Manuscripts

George Washington return of eight companies of the Virginia Regiment on the frontiers of that colony

Description: Not in Washington's hand or signed by him.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1757 December 1
Call number: LO 6765
Provenance: Purchased from the Campbell family through the agency of Sotheby's and Sir Joseph Duveen, 1923.; Portion of the Scottish papers purchased with the Hastings family papers (mssHA) from Edith Maud Abney-Hastings, Countess of Loudoun, through the agency of Maggs Bros., 1927.; Addendum purchased from Myers & Co. Booksellers Ltd, 1944.
Restrictions: IN PROCESS COLLECTION.; RESTRICTED. Tartan swatch enclosed in James Seton letter to John Campbell, 1746 August 28 (LO 12589). Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
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George Washington pay and allowance to the officers and soldiers of the Virginia troops

Manuscripts

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LO 3139

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Certificate by Washington of service of John Skelton, Virginia Regiment

Manuscripts

Autograph document signed. Certificate of service as non-commissioned officer in Virginia Regiment under Washington's command during French and Indian War, making Skelton entitled to bounty land. (1 page) Receipt for sale of land on reverse, autograph document signed, 1779 September 16.

BR 202

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Certificate by Washington of service of John Skelton, Virginia Regiment

Manuscripts

Autograph document signed. Certificate of service as non-commissioned officer in Virginia Regiment under Washington's command during French and Indian War, making Skelton entitled to bounty land. Receipt for sale of land on reverse, autograph document signed, 1779 September 16.

mssGW

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Instructions from the Continental Congress, Philadelphia, to George Washington

Manuscripts

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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Letter from George Washington, Middlebrook, to John Jay

Manuscripts

Draft. In hand of James McHenry with corrections by Washington (4 pages); additional note/abstract in Washington's hand. (1 page)

MH 125

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Address to John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun from George Washington and the officers of the Virginia Regiment, Winchester

Manuscripts

Document signed. (1 page)

LO 1354

George Washington return of eight companies of the Virginia Regiment on the frontiers of that colony

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