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Journal of Samuel Hawes

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Handwritten journal kept by soldier Samuel Hawes. Describes experience in the army including eyewitness accounts of the battles of Lexington and Concord and of Bunker Hill.

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Letter, 1776 December 22, Corryells Ferry (Lambertville), N.J., to William Perkins

1 pp 1776

Handwritten order directing Capt. Perkins to recruit men for the Corps of Artillery. States the type of person to be recruited and the terms of enlistment, which include money, clothing, and land.

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Letter, 1781 March 13, Boston [Mass.], [to] Major General William Heath, West Point

1 pp 1781

Letter from a committee (Putnam, Jameson, Brooks, and Peirce) conveying the action of the General Court with respect to the officers and men of the Massachusetts Line. Blank Pages in this item have not been scanned. Putnam commanded the defensive works around Boston in 1775 and later served under Gates against Burgoyne.

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Letter, 1782 January 11, Middletown [Conn.] to Capt. Moses Greenleaf, Newburyport [Mass.]

1 pp 1782

Parsons writes concerning personal matters such as health and the death of a "sister". He also comments, in a somewhat discouraged tone, on the course of the American Revolution. Parsons held the rank of Major-General (Connecticut) in the Continental Army at his retirement in April 1782 due to poor health. He was appointed Territorial Judge after the war, and drowned in the Ohio River 17 November 1789.

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Litchfield, Israel

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Muster roll of Capt. Thomas Cartwright's Company

1 pp 1777

Handwritten muster roll by Deputy Muster Master Andrew Brown dated Dorchester 15th August 1777. Lists the names of the officers, sergeants, corporals, and privates in Capt. Thomas Cartwright's Company of Dorchester, Mass. Includes date of commission if an officer, date appointed for non-commissioned officers, date of enlistment for privates as well as columns for remarks, time, and no. Verso has signed affidavit by Capt. Cartwright and Second Lieut. Child that the muster roll represents the true state of the company. Caption title

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Notebook, ca. 1776

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Handwritten lyrics to three Revolutionary War-era songs: (1) An ode on the battle of Bunkers hill, sung and acted by a soldier in a military habit, with his firelock &c. in the same measure with a sea piece entitled the tempest; (2) A military song by the army on General Washingtons victorious entry into the town of Boston; (3) The goddess of liberty. Also a handwritten transcription of the ode.

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Noyes, John

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Noyes, Nathaniel

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Letter, 1776 December 22, Corryells Ferry (Lambertville), N.J., to William Perkins

Letter, 1781 March 13, Boston [Mass.], [to] Major General William Heath, West Point

Letter, 1782 January 11, Middletown [Conn.] to Capt. Moses Greenleaf, Newburyport [Mass.]

Litchfield, Israel

Muster roll of Capt. Thomas Cartwright's Company

Notebook, ca. 1776

Noyes, John

Noyes, Nathaniel