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to George Ulmer

Appears to be an official statement of events that took place in the county of Hancock, Maine. An informant reported there was a large gathering of armed men who intended to head to [Cartine?], Maine to release the prisoners. The informant reports...

GLC02437.07542

to Henry Jackson

Informs Jackson the carpenters began the framing on the house (most likely Montpelier) and the Masons; will begin laying stone in two days. Requests $100 to purchase a pair of oxen and $50 for wood. Noted as a copy.

GLC02437.06085

Monthly return of the corps of artillery

Partially printed, with a handwritten second page listing sick or absent, on duty, and extra service. This return pertains to the regiments of Colonels John Crane and John Lamb.

GLC02437.01094

[Request for gunner quadrant]

Note requesting a gunner's quadrant for Captain Joseph Savage's 2nd artillery regiment. Another note on the bottom dated 15 October indicates that Savage received one. Savage's regiment was then involved in the siege of Yorktown.

GLC02437.01215

Return of Stores expended on the 15th & 16th Oct, by Lt. Col. Stevens.

Lists quantities of stores used at various locations and under the command of various officers during the siege of Yorktown. Also enumerates soldiers who were wounded, killed, and taken prisoner. Explains that a British attack at day break resulted...

GLC02437.01229

Return of Colonel John Durkee's Regiment in the action at Trentown Decem 26th 1776

Signed by Webb, adjutant. Lists numbers of officers and soldiers. Trentown refers to Trenton, New Jersey.

GLC02437.09542

[Receipt from Jonathan Burral, Esq.]

Copy of GLC02437.03344.

GLC02437.03345

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Judge Danford]

Colonel Lewis Nicola recommends Danford, of the Invalid Regiment, for a leave of absence until April 1783. Mentions Major Doughty (possibly John Doughty). Verso contains a list of four names (possibly other colonels).

GLC02437.09594

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Walker]

Lieutenant Butler recommends Walker for a leave of absence until ordered to join by Brigadier General Huntington (possibly Jedediah). Notes that Walker is permitted to "take his servant Boy with him."

GLC02437.09609

to the Respective Committees of Inspection of the Several Towns on the Road Between Hartford and Cambridge

Also signed by Samuel Wadsworth and George Smith, all on behalf of the Committee of Inspection for the Town of Hartford. Indicates that the bearer of this letter will have two brass artillery pieces to be delivered to George Washington in Cambridge...

GLC02437.00250