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24-29 August 1779
Boston, Sileas, fl. 1779
[Receipt for victuals]
Signed by many other men of various brigs returning from the Penobscot expedition certifying that they received breakfast or dinner at Thaddeus Broad's.
GLC01450.081
1 July 1779
[Printed articles of agreement for schooner Unity]
Partially printed agreement between Joseph Bubiere, the master, the men of the Schooner Unity, and the state of Massachusetts binding the schooner as a transport vessel going to Penobscot from Boston.
GLC01450.082
circa July-August 1779
Marston, Brackett, 1747-1781
[Receipt for payment of food for sailors]
Receipt listing ships, how many men on each, and the quantity of bread for each. Mentions privateer ships the Black Prince, the Warren, the Hazard, etc. There is a note at the bottom of the page signed by Marston stating he received 135 pounds in...
GLC01450.083
6 May 1782
Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792
[Appointment of Robert Nicholson Richey]
Appoints Richey as master of the ship Shrewsbury. Dated on board the ship Formidable. On reverse is a note dated 2 June 1782 signed by Samuel Wallis allowing Richey to be paid for his time served as master of the ship. Rodney was a British Vice...
GLC01450.084
1777/09/27
[Collection of two items] [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC01450.085
22 April 1780
Lansingh, Jeremiah, 1754-1817
Brigade orders
General Abraham Ten Broeck's orders signed by Lansing as Major Brigade. States that since the enemy is in the northern and western frontier, it is necessary for part of the brigade to take action. Informs that the General has ordered one eighth of...
GLC01450.087
circa 1770s
[List of Captain Timothy Goodwin's company]
List of men belonging to the trainband in the Second Company in York under Captain Goodwin.
GLC01450.092
14 April 1783
Lewis, F., fl. 1783
to Mr. Carpenter
Requests that 20 barrels of corn be delivered to his waggoner. Discusses hauling flour to Fredericksburg. Note on reverse signed by William Carpenter certifies that he filled the order.
GLC01450.093
1778
Lyon, Samuel, fl. 1778
[Signed five dollar Continental bill, no. 173421]
Five dollar United States currency note worth "five Spanish milled dollars or the value thereof in gold or silver." Cosigned by Robert A. Roberts, and numbered 173421, probably in his hand. Reverse states it was printed by Hall and Sellers.
GLC01450.094
1 August 1778
Woodberry, Stephen, fl. 1778
[Roll of Ipswich men receiving payment for service at Providence, Rhode Island]
Signed by many other men. Acknowledges the receipt of nine pounds each from the selectmen of Ipswich in partial pay for serving in the six weeks campaign at Providence, Rhode Island under Captain Robert Dodge.
GLC01450.095.01
3 October 1781
Dodge, Robert, fl. 1781
[Promissory note for John Dodge]
Certifies that he promises to pay John Dodge twenty dollars silver on behalf of the town each month until John is discharged. Note on reverse signed by John Dodge and dated 3 May 1782 states he received the amount in full.
GLC01450.095.02
21 May 1777
Lane, Daniel, 1740-1811
[Continental Army bounty]
Lane signed as Captain. Certifies that he has received a bounty of 24 pounds from Benjamin Randall for each man from Stoughtonham, Massachusetts who served in the army for three years. Lists the names of the men.
GLC01450.097
10 November 1776
De Vernejoul, Jean Louis, fl. 1776-1789
[Receipt for Rations for French officer]
Receipt for four pounds seventeen schillings and three pence due to Captain Jean Louis de Vernejoul for his rations. Covers fifty-two days worth of rations at three rations a day. Signed by de Vernejoul as "Capt Des Etas Unis."
GLC01450.099
14 May 1777
Carpenter, Jonathan, fl. 1777
[Mount Independence muster roll]
A list of Captain Davis Howlitt's company in Colonel John Ashley's First Berkshire regiment.
GLC01450.100
1799
Marchant, Henry, 1741-1796
Collection of two letters to Joseph Clarke [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC01450.104
12 October 1775
Cox, Joseph, fl. 1775
[Promissory note]
Promises to pay Janus Judah 28 pounds, six shillings, and nine pence with interest.
GLC01450.107
15 February 1775
Speakman, Gilbert Warner, fl. 1771-1780
[Certification for enlistment in Continental service]
Certifies that Silas Sewan enlisted into Continental service for one year under Speakman.
GLC01450.108
8 October 1778
Myllys, George, fl. 1778
[State of Connecticut resolution]
Resolves that anyone possessing 10 pound notes issued by the Treasury December 1776 will receive six [unknown monetary unit abbreviation] per year starting June 1778 until paid. Myllys signed as Treasurer.
GLC01450.112
8 December 1779
[Invoice for rice shipped on Brig Fox]
Invoice and bill of lading lists 254 whole and 91 half barrels of rice shipped by A. Livingston on account of the United States. The Brigantine Fox was a Continental Transport ship, commanded by Owen Folger.
GLC01450.113
circa 1776
[Muster roll of first foot company from Dighton]
Lists officers and soldiers.
GLC01450.118
16 January 1776
[Captain Wright's muster roll] [incomplete]
Lists men's names, rations, and service. Missing upper left corner of page and lower right quadrant of the page.
GLC01450.119
Muster roll
Lists men's names, rank, enlistment date, and distance traveled. Simon Edgel listed as Captain.
GLC01450.120
circa 1777
[Account of rations and pay for Captain Humphrey's Company]
Lists the costs for pay, rations, mileage, etc. for the company.
GLC01450.121
1777
[List of officers of Colonel Samuel McClellan's regiment]
Lists officers and their place of residence.
GLC01450.122
16 August 1776
[Account of men left sick from the 17th regiment of Captain Ebenezer Bissell's company]
Lists the men left sick along the road or at Roxbury Hospital when the regiment marched for New York 5 July 1776. Also lists expenses.
GLC01450.123
27 January 1778
McNall, James, fl. 1778
[Receipt of bounty]
Signed by many others. Certifies that the men of Simsbury have received from Captain Jonathan Humphrey wages, bounty, and mileage for an expedition to Providence, Rhode Island October 1777 under Colonel Samuel McClellan's regiment. Page two is also...
GLC01450.124
11 June 1777
Follett, Robert, fl. 1778
[Promise and receipt of payment]
Promises to pay Charles Trellwen 20 pounds, 13 shillings, and five pence Halifax currency for supplies received from him. Various materials (cloth, buckram, thread, buttons) and their quantity and cost are listed on the lower part of the page....
GLC01450.125
circa 1778
[Payment and orders for a Massachusetts regiment]
States that each person enlisted will get two pounds per month. They will march to the heights of Dorchester, Massachusetts to be formed into regiments, and will serve until 1 December 1778 unless discharged sooner. On the reverse is a note stating...
GLC01450.129
31 August 1778
Bayard, John Bubenheim, 1738-1807
[Receipt for drummers and fifers]
Orders David Rittenhouse to pay Captain William Duffield seven pounds, 19 shillings for obtaining drummers and fifers for his company. On reverse is a note signed by Duffield certifying that he received payment, 11 September 1778. Bayard signed as...
GLC01450.130
1775
[Collection of two documents related to the Harlem campaign] [Decimalized .01- .02]
GLC01450.131
1 May 1775
Trumbull, Jonathan, 1710-1785
[Printed militia commission for Zephaniah Briggs]
Commission of second lieutenant Briggs in a company commanded by Nehemiah Beardsley to assist his captain in gathering enlistments to form a company of 100 men.
GLC01450.132
May 6, 1778
Morrison, James, fl. 1778
[Affidavit of James Morrison declaring his knowledge of a mutiny]
James Morrison declares that he overheard Philip Slaid and Captain David Pierce (he has written "Peirce") say that Preserved Pierce is about to lead a mutiny. Related to GLC01450.134 and date infered from that document.
GLC01450.133
6 May 1778
to the Sheriff of the County of Bristol
Says that the Sheriff is required to apprehend and bring Preserved Pierce before him to answer for all the charges against him (from GLC01450.133, that charge is mutiny). Morrison states that there is enough evidence to say that Pierce is "Enemical...
GLC01450.134
31 May 1781
Lawrence, John, 1719-1802
[List of persons paid by the state of Connecticut]
To John Lawrence, Connecticut State Treasurer. Countersigned by William Moseley. Signed at the Pay Table Office. One docket, stating "Review the Contents for the within," is signed by John Sherman. Another docket states "Order Lieut Levi Munson &...
GLC01450.136
[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
July 9, 1778
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to Francis Barber
Addressed to Barber in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where he was recovering from a wound received at the Battle of Monmouth. Instructs Barber to obtain intelligence on the British movements across the Hudson river in New York while in New Jersey....
GLC01201
1863/09/03
Printed draft call for troops from Pennsylvania
Printed document signed by Lincoln.
GLC01202
January 2, 1801
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to Thomas Boylston Adams
Docketed on p. 4. Written as President to his son about the Convention with France which averted war. Adams quotes from jurist Vattell and mentions Grotius and Puffendorf.
GLC01204
March 12, 1777
[Orders to submit a regimental return]
A working draft of a clerical copy of a circular letter from George Washington. These, or comparable, orders were given by George Washington on 12 March 1777 to various colonels of the Continental Army. (See Fitzpatrick and the GW Papers at the...
GLC01205.04
February 5, 1841
to John Stuart
Written in blue ink. Discussing Illinois and Sangamon county politics, Lincoln says he and some others would like Bat Web (Edwin B. Webb, per Basler) as District Attorney. He concludes by alluding to the "locos" (Democrats) in the upcoming...
GLC01210
May 11, 1863
to Edwin M. Stanton
Curtis was replaced with Schonfield in the Dept of the Missouri. Written on Executive Mansion stationery. Docketed on p. 4 by Stanton
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol...
GLC01211
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