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1779/10/25
Brown & Morgan, fl. 1779
[Receipt for tea and sugar]
Attests to receipt of two half chests of tea and one barrel of sugar by Greenbury Dorsey, possibly Greensbury Dorsey (d. 1807) of Huntington County, Pennsylvania.
GLC08696.02
1780/07/14
Hopkins, R., fl. 1780
[Receipt for tea]
Attests to receipt of 179 pounds of tea by Greenbury Dorsey, possibly Greensbury Dorsey (d. 1807) of Huntington County, Pennsylvania. Notes that R. Hopkins was paid $6000.
GLC08696.03
1814/09/18
Fonciu, John, fl. 1814
to Robert M. Patterson [French]
Fonciu, a French officer who had lived in Philadelphia, was Jonathan Williams' chief assistant in the volunteer association of field engineers organized by Philadelphia's Committee of Defence.
GLC02978.14
20 February 1777
Schaack, H.V., fl. 1777
[Receipt for $1040 received from Theodore Sedgwick]
Money paid for the purchase of 1040 bushels of wheat.
GLC01450.232.02
August 1758
Ward, Thomas, 1733-1760
[Notice of a fifteen pound payment to Thomas Arnold, Immanuel Northrup, and Stephen Potter, ordered by the General Assembly of Rhode Island]
States that the payment was ordered at a meeting on 21 August 1758 and to be made from the Rhode Island General Treasury. A note on the verso singed by Northrup indicates he received five pounds on 6 December 1859. Witnessed by Ward as secretary.
GLC01450.244.05
28 June 1847
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
General orders: No. 192
Signed by H.L. Scott. Summary of 32 courts martial.
GLC00911.05
7 December 1847
General orders: No. 367
Signed by H.L. Scott. Discussion of the dress code.
GLC00911.42
25 May 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Certificate]
Certifies that a Captain-Lieutenant [Cornelius] Swartwout received $600 for recruiting. Noted as a copy.
GLC02437.02134
22 June 1790
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
to Henry Knox
Discusses the recent election for senator, in which George Cabot won the seat against Tristram Dalton. Writes that he wished Dalton had won, but "The House were determined to make a change and used every art to effect it... I wish'd for Mr. D to be...
GLC02437.04634
1 December 1790
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Receipt from John]
A bill of $125 from John Webb to Knox for furniture removal from New York City to Philadelphia. Webb signs at the bottom that payment was received in full. Docketed by Henry Knox.
GLC02437.04787
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