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to Joseph Otis

Cudworth, impressed on board H. M. S. Asia, writes to Otis, his friend in Boston. States that on 14 March, he was impressed on the H. M. S. Livley, at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Relates that he was on the Livley until the 24 March, when he was...

GLC01450.630.02

to Tench Coxe

Written by Thomas French, Phineas Blake, and Adam Kinsley, heads of the gun firm French, Blake & Kinsley. Sends duplicate receipts for four hundred muskets purchased.

GLC01450.709

to Abiel Wood

The top half of the first page records three diary-like entries for 16-18 June 1813. They discuss the weather, farming, and local naval activities in the War of 1812, including reports of "a heavy cannonading." The bottom half takes the form of a...

GLC01450.711

to his cousin

He received his cousin's paper, but has not written earlier because his studies, at Brown University, have kept him busy. Reports of a local stable fire in which eight of sixty horses died and nearly all their carriages were destroyed. Two days...

GLC01450.712.01

to his cousin

Describes Class Day at Brown University and an upcoming event called Whately Burial, in which juniors carry a coffin through the streets containing one of their textbooks, Whately's Logic. Comments on last year's Whately Burial and getting caught in...

GLC01450.712.02

French Revolution request for payment dated 13. Vendemiaire

GLC01450.718.01

to J. T. Churm and others in the 17th regiment of infantry

Discusses the case of Lieutenant Joseph Duncan, who was transferred from the 17th to the 19th regiment. Details on the case are not given, although it appears to concern Duncan's rank. Parker expresses that the secretary of war does not see "any...

GLC01450.718.07

to Christopher P. Bellinger

Near the beginning of the War of 1812, advises Colonel Bellinger that they should be more prepared before they attack the vessels Bellinger mentioned previously. Concludes with an exhortation: "Let us do my dear Coll. what our Country expects of us...

GLC01450.718.08

to his parents

Writes about finding work for $15 per month and staying with two professors of religion, possibly at Middlebury College. Asks to be sent clothes and several other things and seeks news, mostly regarding farming related activities. Comments on the...

GLC01450.719.01

to John P. Addams

Wishes her brother success in his determined effort to "preach the Gospel to the poor" and relays family news. Comments on the soldiers quartering on their farm during the War of 1812, and the damage they caused and paid for. Discusses...

GLC01450.719.02