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Boston Customs Receipt For Importation Of One Hogheads Of Rum From Martinique, Signed By Benjamin Lincoln And Thomas Melvill, Boston,1802., Benjamin Lincoln Jr., Thomas Melvill, District Of Massachusetts, Port Of Boston And Charlestown Aug 1802

Boston Customs Receipt For Importation Of One Hogheads Of Rum From Martinique, Signed By Benjamin Lincoln And Thomas Melvill, Boston,1802., Benjamin Lincoln Jr., Thomas Melvill, District Of Massachusetts, Port Of Boston And Charlestown

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This document is signed by Lincoln as Collector and Melvill as Inspector at the port of Boston and Charlestown, 1802. Lincoln was a general in the American Revolution, Melvill was an officer in the same conflict as well as a participant in the Boston Tea Party.


Receipt For One Chest Of Green Tea Signed By Benjamin Lincoln And Thomas Melvill At Boston, 1810., Benjamin Lincoln Jr., Thomas Melvill, District Of Massachusetts, Port Of Boston And Charlestown Jul 1802

Receipt For One Chest Of Green Tea Signed By Benjamin Lincoln And Thomas Melvill At Boston, 1810., Benjamin Lincoln Jr., Thomas Melvill, District Of Massachusetts, Port Of Boston And Charlestown

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This import certificate for one chest, 63 pounds, of green tea is signed by Lincoln as Collector and Melvill as Inspector. Includes engraved portrait of Benjamin Lincoln.


Appointment Of Jacob Morton As Sheriff In Charlotte County, Virginia, Signed By James Monroe, 1802., James Monroe Jul 1802

Appointment Of Jacob Morton As Sheriff In Charlotte County, Virginia, Signed By James Monroe, 1802., James Monroe

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Jacob Morton is appointed sheriff of Charlotte County, Virginia in 1802. This appointment is signed by James Monroe, who was governor of Virginia at the time.


Fragment Of A Deed Distributing 202.5 Acres Of Land "Obtained From The Creek Nation Of Indians" In Baldwin County, Georgia To James Tarrentine 1802., John Milledge Jun 1802

Fragment Of A Deed Distributing 202.5 Acres Of Land "Obtained From The Creek Nation Of Indians" In Baldwin County, Georgia To James Tarrentine 1802., John Milledge

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Top half of a land grant to James Tarrentine for 202.5 acres in the first district of Baldwin County, Georgia. Date is approximate, based on treaty date noted in document.


Letter From Richard Furman To Reverend John Rippon (?), Richard Furman May 1802

Letter From Richard Furman To Reverend John Rippon (?), Richard Furman

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Richard Furman writes to Reverend John Rippon regarding the aquisition of religious texts. Furman mentions his plans to attend a Presbyterian "extraordinary meeting" lasting 4 to 5 days. 13 May 1802 in the High Hills of the Santee.