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14 September 1775
[Clerical document]
Documents the impressment of the Captain Edward Southwick's Sloop Warren by Captain James Wallace of the Rose, a man of war. Includes a list of unreturned materials, exceeding 50 pounds in value.
GLC01412.20
1776
United States Lottery
[Revolutionary War era United States Continental lottery ticket]
Third class lottery ticket, numbered D5m276, signed by John Mease. Indicates the lottery authorized by a congressional resolution on 18 November 1776. The lottery was established to fund the Revolutionary War. Accompanied by letter about the...
GLC01412.23.01
28 August 1782
Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795
[Certificate of continental service for Peter Mix]
Certifies that Mix served in the "4th Connt Regt" during 1781. Written at "Camp."
GLC01412.27
June 13, 1779
Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806
to Henry Jackson
Written by Major General Gates as commander of the Eastern Department to Colonel Jackson as commander of one of the "16 Additional Continental Regiments" raised at large after December 1776. Each regiment was named for its Colonel, with Jackson's...
GLC01412.29
22 November 1776
Weare, Meshech, 1713-1786
to the keeper of the goal in the county of Hillsborough
Weare signs as Chairman of the New Hampshire Committee of Safety. Prisoner transfer document to the keeper of the jail in Hillsborough County. Includes names of Tory prisoners from New York who were "violently disaffected with the Measures pursuing...
GLC01412.30
15 September 1780
Penhallow, John, 1692-1735
[Privateer document for outfitting ship]
Cosigned by Joshua Wentworth, John Langston, Jacob Treadwell, Nathan Sherburne, Woodbury Langdon, and W. Gardner. Describes the privateers' prize division between parties.
GLC01412.32
30 June 1775
Wentworth, John, 1737-1820
[Marriage certificate for officer and wife]
Partially printed marriage certificate signed by Wentworth as "Captain-General, Governor and Commander in Chief" over the Colony of New Hampshire. For the marriage of Colonel Jonathan Titcomb and Sarah Stedman. Numbered 335. The docket says they were...
GLC01412.33
November 7, 1781
Alexander, William, 1726-1783
to all concerned
Signs as Major General. Requests that commissaries in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts supply provisions to Major Scott and his recruits while on recruiting service.
GLC01412.34
18 November 1780
McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786
[Order of arrest for Benjamin Stevens]
General McDougall orders the arrest of Stevens for his refusal to deliver provisions to the hospital waggoner. He is also ordered to be arrested because his previous receipts for the hospital were for indefinite quantities. Docketed "arrested by a...
GLC01412.35
14 July 1774
Carleton, Guy, 1724-1808
[Document to supply clothing for troops]
Witnessed by Doubleday and another illegible signature. Carleton appoints Alexander Adair and Henry Bullock of Charing Cross as his attorneys to contract for the clothing provided for Carleton's 47th Regiment of Foot. Document sealed with Carleton's...
GLC01412.36
December 8, 1775
Ward, Henry, 1732-1797
to his sisters
Writes that he has begun taking garlic and honey for health. Also writes that some supplies had come in including gun powder, muskets, wine, brandy, and coffee. States that he is concerned by the lack of interest among the troops in Cambridge....
GLC01412.37
11 April 1777
Percy, Hugh, 1742-1817
[Pass signed for Colonel Wightman]
Written by British Lieutenant General Percy as commander in Rhode Island. Pass allowing Colonel George Wightman "& such Persons as he shall take with him" to go to Narraganset Shore by the way of Connecticut, having obtained leave for that purpose...
GLC01412.38
July 18, 1780
Paine, Thomas, 1725-1802
to Samuel Adams
Paine sympathizes with Dr. Adams' loss of his son and attempts to console his friend. Complains of a lack of support for the state from the people. Feels that a good militia will never exist while the people choose their officers. States that he is...
GLC01412.39
13 May 1775
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807
[Order of payment to Israel Putnam]
Countersigned by Isreal Putnam, of Bunker Hill fame, on verso. Cosigned by William Pitkin, Thomas Seymour (who was mayor of Hartford from 1774-1812), and Oliver Ellsworth (when this was signed he was a member of the Connecticut legislature and later...
GLC01412.40
April 17, 1777
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821
to Richard Caswell
Boudinot, as Commissary General of Prisoners, asks North Carolina Governor Caswell to send a return on expenses, disbursements, vouchers and other statistics on prisoners in the state to balance accounts so that prisoner exchanges with General Sir...
GLC01412.41
29 May 1781
Stark, John, 1728-1822
[Charges to the confiscated estate of John Stinson, Jr.]
Countersigned by Jeremiah Page, Justice of the Peace of Dunbarton, New Hampshire, on verso. Bill written by Brigadier General Stark of New Hampshire. A conspicuous war hero, Stark served gallantly at Bunker Hill, Trenton, and Bennington and commanded...
GLC01412.42
January 15, 1779
Lewis, Morgan, 1754-1844
to Isaac Goes
Lewis, an American officer, discusses with Major Goes the purchase of oars, poles and paddles. Includes specific instructions on the amount to purchase and what types. Asks that Goes get at least half of the supplies ready by the first of April.
GLC01412.43
12 December 1779
Van Cortlandt, Philip, 1749-1831
[Return muster roll for the New York brigade]
Return of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the New York Brigade of foot commanded by James Clinton. Includes terms of service of those engaged for the period 1780-1782.
GLC01412.44
27 July 1778
Sullivan, James, 1744-1808
[Appointment & bond of Tristram Jordan]
Co-signed by Rishworth Jordan, Thomas Cutts, and Tristram Jordan. Witnessed by Sullivan and Elisha Allen. States that Tristram Jordan, Cutts, and Rishworth Jordan are bound to Henry Gardner Esq. (treasurer of the state of Massachusetts) for the...
GLC01412.45
08 December 1877
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Frank Doyle].
GLC01130.01
30 April 1877
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of John Smith].
GLC01130.02
25 January 1879
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of George W. Epley].
GLC01130.03
May 20, 1842
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
to Elisha R. Potter
Written at the height of the Dorr controversy, when Thomas W. Dorr's followers who wanted to put a new Rhode Island state constitution in place to expand suffrage, illegally elected Dorr the governor. Tyler explains his response to the affair, his...
GLC01131
6 December 1927
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
Message of the President... to the two Houses of Congress...
State of the Union address, signed by Coolidge at the conclusion.
GLC01132
January 21, 1776
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to Jonathan Trumbull
Written by Washington as commander of the American army around Boston to Trumbull as Governor of Connecticut. Trumbull was the only colonial governor to join the patriot cause. References his hasty dispatch of 19 January 1776. Says he forgot to...
GLC01138
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