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1780/06/18
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to Henry Knox re: sending Knox to stop NJ from forming its own Army
Sending Knox in an attempt to keep New Jersey from forming a separate army.
GLC02147
6 August 1808
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to Eli Williams, Thomas Moore, and Joseph Kerr
President Jefferson writes to the commissioners of the Cumberland Road about reexamining its route from Washington, Pennsylvania, to Wheeling, Pennsylvania. Explains that "the principal object of this road is a communication directly westwardly if...
GLC02148
7 May 1792
Fenner, Arthur (1745-1805)
To Thomas Noyes
Letter from Arthur Fenner to Thomas Noyes appointing Noyes Second Major of the Senior Class Regiment of Washington County, Rhode Island. Includes the seal of Rhode Island. Co-signed by Henry Ward.
GLC02150.09
6 May 1793
Letter from Arthur Fenner to Thomas Noyes appointing Noyes First Major of the Senior Class Regiment of Washington County, Rhode Island. Includes the seal of Rhode Island. Co-signed by Henry Ward.
GLC02150.10
12 May 1794
Letter from Arthur Fenner to Thomas Noyes appointing Noyes Lieutenant Colonel Commander of the Senior Class Regiment of Washington County, Rhode Island. Includes the seal of Rhode Island. Co-signed by Henry Ward.
GLC02150.11
circa 1819
Noyes, Thomas (1754-1819)
[Letter certifying the service of a Billings Burch in the Revolutionary War]
Letter from Thomas Noyes and Nicholas Clark certifying that they were acquainted with a Billings Burch of Stonington, Connecticut during their Revolutionary War service. They say that Burch served under Colonel Lippet, Colonel Babcock, and General...
GLC02150.18
23 November 1865
Loveland, George (fl. 1865)
Declaration for Invalid Pension
Form for a declaration of invalid pension that has been filled out by a Deputy County Clerk in Washington, Vermont. It says that William Noyes was wounded in action near St. Petersburg on April 2, 1865, when he was shot in his lower right leg. This...
GLC02150.41.02
25 June 1886
Ward, Thomas (fl. 1886)
War Department: Adjutant General's Office
Letter from the War Department outlining the injuries William Noyes suffered during the war. It claims to have no record of the cause or nature of the injury that ultimately sent him home.
GLC02150.41.03
18 October 1897
Unknown
[Questionnaire from the Bureau of Pensions]
Official form from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions. It is addressed to William Noyes and asks him to please answer several questions pertaining to his family. These questions include whether he is married, who his wife is and where...
GLC02150.41.05
2 August 1910
Patterson, J. H. (fl. 1910)
Drop Order and Report
Form from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions order the Bureau to drop William Wallace Noyes frin their registry, because he is deceased. The top is crossed out with an X, and the word "Accrued" is scribbled above it.
GLC02150.41.09
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