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25 November 1834
Parker, Foxhall Alexander, 1788-1857
to the editors of the Washington Globe
Wants the the Washington Daily Globe sent to him while Congress is in session. Asks him to send the bill to Norfolk where he is stationed.
GLC03479.07
11 August 1845
Crane, W. M., fl. 1845
to C. K. Gardiner
Written in secreterial hand and signed by Crane as a member of the Bureau of Ordinance and Hydrology to Colonel Gardiner as Postmaster of Washington. Asks that Gardiner give the bureau's mail to Mr. McArran, the messenger of the office.
GLC03479.14
13 November 1850
Skinner, Charles William, fl. 1846-1882
to H. Y. Purviance
Written in a secretarial hand and signed by Captain Skinner as the Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair for the Navy Department to Commander Purviance of the "Ontario." References Purviause's communication from 12 November 1850. Asks for a...
GLC03479.16
30 January 1787-1 February 1787
Haskell, Elnathan, 1755-1825
to Lieutenant Colonel Platt
Body of the letter and signatures in the hand of Robert Pemberton, Knox's aide. Document titled, "Extract of a letter from a gentleman of character in General Lincoln's army, to his friend at New York." Addressee may be Richard Platt; identified...
GLC02437.03433
31 January 1787
Shays, Daniel, 1747-1825
to Benjamin Lincoln
Contains two letters. The first, written from Pelham, Massachusetts on 31 January 1787 to General Benjamin Lincoln, is signed by (though not in the hand of) Daniel Shays, along with Francis Stone and Adam Wheeler. The second is Lincoln's reply...
GLC02437.03434
1 February 1787
Eustis, William, 1753-1825
to Henry Jackson
Dr. William Eustis writes that it "amounts almost to a presumption in Major [Elnathan] Haskell & myself" to provide information by letter to Jackson, as "Colo. [William] Hull will carry more in his head than we can possibly crowd into his pocket."...
GLC02437.03438
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
[Letter of address to the town of Granby]
Honored with their application from the day before. Writes that he sympathizes too much with "the distresses of those unhappy men" who have risen against the government not to try to avoid reclaiming them without bloodshed. Has tried to avoid firing...
GLC02437.03439
3 February 1787
Valiniere, Pierre Huet de la, 1732-1806
[Translation of a French letter from Pierre Huet de la Valiniere, Vicar General to Charles Thomson]
Body of the letter in the hand of Robert Pemberton, Knox's aide. Original letter written from "Kaskaskias in the Illinois." Writes that he left New York to go west in May 1786 and has received very few provisions from Congress. Has enclosed a...
GLC02437.03440
4 February 1787
[General Benjamin Lincoln's orders]
General orders which congratulate troops on the successful capture of a large number of insurgents. This document is probably one of the enclosures that accompanied Lincoln's 5 February 1787 letter to Knox (GLC02437.03444).
GLC02437.03442
5 February 1787
Harwood, Hannah, F.U., fl. 1774-1796
to Lucy Knox
Discusses financial arrangements regarding the settlement of the Flucker estate. Is happy Mrs. Knox now seems to believe she acted for the best. Discusses Mr. [James] Webber and Mr. [Thomas] Longman, agents who are working with them to settle debts...
GLC02437.03443
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