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19 April 1784
United States in Congress Assembled. Thomson, Charles
Report on lagging attendence at Congress, recommendations
Recommends that the state appoint more representatives to Congress.
GLC01153
30 April 1802
Austin, Moses, fl. 1802-1819
Promissory note to James Finley
Austin promises to pay $21.50 for John Gillispey and $53 for Abraham Armstrong
GLC01168
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
14 October 1783
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
[Certificate of capture]
Written by Jackson as Colonel of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment (he was breveted a Brigadier General on 30 September 1783). Countersigned by Thomas Ivers, Massachusetts State Treasurer on verso. Note on verso written by Major Moses Ashley on 12...
GLC01412.46
12 March 1788
Martin, Peter, fl. 1778
[Receipt acknowledging funds]
Co-signed by John Delka. Martin and Delka were exchanged prisoners returning to South Carolina. Document is a receipt acknowledging Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress, had lent them sixty dollars for their trip home.
GLC01412.64.04
5 May 1785
Irvine, James, 1735-1819
[Order to pay General Arthur St. Clair two pounds and seven pence]
Partially printed document in which Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council orders payment for one year's interest on St. Clair's depreciation certificate, due 10 April 1784. Signed by Irving as V.P. An autograph note on the verso signed by "I.S...
GLC01412.64.07
1783-1815
Harrison, Benjamin (ca. 1726-1791)
to Jonathan Hudson or Benjamin Levy
This is the address leaf for a letter sent by Benjamin Harrison, a Virginian Continental Congressman and Declaration of Independence signer, to Jonathan Hudson or Benjamin Levy, merchants in Baltimore. It was sent using a free frank under Harrison's...
GLC01412.65
1790/05/26
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
An Act to provide for Mitigating or Remitting the Forefeitures and Penalties, accruing under the Revenue-Laws, in certain cases therin mentioned.
Places district judges in charge of all cases of fines, penalty of forfeiture, etc. Judges then report the cases to the Secretary of the Treasury. Printed document signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State, verified as a true copy.
GLC01431.01
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
1813/06/01
Wadsworth, Decius, 1768-1821
[Circular concerning ordnance and ordnance stores]
Issued by the Ordnance Department. Outlines how ordnance should be classed and prints a copy of the fifth section of ordnance regulations passed by the War Department on 20 April 1813, which pertained to making ordnance reports. Wadsworth was...
GLC01450.718.03
1801/08/01
Madison, James, 1751-1836
to Consuls and Commercial Agents of the United States
Circular letter instructing the recipients to issue only the enclosed sample Sea-letter (not included) to vessels so that ships owned by American citizens could be identified (and property protected) and fraud from forged seals and sea-letters could...
GLC01470
4 December 1786
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
to George Washington
Refers to Washington's resignation as head of the Order of the Cincinnati. Describes a settlement he left after receiving a request to take command of the Massachusetts state militia, which was needed to suppress Shays' Rebellion. In response to a...
GLC01478
1805-1863
Murphy, David, 1769-1844
[Items related to the Murphy family of Missouri] [Decimalized .01- .81]
Contains account books, numerous receipts, and letters related to the Murphy family of Missouri. David Murphy's signature appears on many of the receipts, and the collection includes his will and materials related to a local election.
GLC01450.600
1787/01/05
Smallman, Thomas, fl. 1787
to Augustin Prevost
Writes that he arrived last Tuesday from Canada after leaving Montreal on the 22 of November. Comments that he is too young to complain of fatigue. Would like to provide himself with a horse and is looking forward to seeing Mrs. Prevost and the...
GLC01450.622.02
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
1797/12/06
Lamarquisie, Bernard M., fl. 1797
Letters to the Society of Cincinnati asking for aid
Lamarquisie (also "de la Marquisie"), a Frenchman who had served as a captain of engineers in the Continental Army, asks the Massachusetts Society of Cincinnati for financial aid. The former officer, "persecuted in France during the Revolution,"...
GLC01450.624
May 1793
The Offices of the Massachusetts Line
This document is a May 1793 account signed by Treasurer Henry Jackson with lists of payments to and from "The Officers of the Massachusetts Line". Along with this document is a note citing a payment of 214 dollars, "subscribed by a number of officers...
GLC01450.627.01.01
1783/11/12
Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810
to Colonel Fowler
Carrington, the treasurer of the recently formed Society of Cincinnati of Virginia, certifies that two officers have paid membership dues of one month's pay. The interest from the dues went to Cincinnati and their families who were in financial...
GLC01450.627.02
1785-1787
Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811
[Defense of the Society of Cincinnati's policy of hereditary membership]
Rodney decries alarmists who condemn the Society of Cincinnati for creating an American aristocracy: "Such an Aristocracy as this founded on Meritorious Service to their country, I wish to see our Community ever blest with."
GLC01450.631
1 April 1813
Snyder, Simon, 1759-1819
[Copy of an act to suspend the opening of certain streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the War of 1812]
Suspends an act issued on 1 April 1811 authorizing the opening of streets through the Navy Yard in the Philadelphia districts of Moyamensing and Passyunk. The suspension will last for either six years or until the construction of war ships for the...
GLC01450.700
1 July 1808
Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844
[License for William Dehone to sell goods in Boston, Massachusetts].
Also signed by Charles Bulfinch, William Porter, Eben Oliver, Joseph Foster, and Nathan Webb, all serving as the selectmen of Boston. The license was good for one year, and made in accordance with a June 1795 act of the General Court giving...
GLC01450.701
26 April 1806
Kiteridge, Peter, 1750-?
[Statement by Peter Kiteridge to Medfield's selectmen for financial assistance]
One document written by Peter Kiteridge dated April 26, 1806. Details that he was born to African parents in Boston. Kiteridge at the time of this document is a freeman, and requests financial assistance from the Medfield's selectmen. Provides...
GLC01450.702
1814/09/19
Strong, Caleb, 1745-1819
to General Brooks
The recipient was probably Micah Brooks. Explains that the government will not be able to grant the request of the Selectmen of Belfast to send troops to expel the British from Fort Castine on the Penobscot Bay, which they recently came to occupy....
GLC01450.703
June 21, 1813
Hodgon, Silvanus, fl. 1813-1815
to Nathan Hodgdon
Informs his uncle that he has been aboard the frigate Macedonian for two months, which he reports is blockaded in by seven British ships. Asks him to send a letter to his mother and to give his love to friends and family. Also notes that his...
GLC01450.705.01
27 April 1792
Orr, Hugh, 1717-1798
to Amara Davis
Written by Orr as an inventor and owner of a foundry to Davis as Quartermaster General of Boston. Says he is in possession of a cannon bore which belongs to the state and wants to return it. Claims it would be proper to give it to Davis. It weighs...
GLC01450.708
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