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REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. BRADSTREET, JOHN, British and Colonial Officer . Autograph draft document signed in third person, Boston, 7 April 1757, 1 page, folio, tear at fold, minor stains, Captain Bradstreet authorizes the appraisal of naval vessels: "...[Y]ou have reported to me that the here after mention'd Vessels taken into his Majesty's Service were fitted & provided in every respect agreeable to the Contract made with the owners of said Vessels..." -- THOMAS GAGE British Commander-in-Chief in North America . Document signed as Commander-in-Chief, New York, 5 August 1770, 1 page, oblong folio, ON PARCHMENT, lightly soiled , a military appointment: "By Virtue of the Power and Authority in Me Vested, I do hereby constitute and appoint [Thomas Wallace]...to be Barracks Master..." -- HORATIO GATES, General . Autograph letter signed to an unidentified recipient, Rose Hills, 31 May 1793. 1 page, 4to, very lightly browned, descriptive sheet attached to verso of letter , discussing financial matters and commenting on the ongoing French Revolution: "...I this moment hear, that Dumourier was Deserted by the Troops he Expected to accompany him to Paris, & escaped with a Body of Cavalry to the German Army! Heaven knows the Result that the Affairs of France will yet have..." -- HENRY KNOX, Major General, Continental Army, Washington's Secretary of War . Autograph letter signed to Revd. D. McClure, "Missionary among the Indians at Kyalemapigh on the river Muskingham, Delaware, West if Fort Pitt"; from Boston, 25 September 1772, 3 pages, 4to, addressed on page 4, with part of red wax seal present, the two leaves separated from one another , a warm letter from the young Knox to a close childhood friend, remarking the difference between their situations and complaining of the demands of business -- JOHN TAYLOR Colonel . Autograph letter signed to Brigadier General William Woodford, Albany, 29 March 1778. 2 1/4 pages, folio, integral address leaf in Taylor's hand, a few stains, two seal holes, a few tiny losses at folds (not affecting text), an eloquent letter: "The Marquis [de Lafayette] returns to camp, and all hope of renewing the Canadian expedition vanishes with him. I entered on it in its infancy with warmpth [ sic ], altho' I thought it a crusade business, dictated in the Spirit of a knight-errantry, and enthusiasm; -- the glitter of the object had drawn our attention from the means of acquiring it, and like a Star gazer, I expected we should go blindly on, led by hope, 'til we fell into the pit..." -- GEORGE CLINTON, General, Continental Army . Document signed as Governor of New York, New York, 9 July 1748, 1 page, folio, integral address leaf, chip at top margin catching one word, a few separations at folds , an order to Sir William Johnson regarding New York state's militia: "...[T]he Genl. Assembly of this Province have made Provision for 20 fitt Men belonging to the Forces now Imployed for the Protection and Defence of the Northern Frontiers of this Colony...against the skulking Parties of the Enemy..." -- GUY CARLETON, Lord DORCHESTER, General, British Army. Partly printed document signed, n.p. [Canada?], 5 February 1789, 1 page, folio, accomplished in manuscript, minor fold tears, as Commander-in-chief of His Majesty's Forces in North America, ordering payment to Paymaster Lieutenant Isaac Hesselberg; together 7 items . (7)