Virginia pension abstracts of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian wars by Lucy Kate McGhee.
Revolutionary War
[Manuscript] Minutes of meeting to consider Boston’s resolutions for Committees of Correspondence (1772)
Minutes of meeting to consider Boston’s resolutions for Committees of Correspondence by Cambridge (Mass.). Town Meeting; Brattle, William, 1706-1776
[Manuscript] Letter to John Clowes enclosing commissions for officers in 1st Delaware Continental Regiment (1777)
Letter to John Clowes enclosing commissions for officers in 1st Delaware Continental Regiment by Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784; Clowes, John, 1730-1790, recipient
[Manuscript] Letter about Saratoga, French deceit, the incompetence of Robert Morris’ brother, and help from Duke of Tuscany and German Emperor (1777)
Letter about Saratoga, French deceit, the incompetence of Robert Morris’ brother, and help from Duke of Tuscany and German Emperor by Ralph Izard, 1742-1804; Alice DeLancey Izard, 1745-1832; Robert Morris, 1734-1806; Thomas Morris, 1750-1778;
[Manuscript] Minutes of meeting to consider Boston’s resolutions for Committees of Correspondence (1772)
Minutes of meeting to consider Boston’s resolutions for Committees of Correspondence by Cambridge (Mass.). Town Meeting; William Brattle, 1706-1776;
[Manuscript] Letter from John Glover, Gabriel Johonnet, and William Lee to the General Assembly, Massachusetts Bay about pay (1776)
Letter from John Glover, Gabriel Johonnet, and William Lee to the General Assembly, Massachusetts Bay about pay by John Glover, 1732-1797; Gabriel Johonnot, 1748-1820; William Lee, 1739-1795; Massachusetts. General Court, recipient;
[Manuscript] Letter John Shaw, Jr., about the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)
Letter John Shaw, Jr., about the Battle of Bunker Hill by Jesse Lukens; John Shaw Jr., recipient;
[Manuscript] Poems on witty subjects in Congress (1776)
Poems on witty subjects in Congress by William Ellery, 1727-1820; George Wythe, 1726-1806;
[Manuscript] Letter to Gentlemen reporting repeal of Townshend Acts except the Tea Act, criticizing Bostonians for breaking Non-importation Agreements (1770)
Letter to Gentlemen reporting repeal of Townshend Acts except the Tea Act, criticizing Bostonians for breaking Non-importation Agreements by Samuel Eliot, 1739-1820;
[Manuscript] Letter to Isaac Winslow about Canada and General Burgoyne (1776)
Letter to Isaac Winslow about Canada and General Burgoyne by Jonathan Clarke, 1744-1827; Isaac Winslow, 1709-1777
[Manuscript] Letter to John Hancock stating that dinners for the London merchants lobbying for repeal of Stamp Act cost ?1500 (1766)
Letter to John Hancock stating that dinners for the London merchants lobbying for repeal of Stamp Act cost ?1500 by Jonathan Barnard; John Hancock, 1737-1793, recipient;
[Manuscript] Letter to John Hancock about damage to Boston and evacuation by the British (1776)
Letter to John Hancock about damage to Boston and evacuation by the British by William Bant, d. 1779; John Hancock, 1737-1793, recipient;
[Manuscript] Survey and plat of Brigadier General Jethro Sumner land in Davidson County (1803)
Survey and plat of Brigadier General Jethro Sumner land in Davidson County (1803)
[Manuscript] Letter to Tapping Reeve about General Schuyler’s superiority over Sir John Johnson and rumors that General Richard Montgomery is not dead (1776)
Letter to Tapping Reeve about General Schuyler’s superiority over Sir John Johnson and rumors that General Richard Montgomery is not dead by Pierce, John, d. 1788; Reeve, Tapping, 1744-1823, recipient;
[Manuscript] Letter to Christopher Leffingwell about supplies and Gen. Israel Putnam’s arrival (1776)
Letter to Christopher Leffingwell about supplies and Gen. Israel Putnam’s arrival by Trumbull, Joseph, 1737-1778; Leffingwell, Christopher, 1734-1810 recipient
[Manuscript] Receipt for blankets from state signed by Jonathan Eaton and 62 other men (1775)
Receipt for blankets from state signed by Jonathan Eaton and 62 other men by Reading (Mass.). Citizens; Eaton, Jonathan; Massachusetts. Militia