Manuscripts

Revolutionary claim of Ebenezer Beeman

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Description: Certificate of the claim for federal pension under the act of Congress of Mar. 18, 1818 made out in favor of Ebenezer Beeman of Bradford Co., Pa, signed by J.C. Calhoun as Secreatry of War.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1836, March 8.
Call number: mssHM 69873
Creator: United States(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Pacific Security Corporation via Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Feb. 2, 1990.
Dimensions: 31 cm :

Ebenezer Huntington papers

Manuscripts

This collection contains letters, with a few manuscripts and documents, by the Huntington Family of Norwich, Connecticut. Letters from Ebenezer Huntington to Jabez and Andrew Huntington describe his experience in the Revolutionary War and his political and social activities from 1810-1830s. The correspondence of Samuel and Benjamin Huntington reflect their legal practice and public service, and concern procurement for the Continental Army, work of the Continental Congress, political and military news, including the Revolutionary War and Whiskey Rebellion and War of 1812. Correspondents include Jabez Huntington, Andrew Adams, Alexander McDougal, Thomas Mumford, Thomas Simm Lee, Samuel Johnston, Caesar Rodney, Joseph Reed, Benjamin Lincoln, and Jonathan Trumbull. This portion of the collection also contains Samuel Huntington's Masonic certificate (1786).There are also individual letters by William Reed Huntington, Ulysses S. Grant, Daniel Huntington, and Collis Potter Huntington.

mssHunte

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Continental Congress journal extracts

Manuscripts

Primarily extracts of the Continental Congress journal regarding foreign relations, the peace, the permanent residence of Congress, copyright, Army pay, public money, pensions, and Native Americans. Also one item from the 3rd U.S. Congress, 1st Session, 1793.

mssHM 8980-8990

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Homestead certificate to Andrew Miller

Manuscripts

This certificate grants a tract of land near Salt Lake City, Utah, to Andrew Miller.

mssHM 54455

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Henry H. Ellis appointment as special detective and Deputy Provost Marshal for the Southern District of California

Manuscripts

Certificate appointing Henry H. Ellis as special detective and Deputy Provost Marshal for the Southern District of California in San Francisco. Approved by H.B. Fleming, A.A. Provost Marshal General California & Nevada and Captain A. Jones Jackson, Provost Marshal of the Southern District of California.

mssHM 27633

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Land grant to Richard Hazle :

Manuscripts

Land granted by act of Congress ("an act for the relief of the inhabitants of the late county of New Madrid in Missouri Territory who suffered by earthquakes"); signed by John Quincy Adams, also signed by George Graham, Commissioner of the General Land Office.

mssHM 34001

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59th United States Congress signatures

Manuscripts

Collection of signatures from the 59th United States Congress, 1905-1907, on a poster board. Joseph Gurney Cannon, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, is the first signature. There are 153 spaces; however, there are only 104 signatures. Note: There is an additional copy.

mssHM 79798

Revolutionary claim of Ebenezer Beeman

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