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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
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