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10 May 1738
Woodside, William, fl. 1738
[Testimony]
Report concerning the Indians in the Penobscot region of Maine and their relations with Samuel Waldo. Attested to by Benjamin Larrabee.
GLC02437.08885
14 May 1738
Woodside, Jean, fl. 1738
Testimony of Jean and Anna Woodside regarding an encounter with a Penobscott Indian and his squaw. "She then asked him why the Indians would not lett the English and Irish sett down there, he replyd it spoild their hunting..." Jean appears as 'Jane'...
GLC02437.08886
10 December 1782
Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for James Wheland]
Carleton, Lieutenant Commander of the Invalid Regiment, recommends Wheland for a thirty day furlough so he may spend time with his wife, who is sick. Directs his recommendation to Major Doughty (possibly John Doughty).
GLC02437.09558
[1812/07/03]
Patterson, J.W., fl. 1812-1816
to Walter Patterson re: need for financial assistance
Walter's brother writes that he must travel to Albany to solicit their mother for financial assistance. The letter is preceeded by a transcription of a court document concerning a case in which Walter acted as the plaintiff's attorney. Docketed on...
GLC03107.04511
1 November 1789
Crocker, Joseph, 1749-1797
to Henry Knox
Relates details of George Washington's visit to Boston in October 1789, and praises the Triumphal Arch that was erected to honor the occasion: "The Reception of the President in this Town, was beyond discription [sic] superb: you will see Accounts of...
GLC02437.04401
17 February 1786
Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806
Further discusses the negotiations for the lands belonging to the estate of Brigadier-General Samuel Waldo. Reports the news that a Mrs. W. [perhaps the wife of Francis Waldo, who died in 1784] has successfully received the amount owed to her...
GLC02437.03243
17 June 1788 - 19 June 1788
Swan, Caleb, 1758-1809
Statement of Colonel John Crane's old emission accounts
Signed by Caleb Swan for John Pierce, Paymaster General, 17 June 1788 in the Pay Office at New York (front cover). Signed 19 June 1788 by Joseph Howell, [Junior] Assistant Commissary, in the Office of Army Accounts at New York (page 13). Includes...
GLC02437.03900
10 June 1789
Writes that he has for sometime been unsure how to ask Knox whether he might help him find a position with the federal government, preferably near where he lives. Would like to bring up his sons to be educated and respectable enough to remain in...
GLC02437.04237
14 June 1789
Winslow, Isaac, 1736-1806
Discusses a petition members of a committee are presenting to him about grievances in Thomaston, Maine, part of the Waldo patent lands. The petition is being presented by a Mr. Brown and a Mr. Thomas. Discusses meetings of the Court (the General...
GLC02437.04239
28 June 1789
Received his last letter, which "excites in me the most grateful sensations." Did not know of any person who had a "superior Claim upon Government" office in the region than he did. Thought that all Congressional appointments would be made...
GLC02437.04259
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