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24 September 1783
Browen, fl. 1783
[Request for rations]
Victualling return for one of the soldiers "of the Escort to the British Flagg from Canada." Docket signed by a John Ompey.
GLC02437.02560
29 June 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to George Washington
Informs General Washington that 250 men of the 3rd Massachusetts will not be ready to march until the afternoon due to lack of essential articles for their march. Reports that the regiment is without their compliment of field officers and Colonels...
GLC02437.02202
8 October 1783
Lets Washington know that he received his message concerning clothing for the troops over the winter and the resolves of Congress thanking General [Robert] Howe and his detachment. Notes that he enclosed a weekly return of the troops. Discusses the...
GLC02437.10163
1794/07/03
Higginson, Stephen, 1743-1828
to Mr. LeRoy and Mr. Bayard
Discusses a shipping business venture. Comments on French naval activities in the West Indies, including their recapturing of Guadeloupe from the British. Mentions a possible response from Sir John Jervis. Speculates that the French might not only...
GLC02450.08
August 11, 1783
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
to James Madison
Also discusses the powers of Congress and need to define them. Suggests that a day may come when the junction of the Ohio and the Mississippi might be a central location for a capital.
GLC00099.122
1783/02/23
Bogardus, Jacob, 1750-?
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: hopes for more prosperous trade
Bogardus writes of his hopes for an improvement in trade: "times have been fluctuating & distracting for trade, but now the happy moment is at hand when we can again hope for order & Regularity to take place amongst us. When the happy event of peace...
GLC03107.03478
23 March 1798
Adams, John, 1735-1826
[Presidential proclamation for a national day of prayer]
Proclamation declaring national "day of Solemn Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer," with Timothy Pickering's free frank on verso. Adams wants Americans to pray for the protection of their country. Proclamation states that America is in a "hazardous and...
GLC02542.14
1756/08/27
Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790
to "his Lordship" re: incomplete sale of cattle
Robert, Jr. expresses his annoyance with "his Lordship," who ordered a large quantity of cattle and then decided not to complete the transaction. Robert, Jr. consents to follow "his Lordship's" desire, but "wished my Lord had been pleased to have...
GLC03107.02979
December 4, 1780
British fleet, state of Virginia militia, attempts of the House of Delegates at fund-raising. Also mentions: British fleet, Virginia militia-Pleurisy, Virginia House of Delegates, Taxes, Old and new money circulation.
GLC00099.056
May 21, 1781
Discussion of the powers of the Continental Congress to make a direct tax on citizens, news of military operations in North Carolina. Hamilton. Also mentions: Congress-Revenue, Taxes, Sir Henry Clinton, Death of General Philips, Benedict Arnold...
GLC00099.070
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