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American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library

The Boston Public Library has an extensive collection of original manuscripts from the American Revolutionary War era. The letters and documents were drafted by John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, James Otis, Joseph Warren, George Washington and other important Revolutionary War figures. The materials are mostly of American origin, but also include British, European, and West Indian sources. Some of the topics covered include the war’s political origins, the unfolding of military and naval c...

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American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Indictment of Alexander Mall for stabbing Samuel Atwood during the Boston Massacre [manuscript]
Indictment of Alexander Mall for stabbing Samuel Atwood during the Boston Massacre [manuscript]
by Massachusetts. Superior Court of Judicature; Mall, Alexander; Attwood, Samuel; Taylor, William; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Massacre, 1770
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Log book of cruises and captured ships [manuscript]
Log book of cruises and captured ships [manuscript]
by Tyrannicide (Brig); Hallet, John Allen; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Boston Harbour, July 21, 1778 through Dec. 7, 1778.
Topic: Logbooks
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Letter to Messrs. John de Neufville and son in Amsterdam about American finances, John Adams, and pleasant Frenchmen in New England [manuscript]
Letter to Messrs. John de Neufville and son in Amsterdam about American finances, John Adams, and pleasant Frenchmen in New England [manuscript]
by Jarvis, James; Neufville, John de, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Adams, John, 1735-1826, French
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Letter to his brother-in-law, Isaac Winslow, at Boston about Battle of Quebec and John Wilkes's defeat at polls [manuscript]
Letter to his brother-in-law, Isaac Winslow, at Boston about Battle of Quebec and John Wilkes's defeat at polls [manuscript]
by Clarke, Richard, 1711-1795; Winslow, Isaac, 1709-1777, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
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Letter to Board of War about arms and equipment [manuscript]
Letter to Board of War about arms and equipment [manuscript]
by Revere, Paul, 1735-1818; United States. Continental Congress. Board of War and Ordnance, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Equipment and supplies, United States --...
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Bill for service in 1780 [manuscript]
Bill for service in 1780 [manuscript]
by Reading (Mass.); Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: United States. Continental Army
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Orderly book kept by Nathan Alden for Capt. Abiel Pierce's Company in Col. Nicholas Dike's Worcester Regt. of the Massachusetts Infantry [manuscript]
Orderly book kept by Nathan Alden for Capt. Abiel Pierce's Company in Col. Nicholas Dike's Worcester Regt. of the Massachusetts Infantry [manuscript]
by Pierce, Abiel; Alden, Nathan; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Dike, Nicholas, 1722-1812
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Minutes of meetings about Tea Act [manuscript]
Minutes of meetings about Tea Act [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Merchants; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Tea tax (American colonies), Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773, Tea trade
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London, Bristol, Sheffield and Birmingham wares : imported by John Andrews, and to be sold by wholesale and retail, at the most reasonable rates, at his shop on Dock-Square, near the flat-conduit Boston: consisting of almost every article of brass, copper, steel, iron, pewter, &c. ..
London, Bristol, Sheffield and Birmingham wares : imported by John Andrews, and to be sold by wholesale and retail, at the most reasonable rates, at his shop on Dock-Square, near the flat-conduit Boston: consisting of almost every article of brass, copper, steel, iron, pewter, &c. ..
by Andrews, John, merchant; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Not in Evans or Ford's Mass. broadsides
Topic: Merchants
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Account of excise 1764 to 1765 [manuscript]
Account of excise 1764 to 1765 [manuscript]
by Fletcher, Thomas; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Licenses, Hotels, Taverns (Inns)
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter book of General Lincoln containing copies of 339 letters written at the time of the siege of Charleston [manuscript]
Letter book of General Lincoln containing copies of 339 letters written at the time of the siege of Charleston [manuscript]
by Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810; Barnwell, John, Major; Bee, Thomas, 1725-1812; Beekman, Benjamin, Colonel; Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790; Bretigny, Marquis de; Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789; Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795 recipient; Cuthbert, Daniel, Major; Drayton, Stephen, 1736-1810; Elbert, Samuel, 1740-1788; Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794; Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805; Galphin, George, -1780; Garden, Alexander, 1757-1829; Glascock, William, 1730-1793; Heriot, Robert, 1739-1792;...
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Dated: Charleston, Aug. 6, 1779 to Nov. 28, 1780
Topics: Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Siege, 1780, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. --...
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Copy of letter to Dr. Franklin from the Committee of Correspondence dated December. 21, 1775
Copy of letter to Dr. Franklin from the Committee of Correspondence dated December. 21, 1775
by Massachusetts. Committee of Correspondence; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 recipient; Cushing, Thomas, 1725-1788; Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803; Hancock, John, 1737-1793; Phillips, William; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Letter to Benjamin Franklin, agent in London, giving an account of the proceedings of the town of Boston at the meeting held in regard to the importation and destruction of tea, December 16, 1773
Topic: Boston Tea Party, 1773
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Receipt for William Adams, Esq., Collector of Customs, for duties collected in his division arising from city stills [manuscript]
Receipt for William Adams, Esq., Collector of Customs, for duties collected in his division arising from city stills [manuscript]
by Chester, John, 1749-1809; Adams, William, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Liquor industry
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Letter to Selectmen requesting town meeting to consider Tea Act [manuscript]
Letter to Selectmen requesting town meeting to consider Tea Act [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Citizens; Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803; Revere, Paul, 1735-1818; Boston (Mass.). Selectmen, recipient; Boston (Mass.). Town Meeting; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Tea tax (American colonies), Boston Tea Party, 1773
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Letter (first 4 pages) to François Kinlock at Geneva, about democracy's advantages over monarchy, New York campaign, Regulator movement, North Carolina constitution, M'Fingal and "Dr. Price's" Common Sense [manuscript]
Letter (first 4 pages) to François Kinlock at Geneva, about democracy's advantages over monarchy, New York campaign, Regulator movement, North Carolina constitution, M'Fingal and "Dr. Price's" Common Sense [manuscript]
by Laurens, John, 1754-1782; Kinlock, François, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: June 16, 1776
Topic: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
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Certificate that tax collectors' accounts, 1778-1782, were approved by Treasurer David Jeffries [manuscript]
Certificate that tax collectors' accounts, 1778-1782, were approved by Treasurer David Jeffries [manuscript]
by Crafts, Thomas, 1740-1799; Jeffries, David, 1714-1785; Shaw, Francis; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. -- Sources
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Diaries of cruise with privateer from Boston, capture, ordeals in Old Mill Prison at Plymouth, England, attempted escapes, and release [manuscript]
Diaries of cruise with privateer from Boston, capture, ordeals in Old Mill Prison at Plymouth, England, attempted escapes, and release [manuscript]
by Russell, William, 1748-; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Old Mill Prison, Privateering
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Letter asking for water and flour [manuscript]
Letter asking for water and flour [manuscript]
by St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Mackay, Aeneas, O'Hara
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Opinion regarding right of free African Americans to hold real property [manuscript]
Opinion regarding right of free African Americans to hold real property [manuscript]
by Waln, Nicholas, 1742-1813; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Free African Americans, Slavery
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Order in accordance with an act passed in Assembly in 1784 for amending laws regarding the military troops, summons the receiver to meet at the Court House [manuscript]
Order in accordance with an act passed in Assembly in 1784 for amending laws regarding the military troops, summons the receiver to meet at the Court House [manuscript]
by Bland, Theodorick, 1742-1790; Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. -- Sources
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Letter to Gentlemen reporting repeal of Townshend Acts except the Tea Act, criticizing Bostonians for breaking Non-importation Agreements [manuscript]
Letter to Gentlemen reporting repeal of Townshend Acts except the Tea Act, criticizing Bostonians for breaking Non-importation Agreements [manuscript]
by Eliot, Samuel, 1739-1820; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Non-importation agreements, 1768-1769
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Letter to John Hancock, reporting that 12,000 men are building Continental ships at Providence [manuscript]
Letter to John Hancock, reporting that 12,000 men are building Continental ships at Providence [manuscript]
by Bant, William, d. 1779; Hancock, John, 1737-1793 recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Shipbuilding
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Letter to Mr. Hunt asking him to deliver salt to Maj. Nathaniel Ruggles [manuscript]
Letter to Mr. Hunt asking him to deliver salt to Maj. Nathaniel Ruggles [manuscript]
by Trumbull, Joseph, 1737-1778; Hunt, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Ruggles, Nathaniel, b. 1730
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Petition to Selectmen for resignation of tea consignees [manuscript]
Petition to Selectmen for resignation of tea consignees [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Citizens; Clarke, Richard, 1711-1795; Powell, William; Boston (Mass.). Selectmen, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773
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Account for General George Reid for taking Moses Bamford to the Exeter Goal [manuscript]
Account for General George Reid for taking Moses Bamford to the Exeter Goal [manuscript]
by Cherry, Samuel; Reid, George, 1733-1815, recipient; Bamford, Moses; Walker, Timothy, 1751-1814; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. -- Sources
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Orders for escorting to Headquarters under guard the following soldiers, Sergeant Pripp, Sergeant Hatheway, Corporal Seers, and Corporal Gray by order of Major. General. Heath [manuscript]
Orders for escorting to Headquarters under guard the following soldiers, Sergeant Pripp, Sergeant Hatheway, Corporal Seers, and Corporal Gray by order of Major. General. Heath [manuscript]
by Huntington, Ebenezer, 1754-1834; Heath, William, 1737-1814; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Prisoners of war
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Letter (page 5) to François Kinlock at Geneva, about democracy's advantages over monarchy, New York campaign, Regulator movement, North Carolina constitution, M'Fingal and "Dr. Price's" Common Sense [manuscript]
Letter (page 5) to François Kinlock at Geneva, about democracy's advantages over monarchy, New York campaign, Regulator movement, North Carolina constitution, M'Fingal and "Dr. Price's" Common Sense [manuscript]
by Laurens, John, 1754-1782; Kinlock, François, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: June 16, 1776
Topic: Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
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Letter to Doctor Samuel Stringer, Albany [manuscript]
Letter to Doctor Samuel Stringer, Albany [manuscript]
by Johnson, William, 1715-1774; Stringer, Samuel, 1734-1817, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Letter to James Read at Savannah about "Bostonians' victory" [manuscript]
Letter to James Read at Savannah about "Bostonians' victory" [manuscript]
by Savage, Thomas; Read, James, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Georgia. Committee of Safety
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Letter to my dear friend about Gen. Howe's replacing Gen. Gage [manuscript]
Letter to my dear friend about Gen. Howe's replacing Gen. Gage [manuscript]
by Stanley, Thomas, 1753-1779; Great Britain. Army. Queen's Royal Lancers, 16th/5th; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814, Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787
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Supply order to James Adams to collect teams and deliver supplies to army [manuscript]
Supply order to James Adams to collect teams and deliver supplies to army [manuscript]
by Pigeon John; Adams, James, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Equipment and supplies, United States --...
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Trust in God, better than confidence in men [manuscript] : a disource on Psalm 118.8.9
Trust in God, better than confidence in men [manuscript] : a disource on Psalm 118.8.9
by Tucker, John, 1719-1792; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Bible, Sermons, American
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Letter to Coll. Azor Orne and Elbridge Gerry, merchants at Marblehead from the Committee for Donations signed David Jeffries [manuscript]
Letter to Coll. Azor Orne and Elbridge Gerry, merchants at Marblehead from the Committee for Donations signed David Jeffries [manuscript]
by Jefferies, David, 1714-1784; Orne, Azor, 1731-1796, recipient; Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814, recipient; Boston (Mass.). Committee of Donations; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Shipping, Shipping
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Letter to Boston Selectmen, promising that his troops will not provoke bombardment of Boston [manuscript]
Letter to Boston Selectmen, promising that his troops will not provoke bombardment of Boston [manuscript]
by Thomas, John, 1724-1776; Boston (Mass.). Selectmen, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources
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Document testifying that soldiers clubbed children but were trapped in alley for ten minutes by citizens before Boston Massacre [manuscript]
Document testifying that soldiers clubbed children but were trapped in alley for ten minutes by citizens before Boston Massacre [manuscript]
by Leach, John; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Massacre, 1770
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Petition to Selectmen for resignation of tea consignees [manuscript]
Petition to Selectmen for resignation of tea consignees [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Citizens; Clarke, Richard, 1711-1795; Powell, William; Boston (Mass.). Selectmen, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Tea Party, 1773
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Petition to prevent importation of tea [manuscript]
Petition to prevent importation of tea [manuscript]
by Boston (Mass.). Citizens; Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773
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Document protesting against Provincial Congress' vote diverting provincial taxes from Gray to Henry Gardner [manuscript]
Document protesting against Provincial Congress' vote diverting provincial taxes from Gray to Henry Gardner [manuscript]
by Gray, Harrison, 1712-1794; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Gardner, Henry, 1731-1782, Massachusetts. Provincial Congress, Massachusetts. Treasury Dept
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Journal of the siege of Charleston [manuscript]
Journal of the siege of Charleston [manuscript]
by Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795
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Accounts of provisions received and delivered by Joseph Trumbull and William Hunt for state troops during Revolution [manuscript]
Accounts of provisions received and delivered by Joseph Trumbull and William Hunt for state troops during Revolution [manuscript]
by Massachusetts. Board of War; Trumbull, Joseph, 1737-1778; Hunt, William; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Supplies and stores, United States -- History...
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Minutes of letters [manuscript]
Minutes of letters [manuscript]
by Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. -- Sources
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Letter to Commissary Moore Furman, sending stores [manuscript]
Letter to Commissary Moore Furman, sending stores [manuscript]
by Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824; Furman, Moore, 1728-1808, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Philadelphia, June 13, 1780
Topic: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. -- Sources
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Letter to Boston Town Meeting, saying he cannot decide about tea shipment because its terms are unknown [manuscript]
Letter to Boston Town Meeting, saying he cannot decide about tea shipment because its terms are unknown [manuscript]
by Clarke, Richard, 1711-1795; Boston (Mass.). Town Meeting, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773
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Letter to John Clowes enclosing commissions for officers in 1st Delaware Continental Regiment [manuscript]
Letter to John Clowes enclosing commissions for officers in 1st Delaware Continental Regiment [manuscript]
by Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784; Clowes, John, 1730-1790, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: United States. Continental Army. Delaware Regiment, United States. Army
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Letter to his brother, Algernon Percy, about Provincial Congress's insolence and cunning [manuscript]
Letter to his brother, Algernon Percy, about Provincial Congress's insolence and cunning [manuscript]
by Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817; Beverley, Algernon Percy, Earl of, 1750-1830, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Massachusetts. Provincial Congress
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Letter to his brother, Augustin Laurent Guillaumier, reporting presence of American privateers at Santo Domingo and American military successes over British [manuscript]
Letter to his brother, Augustin Laurent Guillaumier, reporting presence of American privateers at Santo Domingo and American military successes over British [manuscript]
by Guillaumier, Antoine; Guillaumier, Augustin Laurent, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Cap-Français, Sept. 18, 1776
Topics: Haiti, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. -- Sources
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Letter to the South Carolina Council of Safety enclosing list of men and supplies [manuscript]
Letter to the South Carolina Council of Safety enclosing list of men and supplies [manuscript]
by Moultrie, William, 1730-1805; South Carolina. Council of Safety, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Letter to John Hancock, about Battle of Freeman's Farm and casualties [manuscript]
Letter to John Hancock, about Battle of Freeman's Farm and casualties [manuscript]
by Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806; Hancock, John, 1737-1793 recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Saratoga, Oct. 12, 1777
Topic: Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777
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Letter to Henry Laurens, thanking him for gunpowder [manuscript]
Letter to Henry Laurens, thanking him for gunpowder [manuscript]
by Saussure, Daniel de, 1735-1798; Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Lempriere, Clement, Bull, Stephen, 1733-1800, Gunpowder
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Letter to John Greenough, hoping that he is not abused for his help in tea business [manuscript]
Letter to John Greenough, hoping that he is not abused for his help in tea business [manuscript]
by Clarke, Richard, 1711-1795; Greenough, John, 1742-1781, recipient; Richard Clarke and Sons (Boston, Mass.); Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773
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Letter to Rev. Samuel Henley, William and Mary College, Virginia, inquiring about details of sending bishops to colonies [manuscript]
Letter to Rev. Samuel Henley, William and Mary College, Virginia, inquiring about details of sending bishops to colonies [manuscript]
by Law, Edmund, 1703-1787; Henley, Samuel, 1740-1815, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Church of England
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Letter to Sir William Johnson, sending 17 families fleeing discontent in Scotland [manuscript]
Letter to Sir William Johnson, sending 17 families fleeing discontent in Scotland [manuscript]
by Munro, Harry, 1730-1801; Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Scots, genealogy
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Letter to Col. Henry Jackson, about small size of Burgoyne's army, English fleet off Sandy Hook, and false report of attack on Boston [manuscript]
Letter to Col. Henry Jackson, about small size of Burgoyne's army, English fleet off Sandy Hook, and false report of attack on Boston [manuscript]
by Knox, Henry, 1750-1806; Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Morristown, July 21, 1777
Topic: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. -- Sources
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Muster roll of Colonel Benjamin Tupper's 11th Massachusetts Regiment made out by Lieutenant Nehemiah Emerson and signed "Jno. Glover, B.-General," and "Saml. Darby, B.-Inspector" [manuscript]
Muster roll of Colonel Benjamin Tupper's 11th Massachusetts Regiment made out by Lieutenant Nehemiah Emerson and signed "Jno. Glover, B.-General," and "Saml. Darby, B.-Inspector" [manuscript]
by Glover, John, 1732-1797; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Tupper, Benjamin, 1738-1792, Emerson, Nehemiah, 1749-1832, Darby, Samuel, 1722 or 3-1794, United...
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Muster roll of Capt. Gershom Nelson's Company that marched from Mendon to Roxbury on the 19th of April 1775 at the alarm of the battle of Lexington [manuscript]
Muster roll of Capt. Gershom Nelson's Company that marched from Mendon to Roxbury on the 19th of April 1775 at the alarm of the battle of Lexington [manuscript]
by Massachusetts Infantry. Col. Ezra Wood's 3d Worcester Co. Regiment; Nelson, Gershom, 1729-1813; Wood, Ezra, 1726-1815; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775
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Cash book for American officers' accounts during the siege of Boston [manuscript]
Cash book for American officers' accounts during the siege of Boston [manuscript]
by Winthrop, William, 1753-1825; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Document certifying Capt. Benjamin Walker's capture at Bunker Hill, 1775 [manuscript]
Document certifying Capt. Benjamin Walker's capture at Bunker Hill, 1775 [manuscript]
by Bridge, Ebenezer, 1744-1814; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: Walker, Benjamin, 1743-1821, Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Azor Orne and Samuel Moody, speaking for the Committee of the General Court, requesting Jonathan Jackson to deliver powder to Jonas White [manuscript]
Azor Orne and Samuel Moody, speaking for the Committee of the General Court, requesting Jonathan Jackson to deliver powder to Jonas White [manuscript]
by Orne, Azor, 1731-1796; Moody, Samuel; Jackson, Jonathan, 1743-1810 recipient; White, Jonas; Massachusetts. General Court; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Supplies and stores, United States -- History...
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Bill for State Treasurer's brass type [manuscript]
Bill for State Treasurer's brass type [manuscript]
by Revere, Paul, 1735-1818; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. -- Sources
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Receipt for $40 from Colonel Elias Dayton [manuscript]
Receipt for $40 from Colonel Elias Dayton [manuscript]
by Barber, Francis, 1750-1783; Dayton, Elias, 1737-1807; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Andrews, William
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Receipts for wages from Capt. James Bancroft [manuscript]
Receipts for wages from Capt. James Bancroft [manuscript]
by Massachusetts. Militia. Regiment, 2nd (Middlesex County). b Company, 4th; Bancroft, James; Reed, Colonel, recipient; Richardson, Thomas; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Reading, Dec. 1, 1776
Topics: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- American forces, United States -- History --...
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Promissory note to Nathaniel Perkins, physician, for £48 [manuscript]
Promissory note to Nathaniel Perkins, physician, for £48 [manuscript]
by Warren, Joseph, 1741-1775; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Perkins, Nathaniel, 1715-1799
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Document to the Commisary General asking for oil for Ensign Richardson [manuscript]
Document to the Commisary General asking for oil for Ensign Richardson [manuscript]
by Bond, William, 1734-; Richardson, Aaron, 1740-1786; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Supplies and stores, United States -- History...
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to Timothy Edwards, acknowledging Washington's order to delay recruiting because there is no money for bounties [manuscript]
Letter to Timothy Edwards, acknowledging Washington's order to delay recruiting because there is no money for bounties [manuscript]
by Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804; Edwards, Timothy, 1738-1813 recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Bounties, Military
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to Col. Henry Jackson, requesting discharge because of hemophilia [manuscript]
Letter to Col. Henry Jackson, requesting discharge because of hemophilia [manuscript]
by Morey, Thomas; Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. -- Sources
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to his brother, Augustin Laurent Guillaumier, mentioning arrival of ship from Georgia with news of evacuation of British from Philadelphia [manuscript]
Letter to his brother, Augustin Laurent Guillaumier, mentioning arrival of ship from Georgia with news of evacuation of British from Philadelphia [manuscript]
by Guillaumier, Antoine; Guillaumier, Augustin Laurent, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Dated: Cap-Français, Feb. 7, 1778
Topic: Haiti
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to his wife, Janet (Livingston) Montgomery about surrender of Fort St. Johns [manuscript]
Letter to his wife, Janet (Livingston) Montgomery about surrender of Fort St. Johns [manuscript]
by Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775; Montgomery, Janet Livingston, 1743-1828. recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Document for general orders asking the Commissary to give rum to the bearer [manuscript]
Document for general orders asking the Commissary to give rum to the bearer [manuscript]
by Ward, Joseph, 1737-1812; Meriam, Jonas, 1731-1780; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Supplies and stores, United States -- History...
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Document to Major Barber saying he has been directed to call on him for ammunition and asks for cartridges [manuscript]
Document to Major Barber saying he has been directed to call on him for ammunition and asks for cartridges [manuscript]
by Paterson, John, 1744-1808; Barber, Nathaniel, 1728-1787, recipient; Clark, Joseph, Sergeant; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topics: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Supplies and stores, United States -- History...
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to Dwight Foster in Brookfield from Solomon Drown, about shipping aboard a privateer, French arrival in Newport, and superiority of Virginia's constitution over Massachusetts' [manuscript]
Letter to Dwight Foster in Brookfield from Solomon Drown, about shipping aboard a privateer, French arrival in Newport, and superiority of Virginia's constitution over Massachusetts' [manuscript]
by Drowne, Solomon, 1753-1834; Foster, Dwight, 1757-1823 recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. -- Sources
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to Ebenezer Hancock [manuscript]
Letter to Ebenezer Hancock [manuscript]
by Perkins, Daniel, 1687-1782; Hancock, Ebenezer, 1741-1819, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Perkins, Mary Hawke, 1711-1799
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to a friend at Norwich about skirmishes [manuscript]
Letter to a friend at Norwich about skirmishes [manuscript]
by Goodrich, Solomon; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to gentlemen of Boston, conveying her condolences about the Boston Massacre [manuscript]
Letter to gentlemen of Boston, conveying her condolences about the Boston Massacre [manuscript]
by Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791; Boston (Mass.). Selectmen, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Topic: Boston Massacre, 1770
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to General Benjamin Lincoln about Charleston's defenses [manuscript]
Letter to General Benjamin Lincoln about Charleston's defenses [manuscript]
by Rutledge, John, 1739-1800; Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Any vessel may lay at Gadsden's Wharf to unload; hopes all guns and men may go out by night and that supplies for arsenal will be fit for use. Believes it best to confine enemy ships to Cooper's River, and to prevent their communication with Ashley River. Suggests advance to place where Captain North sounded, and to guard against enemy advance into Ashley River
Topic: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. -- Sources
American Revolutionary War Manuscripts at the Boston Public Library
Letter to his brother-in-law, Isaac Winslow, at Halifax, about American privateers and shortages in England [manuscript]
Letter to his brother-in-law, Isaac Winslow, at Halifax, about American privateers and shortages in England [manuscript]
by Clarke, Richard, 1711-1795; Winslow, Isaac, 1709-1777 recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
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Holograph, signed
Topic: Privateering

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