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9 November 1779
D'Auvergne, James (fl. 1771-1788)
to Joshua Mauger
Admiral Collins died on Saturday. News of the exchange of officers and prisoners of war. Burgoyne's letter to his constituents is published in the paper.
GLC03902.132
1775-1781
Unknown
[List of New Hampshire military expenses]
The state of New Hampshire pays residents of Cornish "for public services done in the late War for which they have received no pay." Lists the names of colonels, captains, privates, and others. Also cites the reason for various expenses, such as...
GLC01450.166
19 April 1773
Oliver, Andrew (1731-1799)
to Henry Knox
Written on same sheet as Knox's reply to Oliver's last letter (see GLC02437.00046), in which Oliver requested a new copy of the Nautical Almanac for 1774 because pages were missing. Knox promises to return Oliver's Almanac to him with a fixed page....
GLC02437.00053
29 August 1774
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
to Henry Jackson
Comments on the "disagreeable" current events. Indicates that General Thomas Gage, then the commander-in-chief and governor of Massachusetts, "must recede," otherwise "carnage & bloodshed seem inevitable - there never was anything like the flame...
GLC05663
1773
Wheatley, Phillis (1753-1784)
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
Poems written by the "Negro Servant" of John Wheatley of Boston. Printed at London by A. Bell and sold in Boston by Cox and Berry. First edition copy. The first book of poetry by an African American. Bound in nineteenth century vellum, with...
GLC06154
19 December 1773
Pope, Joseph (1746-1826)
to Henry Knox [incomplete]
Places and order for a book. Some words are missing from paper loss at the edges of the document. Pope was a pastor of a church in Spencer and later a chaplain in the Revolutionary War.
GLC02437.00106
5 September 1788
Rivington, James (fl. 1788)
State of New York
GLC07474.02.03
19 April 1776
Van Vleck (fl. 1776)
to Benjamin Huntington
GLC07474.02.08
10 May 1775
Remsen, Henry (fl. 1775)
To Gentleman
GLC07474.02.01
19 July 1783
Rivington, James (fl. 1783)
To Jacob Read Esq
GLC07474.02.02
15 August 1780
Stoddart, Benjamin (fl. 1780)
To Caesar Rodney
GLC07474.02.05
22 April 1776
Hall, Jackson (fl. 1776)
To Mr. Tilefton
GLC07474.02.06
25 June 1776
Huntington, Benjamin (fl. 1776)
to Capt. Bilfull
GLC07474.02.07
23 September 1772
Sharp, Granville (1735-1813 )
to Anthony Benezet
Written by the British abolition leader Sharp to the American Quaker abolition leader Benezet. References Benezet's letter of 14 May 1772. Sends him (not included here) a short answer he "drew up to check the insinuations of those persons who pretend...
GLC07483.03
6 September 1777
He is trying to persuade the "young Villain Bellie" to sign onto a Man of War. Bellie's sister continues to do well. Miss Durell will be returning in a week. Mentions that Mrs. Tyson is again quite ill.
GLC03902.101
16 January 1766
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
to Joseph Galloway
Describes the debate in Parliament over whether or not to repeal the Stamp Act of 1765. Comments at length on the speech given by William Pitt in favor of the American position. Marked "Copy" on p.3. Some notes in the form of a list pertaining to...
GLC00782.03
12 April 1764
Livingston, Robert R. (1718-1775)
[The Petition of Michael Theyser of the City of New York, Innkeeper]
Deposition accusing Joseph Northrop and several others of an assault on Theyser while attempting to unlawfully search his inn for a runaway (possibly an enslaved person).
GLC02503.12
1763/03/05-1764/07/30
Kemble, Stephen (1740-1822)
Manuscript orderly book of aide-de-camp to Lord Jeffrey Amherst [Decimalized .01- .05]
Regarding the final months of the Canada Campaign and the treaty of peace. Locations mentioned include Fort St. Ann on Lake Erie, Fort William Augustus (Ogdenburg, N.Y.), La Chine, La Prairie, Pointe Claire, Fort Ontario, Chambly, etc. Kemble, an...
GLC07126
10 December 1780
Hopkinson (fl. 1780)
1000 Dollar United States Bond
1000 dollar US Bond issued to John Harlerton by Hopkings the Treaurer of Loans. Bond number 5399
GLC07474.02.04
1 October 1772
Flucker, Thomas (1719-1783)
[Renting the estate of Isaac Gridley]
As mortgagee of Gridley's estate, Thomas Flucker of Boston issues this official document renting out the estate to Admiral John Montagu for an annual sum of eighty pounds. Montagu was then Commander-in-Chief of the North American station. Flucker's...
GLC02437.00019
1769-1792
Lee, Arthur (1740-1792)
9 letters to William Petty, first Marquis of Lansdown, 1 to William Jones [Decimalized .01- .11]
GLC07865
3 July 1769
To Sir William Petty
GLC07865.01
22 July 1786
GLC07865.02
1 June 1787
GLC07865.03
5 July 1787
GLC07865.04
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