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1812/06/11
At a legal Meeting of the Inhabitants [War of 1812 broadside]
Discusses the alarming state of public affairs & measures necessary, including resolutions against the War with Britain.
GLC02880
1775/06/21
Livingston, Walter
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: news of American troops
Walter writes that he has heard of plans to send troops to New York under General Worcester, and notes that Coll. [George] Washington, "a good soldier and a man of sense," if to be appointed commander-in-chief of the American forces. He also asks...
GLC03107.03330
1740/09/06
Livingston, Philip
to John DeWitt re: war between Great Britain and France
Philip Livingston expresses concern regarding the effect that a war between France and Great Britain may have on his trading. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.04418
1712/04/09
Jamison, David (fl. 1691-1717)
to Robert Livingston re: possibility or war, conflict at sea
Jamison explains how Parliament is currently divided over the issue of going to war, and states that some man of wars have already arrived in Amerca. He also talks describes a violent conflict where a ship was taken for ransom, and some men were...
GLC03107.00912
1860
O’Connell, Daniel (1775-1847)
Daniel O'Connell upon American slavery: with other Irish testimonies.
Anti-Slavery tracts no. 5, new series. Published by the American Anti-slavery Society.
GLC00267.088
1776-1779
Catherwood, Robert (fl. 1764-1783)
Legal documents relating to captured American privateers [Decimalized .01-.10]
Collection of legal documents dated 1776 to 1779. Consists of 10 documents relating to captured American vessels which contained enslaved people and cargo,
GLC01411
1769-1791
New Hampshire Revolutionary War documents, mainly dealing with draft, militia
1. King George III. D: Portsmouth, N.H. 4 November 1769. Legal writ to the sheriff of New Hampshire ordering the seizure of Richard Perkins for appearance in court. 1p. + docket + endorsement.
2. State of New Hampshire. D: Hillsborough, [N.H.]...
GLC03657
31 March 1813
Clark, Joseph W. (fl. 1813)
Regulations which all Prisoners of War on Parole are bound to observe.
Signed by Clark, master of an American merchant vessel, imprisoned during the War of 1812 and countersigned by Thomas Gribble as agent for prisoners of war on parole at Ashburton, England. Outlines the rules Clark must follow and the freedoms he...
GLC02247.01
1836-1869
Texana: documents, many relating to Thomas Ward & archives war [decimalized]
Note that some letters are written to "William" Ward, i.e., Thomas William Ward, the person who assembled this archive as archivist of the Republic of Texas.
GLC02145
15 April 1782
Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)
to James Madison re: financing the war by Virginia, Virginia's troops
Financing of the war by Virginia, performance of Virginia troops in the War, military situation in South Carolina. Mentions: Virginia-Taxes, Virginia-Contributions to war, Charleston (S.C.), Count De Grasse, Count Rochambeau, Jamaica-Rumored...
GLC00099.085
07 May 1781
to James Madison re: the British, the war in Virginia, fleets
State of the British, the war in Virginia. British plundering "their plunder is immence particularly in slaves."
Also mentions: French fleet, Spanish fleet, Dutch fleet, Sir Henry Clinton, Gen. Philips, James River, Williamsburg (Va.), Battle at...
GLC00099.068
09 September 1799
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to Gov. Edward Rutledge [S.C.] re: European war, military preparedness
GLC00122
1845/06/16
Gaines, Edmund Pendleton (1777-1849)
to Col. Thomas Aspinwall re: potential war with England over Oregon
Also mentions concerns about Texas. Gaines seems to welcome war with England.
GLC01463
3 May 1760
Norris, Jonathan (fl. 1760)
[Jonathan Norris' military enlistment during the French and Indian War]
Partially printed document in which Norris enlists himself in the British army from the Province of Massachusetts Bay, noting that he received five dollars as partial bounty money from Joseph Thompson. Indicates their mission is "the total Reduction...
GLC01450.282
18 January 1760
Pownall, Thomas (1722-1805)
[French and Indian War privateer's commission of Captain Samuel Partridge]
Countersigned by Thomas Clarke, Deputy Secretary. Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, authorizes Captain Samuel Partridge to "set forth in warlike manner the said Ship Race Horse under his own Command and ... seize & take the Ships, Vessels, and...
GLC02587
24 August 1758
Kielmansegge, Compte de (fl. 1758)
[Infantry muster roll from the French and Indian War][French]
Records troops under Lieutenant General Compte de Kielmansegge in the service of the British. Some notes on the second page and two wax stamps.
GLC01450.267
4 March 1848
Cabell, E. C. (Edward Carrington) (1816-1896)
Speech of Mr. Cabell, of Florida, on the Mexican War
Discusses Polk's failure to consult Congress about the question of Texas' western boundary, the negotiation therein to settle the border dispute, and the order to send the army into Mexico.
GLC00267.125
1796
Unknown
An Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the War (French Revolution)
Signed by Augustin Prevost. Title continues: by an officer of the guards, in two volumes, comprising of the campaigns of 1793, 1794 and the retreat through Holland to Westphalia in 1795. This is volume 1. Color engraving of a Hungarian foot...
GLC01450.622.03
1805/08/08
Lear, Tobias (1762-1816)
to Hamuda Bassa re: threatened war between Tunis and U.S.
Draft copy of GLC 2794.085. Written aboard the "U.S.S. Constitution." For excerpt, see GLC 2794.085. Docketed on verso.
GLC02794.084
07 April 1781
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
3 April 1813
Lewis, Morgan (1754-1844)
[Receipt for $10,000 for expenses during the War of 1812]
Documents the receipt from Major General Henry Dearborn of $10,000 for the defense of the Niagara frontier. Lewis was a former governor of New York who served as the quartermaster general of the United States army and also as a major general on the...
GLC02499.13
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
8 December 1941
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1901-1989)
Declaration of War against the United States and Britain [in Japanese]
Imperial rescript of the Declaration of War declared on the United States and Great Britain on the Japanese date 16th year of Showa, 12th month. " ... we, the emperor, have now declared war upon the United States of America and Great Britain. The...
GLC01415
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
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