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06 March 1799
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Proclamation of a day of solemn fasting due to religious persecution
Proclaiming a day of solemn fasting for April 25th (with element of Thanksgiving)
GLC00270
1914 ca.
WIlliams, Charles, fl. 1914
Collection record [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC00272
April 10, 1865
Colby, Oren, fl. 1865
to Mr. and Mrs. Colby
Colby, 12th New Hampshire Volunteers, writes to his mother and father that the troops have heard of Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox. Informs that during their celebrations a fellow soldier was hurt. They were firing off...
GLC00272.02
circa 1861
Crosby, Abner S., fl. 1861
Collection of Abner S. Crosby [decimalized]
Collection of Abner S. Crosby, who served in D company, 7th regiment, Pennsylvania infantry.
GLC00273
August 12, 1861
to his aunt
Describes life in the 7th Pennsylvania after the First Battle of Bull Run. Discusses the deaths of friends in battle. Written on attractive patriotic stationery. With P.S.: "my pen is very poor- [inserted: so you must] excuse poor writing" (on...
GLC00273.01
June 16, 1864
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to William Farrar Smith
Written in pencil near Petersburg, Virginia. Grant, Commander in Chief of the United States Army instructs Smith to push the reconnaissance in the front to attempt to ascertain a point from which to advance against Petersburg in the evening. Writes...
GLC00275
17 October 1754
Lawrence, Robert, 1692-?
[An Act for making Current seventy thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit for adjusting his Majesty and the Neighboring Colonies to dispossess the French from his Majesty's Land on or near the River Ohio, and for providing a fund for the Defense of the Frontiers...]
Fair copy of the act passed by the New Jersey House of Representatives near the beginning of the French and Indian War. Passed with some amendments, the act was meant to raise revenue for expenses during the French and Indian War. The bills...
GLC00276
26 August 1777
Paine, Robert T., 1731-1814
[Indictment of Nathaniel Davis, printer, for counterfeiting money]
Signed by Paine as prosecutor for the state of Massachusetts. Countersigned by Daniel Parker as the jury foreman and five witnesses. Specifies the jury's charges against Davis in detail. Dated the "Last Tuesday of August." Names penned by Paine...
GLC00277
November 20, 1765
Farrington, A., fl. 1765
to Seth Williamson
A British captain discusses military logistics and the advice given to him by General Thomas Gage regarding troop transport. Mentions being in "the Rebellious Town of New York," where there was popular discontent with the Stamp Act of 1765....
GLC00278
August 6, 1773
Cottrell, Stephen, 1738-1818
to George Granville Leveson-Gower
Written by Cottrell, secretary of the Board of Trade, to George Granville Leveson-Gower, the Duke of Sutherland, as the Lord President of the Privy Council. The Lord President's principle responsibility is to preside at meetings of the Privy Council...
GLC00279
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