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Start Over Collection Historic manuscript collection Date range 1779

Bound manuscript, Brigade book of the Brigade commanded by the Honorable Brigade General Poor by Brigade Major Ben Walker 1 Volumes Box 108, Shelf Closed Stacks

Bound manuscript contains the returns kept for General Poor's Brigade, by Captain Benjamin Walker, at various camps, a few returns left unaccomplished, several general orders and records of courts-martial,and a legal docket ca. 1830. These daily inventories of soldiers and their equipment begin at Valley Forge in January 1778 and run through May 1779.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 2. Ledgers and Bound Manuscripts

Broadside, Rhode Island Loyalists Box 88 OVERSIZE, Folder 1779.03.30

Broadside. Woodcut Royal Arms of Great Britain-Calls for the British American Colonies to be freed from the "tyranny" of the Patriots. These "Associated Loyalists" were formed when the British occupied Rhode Island. Watermarked sheet of laid paper.

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  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 3. Oversized Documents and Manuscripts

Continental note, thirty-five dollars Box 6, Folder 1779.01.14

Continental currency note, thirty-five dollars. This note was supposedly found in Washington's desk after his death and had been in General Nicholas Fitzhugh's family until its donation. Printed by Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 6

Enlistment form Box 6, Folder 1779.06.09

D. 3 pages. Enlistment form. Descriptive list of 100 recruits from Massachusetts Bay enrolled in Continental Army for nine months. It lists hometown, country, age, stature, complexion, and time of arrival. Two men stand out: Charles Ralf, an Indian and Cato Brewer, a "Negro".

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 6

Historic manuscript collection approx. 60 Linear Feet

This collection of historic manuscripts dates from 1607-1933, with the bulk of materials dating from 1738-1868. The correspondence, journals and diaries, legal and financial records, estate documents, and printed ephemera in the collection primarily relate to the Washington and Custis families, the Revolutionary War, and society life in antebellum Washington D.C. and Virginia.

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Letter, Bushrod Washington to Hannah Washington Box 6, Folder 1779.10.29

A.L.S. 2 pages. Tells of his safe arrival at Wakefield and comments on the health of the family. Asks for his grandmother's shoes which he has forgotten and other personal matters. Autograph letter signed, with integral cover docketed by Col. John A. Washington of Bushfield by Jerry.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 6

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