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September 22, 1779
Groves, William, fl. 1769-1779
to unknown
Groves reports the capture of the British schooner Revenge. The schooner, formerly commanded by Hugh Gorden, is expected to arrive at Beverly Port.
GLC01412.57
December 20, 1776
DeBlois, Elizabeth, 1761-1843
to Isaac Winslow Esq. and wife
Deblois writes to her sister and brother in New York. She comments on her good health and hopes that she sees her family again soon. A postscript mentions rebels leaving Cumberland (Nova Scotia). Paper contains a loyalist watermark.
GLC01412.60
September 11, 1783
Prevost, Augustine, 1744-1821
to Dr. Stringer
Writes to inform Stringer that he has been ordered to disband provincial troops and will be embarking for St. Johns [Saint John River in present-day New Brunswick, Canada].
GLC01412.63.01
October 26, 1777
Cotton, Theophilus, fl. 1767-1777
to Joseph Spencer
Reports to Major General Joseph Spencer that some boatmen refused to obey orders in a "mutinous manner". Cotton asks that Spencer try the men because the crime is of too high a nature for him to try them himself. The men's names are included in...
GLC01412.63.02
1783-1815
Harrison, Benjamin, 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
May 11, 1776
Lee, Charles, 1732-1782
to Edmund Pendleton
Discusses the differences in pay for Continental and state soldiers. Comments on the activities of "Mr. Agnew who was lately tryed by the Committee" and other Tories as they related to the British assault on Hog Island. Written to Pendleton as...
GLC01421
March 24, 1778
Hillegas, Michael, 1729-1804
to Joseph Clarke
States that he is transmitting from the Treasury Board to Clarke Continental Loan Office certificates amounting to $521,000 escorted by Mr. Norton Brailsford and William Dodd. Reports that he sent $21,000 in certificates from Baltimore last summer...
GLC01450.008.06
March 7, 1779
Montgomery, John, fl. 1778-1795
to Mr. Newton, Gordon, and Johnston
Signed as Montgomery, Sealy, and Co. Discusses their business accounts dealing with wine and brandy shipments to and from Portugal in the first part of the letter. States that they will only send letters by packet boat as other ships are not safe....
GLC01450.022.04
September 18, 1779
Montgomery, Sealy, & Co., fl. 1779
to Newton, Gordon, and Johnston
Details accounts for the shipping of sundry goods, wine, and brandy. Then discusses placing insurance on the shipments and states that he has given the insurance agents the necessary information about the ships, the captains' names, where the...
GLC01450.022.06
circa November- December 1776
Noyes, John, 1740-1784
to Mary Noyes
Writes to his wife in Newbury, Massachusetts. Discusses battles or skirmishes in New York but it is not clear which ones because the letter is incomplete and not dated. Reports on how many wounded or killed on each side. States that deserters from...
GLC01450.056.09
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