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[Request for the delivery of military standards]

Davis signs as Quarter Master General. Possibly based on the order of George Todd, whose name is included. Directed to Sam Gore. Requests "to deliver to Colo Arms or Bearer, 2 Standards for 2 Battalions of Cavalry in the 2 Brigade, 4 Division, in...

GLC01450.718.04

[Receipt for duty paid for a carriage]

Certifies that Lemuel Dunbar paid the yearly duty of one dollar for a two wheeled Chaise carriage. Printed with blanks filled in by hand. Identifies Morton as the collector of revenue for th e 14th collection district of Massachusetts.

GLC01450.718.05

[Receipt for apprehending and holding deserters]

Also signed by Justice of the Peace Dan Humphreys and a lieutenant colonel of the commissary, possibly T.B. Dalbach (partially illegible). Lists expenses owed to Silver pertaining to the apprehension of Richard Galusha and Robert Jackson, who...

GLC01450.718.06

[Reciept for land bought by Nathaniel Hatch]

Reciept for land that Hatch bought from Deering for one hundred and twenty pounds. Also signed three times by Enoch Freeman, justice of the peace.

GLC01450.718.09

[Resolution authorizing the purchase of guns]

Resolution made by the House of Assembly (unnamed state) requesting that the governor purchase two hundred rifles and two artillery pieces for the state militia during the War of 1812. Appropriates funds for the purchase. The order was made by...

GLC01450.718.10

[Order for light infantry member John Howard to appear at the Salem Court House]

Howard was a member of the Salem Light Infantry Company and ordered to appear in uniform on 27 October 1808. Order made under the authority of Samuel G. Derby, captain of the company.

GLC01450.720.03

[Receipt book with forged signatures]

Includes forged signatures of John Adams and John Hancock pasted onto the inside of the front board. Some receipts included are written to Treat & Pico, others to Joshua Pico. Items/services bought and sold include oil, rent of property, schooling...

GLC01450.725

[Watercolor depicting a naval engagement between French and British ships]

Portrays an engagement between the ships La Blanche and La Pare. Shows sailors from both sides engaged in battle and falling into the water. Artist's name is obscured, possibly due to water damage. Other writing on the document is also lost due to...

GLC01450.800

Correspondence with Sally & Henry Bromfield [Decimalized .01- .06]

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GLC01450.803

[Appointment of John Furney as Captain of a company of foot soldiers]

Countersigned by John Willard, Belcher's secretary. Belcher, serving as Royal Governor of Massachusetts, places John Furney in charge of a company of foot soldiers. Raises men in response to Britain's request for Colonial forces to join Major General...

GLC01450.804