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1748/04/29
Mascarene, Paul, fl. 1748
to Capt. Winslow re: Indians being spotted at Montagnes & up the Cape.
Written as British Colonel. Note that Mascarene shortened his name from John Paul to Paul.
GLC01450.443
1680/02/05
Baker, S.G., fl. 1680
re: redeeming slaves and concluding peace with Tripoli [Algiers]
Dated OS/NS: 1679/1680. Description laid-in.
GLC01450.445
1709-1874
Collection, mostly pertaining to Jacobite resistance in France [Decimalized .01-.16]
Contains various letters documenting the attempts of Edward Bourke, (sometimes spelled 'Burke') an officer in the Regiment Irelandois of Berwick, to unearth a Jacobite plot in Cambray, France. Bourke possibly worked for, or in connection with...
GLC01450.446
3 July 1751
Bertram, Charles, 1723-1765
[to an unknown recipient regarding the forgery "Richard"]
Bertram, later discovered to be a literary imposter, writes to an unknown recipient (possibly to William Stukeley). Reports that when he receives the recipient's reply, he will deliver "Richard," a historical manuscript which he claimed to have...
GLC01450.449
21 April 1762
Pocock, George, fl. 1762
Instructions [signals]
Written during the war with Cuba. Signal instructions for the Squadron under the command of Sir George Pocock, Admiral of the Blue Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet. Addressed "To the Master of the Prince George Transport, By Command of the Admiral."...
GLC01450.450
1794
Prudeau, Carlos, fl. 1794
Louisiana land grant no. 94 [in Spanish]
GLC01450.451
1767-1771
Parker, James, fl. 1766-1771
[Military account book of James Parker with loose papers]
Lists saddlery supply orders of General Cholmondeley (1767) and Lieut. Gen. Elliot (1767-71), and their respective staffs. Also included some loose papers slipped in the leaves. Inside the front cover is: an inventory from a saddler and coach and...
GLC01450.453
1764-1771
Britain, Infantry 54th
Records of accounts, mentions Pensacola, Fla.
Repaired. With description laid-in.
page numbered 81 includes a print of Gibraltar.
GLC01450.454
6 December 1780
Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792
to Elbridge Gerry
Docketed in Gerry's hand. Tells Gerry that Congress has finally decided to satisfy his accounts "declaring that no charge against me have been proved." Comments that he thinks "a serious inquiry into the conduct of the Commissioners, must soon...
GLC01450.456
7 March 1779
Deane, Silas, 1737-1789
[Bill of exchange signed by Silas Deane, with endorsement on verso signed by Isaac Moses]
A bill of exchange for two hundred pounds sterling to be paid to Isaac Moses, written to "Horneca, Fitzeau and Co. Bankers of Amsterdam." Verso, signed by Moses, states the amount be paid to Samuel B. Webb.
GLC01450.501
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