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1774/10/20
United States. Continental Congress.
The Association Agreed with the Grand American Congress... [non-importation]
One of 3 known copies
GLC04489
1780s?
Wright, James, fl. 1780
James Wright, of Haverhill... [Merchant will not sell sugar due to slave labor]
Printed at Bury by P. Gedge, Agent to the Sun Fire Office.
GLC04614
December 23, 1776
Jay, John, 1745-1829
To the inhabitants of the State of New York
Delivered at Fishkill, New York, to the state's constitutional convention shortly after the American defeats at Long Island, Manhattan and White Plains, and a few days before Washington surprised the Hessians at Trenton. As such, Jay addressed his...
GLC00006
October 12, 1780
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
to Francois Marquis de Barbe-Marbois
To Marbois, the secretary of the French Ambassador, who later served as Intendent of Santo Domingo and minister of finance under Napoleon, under whom he sold Louisiana to the U.S. Hamilton concludes his letter by agreeing with Marbois about America...
GLC00012
19 February 1773
Gwinnett, Button, 1735-1777
Receipt for 4 pounds s2 from Levi Sheftall (Savannah)
Received as part of debt owed by Mordecai & Levi Sheftall
GLC00083
May 8, 1764
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
to James Madison re: disputed lands in Orange County
Madison disputed lands in Orange County with Braxton. Verso of page 1 has in another hand: "April & May 1764."
GLC00099.020
February 3, 1769
to James Madison
GLC00099.034
October 1, 1780
Good Indian and Indian battle content. Also provides news of George Rogers Clark's expedition in Illinois and Indian conflicts. Docketed by Madison.
GLC00099.048
March 5, 1781
Mentions: French fleet, Count d'Estaigne, Col. Green, Lord Cornwallis, Hillsboro (N.C.), Salisbury (N.C.), Cape Fear (N.C.), Camden (?), Gov. Nash, Caswell, Gen. Greene, Military recruitment, Portsmouth (Va.), American victories.
GLC00099.060
July 23, 1781
Return home after his trip to western Virginia, British activities in Virginia, news from the Carolinas. Also mentions: Military rumors, Portsmouth (Va.), Petersburg (Va.), Augusta (Ga.) [?], Gen. Greene, Lord Rawden, Spanish Fleet, St. Augustine...
GLC00099.073
1819/01/28
Various
The British surrendering their Arms to Gen: Washington...at York Town
Large black and white engraving. Title: "The British surrendering their Arms to Gen: Washington after their defeat at York Town in Virginia October 1781." Copper engraving by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. and William Allen after a drawing by John...
GLC05861
21 September 1781
Bailey, Francis, 1744-1817
Postscript to the Freeman's Journal, Sept. 21.
This document is a copy of the Postscript to the Freeman's Journal from 21 September 1781. It contains letter from a free black man named Cato, "a poor negro," complaining of a newly proposed act that would have sent free blacks back into slavery...
GLC05818
1779/11/04
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to Benjamin Rush
Adams believes that there should be an article in the Declaration of Rights securing free speech, impartiality and independence at the bar because everyone deserves a fair trial. He also discusses his recent appointment and that of Mr. Dana.
GLC06016
1773
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
Poems written by the "Negro Servant" of John Wheatley of Boston. Printed at London by A. Bell and sold in Boston by Cox and Berry. First edition copy. The first book of poetry by an African American. Bound in nineteenth century vellum, with...
GLC06154
May 1777
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
to Henry Knox
Writes a very detailed letter to her husband in Morristown, New Jersey during the American Revolution. Discusses the arrival in Boston of General Charles Tronson du Coudray, a French military engineer "who stiles himself Commander in Chief of the...
GLC05895
4 June 1779
Washington, George, 1732-1799
General Washington informs General Knox of the British army's progress (possibly in the Hudson Highlands, New York). States "It would appear from a number of circumstances that they mean to press their operations against the posts on the highlands...
GLC07674
2 January 1781
to Nathanael Greene
Informs Greene of the size of a British expeditionary force of 1600 men under the command of traitor Benedict Arnold. Also mentions conflicting reports of the battle at Blackstock Plantation in South Carolina between Continental General Thomas...
GLC07675
1 July 1774
Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
to Committee of Correspondence for the Colony of Virginia
Co-signed by Samuel Rhoads and Joseph Galloway on behalf of the committee. Galloway was Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly and would eventually become a well known Loyalist after his Plan of Union was rejected. References their letter asking the...
GLC07666
11 October 1780
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
to Timothy Pickering
Writes to Pickering, who was his successor as Quartermaster of the Continental Army when Greene took command of West Point just after Benedict Arnold's treason. Expresses his dismay at the state of the garrison at West Point and requests supplies....
GLC07667
1771/01/07
Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797
to William Lee re: liquidating his estate
Lincoln employs a Southern colloquialism: "You shall be able to say 'that took!'"
GLC07691
14 August 1780
to Daniel Brodhead
General Washington discusses Colonel Bowman's apprehension regarding British progress with General Brodhead, stationed at Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania. States "what men can be spared from the Garrison of the upper Country- St. Johns- Montreal and Quebec...
GLC07702
20 October 1780
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801
[Proclamation to officers and soldiers of the Continental Army]
Full title as follows, "A Proclamation to the Officers and Soldiers of the Continental Army who have the real Interest of their Country at Heart, and who are determined to be no longer the Tools and Dupes of Congress, or of France." An appeal to...
GLC07701
1781/06/04-09
The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held In London [Quaker conduct]
Contains a letter to friends at the quarterly and monthly meetings in Great Britain and Ireland, and another letter to friends at their yearly meeting in Philadelphia. Both letters guide Quaker conduct. Written in the sixth Quaker month.
GLC07632
1782/05/20-25
The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held In London [emancipation]
Contains a letter to friends at the quarterly and monthly meetings in Great Britain and Ireland, and another letter to friends at their yearly meeting in Philadelphia. Both letters guide the conduct of Quakers, and encourage "the continuance of your...
GLC07633
1779/05/24-29
The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held in London [American Revolution]
Contains a letter to friends at the quarterly and monthly meetings in Great Britain and Ireland: "The sufferings of our brethren in America... have principally arisen from that confusion and distress which are inseparable from war..."; and another...
GLC07635
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