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[Copy of a report of a meeting to choose a surveyor].

Hathaway clerically signs for Richard Borden, John Akin, William Wood, Jacob Barker, and Isaac Smith. Benjamin Hammond is to lay out the general divisions of the uplands. John Akin is to assist him. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of...

GLC02924.031

Pardon of J. Walton Hopkins, convicted of counterfeiting.

Convicted of passing counterfeit coin. Pardoned after request from the jury and district attorney. (c/s W.S. Derrick) Pardon is framed with picture of President Fillmore.

GLC01986

[Recommendation of a leave of absence for Captain Benton]

Colonel Butler recommends Benton, of the First Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09645

[List of salaries for the Department of War]

Lists the salaries of the members of the War Department for the months of October, November and December. Names include John Stagg Junior, R. J vanden Brock, Constant Freeman, Benjamin Bankson, Philip Audibert [Audebert], Nathan Jones, James B. Smith...

GLC02437.05769

[Photograph of Man Posing in Front of Tent]

A photograph of a man leaning against a tent.

A post-it note included with the collection notes these "snaps" are miscellaneous photos of crew/camps/places in the Pacific.

GLC09620.277

Certificate of purchase of goods from Robert Livingston

Collins certifies that he purchased cattle and pork from Robert Livingston for the use of Coll. Ingoldesby's company, and explains the financial terms of the purchase.

GLC03107.01077

The Wilmot Proviso: bill and explanation of Preston King, of New York, in the House of Representatives of the U.S., January 4 & 5, 1847.

Printed at the office of Blair and Rives. Apparently removed from previous binding.

GLC00267.372

[Minutes of a session of the Bishop's Court of West Weber Ward in the Weber Stake of Zion held at the Residence of Bishop Z. Ballantyn at 4 PM. Oct. 5th 1889]

GLC05756.003

Pardon of Edward Buckley, convicted of malicious trespass.

Convicted of malicious trespass; sentenced to pay a $25 fine and "...in default to serve 60 days..." imprisonment. Pardoned since he was innocent of the charges. (c/s F. W. Durand)

GLC02839

Carte de visite of a full seated view of Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy

Same as 107. Graphite inscription on recto "Welles. Secy Navy." Graphite inscription on verso "Gideon Welles, Sec. of the Navy under Abr. Lincoln." Photographers imprint on verso: ""Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries Broadway & Tenth...

GLC05111.02.0108

Return of the division of forces. no 20

Lists the number of soldiers in the army, how they were divided by state, how many horses these men would require, how much feed the horses would require, and how much this feed would cost. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General...

GLC00634.02.09

Collage of bust portraits of 101 Union generals

Each portrait is numbered, and there is a key on the back of the card identifying each of the "Union Heroes." Graphite inscription on verso "21" "**Book." Identifying key imprinted on verso.

GLC05111.02.1380

View of the harbor face of Fort Moultrie.

Osborn imprint on verso. View of the harbor face of Fort Moultrie. The shot furnace is visible in the foreground, and Fort Sumter is visible in the distance to the right.

GLC04509.13

Monthly Return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

List of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery. Lists people present in the corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the two captains, one is present and fit for duty, while the other is on the staff...

GLC02437.10175

to Pres. of the Convention of New Hampshire

Washington pleads for the troops allotted to the state of New Hampshire and argues that "nothing but their [i.e., British] ignorance of our number protects us." The second leaf is not conjugate.

GLC00639.28

[Certificate of the service of Lieutenant Colonel Carrington]

Knox certifies that [Edward] Carrington sold cannon to defray expenses of transporting arms and stores to establish a magazine near Richmond, Virginia, for the Southern states. Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.03032

Petition re: reimbursement of 15 barrels of Powder

15 Barrels of Gunpowder owned by de Peyster, while stored in the New York City magazine, were requisitioned by Jacob Leisler during his tenure at the head of the Provincial Government and never returned. De Peyster petitioned the Council in London...

GLC03107.00282

[List of officers of Colonel Samuel McClellan's regiment]

Lists officers and their place of residence.

GLC01450.122

[Bill of sale for seventeen bales of cotton]

Partially printed bill for cotton sold to Taber & Kimball for the account of Major John H. Bills. Bills was a founder of Bolivar, Tennessee. Taber & Kimball, a cotton brokerage in Memphis, was owned by northerners.

GLC03619.02.01

[Muster roll of Thomas Stanwix's regiment of foot]

Possibly refers to Thomas Stanwix, Governor of Gibraltar 24 January 1711- 7 August 1713. Signed by Stanwix, R. Bucknall, and Garvis Newton. Lists the names of soldiers in Stanwix's regiment, Captain John Caley's company.

GLC01450.446.02

Proceedings at a council of war

The Council gives directions on how to use the "brass ordinances" sent from England, and addresses complaints of bad bread from Coll. Schuyler's regiment. They also give orders for the creation of a court to try crimes committed against the aritcles...

GLC03107.02105

Preliminary articles of peace between...Brittanick Majesty and the King of Spain

First official english publication of preliminary articles of peace between England and Spain. Printed by T. Harrison and S. Brooke. References: American Controversy 83-44, Davenport 170.

GLC03985.10

Constitution [First printing of second draft] [Committee of Style]

Second draft of the Constitution, by the Committee of Style, printed on recto of each leaf and tied (leaves 1-2 only) with a ribbon, uncut and unbound. With the notes of Pierce Butler. Originally bound with blue ribbon. Document has creasemarks along...

GLC00819.02

Weekly return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

List of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery. Lists people present in corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the four captains, one is present for duty, another is also present but sick, and the rest...

GLC02437.10171

to the Proprietors of the Town of Belfast

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Addressed to "Mr. Patterson and the other proprietors of Belfast" on page 2. Declares that he has learned that his survey and the Proprietors's survey of the town of Belfast differ....

GLC02437.08042