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31 May 1781
Morgan, Ephraim, fl. 1776-1783
[Receipt for 1410 pounds of flour]
Morgan, the Quartermaster for the Connecticut line during the American Revolution, notes his receipt of the flour "for the use of the Connt Division."
GLC01450.412.03
9 November 1784
Mitchell, Thomas, fl. 1781
[Receipt for corn and rye for Nathan Barber, a wagoner]
Mitchell, an assistant deputy quarter master, asks Jacob Benson for five bushels of corn and three of rye for the New Hampshire line. Nathan Barber, the wagoner, signed as "Waginer" noting his receipt of the items from Benson on the verso.
GLC01450.412.04
5 September 1777
Helme, R.J., fl. 1768-1778
[Order to pay Timothy Coffin 103 pounds, 11 shillings]
Witnessed and signed by Helm as clerk. Ordered by the Rhode Island Council of War so that Coffin could pay the portage bill of the Sloop Diamond for a voyage to South Carolina. A note signed by Coffin on the verso attests to his receipt. Surname...
GLC01450.412.05
6 September 1777
Spear, Gersham, fl. 1777
[Receipt for 200 barrel hoops]
Needed for the making of powder barrels during the American Revolution, priced at six shillings per hundred hoops. With a signed (with a mark) note indicating Thomas Frace received the hoops from the commissary, Samuel Hodgdon.
GLC01450.412.10
1756/03/03
Anson, George, fl. 1755-1756
British impressment order to Capt Powlett, signed as Lord High Admiral
Countersigned by John Cleveland.
GLC01450.412.13
13 November 1782
Drake, William, fl. 1782
[Private signals for British vessels to identify one another at sea by day and night]
Provides very specific instructions for identification procedures. Written on board the H.M.S. Perseus. Written to Captain George Darby, commander of the sloop Pylades. Based on the command of Admiral Leonard Horner.
GLC01450.412.16
1 March 1782
Massachusetts House of Representatives
[Printed resolution of recruitment schedule]
1,500 men are needed for the "Massachusetts Line." Lists quota required from each town. Also resolves that a tax will be imposed if these quotas are not met. A few handwritten calculations in the margins.
[Pages 1-4 are present, but the document...
GLC01450.430
30 January 1715
Tailer, William, fl. 1715
[Appointment of Peter Adams, gent., as ensign in the militia company whereof Edmund Quincey is captain]
Countersigned by Woodward. Date is possibly in old style. Partially printed document. Signed as Lieutenant Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
GLC01450.433
23 February 1764
Hathaway, Simon, fl. 1764
[Land survey of a 69 acre plot beside the road between Rochester, Massachusetts and Waveham, Massachusetts, and a narrative explanation]
Includes the names of the surveyors: Isaiah Hatch, Joseph Haskell, and [illegible]. Narrative explanation details the owners of various parts of the plot. Hand drawn map includes distances and environmental boundary markers. Docketed on reverse as...
GLC01450.434
23 July 1777
Clapp, Jonathan, ?-1815
[Return of Major Jonathan Clapp's Regiment]
Docketed 19 March 1779 by David Lyman. Lyman states that Captain [Hampten?] is to pay John Lyman $50, and to charge the sum to David Lyman. Contains several other dockets, notes, and mathematical figures on verso.
GLC01450.435.01
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