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10 June 1758
Boscawen, Edward (1711-1761)
to Captain Vaughan
Orders Captain Vaughan to "receive twelve pipes of Madeira wine being two months supply," for his men. Written on board the HMS Namur.
GLC02500.03
1754-1801
Stamp Act Congress: 22 letters and documents by members [decimalized]
GLC02503
6 October 1756
Bayard, William (1729-1804)
to unknown
Forwards a list of prices and mentions the sale of a schooner, containing molasses and rum that had been taken by one of their privateers.
GLC02503.01
23 April 1652
Stuyvesant, Peter (1592-1672)
[West India Company deed for Teunis Cornelisse] [in Dutch]
Countersigned by New Amsterdam Secretary Cornelis Van Tienhoven. Deed granting property to Teunis Cornelisse. Includes official seal. For English translation, see GLC02542.01.01.
GLC02542.01
20 January 1681
Penn, William
[Receipt to William Wigan].
Witnessed by H. Spingett and T. Coxe. Wigan purchased 500 acres of land "in Pennsylvania." Signed two months before Penn actually received the land charter from Charles II.
GLC02543
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
16 July 1761 - 21 July 1775
Thomas, Joshua (fl. 1775-1776)
[Massachusetts regimental orderly book]
Massachusetts regimental book regarding recruiting, movements, provisions, court martials, etc. The first 23.5 pages cover entries and accounts made by an unnamed leader of a regiment from Middleborough, Massachusetts, stationed mostly at Crown...
GLC02663
circa 1860
Unknown
Birthplace of General Knox.
Engraving of Georgian style house in Boston, Massachusetts, where Henry Knox was born.
GLC02437.10733
December 1, 1744
Shirley, William
[The Province of Massachusetts Bay v. James Cattee, et al.].
Summons Lieutenant Governor of the Province of New Hampshire David Dunbar to appear "at the Court House in Boston upon Wednesday the Twelfth day of December instant at ten o'clock in the forenoon at a Court of Admiralty." James Cattee, Morgan...
GLC02468.21
21 March 1643
Vane, Henry
to A. Nicholl
Also signed by Francis Rous and Cornelius Holland, among others. Warrant for the wages of the armorers of the Tower of London. Vane was Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636.
GLC02468.23
24 January 1735
Cosby, William (fl. 1690-1736)
Inquisition
Co-signed and sealed by Stephen Cortlandt, John Moore, David Clarkson, Joseph Reade, Anthony Duane, Enoch Stephenson, Thomas Vater, Gulian Verplanck, Thomas Day, Abraham Van Horne, David Abell, and Matthew Clarkson. Oaths taken at the house of...
GLC02055
7 September 1750-2 December 1750
Pell, William
Journal of an intended voyage on bord the ship Newport packet: with Gods [illegible] from London to Rhoad Island in New England.
Title continues: "Able Mitchener Commander. Kept by William Pell, 1750." Log book. The ship made land at Block Island on 29 November 1750. On the verso of the first leaf of the log is the draft of a letter from Pell to James Gray of London in which...
GLC02139
18 March 1674
Charles II, King of England (1630-1685)
[Royal order to expedite the outfitting of the Castle Finship, which is to accompany the Dyamond to New York].
Countersigned by Secretary of the Admiralty Board Samuel Pepys.
GLC03306
1 June 1645
Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de (1620-1698)
to Marquis D'Humieres
Provides details of the French capture of Rosas during the Catalonian revolt in Spain.
GLC03422
1733
Great Britain. Acts.
Act...paying off..South Sea annuities...for establishing the colony of Georgia
Act of Parliament that pays off one million South Sea annuities, and using money for various purposes, including "Marriage Portion of the Princess Royal," in establishing the colony of Georgia, and paying debt. Act also makes reference to building...
GLC03498
1702
Schenk, Peter (1660-1718 or 9)
Nieu Amsterdam, een Stedeken in Noord Amerikaes Nieu Hollant [In Dutch]
View of New Amsterdam from the water. Hand colored engraving in the first state. Framed to 40 x 44 cm.
GLC03022
1637-1850
Livingston, Family
Letters and documents of the Livingston-Redmond family of New York (decimalized).
GLC03107
1670
Livingston, Robert
Ledger of accounts in Rotterdam for the year 1670 [in Dutch]
Cover ink has faded, leaving an almost illegible cover title, "Journal." Entered in three columns: a fractional entry code, the particulars of the entry, and the amount of the entry. Livingston kept this ledger for his shipping business, as dozens of...
GLC03107.00002
1671/01/01
to his Mother (Janet Fleming) re: [in Dutch]
GLC03107.00003
1673
Journal of Robert Livingston's voyage across the Atlantic Ocean
Handwritten journal detailing Robert Livingston's "Voyage Comeing Over" from Grenock, Scotland to Charlestown in New England in America. .
GLC03107.00005
1677/10/30
Brigby, Richard (fl. 1677)
to Robert Livingston re: overtures of continued friendship
Brigby discusses carrying Livingston's letters to England when he travels thence. He informs Livingston that he drew forty-eight shillings on Livingston's name for expenses. In a postscript, Brigby notes that it is a pity that Livingston has not...
GLC03107.00019
1679/04/07
Graham, James (fl. 1679-1700)
to Robert Livingston re: possible apprenticeship for Graham's brother
Graham asks for advice on how to deal with his brother; should he be apprenticed to a merchant or be set up with room and board in Albany? Requesting that if the former be the choice the merchant be Livingston. Graham offers to forward, when possible...
GLC03107.00037
1681/08/19
West, John
to Robert Livingston re: Sir Edmund Andros, former governor of New York
West sends news of Edmund Andros' reception in London. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.00060
1682/05/01
"An Ancient Prophecy Concerning these Times"
Notes that the prophecy has been in his family for 60 years. Takes the form of a poem. Mentions the Kingdoms of Ireland Scotland and England, along with treachery and the removal of a King.
GLC03107.00082
1686/01/01
Blackall, John (fl. 1686)
to Robert Livingston re: offer to sell Livingston's goods
Blackall thanks Livingston for inducing his mother to consign a case of beaver pelts to him, and hopes that he may succeed in selling them in London. Requests that Livingston send him further consignments.
GLC03107.00139
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