Scope and content Letters and a few legal documents concerning financial and military affairs before, during, and after the American Revolution, written by various people, mainly in Connecticut and New Jersey, with a few from New York City and Pennsylvania. Included are a document written by attorney Benjamin Chew, filing suit against Henry Heiger at Easton, Pennsylvania for refusing to pay a debt of five pounds (1758); a letter from Joseph Chew to Sir William Johnson, Baronet, informing him that some...

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Autograph list of commissioned officers of the New York line, with rank and regimental affiliation frequently noted; copied from the Balloting Book in the Secretary of State's office, Albany; names arranged in alphabetical order; date and place of death or genealogical data given after certain names; identity of copyist and date of copying (ca.1850?) not stated.

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Letter calling Clinton's attention to the smuggling of flour and wheat from New York into New England, which Rodgers deplores especially at a time when "our Army is in a suffering condition for bread" and depending heavily on New York to supply the ingredients. With the letter is a typewritten transcript.

Scope and content Typewritten essays in paper wrappers on various aspects of the history of Schenectady County, New York, mostly about the town of Glenville. Topics include postal service in Schenectady, the Maalwyck, brass bands of Glenville, Wolf Hollow, slavery in early Glenville, early settlers and their churches, mills and other industries, Indian occupation, Glenville place names, old maps and deeds, historical tablets and markers, the horse artillery and Washington Continentals of Glenville, and...