A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

ARTEMAS WARD: (1727 - 1800) American Revolutionary general, commander-in-chief of American forces at Cambridge before appointment of George Washington

ANTHONY WALTON WHITE: (1750 - 1803) American major and aide-de-camp to George Washington in 1775. Served under Anthony Wayne in the Georgia Campaign o

JOHN WINSLOW: (1702 - 1774) Massachusetts general of Militia during the French and Indian War who was charged with removing the Acadians in 1755 and l

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION): Group of five pieces including OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR (1760 - 1833), L.S. 1p. 4to., , July 13, 1791 concerning treasu

(CANNON FOR THE CONTINENTAL ARMY): Manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong 4to., Hartford, May 15, 1780 ordering the disbursement of 7547 pounds in Continental Cur

(CAPTURE OF A PRIVATEER): Good content D.S., 1p. oblong 4to., [n.p.], Dec. 4, 1778, a receipt for a share of what was likely a salvaged British ship o

(LOST WAGES FOR A P.O.W.): Manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., , June 14, 1777 in which state treasurer Jonathan Laurence orders payment to Tho

(PROOF OF ARMY SERVICE): War date manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., Fishkill, Mar. 6, 1781 in which Maj. J. Bruen certifies "...that Hezekiah Ki...

(PROOF OF ARMY SERVICE): Manuscript D.S. 1p. 4to., Middletown, [Conn.], July 3, 1780 certifying that "...Ezra Smith Served in the Army of the U...

(PROOF OF SERVICE): A lot of two manuscript D.S.'s, the first being 1p. oblong, 8vo., dated Saybrook [Conn.], Sept. 28, 1790 certifying that &qu...