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1793
Collection of three coins
1 metal, 1 cent coin, 1/2 cent coin. 1 cent coin is known as a flowing hair, wreath penny from 1793, the second US coin minted.
GLC01999.02
1 January 1776
Newell, Eliphalet, 1735-?
[A Return of Goods drawn out of the Continental Store for Capt. Eliphalet Newell's Company in Col. Henry Knox's Regiment]
Invoice of goods, listing only when goods were drawn by Colonel William Burbeck's orders in December 1774 ("1774" likely written in error for "1775").
GLC02437.00227
13 December 1775
Livingston, Walter, 1740-1797
to Henry Knox
Recommends distributing the horses over more sleighs in order to transport the artillery. Knox was then on a mission to bring British artillery pieces captured from the British earlier that year at Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts....
GLC02437.00228
1775
Waldo, Jonathon, fl. 1721-1779
to William Knox
Brief note pertaining to items Waldo had obtained or attempted to obtain for Knox. Closes with "As I was in the Beginning so I now am and ever shall be."
GLC02437.00229
Thanks Knox for so often obliging him. Reports that Mr. Oliver, possibly Andrew Oliver, will pay Knox for the gun he got for Waldo (see GLC02437.00190 and GLC02437.00194). Assures him that Knox's requests are foremost on his mind. Expresses his...
GLC02437.00230
circa 1775-1776
[Plan for setting fire to British ships in Boston Harbor]
Affirms the practicability of laying siege to Boston Harbor, landing soldiers in the town of Boston, and setting fire to British shipping. Provides a lengthy list of military preparations and plans for the siege, For a map of the plans see GLC02437...
GLC02437.00231
[Battle plan for the siege of Boston Harbor]
Mapped battle plan for an American siege of Boston Harbor. Shows boats and some major geographic markers. For written plans see GLC02437.00231.
GLC02437.00232
[Description of an impregnable floating engine]
Provides both a drawn and written explanation of the design of a vessel "constructed to destroy Barges, Tenders, Ships, Towns, Castles, & Magazines." Made of iron and wood, the vessel has an octangular design "in order to annoy the Enemy upon all...
GLC02437.00233
[Plans for siege of Boston Harbor][incomplete]
Discusses an oil fire at Nantucket, raises questions about plans to use an oil fire to destroy British ships in the Boston Harbour, and suggests making "an experiment on some small pond." A fragment from the middle of a document. For more on the...
GLC02437.00234
Invoice of goods, listing quantities drawn by various officers in December 1775.
GLC02437.00235
4 January 1776
[Resolution on the election of military officers by Congress]
Resolution pertaining to when more than one person is elected to the same rank on the same day. Notes that the Congress then went on to elect field officers for the battalion ordered to be raised in Pennsylvania. Another note indicates that this...
GLC02437.00236
1749/10/24
Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749
Deed
Deed transferring to eldest son and heir Robert Livingston Jr. (?) share of 100 acres of land at Salisbury, CT Executors of estate of Philip Livingston: Catherine Livingston, Peter van Brugh Livingston, John Livingston, Philip...
GLC03107.05448
1749/10/25
Deed transferring to eldest son and heir Robert Livingston Jr. (?) share of the iron ore bed at Salisbury, CT Executors of estate of Philip Livingston: Catherine Livingston, Peter van Brugh Livingston, John Livingston, Philip...
GLC03107.05449
1752/06/01
Livingston, Robert Jr., 1688-1775
Indenture
Indenture for lease of a farm to Corneli[u]s Brusie Partially printed
GLC03107.05450
1758/06/22
Harvey, Joel, fl. 1749-1758
Indenture for lease of land to Robert Livingston, Jr. Lot rented was in "the oblong, or Equivaent Lands, lately surrendered by the Colony of Connecticut, to the Colony of New York."
GLC03107.05451
1759/01/16
Handwritten copy of an indenture for lease of a farm to William Livingston From docket: "Copy of a lease given Br[other] William [Livingston] to inable him to represent the mannor in General Assembly"
GLC03107.05452
1760/03/19
Indenture for John Peter Lowery
Indenture for lease of a farm to John Peter Lowry
GLC03107.05453
1763/09/06
Mortgage on land purchased
Mortgage on land purchased from Benjamin John (also signed by him)
Lot sold was in "the Oblong or Equivalent Lands surrendered by the Colony of Connecticut to the Colony of New York."
GLC03107.05454
1764/04/12
Indenture for lease of a farm to Johan Coenrat Meyer
GLC03107.05455
1765/10/23
Indenture for lease of a farm to Lucius Reynolds
GLC03107.05456
1769/04/14
Indenture for lease of a farm to William Lowry
GLC03107.05457
1770/02/01
Indenture for lease of a farm to Johannis Rosman
GLC03107.05458
1770/02/28
Indenture for lease of a farm to Adam Shuts
GLC03107.05459
1771/02/13
Indenture for lease of a farm to Angus MacDuffie
GLC03107.05460
1771/03/02
Indenture for lease of a farm to Jacob Cillmer [or Kilmor]
GLC03107.05461
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