American Revolution collection : military matters, 18th-20th centuries | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Military order to Ebenezer Hancock, paymaster general, to pay Scarboro Gridley, assistant engineer, $490, signed by Gen. Horatio Gates; list of soldiers in the town of Lexington, both foot and horse, called upon to train under Capt. Benjamin Reed and under Capt. William Reed (1739 Dec. 27); facsimile of the commission (1775 June 19) of George Washington as general and commander in chief of the Army of the U.S.; memorandum (1837 Aug. 9) from Daniel Webster concerning a pension for widows and orphans of men killed at Lexington on Apr. 19, 1775; appointment of Josiah Parker as lieutenant of the militia company in Lexington by Jonathan Belcher, governor of Massachusetts Bay (1739 Apr. 16); bill from Dr. Joseph Fiske to the Province of Massachusetts for services rendered in care of British soldiers on Apr. 19, 1775; payroll (1776) of Ipswich minute men; appointment (1778) of Samuel Lawrance as adjutant in the State of Massachusetts Bay; orders (1760, 1764) from Thaddeus Bowman, first lieutenant, to Corporal John Parker to warn foot soldiers in this town to meet at the house of Jonathan Raymond; and letter (1775 Nov. 15), written at Newtown [N.Y.?], from Samuel Barrett to John Barrett, with enthusiasm for the Continental Congress and military affairs