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4 December 1800
Winchester, Edmund, fl. 1799-1805
[Bill]
Bill to William Henderson for transporting boards and other building material to from Thomaston, Maine to Boston. Signed by Henderson.
GLC02437.08780
18 December 1800
Bill from Winchester to Gilbert Hall for the transport of boards.
GLC02437.08782
21 July 1787
Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835
to Henry Knox
Provides his opinion on the legal haggling over the boundaries of the Waldo patent lands. Discusses the legal authority of the courts to be involved in the disputes.
GLC02437.09167
10 February 1788
Winslow, Isaac, 1736-1806
Writes that he and his cousin (likely Isaac Winslow, Sr.) have read Knox's notes regarding the Waldo patent and discussed the claims of Mrs. [possibly Sarah] Waldo (wife of the late Samuel Waldo, Jr.). Provides several notes on the subject, as well...
GLC02437.09173
1 January 1783
Bushnell, David, 1740-1826
[Recommendation for furloughs for David Hall, Robert Matthews, and William Goodrich]
Captain Bushnell recommends the following furloughs: Corporal Hall for forty days, Private Matthews for twenty-five days, and Private Goodrich for eighteen days. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox. Written at Constitution Island
GLC02437.09598
18 September 1786
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
[Congressional resolution requiring that taxes be paid in specie].
Printed resolution of the Continental Congress that requires the states, Rhode Island and New Jersey in particular, to make payments on requisitions in specie and not in the paper currency issued by the state. Signed as Secretary of the Continental...
GLC06047
1783/10
General Assembly. State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation [with seal] + [docket]
Documenting the Revolutionary War service of four African-American soldiers, Prince Green, Pharoah Hazard, Vaughn Prince and Bristol Rhodes. Hazard served in the 1st RI Reg. Rhodes served with RI troops in 1776 and 1778, and lost a leg at Yorktown...
GLC06067
1784/10
General Assembly. State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation [with seal]
Printed by John Carter. Resolution welcoming Lafayette back to America. Documentation of payment to Gideon Davenport for service by people he enslaved for Rhode Island's Continental battalions (p. 12). With state seal.
GLC06077
1788
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Convention between his most Christian majesty and the United States of America
[Title continued] "For the Purpose of Defining and Establishing the Functions and Privileges of their Respective Consuls and Vice Consuls." Agreement between France and the U.S. With stamp of New Jersey Historical Society. Printed the convention...
GLC06093
16 April 1783
North, Frederick, 1732-1792
to Friedrich Riedesel
Orders Riedesel, the commander of Hessian troops in Canada, to prepare to return to Europe in accordance with the provisional peace treaty made to end the American Revolution. Written at Whitehall.
GLC06635
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