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[Contract between the U.S. Treasury and Comfort, Richard, and Joshua Sands of New York for acquiring rations for West Point soldiers]

Agreement between Morris, acting as Superintendent of the Finances of the United States (appointed by Congress), and Comfort Sands, Richard Sands and Joshua Sands of New York that the Sandses will "furnish and deliver" to West Point and other nearby...

GLC02437.01301

to Issac Monroe and Ebenezer French

Re: Treaty of Paris with Britain, 1783, and France 1800: Concluding a series of reminiscences for the Boston Patriot (1809-1812), he writes to the Publishers: "I have been insulted by Ignorance and Impudence on the account of these Treaties more than...

GLC08342

to Elizabeth Blair Lee

Is glad to hear of his daughters good health and remarks "I have got to that age now that I begin to live in my children - and of all my children most in you." Notes that "Congress is in a wordy war about Texas" and indicates his expectation that...

GLC03209.05

[Deed]

Signed by [Pelatiah] Freeman. Thomas L[illegible] and William Freeman signed as witnesses and Oliver Parker signed as a Justice of Peace. A land deed between Pelatiah Freeman and Isaac Jones Woodworth. Freeman acknowledges he received $180 from...

GLC02437.09865

[Congressional resolution on half-pay]

Resolution of the United States Continental Congress on half-pay commutation signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress. Instead of half-pay, the officers were given five years full pay in money or securities on 6 percent annual interest...

GLC02437.02017