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Duty roster, 1776, Aug. 12.
Gives ranks of officers, including Roberts, Barnard Elliott, Beekman, Harden, Grimke, Porteaux, Drayton.
State of Gabriel Manigault Promissory Note to Robert Williams, c. 1788.
Collection consists of a promissory note of Gabriel Manigault to Robert Williams, showing payments made from 1777 to 1788, witnessed by William Banbury. Five letters written to Gabriel Manigault from Robert Williams and J. Vandeuvre (written in…
Partial Letter Regarding Privateers by John Paul Jones.
Papers include originals and typed transcripts of letters to Benjamin Franklin and others in Paris, to Joseph Hewes, and to A. Livingston. Also includes a 1776 list of U.S. Navy captains, his "A Plan for Regulation & Equipment of the Navy" (1777),…
Gibbes Family Tree on John Jacob Astor Letterhead
The collection includes numerous letters between James Ladson Gibbes and his father, John Gibbes, while he was studying at Princeton. Other letters include a note dated 1865 from Alex Hamilton Jr of New York addressed to Mr. Gibbes about supporting…
Gibbes Family Letter, October 18, 1841.
The collection includes numerous letters between James Ladson Gibbes and his father, John Gibbes, while he was studying at Princeton. Other letters include a note dated 1865 from Alex Hamilton Jr of New York addressed to Mr. Gibbes about supporting…
Gibbes Family Letter, undated.
The collection includes numerous letters between James Ladson Gibbes and his father, John Gibbes, while he was studying at Princeton. Other letters include a note dated 1865 from Alex Hamilton Jr of New York addressed to Mr. Gibbes about supporting…
Memorandum of American and British troops
Handwritten memorandum of the state of the American and British troops during the American Revolution, dated December 7, 1780. Author unknown. States where troops are located and how many men are there.
Return of ordnance at Charlestown, 1782.
Return of ordnance mounted on the different works at Charlestown, June 1, 1782. Includes iron and brass guns and mortars at Sugar House, Salt Works, Dam head, Hampstead Hill, Governors Bridge, at different stores and workshops, etc.
Journal of the siege of Charleston, 1780.
The journal covers every day between February 29th and May 12th, 1780. The entries describe the British actions during the Siege of Charleston. The names of various British officers appear throughout the journal. The first entry describes the initial…
Letter from Sarah R. Wilmer to Thomas Gibbes, January 1, 1803.
The collection includes numerous letters between James Ladson Gibbes and his father, John Gibbes, while he was studying at Princeton. Other letters include a note dated 1865 from Alex Hamilton Jr of New York addressed to Mr. Gibbes about supporting…