Financial papers, Revolutionary War, 1776-1779 Digital

Contains assorted financial records generated during the Revolutionary War, dated 1776-1779, including a receipt to mariner Jacob Wildes (1726-1822) of Arundel (now Kennebunkport), Maine from Noah Cluff for serving as a substitute for Wildes’ son in the Continental Army; schedule of losses, or “an account of the loss I sustain’d while the British troops were in Boston in the year 1775” by an unknown merchant, including a “negro man they cary’d away”, steps to his stores, and his boat; a bill from Ebenezer Stedman (1706-1785), a captain in the Massachusetts militia, to Mr. Winthrop for horse hire to Watertown, Medford, Roxbury, Boston, and Concord; and receipt to William Gardner of Portsmouth, New Hampshire from Samuel Langdon for nine hogsheads of clothing, including 2,422 pair of shoes, and 1101 felt hats, which were to be delivered to the commissary of cloth, George Measam, at Springfield. There is also an account against the state of New Hampshire from physician Joshua Brackett (1733-1802; Harvard AB 1752), dated 1777, reflecting cash paid to Captain Titus Salter, “the president’s order”, and charges of condemnation; Brackett was credited by cash received of John Parker by his account of sales for the prize ship Prince George. Attached is an obituary of Brackett. Additionally contains a letter from Watson & Spooner of Plymouth to Captain John Bradford regarding claims to Congress for loss of the schooner Industry to privateers.