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17 October 1776
Mathewson, Jonathan, fl. 1776
[Receipt for small arms payment]
Received 390 pounds for 100 hundred small arms from Joseph Clark, Treasurer of Rhode Island. The small arms are to be marked with the colony's stamp.
GLC01450.243.03
24 September 1778
The Town of Newburyport
[Account ledger for payments to Samuel Tufts]
Ledger of payments from the town of Newburyport to Samuel Tufts. The payments began on 10 February 1778 and ended on 24 September 1778 and was for a total of over 182 pounds. The town mostly purchased clothing from Tufts. He signed the document...
GLC01450.243.04
16 November 1781
Maxwell, Adam, fl. 1781
[Receipt of Abraham Greene]
Receipt written in Council of War. Authorizes Abraham Greene to draw one pounds, 10 shillings in silver money from the general treasury. Note on verso, signed by Greene, says he received the money on 27 November 1781.
GLC01450.243.05
1 December 1781
[Receipt for Archibald Crary]
Written in a Council of War. Receipt allows Colonel Archibald Crary to draw 90 pounds, in either silver or gold, from the general treasury. Note on verso, signed by Crary, says he received payment on 6 December 1781.
GLC01450.243.06
March 12, 1779
Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825
to Samuel Blatchley Webb
Written by Clarkson as aide-de-camp to General Benjamin Lincoln to Colonel Webb. Encloses a letter for his father (not included) and hopes Webb will deliver it. Hopes he can procure papers for "the Girls to pay us a Visit." Apologizes for the short...
GLC01450.458.01
circa 1775-1783
to Thomas Bradford
Note from Clarkson as aide-de-camp of General Benjamin Lincoln to Bradford as Commissary of Prisoners that says General Lincoln wants to see Bradford immediately. Is dated 2 August, but year cannot be inferred.
GLC01450.458.02
1 March 1782
Massachusetts House of Representatives
[Printed resolution of recruitment schedule]
Broadside says that the 4,240 troops apportioned on Massachusetts was not a sufficient quota to fill out the Massachusetts Line by nearly 1,000 men. Because of casualties and this shortage, the state needs to raise another 1,500 men for three years...
GLC01450.602.01
22 June 1781
[Printed resolution on collection of clothing and blankets] [incomplete]
Asks that the selectmen of each town to collect from town inhabitants, or otherwise procure, the items listed in the resolution by 20 September 1781. The resolution calls for 8,000 shirts, 8,000 pairs of stockings, 8,000 pairs of shoes, and 4,000...
GLC01450.602.02
24 February 1782
Livingston, Peter, 1737-1794
to unknown
Sent Captain John Shaver with four barrels of flour. Asks Bromfield to store them and send them by first convenyance to Captain Hopkins at Hartford. Also says to send Hopkins all the pork. Says to also send what is not cut up because this will be the...
GLC01450.803.01
25 March 1777
Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790
to Catharine Macaulay
Requests assistance in writing a history of the present disputes. Reports the American people "continue spirited & determined." Complains "the English now in America seem to have lost all that humanity for which they were justly famed."
GLC01791.02
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