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1779-1781
Leavitt, Jacob, 1740-1826
[Receipt book]
Leavitt records transactions for mugs of drink, tea, rum, wine, meal sugar, chocolate, milk, eggs, and other goods. Leavitt calls this manuscript a day book.
GLC01450.611
14 October 1709
Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720
[Petition to Queen Anne and account for planned expedition to Canada]
A petition to Quen Anne for an expedition to Canada signed by Joseph Dudley, G. Saltonstall, Samuel Cranston, Samuel Vetch, Micholson.
GLC01450.612.01
28 January 1777
Robb, Robert, fl. 1777
[Oath by a loyalist parolee during the American Revolution]
Witnessed by George Cochran and William Lyon, a member of the Pennsylvania committee of safety. The oath of a loyalist named Robert Robb pledges non-aggression and loyalty to the cause of the United States. The second page is a bond holding the...
GLC01450.615
28 July 1780
Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790
[Appointment of Lieutenant Zibeon Hooker]
Document names Zibeon Hooker as a lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment of Foot, in one of the fifteen battalions raised in Massachusetts to serve in the Continental Army under Colonel Rufus Putnam. Signed by John Avery, Secretary of State of...
GLC01450.616.01
1 January 1776
Whitcomb, Asa, 1719-1804
[Appointment of Zibeon Hooker as sergeant]
Appoints Zibeon Hooker a first sergeant in the "Sixth Regiment of the Foot in the Continental Army." Signed by Whitcomb as Colonel in the Continental Army. Partially printed.
GLC01450.616.02
1771/07/27
Prevost, Augustine, 1744-1821
[Bond signed by British officer]
Countersigned by Jonathan Cowdney and Cary Ludlow. Certifies that Prevost will pay to Anne Devisme of Paramus New Jersey, 273 pounds, 5 shilling and 6 pence. Autograph note on second page signed by Anne De Visme and dated 12 November 1792 states...
GLC01450.622.01
1796
An Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the War (French Revolution)
Signed by Augustin Prevost. Title continues: by an officer of the guards, in two volumes, comprising of the campaigns of 1793, 1794 and the retreat through Holland to Westphalia in 1795. This is volume 1. Color engraving of a Hungarian foot...
GLC01450.622.03
1781, 1862
Appointment of Stephen Griffin and print of George Clinton [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC01450.623
May 1793
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
The Offices of the Massachusetts Line
This document is a May 1793 account signed by Treasurer Henry Jackson with lists of payments to and from "The Officers of the Massachusetts Line". Along with this document is a note citing a payment of 214 dollars, "subscribed by a number of officers...
GLC01450.627.01.01
1783/11/12
Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810
to Colonel Fowler
Carrington, the treasurer of the recently formed Society of Cincinnati of Virginia, certifies that two officers have paid membership dues of one month's pay. The interest from the dues went to Cincinnati and their families who were in financial...
GLC01450.627.02
1778
Goodwin, Nathaniel, 1748-1819
[Diary kept in "Bickerstaff's New-England Almanack"]
Goodwin, a Major in Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, writes "while at Boston" across the title page of the almanac. Includes entries from other locations. Contains 22 pages of printed text, 7 pages of handwritten text. Relates traveling to...
GLC01450.629
1775-1776
Correspondence related to Melzar Cudworth, an impressed seaman [Decimalized .01-.05]
GLC01450.630
1785-1787
Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811
[Defense of the Society of Cincinnati's policy of hereditary membership]
Rodney decries alarmists who condemn the Society of Cincinnati for creating an American aristocracy: "Such an Aristocracy as this founded on Meritorious Service to their country, I wish to see our Community ever blest with."
GLC01450.631
13 March 1758
Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
[Commission for Gamaliel Bradford to serve as Captain of a Company raised to aid in the British invasion of Canada]
Pownall, Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, commissions Bradford to lead a Company of soldiers in a regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Doty during the 1758 British invasion of French Canada.
GLC01450.650
1760/03/31
Delancey, James, 1703-1760
to James Clinton, re: enlisting troops to attack Canada
Signed as Lieutenant Gov. of New York.
GLC01450.653
circa 1783
Certificate of discharge for Jonathan Mury and anchor button [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC01450.655
1 April 1813
Snyder, Simon, 1759-1819
[Copy of an act to suspend the opening of certain streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the War of 1812]
Suspends an act issued on 1 April 1811 authorizing the opening of streets through the Navy Yard in the Philadelphia districts of Moyamensing and Passyunk. The suspension will last for either six years or until the construction of war ships for the...
GLC01450.700
1 July 1808
Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844
[License for William Dehone to sell goods in Boston, Massachusetts].
Also signed by Charles Bulfinch, William Porter, Eben Oliver, Joseph Foster, and Nathan Webb, all serving as the selectmen of Boston. The license was good for one year, and made in accordance with a June 1795 act of the General Court giving...
GLC01450.701
1840
Columbia, Land of Liberty
Sheet music for the song "Columbia, Land of Liberty." Provides the musical score and three verses of lyrics.
GLC01450.704
24 August 1789
Bancker, Evert, fl. 1734-1789
Regulation of Catharine Street, from the Bowry Road to the south side of William Street
Continues "Done by order of the Corporation of New York August 24th 1789. By Casimir Goerey, Evert Bancker, City Surveyors." Includes the descent of the street every ten feet.
GLC01450.710
circa 1803-1809
Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824
Black Walnut Gun Stocks
Printed document under Tench Coxe's name, but unsigned. This request for contractor proposals to supply black walnut gun stocks to the government was issued by Coxe as Purveyor of Public Supplies, an office he held 1803-1812. Asks that proposals...
GLC01450.713
circa 1788-1813
Goodwin, N., fl. 1811
[Document regarding Massachusetts militia]
Signed by Benjamin Warren, per orders of Brigadier General Nathaniel (Goodwin), who served as a General in the War of 1812. Contains the printed name of William Donnison, who served as Adjutant General and Inspector General of Massachusetts 1788...
GLC01450.714
1842/11/12
Chamber, John, fl. 1842
to Barton J. David re: accounting for flour to Iowa Indians
Governor of Iowa and Indian agent. Signed as Superintendent of Indian Affairs
GLC01450.715
1812
Collection of two items mentioning William H. Harrison [Decimalized .01- .02]
GLC01450.716
8 September 1819
Davis, Amasa, 1744-1825
[Request for the delivery of military standards]
Davis signs as Quarter Master General. Possibly based on the order of George Todd, whose name is included. Directed to Sam Gore. Requests "to deliver to Colo Arms or Bearer, 2 Standards for 2 Battalions of Cavalry in the 2 Brigade, 4 Division, in...
GLC01450.718.04
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