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23 October 1783
Greenman, Jeremiah (1758-1828)
[Army return for the Rhode Island Battalion]
Lists men by rank, company and status. Countersigned by Captain Zephaniah Brown.
GLC02437.02699
1 October 1783
Brown, Zephaniah (1739-1810)
[Provision return for the Rhode Island Battalion]
Provision return of rations for a carpenter in the Rhode Island Battalion. Date from docket. Includes a note of receipt on the verso signed by Samuel Cranston.
GLC02437.02733
12 June 1785
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de (1757-1834)
to Henry Knox
Previously thought Knox's brother William had returned to America, but he recently received news that he had been confined in a house in London since January because he was "disordered in His Head." Reports William is better and "in a few weeks will...
GLC02437.03155
4 November 1786
Flucker, Presence (fl. 1786)
Docket reads, "from [sic, about] a negro woman formerly belonging to Mr Flucker." Writes that she heard from a Miss Cummings that Knox offered to receive her into his home as a cook or some other kind of servant upon the death of the Fluckers "as an...
GLC02437.03325
7 March 1799
Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829)
to Joseph Pitcairn
Written by Pickering as Secretary of State to Pitcairn as American Consul in Hamburg. Based on previous information from Pitcairn, Pickering says dispatches sealed in false bottoms of tubs owned by three mulattoes, one white man, and one white...
GLC02381
16 June 1783
Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)
to James Madison re: debts of Virginia, removal of slaves by the British
Debts of Virginia, removal of slaves by the British, discussion of possible removal of seat of government to Georgetown, remarks of Jefferson on topic, Craddock Taylor.
GLC00099.116
21 August 1812
Ellery, William (1727-1820)
to George G. Channing
Reprimands his grandson for the delay in sending his last letter. Channing asked for aid regarding a bank in which Ellery owned stock. Ellery replies that he will help his grandson and uses a shipping metaphor to preach moderation. Ellery...
GLC00108.04
22 September 1784
Wayne, Anthony (1745-1796)
to William Gibbons, Jr.
Written by General Wayne as a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly concerning his Georgia plantation "Richmond." The state of Georgia gave Wayne a tract of land for his military service during the Revolution. Instructs Gibbons to hire an overseer to...
GLC01633
28 April 1785
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to Elbridge Gerry
Writes that although he lacks any sympathy for the "philanthropy" of slavery, he will not violate the treaty requiring the enslaved people who sought freedom to be returned to enslavers. One black and white bust engraving of John Adams included.
GLC00024
2 September 1788
Knox, William (1756-1795)
William, attending business in Henry's absence, transmits two letters from Lucy Knox (possibly GLC02437.03976 and GLC02437.03979). Notes that Congress recently addressed the question of its permanent location. Six states were in favor of New York...
GLC02437.03980
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