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17 August 1779
Foster, Caleb, 1760-?
[Bounty receipt for Revolutionary War soldiers]
Indicates the receipt of twenty one pounds for Foster and Allen Perley enlisting "to go to Boston 'tll the first of October."
GLC01450.218.05
1782/02/20
Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
Resolutions settling states' Revolutionary War debt
Printed broadside signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress.
GLC01414
5 August 1779
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Commissions received from the Board of War
Unsigned retained copy in Samuel Shaw's hand. A note states that the creator encloses a commission for Lieutenant Porter by order of Henry Knox. Relates that a Mr. Savage declined his commission, and will continue in the regiment to which he...
GLC02437.00779
1 June 1780-1789
Pay warrant to African American soldier
Castor Freeman for twelve pounds, eight shillings, and four pence. Remainder of Freeman's signature.
GLC09132.03
Lawrance, John, fl. 1780;
Pomp McCuffee for nine pounds and nine shillings. Unsigned by McCuffee.
GLC09132.04
Jeffery Liberty for three pounds, twelve shillings, and seven pence. Signed in full "Jeffry Liberty."
GLC09132.05
28 May 1781
Jay, John, 1745-1829
to American Counsel at Cadiz, Richard Harrison
Re: Current negotiations between United States and Spain, and ordering material to be used in clothing African-American laborers.
GLC08391
Philip Negro for six pounds, five shillings, and nine pence. Remainder of Negro's signature.
GLC09132.02
1780 ca.
Revolutionary War period documents [Decimalized .01- .06]
GLC01412.63
19 February 1781
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to the Board of War and Ordnance
In the hand of, and composed by, Henry Knox on behalf of George Washington. Discusses order to prepare a battering train in Philadelphia concerning a secret mission.
GLC02437.00898
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