Collection of 18 signed letters and documents relating to the revolutionary era and the the Society of the Cincinnati : various locations, 14 May 1750-21 Oct. 1845

Collection of 18 signed letters and documents relating to the revolutionary era and the the Society of the Cincinnati : various locations, 14 May 1750-21 Oct. 1845

1750-1845

[3-20] items

MSS L2005G9.3-20

Gift in memory of Joshua Danforth Bush, Jr.
Contents: [3]. Payment receipt, Boston, May 14 1750, [signed] Robert Oram (for the payment of $280, received by Isaac Winslow; center portion torn away. -- [4]. Garrison court martial proceedings, Northfield [Mass.] by order of Col. Ezra Badlam ..., Capt Caleb Chapin's president ... (trials of Samuel Hart, Elijah Alvard, John Bock, Daniel Bliss, Levi Sartwell, Elias Bardwell, Roswel Alvord, David Osgood, Isiah Daw, & Nathaniel Doams for encouraging mutiny) -- [5]. Jacob ..., E. Ransom Lieut, W. Draper Engn. A.L.S. Northfield, May 25, 1787 to Col Ezra Badlam (complaining about 24 pounds of tainted pork, not to be served to government troops) -- [6]. Order for payment to Adjt. O. Leonard, June 21, 1787 [signed] John Miller, James George; E. Badlam (a sum to be paid to O. Leonard by a soldier in Capt. Mores Draper's Company) -- [7]. Report of the Main Guard from Marineck Bridge, Feb. 12, 1777 [signed] Amos Chappel -- [8]. Captain Silas Fowler A.L.S. Southwick, Aug. 2, 1779 to Justin Ely (regarding a list of men "to fill up our quota of the fifteen Batallions ordered to be raised in this state by Congress." -- [9]. Capt. John Scudder A.L.S. Elizabethtown, Apr. 11, 1781 to Col. [Elias] Dayton (details of the sloop Neptune) -- [10]. Receipt from State of Georgia to William Gilmore, Apr. 8, 1777 (for Gilmore's wages & rations received by Capt. Francis Moore -- [11]. Capt. William Helms A.L.S. Aug. 4, 1800 to Col. Aaron Ogden (requests the Society eagle which was left in the care of Col. Ogden) -- [12]. Robert Lettis Hooper, Jr. A.L.S. Dec. 5, 1778 (Deputy Quartermaster General Hooper, regarding unknown recipient's dealings with Col. Erwine) -- [13]. Morgan Brown A.L.S. Cheraw, [S.C.], May 20, 1787 to Peter Freneau, Charleston (regarding dispute over land plots; requesting Peter Freneau's assistance in resolution) -- [14]. Joshua Danforth A.L.S. Pittsfield, Mass., July 28, 1824 to his brother, Samuel (Joshua saved some money by sending his letters to his borther c/o their father, the Postmaster)(discusses church revival and religious awakenings occuring in John Noble Danforth's parish) -- [15]. Samuel A. Danforth 3 A.LL.S., Boston, July 22, 1840-Oct. 21, 1845 to Rev. Joshua N. Danforth, Alexandria, DC -- [16]. Copy of the will of Joshua Danforth, Pittsfield, Mass, Jan. 27, 1837 -- [17]. Notes on the military career of Joshua Danforth (services at Burgoyne surrender in 1777, Battle of Monmouth in 1778, discharged in 1783) -- [18]. Joshua N. Danforth A.L.S., Pittsfield [Mass.], 1812 to Allan P. White -- [19]. Obituary of Judge Dewy [signed] Joshua Danforth, Pittsfield, [Mass.], Jun. 8, 1815 (published in the Pittsfield Sun; regarding his carrer as "practitioner, legislator, and judge," and personal disposition. -- [20]. Notes on Joshua Danforth (on career of Joshua Danforth including war service & government positions; also a list of "familiar Pittsfield names" & addresses; note on back: inscription upon Joshua Danforth's grave stone in Pittsfield, Massachusetts."

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