722 SHIPPEN (EDWARD), OWEN (GRIFFITH) AND LOGAN (JAMES, Commissioners of Property for William Penn). D. s., 1 p., large folio, on vellum. Philadelphia, Mar. 3, 1705. Patent for land in Chester County.

723 SHIRLEY (WILLIAM, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts). A. L. s., 3 pp., 4to. Boston, July 17, 1749. To Sir William Pepperrell.

724

AN INTERESTING LETTER in which he writes that he has ordered his Secretary to make out a reprieve for one Dearing, which he hopes will prepare him for a better death than his life has been. He has been granted a leave of absence by the King which he will take advantage of.

D. s., 2 pp., folio. Boston, Jan. 5, 1754. Commission as Justice of Peace issued to Henry Gibbs.

ACCOUNT OF WASHINGTON'S "QUAKER GUN” BATTLE 725 SMALLWOOD (WILLIAM, Member of the Continental Congress, General in the Revolution). A. L. s., 1 p., folio. Camp, Decem. 6th, 1780. To Gen. Greene. Respecting the engagements and movements of General Morgan, Col. Wm. Washington, etc. on the Southern Campaign. (Inlaid.)

FINE MILITARY LETTER, giving at the close a report of Washington's famous "Quaker Gun" Battle: "Lt. Col. Washington with the Continental and some Militia Horse reduced Col. Rudgely, Major Cook and one Hundred and twelve Tory Officers and soldiers (in a logged Barn on Rudgely's Plantation strongly secured by Abatis) to surrender at discretion without firing a Shot. The Colonel's Address and Strategem on this Occasion deserve Applause. Having no Artillery, he mounted a Pine Log, and holding out the Appearance of an Attack with Field Pieces, carried his Point, by sending in a Flag and demanding an immediate Surrender . .

726 SMITH (DANIEL, Tennessee Pioneer, appointed by Washington Secretary of the Territory South of the Ohio in 1790, published the first Map of Tennessee). A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. Sumner, Dec. 18th, 1799. To Col. Barton. On legal and property matters.

727 SMITH (MERIWETHER, Member of the Continental Congress). A. L. s., 8 pp., 4to. Philadelphia, 25th Feb., 1781. To the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. A lengthy and detailed response to a demand for an account of his expenditures, mentioning his quarrels with "Light Horse Harry" Lee. (Inlaid.)

AN INTERESTING LETTER. Smith had been accused, apparently by Lee, of extravagance and misappropriation of funds, and the legislature called upon him for an immediate accounting.

728 SMITH (WILLIAM S., Aide to Gen. Washington). A. L. s., 1 p., folio. London, June 13th, 1786. To Messre. R. B. Livingston, John Jay, and others, Agents for the State of New York, &c. Reporting delay in obtaining papers required to be offered in evidence in the Dispute with Massachusetts.

729

A. L. s., 2 pp., 4to. London, Dec. 6, 1786. To Gen. Steuben. On national matters, his marriage, and personal affairs.

A FINE LETTER.

730 SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. L. s. by Alexander Garden, William Read, and G. R. Reid, 4 pp., 4to. Charleston, May 23rd, 1799. To the President and Members of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Maryland.

A proposal by the Cincinnati of South Carolina to those of Maryland, that the constitution be so amended that membership in the Society be thrown open to all male descendents of original members.

731 SPAIGHT (RICHARD DOBBS, Member of Continental Congress; Gov. of North Carolina). 3 pp., 4to.

New York, March 18, 1785. To the Gov. of North Carolina [Alexander Martin]. Inlaid.

"Mr. Jefferson is appointed to succeed Doctor Franklin at the Court of Versailles, who has leave to retire agreeable to his repeated requests," etc.

732 STAMP ACT. Gerrish (Benjamin, early Boston merchant). A. L. s., 5 pp., 4to. London, March 1, 1766. To John Hancock.

A fine and caustic account of the repeal of the Stamp Act. "Since my arrival in England, little has been done, or talk'd of here but the repeal of the Stamp Act. Petitions from all the Merchants trading to North America, pathetically urging the immediate Necessity of a repeal, or many thousands of Manufacturers must Starve, has at length affected, through a violent opposition, a Majority in the House of Commons

...

733 STANWIX (GENERAL JOHN). L. s., 1 p., folio. Albany, July 5, 1758. To William Denny, deputy Governor of Pennsylvania, Enclosing dispatches telling of the landing at Cape Breton, in the French and Indian War.

RELATING TO THE ERECTION OF FORT STANWIX

734 STANWIX (JOHN, British soldier in Indian Wars). A. L. s., 6 pp., 4to. Camp at the Oneida Station Head of the Mohawks River, October 13, 1758. To Gov. Delancy.

AN IMPORTANT LETTER IN REFERENCE TO THE BUILDING OF THE FORT
WHICH BORE HIS NAME.

"The Fort which I had orders from General Abercrombie to build here
being much forward than could well be imagined wholly owing to the
ready industry and willingness of the Provincial Troops ... the New
York, Jersey, Boston and Philadelphia Bastions all filled and in Barbet
ready for mounting cannon Gen. Abercrombie tells me that all
further thought of Tyconderoga are put off for this campaign,” etc.
He urges the necessity of prompt forwarding of 44 cannon and
carriages, which Gen. Abercrombie cannot supply.

735 STARK (JOHN, General in the Revolution). L. s., 1 p., folio. Saratoga, 23 Sept., 1781. To Col. Wallbridge; With an A. L. s. by Major Joseph McCraken on the verso. Το the same. Gen. Stark notifies Wallbridge that the enemy had landed from the river, and that McCracken will furnish the force necessary to capture them. McCracken writes that with difficulty he has obtained the requisite force.

SPLENDID LETTERS. Stark is famous for his war-cry: "There's the enemy, boys, we must beat 'em, or Molly Stark's a widow!" McCracken's letter is a jewel: it was said that he wielded a musket with more effect than a pen; but he concludes his letter with a master-stroke of irony, "In hope you may Proceed and Succeed I Remain." Its point however was unfelt by the writer, McCracken was dead within the year.

736 STARK (WILLIAM, old Indian Rogers). A. D. s., 1 p., small 4to. 1769. Bill of Sale.

Fighter under Robert
Goffstown, August 15,

William Stark was a brother of Gen. John Stark. He was an officer at the taking of Quebec and is said to have been the officer pictured as holding Gen. Wolfe when he was wounded.

737 STAUGHTON (WILLIAM, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts, Judge at the Witchcraft Trials). L. s., 1 p., 4to mounted (stained and a few words slightly damaged). Boston, Dec. 7, 1694. To Major Francis Hooke.

A VERY RARE AUTOGRAPH AND OF GREAT HISTORICAL INTEREST. The
Indians, urged on by the French, who were at war with England,
were attacking New York, New Hampshire and the eastern districts
of Massachusetts.

"Forasmuch as there is an Expedition intended for their Maj'ties
Service against the Indian Enemy and Rebels within the Eastern parts
of this Province; and Advised by the Council, That there be a detach-
ment of a Company of Fifty or Sixty able Souldiers out of the County
of Yorke... Pursuant thereto I order that you forthwith List in their
Maj'ties Service and under their pay, the above number of men
You are also to draw home the Ten men; which you sent by order into
ye Province of New Hampshire, for the Enforceing of ye Posts within
your County.