on reverse signed by William Carpenter certifies that he filled the order.
GLC01450.093
April 30, 1808
Madison, James, 1751-1836
to William Pinkney
Discusses congressional proceedings, foreign affairs, the Chesapeake affair, British and French aggression, and the Embargo Act of 1807. A portion of the letter has been written in code and is translated in another hand. Signed as Secretary of...
GLC01191
January 2, 1801
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to Thomas Boylston Adams
Docketed on p. 4. Written as President to his son about the Convention with France which averted war. Adams quotes from jurist Vattell and mentions Grotius and Puffendorf.
GLC01204
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