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Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Document signed. Washington titled document "To the Soldier." Clerk's docket reads: "To Chief 'Soldier,' of the Mianas, 'She-moc-ah-nes-yah.' " Founders Online identifies as Shamekunnesah, an Eel River chief.
mssGW
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Autograph letter. Regarding the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. Founders Online identifies Walter Rutherfurd as possible recipient. (2 pages)
HM 5249
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Letter signed. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. Place name given only as "headquarters." Founders Online identifies recipient as Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (3 pages)
HM 5467
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Document signed. Instructions to George Washington as General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, drafted by the committee that created Washington's commission on 1775 June 19 (John Adams, Richard Henry Lee, and Edward Rutledge) with added resolutions passed by Congress on June 22 in response to queries of Washington's. Document endorsed by George Washington as "Instructions from Congress 22d June 1775" (no signature) and had been folded, so is most likely the recipient's copy. Text is primarily in the hand of Secretary Charles Thomson, with some in hand of President John Hancock; document signed by both Hancock (twice) and Thomson. (2 pages)
HM 22011
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Contemporary copy. Letter regarding state quotas of troops. No place name given on document. (2 pages)
HM 5097
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Letter signed. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. No addressee on document; addressee determined by Huntington staff/Founders Online. No place name given on document. (1 page)
HM 5480