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1769/03/17
Washington, George (1732-1799)
Partly printed land indenture for 100 acres for Washington and James Wood
For "100 acres of land in the county of Fauquier." Signed in text 21 times by Washington.
GLC07550
1773-1783
Savage, Gideon (1751-1833)
[Revolutionary war journal & accounts]
On pages 55 to 65, there are brief daily entries from 1 June 1777 to 1 March 1778, a period in which Savage served as a Corporal of Artillery and Artificer for the Connecticut Continental Line in the Continental Army. These entries record troop...
GLC01450.013.01
11 June 1785
Luxe George (fl. 1785)
to Catharine Macaulay
He refers to the Campaign of 1776 as "the most glorious epoch of this command." He praises Washington extensively in battle and as a national leader. He will research details on the Revolution for her.
GLC01794.18
1774/01/25
Bill for surveying and patenting land grant French & Indian War
Document signed for claim against James Ludlow with another Washington document, cosigned by William Crawford 2/25/1774, assigning the debt to Crawford.
GLC01963
3 April 1774
Montague, Richard (1729-1794)
to Henry Knox
Orders a book for records. Post scripts indicate that he once bought magazines from Knox for William Billing of Sunderland, Massachusetts and that the record book was needed for the recently incorporated town of Leverett, Massachusetts. Montague...
GLC02437.00134
1765-1790
Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)
Collection of letters, documents & briefs to the Madisons [Decimalized .001-.156]
This is a collection of letters from Edmund Pendleton, one of the leading figures of Revolutionary Virginia, to James Madison, Sr., and James Madison, Jr., later fourth President of the United States. The papers consist of documents and letters...
GLC00099
22 June 1769
[Land bond to increase acreage at Mount Vernon]
Cosigned by Robert Alexander. Washington refers to himself in the third person seven times. Alexander wants to sell 300 acres of Maryland land his wife inherited from her father to George Washington. Washington hoped to exchange the plot with Thomas...
GLC00479
21 September 1769
The Deposition of John Posey, re: parcel of spoiled herring
Document signed by Washington in the text and at the end as Justice of the Peace, with a nine line docket in his hand. Concerning a parcel of spoiled herrings.
GLC01058
20 November 1765
Farrington, A. (fl. 1765)
to Seth Williamson
A British captain discusses military logistics and the advice given to him by General Thomas Gage regarding troop transport. Mentions being in "the Rebellious Town of New York," where there was popular discontent with the Stamp Act of 1765....
GLC00278
6 August 1773
Cottrell, Stephen (1738-1818)
to George Granville Leveson-Gower
Written by Cottrell, secretary of the Board of Trade, to George Granville Leveson-Gower, the Duke of Sutherland, as the Lord President of the Privy Council. The Lord President's principle responsibility is to preside at meetings of the Privy Council...
GLC00279
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