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16 September 1898
Brower, George A., fl. 1865-1898
Order of attendance
Accompanying envelope not used to mail the post card. Countermanding General orders # 4.
GLC04558.194
21 November 1898
General orders no. 6
Orders concerning mustering out of the service of the 114th regiment.
GLC04558.195
22 April 1844
Buffum, James N., 1807-1887
to David P. Harmon
Letter asking Harmon to attend the upcoming American Anti-slavery Society convention in Lynn, Massachusetts.
GLC06143.02
21 February 1849
[to David P. Harmon]
Informs Harmon that Mr. and Mrs. Craft (escaped slaves William and Ellen Craft) will be attending his meeting in Haverhill, and sends him "a part of a bill which discribes these two interesting Slaves" (not included here). Mentions that he tried to...
GLC06143.04
8 July 1853
May, Samuel J., 1797-1871
Written from Leicester, likely in Massachusetts. Informs Harmon that Stephen Foster will be speaking at a meeting in Haverhill on Sunday, 17 July. Asks that Harmon confirm the arrangement of the meeting.
GLC06143.09
16 February 1857
Rock, John Sweat, 1825-1866
[Advertisement for antislavery lecture]
Letterpress broadside/flyer for an antislavery lecture by Dr. John Sweat Rock. Includes a short note in which Dr. Rock asks David P. Harmon if his lecture on "The Unity of the Races" would be well received in Harmon's town.
GLC06143.15
7 February 1882
Catalogue of the library of the late David Porter Harmon
Includes over seven hundred titles and hand-written notes on individual prices for each book. A tally of the overall sale can be found on the rear fly leaf.
GLC06143.20
1856
Political chart of the United States with a comparative statistical view of North and South
Hand colored Republican campaign chart showing slave states, free states, and territories, as well as an image of John C. Fremont, the party's first presidential candidate. Includes population information for North and South, differentiating...
GLC06143.25
15 March 1822
Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828
to Aaron Hobart
Notes a town meeting in which republican town officers were re-elected over opposition from local federalists. Discusses the county convention, the appropriations bill, and payment owed to a Mr. Morton for capturing a barge (see GLC06313.165)....
GLC06313.04.171
19 March 1822
Hobart, Nathaniel, 1758-1838
Writes to his nephew about a local nominating convention. Asks about the bankruptcy bill before Congress. Comments on other local political and family matters. Asks if Hobart will be visiting home when Congress recesses.
GLC06313.04.174
23 March 1822
Peirce, Levi, 1773-1847
Clarifies an earlier letter "relative to percentage" in regard to tax collection.
GLC06313.04.177
1850
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster, in the Senate of the United States, on the subject of slavery.
Accompanied GLC00267.376. Pages 13-32. Removed from previous binding. Discusses slavery in relation to states' entry into the Union.
GLC00267.376.01
14 February 1822
Cutting, Nathaniel, 1774-?
Discusses a memorial petition requesting a military land bounty for Stephen Raymond, the heir to Revolutionary War veteran Solomon Raymond, which had again come to his office. Indicates that his feelings about its merits have not changed and that he...
GLC06313.04.153
16 December 1782
Johnson, J., fl. 1782
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Morefield]
Colonel Johnson recommends Lieutenant [Morefield?] for a sixty day leave of absence. Notes that Morefield commands a company in the Second Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Captain David Humphreys, George Washington's aide-de-camp. Directed to...
GLC02437.09575
14 December 1782
Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Elisha Hopkins]
Webb recommends Captain Hopkins for a leave of absence until February 1783. Directed to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09566
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Ensign Cleaveland]
Written at "Camp High," possibly close to Highlands, or Camp Highlands, New York. Lieutenant Colonel Johnson writes that Captain Potter has agreed to a leave of absence until 15 February 1783 for Cleaveland. Directed to Major General Knox at West...
GLC02437.09571
circa 1783
[List of officers pertaining to New Hampshire]
This list of men corresponds to the New Hampshire battalion. Date of creation previously inferred and written in pencil in a different hand.
GLC02437.02889
4 Jaunary 1784
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Return of the American regiment of foot commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson
Lists commissioned and staff officers.
GLC02437.02907
5 January 1784
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Certification of Samuel Shaw's military service]
Knox attest that Shaw has served in the Continental Artillery for eight years, "more than seven of which he has been particularly attached to the subscriber in the capacities of adjutant, Brigade-Major, and aid de Camp." Praises Shaw as "an...
GLC02437.02915
9 January 1784
[Certification of Romeo Smith's status as a freeman]
Certifies that Smith has served in the army for three years. Writes "Any person attempting to circumvent or trepan him as a slave will incur the severest penalty of the Law and the indignation of Heaven."
GLC02437.02929
June 1784
McLean, James, ?-1804
[Monthly return of the invalids corps commanded by Captain James McLean]
Lists commissioned, noncommissioned, rank and file, and alterations since the last return. Captain McLean signs as "James M'Lean."
GLC02437.02995
February- April 1776
[Account of Captain Thomas Pierce's company of artillery in Colonel Henry Knox's regiment]
Abstract of Thomas Pierce's company of artillery for the months of February, March and April 1776. Lists men by rank and pay amounts, grouped by month.
GLC02437.09515
Perkins, William, 1742-1802
[Abstract of pay for Captain William Perkin's company in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]
Lists rank and pay for February- April 1776.
GLC02437.09518
June 1776
Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848
[Abstract for Lieutenant Burbeck's company in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]
Contains a list of officers and their corresponding pay for the month of June 1776. Docket indicates Burbeck's company was paid in August 1776.
GLC02437.09530
17 July 1776
Pierce, Thomas, fl. 1775-1778
[Pay abstract for Captain Thomas Pierce's Company of artillery in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]
Contains a list of officers and their corresponding pay for the month of June 1776. Docket indicates that Pierce's company was paid 13 August 1776.
GLC02437.09534
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