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Autograph document signed

9 March 1781

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

[Discharge of Patrick When with note by Samuel Shaw on verso]

Certifiying the discharge of Patrick When, an Artillery artificer.

GLC02437.00908
History Now Essay

A Place in History: Historical Perspective on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

James Oliver Horton

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

In the late fall of 1983, the US Congress passed a bill declaring the third Monday of January each year as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law on November 2, 1983, fifteen years after King’s...
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4 | American National Holidays Summer 2005
57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020
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Manuscript letter

24 November 1783

Carleton, Guy, 1724-1808

to George Washington

Informs Washington of his plans to evacuate New York, stating that "I purpose to withdraw from this place to morrow [sic] at noon, by which time I conclude your Troops will be near the Barrier. - The Guards from the Redoubts & on the East River shall...

GLC02437.02798
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Autograph document

16 June 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

[Appointment of Josiah Flagg to take charge of military stores in Rhode Island]

Signed by Shaw for Henry Ward and Theodore Foster. Marked as a copy (copied in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp). Contains the copied signatures of Henry Ward, Rhode Island Secretary of State, and Theodore Foster, Providence Town...

GLC02437.00981
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Manuscript document signed

2 November 1791

Roche, Jean-Baptiste de la, fl. 1790-1792

[Receipt for goods and services purchased by the French Company of the Union]

Receipt for items purchased by Rosalie Josephe Bacler de Leval and Jean-Baptiste de la Roche on behalf of the French Company of the Union. Receipt confirms an agreement the company made on 27 August 1791 with William Duer in New York, and on 3...

GLC02437.05220

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