Entries Tagged as 'Continental Army'

February 27, 2008

Item of the Day: Appendix to the Canada Papers (c.1779)

Full Title: Appendix to the Canada Papers, Relating principally to the Convention Army after its Arrival in the Neighbourhood of Boston, in the Years 1777 and 1778. [Caption Title]
Philadelphia, 8th Nov. 1777.
Dear Sir,
By Lieutenant Vellancy, who arrived here on the 31st of October with your dispatches from Albany, I received with infinite concern the particular [...]

February 11, 2008

Item of the Day: In the House of Representatives, April 11, 1776

In the House of Representatives, April 11, 1776. [Massachusetts]
 RESOLVED, That the following Officers and Seamen be appointed for each of the Vessels now building by this Colony and the Pay per Month allowed them, agreeable to the Sums affixed viz.
Captain, Eight Pounds,
Lieutenant, Five Pounds eight Shillings,
Second-Lieutenant, Five Pounds,
Master, Four Pounds,
Mate, Three Pounds,
Boatswain, Three Pounds,
Boatswain’s Mate, [...]

August 27, 2007

Item of the Day: New Travels through North-America (1784)

Full Title: New Travels through North-America: In a Series of Letters; Exhibiting the History of the Victorious Campaign of the Allied Armies, under His Excellency General George Washington and the Count de Rochambeau, in the Year 1781. Interspersed with political and philosophical Observations, upon the genius, temper, and customs of the Americans: Also, Narrations of [...]