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A journal of a march from Cambridge [Mass.], on an expedition against Quebeck, in Colo. Benedict Arnold['s] detatchment, 1775 September 13-1776 June 6.

Journal of Joseph Ware documenting the attempted Invasion of Quebec, also listing Continental Army members killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. Transcribed version published as 'Expedition against Quebec', NEHG Register 6[1852]: 129-145.

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A return of the officers and vacancies in the county of Barnstable in the militia in the brigade under the command of Joseph Otis

1779

Handwritten list giving name, rank, and residence of every officer. Caption title

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A true list of the person inimical to the liberties of the colonies and now residing in the town of Boston with the crime by them committed against their country

Handwritten list of about 80 names.

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Account book of Lieutenant Joel Pratt, 1777-1780

1777

Account of supplies from various companies to "military stores". Entries list date, by whom received, and a tally of the number of guns, bayonets, belts, scaboards, gunslings, ramrods, c. boxes, etc. A large portion of records is devoted to lists of casualities among the various companies of the 4th Mass. Regiment. Also includes various receipts and promissory notes. These are the best images possible, due to the condition of the orginal manuscript. Blank pages in this item have not been scanned.

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Account book of Thomas Taft

1768

Handwritten accounts of Thomas Taft of Mendon, Mass. Includes two rolls of men in Capt. Silas Wheelock's company.

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Book for the turn don[e] in the war by the soldiers of the West militia company in Mansfield

1775

Lists of soldiers in the West Militia Company of Mansfield, Mass. Blank pages in this item have not been scanned

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Captain Maclean releasement from his parole.

1783

Release issued by Franklin at Passy, [France] for Captain [Moses?] MacLean of the 43d Regiment, a prisoner on parole to the United States of America, in exchange for a British prisoner held in the U.S.

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Correspondence to William Henshaw, 1774-1775

1774

Five letters in which Noyes, apothecary and patriot of Boston, MA, informs Henshaw of Leicester, MA of events in Boston, Salem, and elsewhere in months preceding outbreak of American Revolution. Includes description of Port Bill's impact, comments on Loyalists taking refuge in Boston, county sheriffs being ordered to remove all powder to Boston, and troops being deployed to protect the courts. Noyes urges unity among all towns of MA against British tyranny. Includes handwritten transcripts of letters and biographical notes by Harriet E. Henshaw.

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Diary of Aaron Hayward, 1775 May-December

1775

Braintree, Massachusetts, resident's account of his service during the early months of American Revolution. Includes names of fellow soldiers, financial records, and description of Battle of Bunker Hill. Donor included a typescript transcription with an index. Include donor created transcription and index. These are the best images possible, due to the condition of the orginal manuscript. Aaron Hayward Jr. was born 1 December 1736 Braintree MA.

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Diary of Dr. Ezra Green

1777

Diary of a surgeon under Capt. John Paul Jones during the cruise of the Continental Ship of War Ranger. Transcribed version by George Henry Preble published as "Diary of Dr. Ezra Green..." in NEHG Register 29 [1875]: 13-24.; Blank pages have not been scanned.

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Diary of Israel Litchfield

Litchfield, of Scituate, Mass., describes establishment of minuteman company in Scituate, the reaction to the Lexington Alarm, and the guarding of the coast. Also chronicles day-to-day life. Includes biography on inside front cover and poem written by grandson Paul Brooks Merritt, circa 1833, that was printed on silk cloth and mounted on back cover. Transcription published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 129 [1975]: 150-171, 250-269, 361-378.

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Diary of West Hill

1777

Brief interleaved notes written in a copy of "Gaine's New-York Pocket Almanack, for the year 1777" by a surgeon in the British Army during the American Revolution. Notes convern the activities of the fleet under Admiral Richard Howe. Includes explanatory letters, 1889-1890, on the provenance of the diary. These images are the best images possible, due to the condition of the orginal manuscript.

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