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REVOLUTIONARY WAR.] [CLINTON, George.] Draft letter, unsigned, to Capt. Wm. Smith Scudder, 3 March 1775. 1p., 4to . Instructions forbidding Scudder to land troops on Long Island or to "plunder or distress any of the Inhabitants whatever their political Principles...." -- [CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.] Manuscript document, transcript of minutes of the Continental Congress, 1775-1777. 4pp., folio . A summary of various resolutions, mostly pertaining to the credentials of members (Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, etc.) and more substantive matters: "Feby. 15th 1776. Resolved that a Committee of three...be appointed to repair to Canada there to pursue such instructions as shall be given them by Congress. The members chosen, Dr. Benj. Franklin, Mr. S. Chase & Mr. C. Carroll of Carrollton." -- [NEW YORK.] Manuscript document, Draft resolutions of the New York Provincial Congress, n.d. [ca. 1776]. 2pp., folio, chipped at edges catching a few letters, tape repairs . A committee report urging various legislative acts to meet the British threat, such as "an Act...to apprehend and imprison" Tories "to induce the enemy to release such of the subjects of this government as have been kidnapped and carried off..." -- LIVINGSTON, Robert. ALS to his son Robert, 13 June 1775. 2pp., folio, address leaf . Family news, mentions signing of the Association recommended by the Provincial Congress. -- RODNEY, Caesar. ALS to unidentified, 4 June 1777. 1p., 4to, tipped . A business letter re shipment of goods. -- JOHNSON, William S. ALS to John Kempe, 12 May 1767. 3pp., folio, small hole at edge catching a few letters . Mentions suspension of American legislatures by Parliament. -- MIDDLETON, Arthur. Clipped signature ("A. Middleton"). Oblong (1¾ x 3in.) . -- [MIDDLETON.] Autograph draft memorandum, unsigned, 10 September 1782. 1p., 4to . List of tax assessments for the States: "Quotas of the respective States as assess'd and fix'd by the grand Committee, and agreed to by Congress." Together 8 items . (8)
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.] [CLINTON, George.] Draft letter, unsigned, to Capt. Wm. Smith Scudder, 3 March 1775. 1p., 4to . Instructions forbidding Scudder to land troops on Long Island or to "plunder or distress any of the Inhabitants whatever their political Principles...." -- [CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.] Manuscript document, transcript of minutes of the Continental Congress, 1775-1777. 4pp., folio . A summary of various resolutions, mostly pertaining to the credentials of members (Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, etc.) and more substantive matters: "Feby. 15th 1776. Resolved that a Committee of three...be appointed to repair to Canada there to pursue such instructions as shall be given them by Congress. The members chosen, Dr. Benj. Franklin, Mr. S. Chase & Mr. C. Carroll of Carrollton." -- [NEW YORK.] Manuscript document, Draft resolutions of the New York Provincial Congress, n.d. [ca. 1776]. 2pp., folio, chipped at edges catching a few letters, tape repairs . A committee report urging various legislative acts to meet the British threat, such as "an Act...to apprehend and imprison" Tories "to induce the enemy to release such of the subjects of this government as have been kidnapped and carried off..." -- LIVINGSTON, Robert. ALS to his son Robert, 13 June 1775. 2pp., folio, address leaf . Family news, mentions signing of the Association recommended by the Provincial Congress. -- RODNEY, Caesar. ALS to unidentified, 4 June 1777. 1p., 4to, tipped . A business letter re shipment of goods. -- JOHNSON, William S. ALS to John Kempe, 12 May 1767. 3pp., folio, small hole at edge catching a few letters . Mentions suspension of American legislatures by Parliament. -- MIDDLETON, Arthur. Clipped signature ("A. Middleton"). Oblong (1¾ x 3in.) . -- [MIDDLETON.] Autograph draft memorandum, unsigned, 10 September 1782. 1p., 4to . List of tax assessments for the States: "Quotas of the respective States as assess'd and fix'd by the grand Committee, and agreed to by Congress." Together 8 items . (8)