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George II commission of William Horve as Major in Colonel Harrison's Regiment of Foot
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Order to John Campbell, Duke of Argyll and Greenwich for provisioning a train of artillery
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The document includes an order for provision of a train of artillery under the command of Lord Charles Cathcart (2 p.); a list of Officers, Ministers & other Attendants...(2 p.); a list of a Company of Miners, Stores, and Ordnance for the service of the present expedition (12 p.). This is a contemporary copy of an order given by George R and signed by Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle. The pages are bound with thread; with marbled paper covers.
mssHM 82762
Orderly book Captain Clayton's company of the 17th Regiment of Foot, 1779, Feb. 14-June 29
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Orderly book of Robert Clayton's company of the 17th Regiment of Foot. Included are general and regimental orders, records of appointments and promotions, courts martial, etc.
mssHM 52666
Journal of an officer of the 47th Regiment of Foot, after 1783
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A fair copy of a journal kept by an unnamed officer of the 47th Regiment of Foot, probably of Major Acland's Grenadier Battalion, from April 19, 1775 through October of 1777. The journal covers the battles of Lexington and Concord (ff. 1-5), the siege of Boston (ff. 5- 23), and Burgoyne's invasion and the Saratoga Campaign,(ff. 23 -- 101), including the articles of surrender at Saratoga. The text comprises daily entries, copies of general orders, various returns and other regimental records, and routes from Saratoga to Cambrdige, Mass. and Charlottesville, Va. Also included are "Return of the Killed and wounded and Prisoners of the Army under the Command of His Excellency Lieutenant General Burgoyne in the course of the Campaign" (ff. 80 v. -- 87), "Return of the British Troops under the command of His Excellency Leiutenant General Burgoyne Camp at Saratoga. October 16, anno 1777," and the "Return of the Army of the United States of America Commanded by Major General Gates. Camp at Saratoga, Oct. 16, anno Domini 1777," (ff. 88-90), copies of various general orders of Burgoyne's command of issued from July 19 to June 1777, and an incomplete account of Lady Harriet Acland's ordeal, evidently taken from Burgoyne's memoirs (ff. 103-109 v.) The copy was probably created in the late 1780s or early 1790s.
mssHM 66
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William Henry Harrison, mouth of the Portage River, letter to Duncan McArthur, Fort Meigs :
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Harrison sends instructions to McArthur during the War of 1812 for the transport of troops, ammunition and supplies from Fort Meigs across Lake Erie. Harrison mentions that he wants to get across the lake as soon as possible himself and urges McArthur to do the same. Written and certified as a true copy by Harrison's aide-de-camp John Speed Smith.
mssHM 23023
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James Madison, Washington, D.C., commission to William Clark, Ninian Edwards, Auguste Chouteau :
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Appointing Governor of Missouri Territory William Clark, Governor of Illinois Territory Ninian Edwards, and Auguste Chouteau of the Missouri Territory as commissioners with full power to conference and sign treaties with Indian nations situated on the Mississippi River. Countersigned by James Monroe as Secretary of State.
mssHM 3991
Orderly books of William Moultrie, 1775, June 20 - 1780, Dec. 15
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The manuscript contains two orderly books. The first covers the time period from June 20, 1775 to October 16, 1776, and comprises orders issued by William Moultrie during his command of the defense of Sullivan's Island. Also included are orders issued by Cristopher Gadsen, and Robert Howe, then Colonel of the 2nd Regiment of North Carolina.
mssHM 681