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6 May 1778
Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785
[Account information 1774-1778]
Trumbull signs as Governor of Connecticut, a post at which he served 1776-1784. Possibly a naval account for the state of Connecticut.
GLC01450.137
15 June 1775
[Docket: Proportion of stores destroyed]
Only the docket.
GLC01450.141
20 July 1780
Truxton, Thomas, fl. 1780
[Revolutionary War exchange note drawn on France]
GLC01450.142
1777-1790
John Ely collection of miscellaneous documents mostly receipts [Decimalized.01-.22]
Collection of various papers from John Ely, Revolutionary war colonel. Mostly receipts. Some documents mention prisoners.
GLC01450.143
18 July 1776
Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790
[Massachusetts Bay treasury document]
Partly printed document. Signed by Secretary Jonathan Avery and sent to Treasurer Henry Gardner. Also signed by members of the Council Chamber. The more prominent officials on the list include: future Massachusetts Governor James Bowdoin...
GLC01450.147
29 November 1776
Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800
[Massachusetts Bay treausury document]
Partly printed document. Signed by Secretary John Avery to Treasurer Henry Gardner. Also signed by 15 members of the Council Chamber. Directs the treasurer to pay 50 pounds to Edward Cutt, commissary, for provisions for the troops stationed at...
GLC01450.148
13 August 1856
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
to the Senate
Based on a report from Captain M.C. Meigs, Pierce requests that the Senate appropriate $750,000 for "the Capitol extension."
GLC01188
April 30, 1808
Madison, James, 1751-1836
to William Pinkney
Discusses congressional proceedings, foreign affairs, the Chesapeake affair, British and French aggression, and the Embargo Act of 1807. A portion of the letter has been written in code and is translated in another hand. Signed as Secretary of...
GLC01191
18 May 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Lincoln endorsement on letter concerning the remains of Captain W. G. Hewins]
Lincoln note written on a letter by the Governor of Massachusetts, John A. Andrew, dated 13 May 1863 from Boston. The letter is addressed to "All Officers in Command, of the United States, or of Volunteers," asking that Mr. Gibbs, who is bringing...
GLC01195
October 26, 1879
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
to Emily Collins
Offers his home as a place to stay during her attendance at the eleventh annual meeting of the American Woman Suffrage Association, to be held in District of Columbia in early January 1880. Emily Parmely Collins worked for women's rights in New York...
GLC01197
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