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13 June 1777
[Permission for George Hazard]
Permits George Hazzard to pass Fort Trumbull to Fisher's island. Made out to "The Commandg Officer att Fort Trumbull."
GLC01450.203
15 May 1777
Drury, Jotham, 1741-1831
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Verifies that Reuben Jager and William Crow enlisted in Drury's artillery company in colonel Crane's regiment. States that both men are "foreners from Irland." Both men were reported as foreigners in other official documents. Jager's name spelled...
GLC01450.204.01
22 June 1702
Leonard, Thomas, fl. 1702
Moorey v. Jonah Simon
Justice of the Peace Leonard orders the sheriff of Bristol to attach the goods and person of Jonah Simon. Simon had failed to reimburse Nicholas Moorey 35 shillings for care he rendered to Simon when Simon was sick. Written in the margin of the...
GLC01450.204.03
5 January 1778
Ivers, Thomas, ?-1800
[Receipt for firearms]
States that he recieved fifteen pounds eleven schillings from Colonel Cogswell "for the use and damage of 58 Fire arms & Bayonetts." Written from the "War Office."
GLC01450.205.01
[Receipt for goods on the Brig Sally]
Lists porter, playing cards, and sugar.
GLC01450.205.02
25 November 1776
Wilson, Nathaniel, fl. 1776
[Order to attend a meeting]
Orders the recipient to "repair to the parade by the meeting house" at the specified time and date, in accordance with an act of the General Court. Document co-signed by John Waite and John Johnson. The three men sign as the Selectmen of Falmouth.
GLC01450.207
6 May 1776
Cooke, Nicholas, 1717-1782
[Appointment of John Fiske]
Partially Printed document signed by Cooke as Governor of Rhode Island. Co-signed by Secretary Henry Ward. John Fiske was named a Major in the Second Regiment of militia from the county of Providence. Embossed paper seal with the symbol of Rhode...
GLC01450.209.01
5 July 1778
Eames, Daniel, fl. 1778
[Return for men detached from Captain Daniel Eames's Company]
Created in Hopkington (possibly Hopkinton, Massachusetts). Indicates that men were detached from Eames's Company to serve in Colonel Samuel Bullard's Regiment "to Reinforce the Continental Armey untill the first January next." Lists the names of...
GLC01450.215.01
1 April 1776
Morse, David, 1756-1830
[Request to pay bearer for military service during the American Revolution]
Asks for pay for one month and ten days of enlistment. Signed on the verso by David's father, Pelatiah Morse, who was possibly the bearer.
GLC01450.215.02
1776
Hall & Sellers
[One third of a dollar, No. 307773]
Partly printed document signed by J. Sellers, of Hall & Sellers, Philadelphia printers. The front indicates the money was printed according to a resolution of the Continental Congress passed 17 February 1776. Underneath an icon of a sundial appears...
GLC01450.215.03
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