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1902
H. C. White Co.
President Roosevelt in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, U. S. A.
Formal portrait standing. Facing 1/4 proper left. Note: Publisher's number 9902.
GLC06449.18
13 February 1777
Treat, Samuel, fl. 1775-1777
to Ezekiel Cheever
Asks Cheever to deliver "twenty five yards of that White Duffle you have in your possession & two or three coats" to Lieutenant James Hall. Docket, signed by Hall, states that he received thirty yards of "Duffle," five coats, and "one Laced Hatt"
GLC02437.00533
February 26, 1777
Hill, Stephen, fl. 1777
[Receipts for coats and duffle]
States that Murphy received a coat and two and a half yards white duffle for ordnance, and that Hill received a coat and four yards white duffle. Each has signed their name next to the goods they received. Murphy's name is spelled Murffey, and he...
GLC02437.00537
1 March 1777
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Construction of a carriage for cannon which have their trunnions broken off [incomplete]
Drawing of a special carriage for a cannon, with the comment "A carriage for a Cannon if the trunnions be broken off. Many Cannon are mounted upon this construction at Boston." Trunnions are the knobs on both sides of a cannon that form the axis on...
GLC02437.00541
22 January 1821
Hobart, Albert, 1792-1867
to Aaron Hobart
Discusses auctioneering, dismissing the "boast of an honesty in their dealing" by New York auctioneers. Advises against a tax on auctions that would be prohibitive, since auctions are "the means of establishing a regularity in prices." But...
GLC06313.04.142
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