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23 September 1778
Delany, Sharp (1736-1799)
to Joseph Clark
Cosigned by George Campbell as Sitting Manager of the United States Lottery. Assigns care of Rhode Island State lottery tickets to Clark.
GLC01412.24
February 1778
Helme, R.J. (fl. 1768-1778)
[Authorization for John Reynolds]
Reynolds is given permission to withdraw 10,000 pounds from the General Treasury to purchase goods ordered by the General Assembly. Includes Reynold's signed docket and various received amounts on verso. Surname possibility spelt Helm.
GLC01412.56
1782/02/20
United States in Congress Assembled. Thomson, Charles
Resolutions settling states' Revolutionary War debt
Printed broadside signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress.
GLC01414
1777-1779
[Collection of letters pertaining to the Continental Loan Office of Rhode Island] [Decimalized .01-.08]
GLC01450.008
8 February 1777
Hillegas, Michael (1729-1804)
to Joseph Clarke
States that he is sending the Continental Loan Office certificates by favor of James Betton and William Gregg. The certificates amount to $171,100 in total, with 389 at $400 each, 1 at $500, and 25 at $600. Asks Clarke to number them and dispose of...
GLC01450.008.01
31 July 1777
Transmits through the Treasury Board the Continental Loan Office certificates. Gives amounts of each and instructions on numbering them. The total of all the certificates comes to $354,000. The Continental Loan Offices administered loans to the...
GLC01450.008.02
10 September 1777, 29 December 1777
Gibson, John (1729-1782)
[Interest on Loan Office Certificates]
Clerical copy made by Charles Thomson, Secretary. Resolution of Congress stating that the interest accrued after the date of this document on Loan Office Certificates already issued or issued before 1 March 1778, shall be paid annually at the...
GLC01450.008.03
12 November 1777
Govett, William (fl. 1777)
Signed as Auditor General. Reports that the Committee on the Treasury has requested Clarke to pay strict attention to making monthly returns to the Treasury Board for monies received from the Continental Loan Office certificates. States that...
GLC01450.008.04
29 December 1777
Signed as Auditor General. Informs Clarke of the Resolutions of Congress of 29 December 1777 and 10 September 1777 instructing how to correctly pay the interest accrued on Continental Loan Office certificates. States that interest on certificates...
GLC01450.008.05
24 March 1778
States that he is transmitting from the Treasury Board to Clarke Continental Loan Office certificates amounting to $521,000 escorted by Mr. Norton Brailsford and William Dodd. Reports that he sent $21,000 in certificates from Baltimore last summer...
GLC01450.008.06
28 August 1778
Signed John Gibson, Esq., Auditor General. Reports that he has received Clarke's letter of 14 August 1778 with the account of the loan office of Rhode Island. States that the Board of the Treasury expects that Rhode Island will receive payment of...
GLC01450.008.07
27 August 1779
Nourse, Joseph (1754-1841)
Signed as Assistant Auditor General. Informs Clarke of a resolution of Congress passed 26 August 1779 stating that the Board of Treasury must present to Congress on or before 10 September 1779 an account of the monies received by the Continental...
GLC01450.008.08
22 January 1779
Hall, Joseph, Jr. (fl. 1779)
to James Lovell
Recipient inferred from content and because the collection is described as letters to or from Lovell. States that his father received the earlier letter from Lovell and thanks him. Speaks of two emissions (of bank notes or money) on 20 May 1777 and...
GLC01450.020.01
10 December 1779
Wadsworth, Benjamin (1750-1826)
Recipient inferred from content and because the collection is described as letters to or from Lovell, a Continental Congressman from Massachusetts. Wadsworth, pastor of the First Church at Danvers, thanks Lovell for his last letter. Congratulates...
GLC01450.020.03
6 April 1780
Lovell, James (1737-1814)
to Isaac Foster
Marked as a copy. Author inferred from content and because the collection is described as letters to or from Lovell, a Continental Congressman from Massachusetts. Writes that he received Foster's letter. Discusses a request made for more money to...
GLC01450.020.05
17 October 1780
to Samuel Holten
States he received his letter yesterday. Mentions he is sorry to hear about the poor health of someone named Sheldon (possibly Jeremiah Shelden). Mentions that Mr. Partridge lent him a scale of depreciation but that he cannot say if it is as...
GLC01450.020.07
5 December 1780
Recipient inferred from content (also, handwriting on the docket matches that on other letters). Signed with initials. States that he received his letter. Remarks that he will not send him all the bad news that has come to him since the recipient...
GLC01450.020.08
23 January 1781
Discusses the dire economic state of the colonies, inflation, and the depreciation rate of currency. States that according to John Adams, the British will continue the war. Mentions that Maryland has limited the time beyond which the old money will...
GLC01450.020.10
25 January 1781
Powell, Jeremiah (1714-1789)
[Resolution of the Court allowing delegates to draw money]
Signed and approved by John Hancock as a true copy by John Avery. Appropriating 3000 pounds out of the new emission of money for the Treasurer of Massachusetts for use by the delegates of the state at Congress. Imposes a limit of 600 pounds for any...
GLC01450.020.11
27 March 1781
Recipient is inferred from content and from other items in the 1450.020 collection. The handwriting on the docket matches the others addressed to Holton. States he has received letters from Holten letter and James Carmichael, but not from John Jay...
GLC01450.020.13
7 March 1779
Montgomery, John (fl. 1778-1779)
to Mr. Newton, Gordon, and Johnston
Signed as Montgomery, Sealy, and Co. Discusses their business accounts dealing with wine and brandy shipments to and from Portugal in the first part of the letter. States that they will only send letters by packet boat as other ships are not safe....
GLC01450.022.04
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
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
21 March 1779
Crozer, John (fl. 1779)
to James Knowles
Discusses at length the poor state of politics and the monetary system. Remarks that he does not know how to answer all the demands made upon him and he has only a negative view of things to come. Advises Knowles to not let this information dampen...
GLC01450.128
23 November 1779
Paine, Samuel (1754-1807)
to Amasa Davis & Co.
Letter describes trading conditions in the South. Encloses account of sale of the cargo of the ship "Dove," which amounted to over 20,800 pounds (the account is not included here). Knows recipient will be disappointed with the small cargo being sent...
GLC01450.158
1 July 1779
Clarke, Joseph (1719-1792)
[Invoice for Benjamin West for Clarke's "assistance in the Loan and Treasury Office]
Lists expenses from April through July 1779. Clarke was the Rhode Island treasurer.
GLC01450.194.01
1776
Hall & Sellers
[One third of a dollar, No. 307773]
Partly printed document signed by J. Sellers, of Hall & Sellers, Philadelphia printers. The front indicates the money was printed according to a resolution of the Continental Congress passed 17 February 1776. Underneath an icon of a sundial appears...
GLC01450.215.03
1772-1779
[Six Revolutionary War era financial documents 2 receipts, 1 receipt for poll tax, 3 state currencies] [Decimalized .01- .06]
[Currency]. [Philadelphia], Pennsylvania: 03 April 1772. Two shilling and sixpence note. Printed by Hall and Sellers. Signed by Cadwalader Morris, Joseph Swift and Samuel Hudson. No. 4665.
[Currency]. [Philadelphia], Pennsylvania: 01 October 1773...
GLC01450.226
November 1779
Shaw Francis (fl.1779)
To Henry Swift,
Shaw, Francis. Document signed: to Henry Swift. [Boston]: November 1779.
Bill or receipt for state and town/county poll and real estate taxes. Signed by Francis Shaw, on recto and verso, as tax collector.
GLC01450.226.04
25 October 1781
Stone, Michael Jenifer (1747-1812)
to his brother
Writes a long letter to his brother that includes an announcement that "Cornwallis was taken." Discusses his brother's business in Philadelphia and advises him of the benefits of continuing to cultivate a friendship with a man named Mr. Morrill....
GLC01450.412.15
11 June 1779
Unknown
To the inhabitants of the United States of America
With notes on verso: "West Springfield" and calculations. Evans 16637. Printed by order of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, printing a congressional resolution for a $45 million requisition, approved by Jay as President of Congress.
GLC00882
30 July 1779
Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791)
[Pay order receipt for Jonathan Dana]
Countersigned by Nathaniel Appleton, commissioner of the Continental Loan Office. Orders payment to Jonathan Dana of 18 dollars for interest on money borrowed by the United States. Marked as number 181. On verso there are two notes. One states...
GLC00883
11 August 1780
Greene, Nathanael (1742-1786)
to Clement Biddle
Sends Biddle a copy of the resolution appointing Timothy Pickering Quarter Master General of the Continental Army (not included), which occurred after Greene was forced out of the position into retirement. Discusses his resignation and his worries...
GLC00954
9 March 1779
Hancock, John (1737-1793)
Hancock writes to Treasurer Clarke that he must deny his request for a loan, as the state is too burdened with debt. " ... the Situation of our publick Funds, & the large Calls for Money by Loans for the Service of the State, makes it impossible to...
GLC00987
24 December 1776
Ward, Henry (1732-1797)
[Rhode Island laws]
Signed by Ward as Rhode Island Secretary of State. Printed set of laws passed by the legislature and Nicholas Cooke, Governor of Rhode Island. Second page lists members of the legislature. Each page lists resolutions and laws and each paragraph has a...
GLC00996
1765-1781 ( bulk: 1765-1766 )
Thomson, Charles
Manuscript journal and letter book
Bulk, 1765-1769 on Stamp Act Congress; some pages cut out. In four sections: 1) Correspondence of CT and Philadelphia Merchant's Committee, re: Stamp Act, 1765-1766; 2) Resolves of colonies re: Stamp Act Congress, with minutes of the Congress from...
GLC01018
24 April 1782
Morris, Robert (1734-1806)
[Reciept for Benjamin Franklin]
Receiving twelve bills of exchange from Charles Pettit drawn by Francis Hopkinson on Benjamin Franklin, Minister Plenipotentiary to France. These total nine thousand eight hundred dollars, which the government had given him. Written at the Office...
GLC02324
7 August 1777
Bartlett, Josiah (1729-1795)
[Receipt for meals and lodging]
Signed by Charles Pyncheon. Verifies receipt of 32 shillings from Bartlett as payment for his and Colonel Nathaniel Peabody's food and lodging for eight days at the Springfield, Massachusetts monetary convention held 30 July - 6 August 1777.
GLC02205
21 March 1780
Dunlap, John (1747-1812)
Pennsylvania packet or the general advertiser. [March 21, 1780]
Contains dispatches of General George Washington and Congress. Includes reports on various ships, and war news from Georgia. Contains a report from the House of Commons pertaining to a bill for the encouragement of Irish trade. Includes a report...
GLC08748.05
21 January 1779
Powars & Willis (1776-1801)
The Independent chronicle. And the universal advertiser. [Vol. 11, no. [illegible]]
Inscribed by Reverend J. Twain with a note, perhaps in his hand: "Contentall mony. How is it is to be called in May 20 1777 & April 11. 1778. 15 000 000 & 6 million for 15 years." Front page publishes a letter to Lord Chatham of which the author...
GLC08796
12 October 1780
Hamilton, Alexander (1755-1804)
to Francois Marquis de Barbe-Marbois
To Marbois, the secretary of the French Ambassador, who later served as Intendent of Santo Domingo and minister of finance under Napoleon, under whom he sold Louisiana to the U.S. Hamilton concludes his letter by agreeing with Marbois about America...
GLC00012
17 April 1765
Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)
to James Madison re: taxes in Virginia, Stamp Act
Good political content. Discussing taxes in Virginia and the imposition of the Stamp Act. "...The House of Commons resolved to & ordered a bill to establish a Stamp duty.... Poor America!"
GLC00099.026
11 December 1765
to James Madison re: the Stamp Act and personal business [misdated]
Very good political content. Discussing the Stamp Act and personal business. Henkels notes that this letter should be November 11, 1765.
GLC00099.027
26 August 1773
to James Madison re: land matters and the situation of Virginia
Mentions: land sales, Mr. Allcock, Mr. Grymes, seller. Also discusses finances and tobacco. "Times are growing very bad in respect to money."
GLC00099.042
25 September 1780
to James Madison
Mentions companies engaged in promoting the development of the West, the attack on St. Augustine, Florida, the military draft, and Virginia's claims in Ohio. With penciled quotation in later hand on bottom annotating "Hotspur" in Pendleton's letter...
GLC00099.047
27 November 1780
to James Madison re: engagements with the British in Va., Cornwallis
Excellent political content. Engagements with the British in Virginia, rumors of the wounding of Cornwallis, Virginia House of Delegates. Other topics: Gen. Muhlenburg, British fleet, Portsmouth (Va.), Lord Cornwallis-Wounding of, Col. Sumpter...
GLC00099.055
04 December 1780
to James Madison re: British fleet, state of Va. militia
British fleet, state of Virginia militia, attempts of the House of Delegates at fund-raising. Also mentions: British fleet, Virginia militia-Pleurisy, Virginia House of Delegates, Taxes, Old and new money circulation.
GLC00099.056
21 May 1781
to James Madison re: the powers of Congress to tax directly
Discussion of the powers of the Continental Congress to make a direct tax on citizens, news of military operations in North Carolina. Hamilton. Also mentions: Congress-Revenue, Taxes, Sir Henry Clinton, Death of General Philips, Benedict Arnold...
GLC00099.070
28 May 1781
to James Madison re: financing the War, actions of the Pennsylvania troops
Financing of the War, actions of the Pennsylvania troops (a mutiny), local and military arguments, military operations in the South. Also mentions: Congress, Paper money, Pennsylvania-Virginia Conflict, Marquis de Lafayette, British Troops...
GLC00099.071
Wyllys, George (1710-1796)
[Six Connecticut six pence currency notes]
Currency pieces numbered 11282, 11284, 11287, 11291, 11294 (all signed by B. Payne) and 19157 (signed by G. Wyllys). On the verso of each is written "Regd E Colt." Indicates that by order of the Connecticut Assembly on 19 June 1776 the notes shall...
GLC03662.06
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