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Certification Of Importation Signed By Benjamin Lincoln, Barnabas Lincoln Oct 1804

Certification Of Importation Signed By Benjamin Lincoln, Barnabas Lincoln

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Benjamin Lincoln certifies the importation of one Cask of Wine containing fifty-four gallons, by William J. Nath. Hooper in the Joanna Zinnia, an American Vessel, from Bourdeaux, dated October 20, 1804.

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Form Of Verification Of The Delivery Of Merchandise, Signed By Tobias Lear, Cape Francois, Santo Domingo (Present-Day Cap Haitien, Haiti), 1801., Tobias Lear Oct 1801

Form Of Verification Of The Delivery Of Merchandise, Signed By Tobias Lear, Cape Francois, Santo Domingo (Present-Day Cap Haitien, Haiti), 1801., Tobias Lear

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Lear, as general commercial agent of the U.S. at Cape Francois, certifies that Joseph Arnaud's accounting of the cargo of the Brig Rainbow - contained on verso - is accurate and complete. Lear was once private secretary to Gen. Washington. Cape Francois, Santo Domingo is now Cap Haitien, Haiti.

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Bushrod Washington, A Justice Of The Supreme Court Of United States, Requests $875 Be Paid To Charles Simms, Collector At The Port Of Alexandria, April 1, 1801., Bushrod Washington Apr 1801

Bushrod Washington, A Justice Of The Supreme Court Of United States, Requests $875 Be Paid To Charles Simms, Collector At The Port Of Alexandria, April 1, 1801., Bushrod Washington

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Bushrod Washington, a justice of the Supreme Court of United States, requests $875, one quarter of his salary, to be paid to Charles Simms, collector at the port of Alexandria. April 1, 1801.

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1793 License For Elizabeth Prinner(?) To Keep And Inn Or Tavern That Sells Liquor, New York City, 1793. Signed By Richard Varick, Mayor., Richard Varick, Elizabeth Prinner Mar 1793

1793 License For Elizabeth Prinner(?) To Keep And Inn Or Tavern That Sells Liquor, New York City, 1793. Signed By Richard Varick, Mayor., Richard Varick, Elizabeth Prinner

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Elizabeth Prinner(?), a grocer, is granted a license to keep an "Inn or Tavern for retailing strong or spiritous liquors" until March 1, 1794. She is forbidden from keeping a "disorderly" establishment or one that permits "any Cock-fighting, Gaming, or Playing with Cards or Dice, or Keep any Billiard-Table, or other Gaming-Table, or Shuffle-Board, within the Inn" or "any Out-House, Yard or Garden belonging thereunto." Signed by Richard Varick, 45th mayor of New York City.

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Receipt For A Transaction Between Leonard Wheatley And Robert Sharman, Signed By Daniel Morgan, 1788., Daniel Morgan Sep 1788

Receipt For A Transaction Between Leonard Wheatley And Robert Sharman, Signed By Daniel Morgan, 1788., Daniel Morgan

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Daniel Morgan appears to sign this receipt as a witness to the transaction described - for a horse - between Leonard Wheatley and Robert Sharman.

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The Case, Trevett Against Weeden Dec 1786

The Case, Trevett Against Weeden

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Wherein the Rights of the People to Trial by Jury, &c. are dated and maintained, and the Legislative, Judiciary and Executive Powers of Government examined and denned.

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Indenture, Signed By John Rutledge, 1786., John Rutledge Aug 1786

Indenture, Signed By John Rutledge, 1786., John Rutledge

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Indenture for Ephraim Mitchell for 295 pounds, signed by John Rutledge in Charleston, South Carolina, August 29, 1786. Rutledge was an American statesman and judge from South Carolina.

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Statement Of Money Owed To Mr. Amherst Bartlett, Signed By Peter Colt., Peter Colt Jun 1782

Statement Of Money Owed To Mr. Amherst Bartlett, Signed By Peter Colt., Peter Colt

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

A statement of eight pounds, eight shillings, and ten pence owed to Mr. Amherst Bartlett by the Connecticut Treasury office. Signed by Connecticut state treasurer, Peter Colt.

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Record From The Second Continental Congress Ordering That The Secret Committee Produce A List Of Articles Ordered, Signed By Charles Thomson, January 17, 1777., United States. Continental Congress, Charles Thomson Jan 1777

Record From The Second Continental Congress Ordering That The Secret Committee Produce A List Of Articles Ordered, Signed By Charles Thomson, January 17, 1777., United States. Continental Congress, Charles Thomson

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Order that “the secret committee” produce a “list of the articles [....] which they have ordered in consequences of the directions of Congress distinguishing how much is arrived + what is expected.”

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Ten Pound (£10) Note Of South Carolina Currency, 1775., Provincial Congress Of South Carolina, Gideon Dupont, Edward Blake, Thomas Corbett, Aaron Loocock, William Parker May 1775

Ten Pound (£10) Note Of South Carolina Currency, 1775., Provincial Congress Of South Carolina, Gideon Dupont, Edward Blake, Thomas Corbett, Aaron Loocock, William Parker

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This South Carolina certificate no. 36967 "entitles the bearer to Ten Pounds Current Money." Signed by Gideon Dupont, Aaron Loocock, Thomas Corbett, William Parker, and Edward Blake.

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Quit-Rent Receipt For 401.5 Acres Of Land In South Carolina, 1750., George William Frederick, George Someby Apr 1750

Quit-Rent Receipt For 401.5 Acres Of Land In South Carolina, 1750., George William Frederick, George Someby

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Receipt for quit-rent of 16 shillings paid by Thomas Lamboll for 401.5 acres in Berkeley and (historical) Craven County, South Carolina, 1750.

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