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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
8 December 1941
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989
Declaration of War against the United States and Britain [in Japanese]
Imperial rescript of the Declaration of War declared on the United States and Great Britain on the Japanese date 16th year of Showa, 12th month. " ... we, the emperor, have now declared war upon the United States of America and Great Britain. The...
GLC01415
1779 -1781
Lovett, John, 1743-1792
[John Lovett account book of ships and prizes]
Documents the name, sailing date, and captain of ships and schooners, and details the goods these ships brought back to Lovett. Lovett was a ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. During the Revolutionary War privateering ships...
GLC01450.006.01
December 1, 1806
Leach, Nathan, fl. 1806
[Statement of captors' shares from the privateer ship Pilgrim]
Statement signed by the owners of shares of the proceeds captured on the ship Pilgrim's first cruise. Total of 39 signatures, Leach being the first. Documents that privateer Hugh Hill was the captain, and that the ship was in the agency of John...
GLC01450.006.02
July 2, 1783
[Lovett family account and ledger 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. Note on last page signed by Jeremiah and Ezra Lovett, 2 July...
GLC01450.006.03
1778-1779
[Lovett family account and ledger book for receipts from the Earl of Sandwich]
Lists what each captain received from the Earl of Sandwich. Mostly lists of goods and their costs. Lovett was a privateer ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. Dated 11 September 1778 - May 11, 1779.
GLC01450.006.04
1775
[Lovett family account book] [incomplete]
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. The dates run backwards with the earliest at the end of the...
GLC01450.006.05
1974/11/20
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
Gerald Ford's Remarks in Japan
Signed in blue felt-tip marker on page 6. The speech discusses the state of American-Japanese relations. Speech given as the first American President to visit Japan. Tucked into a gilt stamped leather valise with yellow moiré tabs, said to have...
GLC01474
14 July 1832
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
[Appointment of Samuel J. Bayard to as Clerk of the Commission]
Appointing Bayard as Clerk of the Commission for "carrying into effect the Treaty of limits between the Untied States and the United Mexican States," a treaty establishing the border. Countersigned by Secretary of State Edward Livingston. Affixed...
GLC01475
3 November 1685
Commission on Trade and Plantations
An accompts of salaries due...in the service of His Majesty and in attendance on the...Lords of the Committee for Trade and Plantations.
Signed by Henry Hyde, second Earl of Clarendon; Robert Spencer, second Earl of Sunderland; Charles Middleton, second Earl of Middleton; Henry Mordaunt, second Earl of Peterborough; and John Sheffield, third Earl of Mulgrave. Accounts for the...
GLC01450.555
20 July 1781
Porter, William, fl. 1781
[Muster roll of Major General Friedrich Adolph Riedesel's regiment infantry of the Brunswick troops]
Created at Fort Brooklyn. Includes recruits sent "from Brunswik to America in the year 1780 as muster'd by his britanik Majesty's Commissary of Muster, William Porter." Includes the names of regimental staff (servants, clerks, and chaplains, among...
GLC01450.605
24 June 1782
Shilbaugh, Christopher, fl. 1782
[Hessian muster roll] [In French]
Hessian regiments of the "Grenadiers Lieutenant General Charquis d'Angelleli" 25 December 1781- 24 June 1782. Signed by [Shielhause?] as Captain Lieutenant, F. W. Book as Major, and J. G. Endemann as Lieutenant Colonel and Commander.
GLC01450.607
1771/07/27
Prevost, Augustine, 1744-1821
[Bond signed by British officer]
Countersigned by Jonathan Cowdney and Cary Ludlow. Certifies that Prevost will pay to Anne Devisme of Paramus New Jersey, 273 pounds, 5 shilling and 6 pence. Autograph note on second page signed by Anne De Visme and dated 12 November 1792 states...
GLC01450.622.01
1796
An Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the War (French Revolution)
Signed by Augustin Prevost. Title continues: by an officer of the guards, in two volumes, comprising of the campaigns of 1793, 1794 and the retreat through Holland to Westphalia in 1795. This is volume 1. Color engraving of a Hungarian foot...
GLC01450.622.03
1778
Goodwin, Nathaniel, 1748-1819
[Diary kept in "Bickerstaff's New-England Almanack"]
Goodwin, a Major in Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, writes "while at Boston" across the title page of the almanac. Includes entries from other locations. Contains 22 pages of printed text, 7 pages of handwritten text. Relates traveling to...
GLC01450.629
1775-1776
Correspondence related to Melzar Cudworth, an impressed seaman [Decimalized .01-.05]
GLC01450.630
13 March 1758
Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
[Commission for Gamaliel Bradford to serve as Captain of a Company raised to aid in the British invasion of Canada]
Pownall, Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, commissions Bradford to lead a Company of soldiers in a regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Doty during the 1758 British invasion of French Canada.
GLC01450.650
1760/03/31
Delancey, James, 1703-1760
to James Clinton, re: enlisting troops to attack Canada
Signed as Lieutenant Gov. of New York.
GLC01450.653
circa 1786-1805
[Watercolor depicting a naval engagement between French and British ships]
Portrays an engagement between the ships La Blanche and La Pare. Shows sailors from both sides engaged in battle and falling into the water. Artist's name is obscured, possibly due to water damage. Other writing on the document is also lost due to...
GLC01450.800
2 September 1740
Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757
[Appointment of John Furney as Captain of a company of foot soldiers]
Countersigned by John Willard, Belcher's secretary. Belcher, serving as Royal Governor of Massachusetts, places John Furney in charge of a company of foot soldiers. Raises men in response to Britain's request for Colonial forces to join Major General...
GLC01450.804
1779
Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816
Observations on the American Revolution
Morris' notes on the conduct of Biritish and American forces, and on the revolution. Published by Styner & Cist.
GLC01450.805.01
1758-1793
Collection of items pertaining to Doctor John Lorimer [Decimalized .01-.07]
Contains appointments related to Lorimer's service as a surgeon, letters written to and from Lorimer, certificates regarding Lorimer's participation in the Icelandic Literary Society and the Aberdonian Medical Society, documents related to the...
GLC01450.807
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