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circa 1750-1820
[Table of stock]
Table showing the relative value of American stock. Categories include marked value of stock, deferred, various indents, and reference.
GLC02437.10614
14 February 1788
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to George Washington
Reports on Massachusetts' adoption of the Constitution of the United States. Writes, "It may with great truth be asserted that no subject was ever more candidly debated- Many of the minority express their determination, of inculcating the principle...
GLC02437.03797
11 March 1788
Grasse, Alexandre-Francois Auguste, Marquis de, 1765-1845
to George Washington [in French]
Extract from a letter (in French) from Augustus de Grasse to George Washington to be presented before the Society of the Cincinnati, regarding Augustus's father, Admiral Francois De Grasse. The younger de Grasse asks Washington's permission to wear...
GLC02437.03820
14 December 1786
Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790
to William Shepard
Thanks him for the intelligence provided by his last two letters. Says that the last of the letters was received by "your confidential Friend Major Shepard," and he has talked with him extensively about the matters contained therein. Writes that...
GLC02437.03378
15 December 1786
to James Bowdoin
Writes, "Major [Winthrop] Sargent will have the honor to deliver your Excellency this letter. Although his dispositions are military, yet he finds himself constrained on consideration of his former rank to decline the appointment to a company of...
GLC02437.03380
26 December 1786
to Stephen Bruce
Written from the War Office, likely located in New York City in this period (also see GLC02437.03393 for a letter written on the same date from Knox in New York City). Explains that the Treasury Board has been, for some time, making plans for paying...
GLC02437.03392
1786-1789
Prices of clothing, and quantity allowed the troops of the United States
Lists rations of clothing for troops in three different years, and the prices charged by the contracted merchant supplying the clothing. The list for 1786 includes prices from Turnbull, Marmie & Co., the list for 1788 includes prices from Royal...
GLC02437.03400
7 January 1787
Bruce, Stephen, ?-1801
to Henry Knox
Thanks him for his kind letter. Declares that before he received it, he "had been inform'd of the negociations taking place between the board of Treasury, and [Messrs Robert] Morris & [Jeremiah] Wadsworth for the whole supplies of the Troops, and...
GLC02437.03408
24-25 January 1787
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Marked "copy" on docket. Describes in some detail the confrontations between his troops and the insurgents in Massachusetts, led by Daniel Shays. Reports that General [William] Shepard, who is also leading troops, is in a precarious position which it...
GLC02437.03422
27 January 1787
Written from Brookfield, likely in Massachusetts. Marked "copy." Relates how he led his troops to the aid of General Shepard. "Writes, Gen'l Sheppard expects hourly an attack by the whole force of the Insurgents:- Shays marched with the party...
GLC02437.03425
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