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Title: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Governor Samuel Adams to Winthrop Sargent, 1794 May 6; No. 907 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Governor Samuel Adams to Winthrop Sargent
Identifier(s): text:353735
Description: Commission as an ensign in the Third Regiment, First Brigade, Second Division of militia; countersigned by John Avery, Jr., secretary.; Printed form
Creator: Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820; Avery, John, 1739-1806
Date: 1794-05-06; 2023

Title: Province of New York, Governor William Tryon to Isaac Vrooman, 1772 July 17; No. 1011 Province of New York, Governor William Tryon to Isaac Vrooman
Identifier(s): text:353291
Description: Commission as captain in a company of foot in Col. Jacob Stembergh's militia regiment; countersigned by Edmund Fanning.; Printed form; bound in Sparks, Life of Washington, Vol. 2.
Creator: Tryon, William, 1729-1788et al
Subject: Fanning, Edmund, 1739-1818
Date: 1772-07-17; 2023

Title: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Governor Samuel Adams to Francis Jenks, 1794 July 24; No. 905 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Governor Samuel Adams to Francis Jenks
Identifier(s): text:353752
Description: Commission as an ensign in the First Brigade, Seventh Division, Worcester County militia; countersigned by John Avery, Jr.; [on verso]: certification by Jonathan Warner, 24 Sept. 1794, that Jenks took the required oath.; Printed form; bound in Sparks, Life of Washington, vol. 1; erratum on microfilm: recto of document not filmed.
Creator: Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803et al
Subject: United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; Avery, John, 1739-1806
Date: 1794-07-24; 2023

Title: In Congress. The delegates of the United States ... to all unto whom these presents... know ye that we have granted, and by these presents do grant, License and Authority to Mariner...; 542. United States. Continental Congress.In Congress : The delegates of the United States ... to all unto whom these presents shall come
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7040
Description: A certificate that declares that the named person is permitted as the Commander of a ship to attack and subdue any British Ships of War.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Broadsides; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations; Hancock, John, 1737-1793; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824; United States. Continental Congress
Date: 1777; 2022

Title: United States. Continental Congress. Proposed additions to the instructions given to the Commissioners going to France; United States. Continental Congress. ADf Proposed additions to the instructions given to the Commissioners going to France
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:16633
Description: Letter that grants authorization to seek arms and troops from France and Spain.; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Political Philosophy; Waging the War; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--18th century; United States--Politics and government--18th century; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Foreign opinion, French; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Equipment and supplies; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--American forces; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--French forces
Date: 1776-10-01; 2021

Title: Know all men by these presents, that we [space] are held and firmly bound to [space] Esquire, treasurer of the United States of America, in the penalty of twenty thousand Spanish milled dollars; 548. Know all men by these presents, that we [space] are held and firmly bound to [space] Esquire, treasurer of the United States of America, in the penalty of twenty thousand Spanish milled dollars
Identifier(s): apsrevcity:7064
Description: A commission and financial agreement regarding American naval movements during the war.; 11 copies; American Philosophical Society
Subject: Waging the War; Broadsides; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations
Date: 1781; 2022