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1775/09/05
Rhode Island. Assembly
Acts and Resolutions re: preparing for war [with manuscript note]
Printed folio, stab stitched and signed by Henry Ward as Secretary. Addressed to the Town Clerk of Cumberland, Rhode Island.
GLC01491
31 August 1781
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
Deficiencies of the Ordnance and Stores requested from the Board of War & Ordnance.
Lists supplies and their quantities requested on several days in August 1781, but not obtained. The supplies were needed for the upcoming siege of Yorktown. In Samuel Shaw's hand.
GLC02437.01163
1774/01/25
Washington, George (1732-1799)
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
1780/10/13
to Col. Daniel Brodhead re: court martials and war news
In addition to discussing the court martials of Capt Thomas Beal, Peter Davis and David Gamble, Washington also mentions his hopes to attack Detroit, thoughts on Virginia and his need for provisions.
GLC02867.03
07 April 1781
Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)
to James Madison re: war news from Virginia and the Carolinas
War news from Virginia and the Carolinas, speculation on the next British move. A2 trimmed. Mentions: French fleet, Lord Cornwallis, Gen. Greene, Col. Tarlton-Death of, Congress-Criticism of, Rumor of death of Russian Empress and her successor's...
GLC00099.064
26 March 1781
to James Madison re: war in the South and Virginia, state politics
The war in the South and Virginia, actions in the Virginia House of Delegates. Very slight text loss against margin of A1v where the leaf has been adhered directly. A2 is absent.
Mentions: British fleet, Military rumors, Lord Cornwallis, Gen...
GLC00099.062
19 March 1781
to James Madison re: Virginia and the war, conduct of forces
Virginia and the war, conduct of forces, movements of the British, diplomatic questions, Madison's health, Arnold, etc. Lafayette's arrival at Yorktown.
Mentions: Lord Cornwallis, Col. Harrison, Col. Williams, Gen. Gregory (traitor), Portsmouth (Va...
GLC00099.061
01 January 1781
to James Madison re: successes of American arms in the South
Successes of American arms in the South, recruiting in Virginia. Mentions: Col. Sumpter [Sumter?], Col. Tarlton, Col. Washington, Military recruiting, American victories.
GLC00099.058
16 October 1778
At a council of war held at Frederickburgh Octr 16th 1778
Knox's handwritten copy of Washington's queries to his Council of War. Washington informs the Council that the British force consists of two divisions (one at New York and one at Rhode Island). A detachment from New York were recently "employed in...
GLC02437.00731
29 July 1782
to James Madison re: war in the South, Loyalists, loss of a slave
War in the South, Loyalists, loss of a slave belonging to his nephew. Also mentions: Charleston (S.C.)-Evacuation of, Gen. Carlton, Prisoner exchanges, Edmund Pendleton, Jr. (nephew)-Runaway slave of.
GLC00099.092
17 June 1782
to James Madison re: the war in the West Indies and Charleston
News of the War in West Indies, situation at Charleston, S.C., plight of Pendleton's nephew, a British prisoner there, acknowledgment of U.S. Independence by the Dutch (John Adams, Ambassador), powers of Congress, settlement of pre-war merchant debt...
GLC00099.090
1774
Continental Congress (1774)
Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American Continental Congress.
Held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September, 1774. Containing the Bill of Rights, a List of Grievances, Occasional Resolves, the Association, an address to the people of Great Britin, a memorial to the inhabitants of the British-American Colonies...
GLC02150.03
1780/04/08
Beaumarchais, Pierre A. C. (fl. 1780)
to Friedrich Von Steuben re: financing American Revolution [in French]
"As for what concerns me, that which prevents you from gaily beating the English. Money? Soon I will take it, when it will come; but grace troubles you by means, I am much more curious about our laurels..."
GLC07473
19 July 1780
Ordnance and stores requested on War from the State of Massachusetts
Title from docket. Lists cannon by pound and other artillery materials and number needed.
GLC02437.00820
October 1777
Burgoyne, John (1722-1792)
Burgoyne's Lamentations. [Sarcastic pro-American poem re: defeat at Saratoga]
Broadside poem printed in two columes of type; poem beginning "Good heav'ns! The poem praises Gates, Stark, Arnold and Lincoln. It is written as if Burgoyne were narrating events surrounding his defeat at Saratoga. Compare to similar copy in...
GLC06206
1781-1782
Lincoln, Rufus (1751-1838)
[Captain Lincoln's Revolutionary War log book containing detailed copies of reports]
Includes rolls containing the names of soldiers, accounts of arms returned to the quartermaster, inspection returns, and other military reports. On the inner front cover, notes the capture of a prisoner and the transfer of a soldier.
GLC03846
1776/05/27-06/01
The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held In London [American Revolution]
Contains a letter to friends at the quarterly and monthly meetings in Great Britain and Ireland, and another letter to friends at their yearly meeting in Philadelphia. Both letters guide the conduct of Quakers, especially in the difficult time of...
GLC07630
4 January 1782
Unknown
[Copy of a letter from Captain Jones adjutant to the Commissioner of War]
Writes, "Copy of a letter from Captain Jones adjutant to the Commissioner of War - We have eleven Boats at Westham at present unmanned. There are twelve Canoes under the direction of Nathaniel Anderson properly equiped. I have a sum of Specie...
GLC02437.01324
1776/07/06
to "Uncle" re: British invasion of New York, an American preparations
An unsigned letter describing the British invasion of Staten Island and American preparations and provisioning in New York. The writer appears to have been conducting business for the recipient. Losses on p. 1, near center fold (obliterating a word...
GLC07480.02
2 July 1780
Hall & Sellers
[Four dollar bond issued by Rhode Island during the Revolutionary War]
Printed by Hall & Sellers and signed by Metcalf Bowler. Due to mature on 31 December 1786; set at a five percent interest rate. Marked number 667.
GLC02503.03.02
06 August 1781
to James Madison re: war in Va. & the Carolinas, news of Washington
Good political content. Excellent military content. The war in Virginia and the Carolinas, news of Washington coming south. The news of the Yorktown campaign. Mentions also: British fleet, York (Va.), Gloucester (Va.) [?], York River, Marquis de...
GLC00099.074
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
01 July 1782
to James Madison re: loss of correspondence, war in West Indies, Va.
Loss of correspondence, war in West Indies, Virginia Assembly. On verso of sheet: extract, copied by Pendleton, of a commentary on standing armies and their cost. Transcribed material written in much less neater hand. Title noted on A2v:...
GLC00099.091
1775/06/07
Duane, James (fl. 1763-1785)
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: outrage at Great Britain and support for war
"Our publick affairs are at length arrived at the most dangerous Extremity. The ministry with inflexible obstinacy persevere in that inhuman system of Despotism which was contrived to rob us of our Liberties; and because we cannot submit to so...
GLC03107.03331
1779/05/24-29
The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held in London [American Revolution]
Contains a letter to friends at the quarterly and monthly meetings in Great Britain and Ireland: "The sufferings of our brethren in America... have principally arisen from that confusion and distress which are inseparable from war..."; and another...
GLC07635
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