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1778/02/03
United States. Continental Congress.
Act: re: requiring officers to take oath of office
Signed in type by Charles Thomson. Prints the oath to be taken and describes the circumstances for taking the oath.
GLC01184
1777
Chapin, Ephraim, 1745-1812
[Pay roll for Captain Ephraim Chapin's Company]
Also signed by William Pynchon, who attests to the validity of this pay roll. Includes names, dates of engagement and discharge, rank, and amount of pay per soldier.
GLC01412.64.11
1780
Little, William, fl. 1780-1786
[Little's account of refreshments delivered]
Records refreshments delivered to Lamb's (possibly Colonel John Lamb's) regiment of artillery, Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin's regiment of artificers, Livingston (possibly James Livingston's) regiment of infantry, a corps of sappers and miners, and...
GLC01450.806
1773/10/09
Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780
A Proclamation for proroguing the General Court (Massachusetts Bay)
Printed by Richard Draper. With calculations on the verso.
GLC01872
14 February 1783
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
[Announcing the armistice between the United States and Great Britain]
Announcing the armistice between the United States and Great Britain. Printed by Charles Eyre & William Strahan. Full title: "A Proclamation, declaring cessation of arms, as well by sea as Land, agreed upon between his magesty, the most christian...
GLC01731
15 February 1779
Howe, Robert, 1732-1786
to John F. Grimké
Written by Major General Howe as Commander of the Southern Department after the defeat at Savannah, Georgia that led to his court martial (he was later exonerated). To Lieutenant Colonel Grimkie as Deputy Adjunct General for South Carolina and...
GLC01764
circa 1945
Tojo, Hideki, 1884-1948
[10 Yen note]
Signed in Kanji (Japanese) and Roman.
GLC01684.01
1783/04/12
Proclamation of Peace [Printed by John Hayes]
Tall, narrow broadside dated from Baltimore, April 12. "1783" has been added in roughly contemporary ink. A docket on verso has been obscured by age and modern restoration (possibly including bleaching). Apparently, the only recorded copy of the...
GLC02122
10 June 1776
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
[Resolution to equalize pay of troops]
Resolution of Congress to equalize pay of the troops in the Middle Department with that of those in the Eastern Department. Passed by the Continental Congress in response to George Washington's 8 June 1776 letter stating that Congress had intended...
GLC00782.07
11 September 1777
[Commission of Martin Eichelberger as first lieutenant].
Cosigned by Charles Thompson.
GLC00782.05
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