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24-29 August 1779
Boston, Sileas, fl. 1779
[Receipt for victuals]
Signed by many other men of various brigs returning from the Penobscot expedition certifying that they received breakfast or dinner at Thaddeus Broad's.
GLC01450.081
1 July 1779
[Printed articles of agreement for schooner Unity]
Partially printed agreement between Joseph Bubiere, the master, the men of the Schooner Unity, and the state of Massachusetts binding the schooner as a transport vessel going to Penobscot from Boston.
GLC01450.082
circa July-August 1779
Marston, Brackett, 1747-1781
[Receipt for payment of food for sailors]
Receipt listing ships, how many men on each, and the quantity of bread for each. Mentions privateer ships the Black Prince, the Warren, the Hazard, etc. There is a note at the bottom of the page signed by Marston stating he received 135 pounds in...
GLC01450.083
6 May 1782
Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792
[Appointment of Robert Nicholson Richey]
Appoints Richey as master of the ship Shrewsbury. Dated on board the ship Formidable. On reverse is a note dated 2 June 1782 signed by Samuel Wallis allowing Richey to be paid for his time served as master of the ship. Rodney was a British Vice...
GLC01450.084
1777/09/27
[Collection of two items] [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC01450.085
22 April 1780
Lansingh, Jeremiah, 1754-1817
Brigade orders
General Abraham Ten Broeck's orders signed by Lansing as Major Brigade. States that since the enemy is in the northern and western frontier, it is necessary for part of the brigade to take action. Informs that the General has ordered one eighth of...
GLC01450.087
circa 1770s
[List of Captain Timothy Goodwin's company]
List of men belonging to the trainband in the Second Company in York under Captain Goodwin.
GLC01450.092
14 April 1783
Lewis, F., fl. 1783
to Mr. Carpenter
Requests that 20 barrels of corn be delivered to his waggoner. Discusses hauling flour to Fredericksburg. Note on reverse signed by William Carpenter certifies that he filled the order.
GLC01450.093
1778
Lyon, Samuel, fl. 1778
[Signed five dollar Continental bill, no. 173421]
Five dollar United States currency note worth "five Spanish milled dollars or the value thereof in gold or silver." Cosigned by Robert A. Roberts, and numbered 173421, probably in his hand. Reverse states it was printed by Hall and Sellers.
GLC01450.094
1 August 1778
Woodberry, Stephen, fl. 1778
[Roll of Ipswich men receiving payment for service at Providence, Rhode Island]
Signed by many other men. Acknowledges the receipt of nine pounds each from the selectmen of Ipswich in partial pay for serving in the six weeks campaign at Providence, Rhode Island under Captain Robert Dodge.
GLC01450.095.01
3 October 1781
Dodge, Robert, fl. 1781
[Promissory note for John Dodge]
Certifies that he promises to pay John Dodge twenty dollars silver on behalf of the town each month until John is discharged. Note on reverse signed by John Dodge and dated 3 May 1782 states he received the amount in full.
GLC01450.095.02
21 May 1777
Lane, Daniel, 1740-1811
[Continental Army bounty]
Lane signed as Captain. Certifies that he has received a bounty of 24 pounds from Benjamin Randall for each man from Stoughtonham, Massachusetts who served in the army for three years. Lists the names of the men.
GLC01450.097
10 November 1776
De Vernejoul, Jean Louis, fl. 1776-1789
[Receipt for Rations for French officer]
Receipt for four pounds seventeen schillings and three pence due to Captain Jean Louis de Vernejoul for his rations. Covers fifty-two days worth of rations at three rations a day. Signed by de Vernejoul as "Capt Des Etas Unis."
GLC01450.099
14 May 1777
Carpenter, Jonathan, fl. 1777
[Mount Independence muster roll]
A list of Captain Davis Howlitt's company in Colonel John Ashley's First Berkshire regiment.
GLC01450.100
1799
Marchant, Henry, 1741-1796
Collection of two letters to Joseph Clarke [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC01450.104
12 October 1775
Cox, Joseph, fl. 1775
[Promissory note]
Promises to pay Janus Judah 28 pounds, six shillings, and nine pence with interest.
GLC01450.107
15 February 1775
Speakman, Gilbert Warner, fl. 1771-1780
[Certification for enlistment in Continental service]
Certifies that Silas Sewan enlisted into Continental service for one year under Speakman.
GLC01450.108
8 October 1778
Myllys, George, fl. 1778
[State of Connecticut resolution]
Resolves that anyone possessing 10 pound notes issued by the Treasury December 1776 will receive six [unknown monetary unit abbreviation] per year starting June 1778 until paid. Myllys signed as Treasurer.
GLC01450.112
8 December 1779
[Invoice for rice shipped on Brig Fox]
Invoice and bill of lading lists 254 whole and 91 half barrels of rice shipped by A. Livingston on account of the United States. The Brigantine Fox was a Continental Transport ship, commanded by Owen Folger.
GLC01450.113
circa 1776
[Muster roll of first foot company from Dighton]
Lists officers and soldiers.
GLC01450.118
16 January 1776
[Captain Wright's muster roll] [incomplete]
Lists men's names, rations, and service. Missing upper left corner of page and lower right quadrant of the page.
GLC01450.119
Muster roll
Lists men's names, rank, enlistment date, and distance traveled. Simon Edgel listed as Captain.
GLC01450.120
circa 1777
[Account of rations and pay for Captain Humphrey's Company]
Lists the costs for pay, rations, mileage, etc. for the company.
GLC01450.121
1777
[List of officers of Colonel Samuel McClellan's regiment]
Lists officers and their place of residence.
GLC01450.122
16 August 1776
[Account of men left sick from the 17th regiment of Captain Ebenezer Bissell's company]
Lists the men left sick along the road or at Roxbury Hospital when the regiment marched for New York 5 July 1776. Also lists expenses.
GLC01450.123
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