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14 August 1777
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
[Appointment of Samuel Nicholson as Commander of Frigate Deane]
Signed by Hancock as President of the Countersigned by Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress.
GLC01450.001
24 December 1779
Jay, John, 1745-1829
[Appointment of John Wheelwright as Commander of the privateer ship The Neptune]
Countersigned by Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, and John Avery.
GLC01450.002
1776
Simmons, Peleg, fl. 1776
[Orderly book of Peleg Simmons]
Daily orders for troops at Middletown and Newport, Rhode Island. Reports on soldiers' and officers' duties, troop movements, court martials, provisions, uniforms, armaments, soldiers' appearance, and general announcements to the troops at camp....
GLC01450.003
July 1776 - 9 December 1777
Tilden, Ezra, 1751-1819
[Diary of Ezra Tilden]
Provides a detailed day by day account of Tilden's march through New York during the Revolutionary War. Writes extensively about daily duties, poor rations, hunger, hardships along the march, sickness and death amongst the soldiers, and the...
GLC01450.004
19 July 1776 - circa 1830
Marshall, Thomas, fl. 1776
[Castle Island orderly book]
Entries also written by Gamaliel Bradford as Lieutenant Colonel, and Jonathan Carver. Reports on daily orders for the Boston Regiment of Militia stationed at Castle Island, in the Boston Harbor, commanded by Colonel Marshall. Mentions everyday life...
GLC01450.005.01
1 May 1776
Lowell, John, 1743-1802
[Commission of Thomas Marshall as Colonel of the Boston Regiment of Militia]
Signed by 15 other members of the Council of the Massachusetts Bay.
GLC01450.005.02
1775-1823
[Lovett family business accounts] [Decimalized .01-.33]
GLC01450.006
1779 -1781
Lovett, John, 1743-1792
[John Lovett account book of ships and prizes]
Documents the name, sailing date, and captain of ships and schooners, and details the goods these ships brought back to Lovett. Lovett was a ship merchant and captain in Beverly, Massachusetts. During the Revolutionary War privateering ships...
GLC01450.006.01
December 1, 1806
Leach, Nathan, fl. 1806
[Statement of captors' shares from the privateer ship Pilgrim]
Statement signed by the owners of shares of the proceeds captured on the ship Pilgrim's first cruise. Total of 39 signatures, Leach being the first. Documents that privateer Hugh Hill was the captain, and that the ship was in the agency of John...
GLC01450.006.02
July 2, 1783
[Lovett family account and ledger book]
Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Note on last page signed by Jeremiah and Ezra Lovett, 2 July...
GLC01450.006.03
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