188 FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. D. s. by Thomas Clarke, 2 pp., folio. N.p., March 10, 1756. Copy of the Appointment of Samuel Livermore to reside at Albany in order to take care of the transportation of military stores for the expedition against Crown Point.

189 FRONTENAC (LOUIS DE BUADE, COMTE DE, Governor of New France). D. s., 1 p., folio. Quebec, Ce 15e octobre, 1691. Military commission. (Mounted on gauze.)

AN AUTOGRAPH OF SUPERLATIVE RARITY. Promoting M. de Soulange,
possibly for bravery in the action of August against the English and
the Iroquois.
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190 FULTON (ROBERT). 3 A. L. s., 5 pp., 4to. Washington, Nov. 4 and 15, 1807 and Nov. 5, 1808. All to Charles W. Peale, at the Museum in Philadelphia. Portraits, clippings, etc. Several pieces.

Fine letters, two of them written but three months after the trial of his first steamboat. All relate to his paintings, their entrance through the custom house, and exhibitions at Philadelphia.

"You are now about to make a fair experiment on the public taste for fine paintings, and from the many which will be received we can judge of what might be received were the proprietors of the academy to purchase a good collection and the inducement to such a purchase

191 GAGE (THOMAS, British General in the French and Indian War, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts whose Actions brought about the Battles of Lexington and Concord). A. L. s. (twice, once with initials), 2 pp., folio. New York, Dec'r. 16th, 1764. To Sir William Johnson.

EXTREMELY RARE. A LENGTHY AND IMPORTANT LETTER WHOLLY ON
INDIAN AFFAIRS.

192 D. s., 4 pp., folio. Boston, Nov. 1, 1768. Order for subsistence pay for a regiment. Signed also by Col. Dalrymple and Capt. O'Hara.

193

A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. New York, Jan. 25, 1771. To Sir William Johnson.

Concerning the activities of the Indian nations. He writes of an Indian messenger: "His returning with such a number of belts and passing so many nations, speaks his Business to have been of an extraordinary nature.”

The rebellious attitude of the American colonies over the tea question had alarmed parliament so much that Gage writes: "We are still uncertain as to Peace or War; if the latter shall be determined, a Frigate will be dispatched with the news.”

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194 GAINE (HUGH, Early New York Printer). 3 A. L. s., 1 p. each, 4to. New York, Aug. 31, 1795, Feb. 23, and April 6, 1803. To George Simpson and to Abraham Ten Eyck, Business letters.

195 GALLATIN (ALBERT, Secretary of the Treasury under Jefferson and Madison). Circular letter, signed, 1 p., 4to. [Washington,] June 18th, 1812. To the Collector of Customs at Marblehead. With franking signature. Announcing the declaration of war.

196 GANSEVOORT (LEONARD, JR.). A. L. s., 2 pp., 4to. Albany Oct. 16, 1781. To Col. Yates. Transmitting a list of loyalists.

197

"Most of those persons it is presumed are now at Saratoga and as they all of them have been guilty of harbouring the Enemy and some of them have been with them it is highly necessary they should be apprehended and confined

A. L. s. (Leonard Gansevoort & Co.), 1 p., folio. Albany, April 26, 1791. To Philip Nichlin. Business letter.

198 GANSEVOORT (PETER, Gen. in the Revolution). D. s., 1 p., royal 4to. Fort Schuyler, Aug. 14, 1778. Muster Roll of Major Cochran's company in the Third Battalion of New York, commanded by Col. Peter Gansevoort.

199 GATES (HORATIO, General in the American Revolution). A. L. s., 1 p., 4to, framed between glass with portrait. Head Quarters, Oct. 10, 1775. To General Ward. Directing the shifting of the powder at Jamaica Plains and ordering buckshot to be lodged there.

200

201

L. s., 2 pp., 4to, mounted on gauze (stained). Albany, Apr. 24, 1777. To the Officer Commanding at Johnston. Written on assuming command of the Northern army, and asking for returns of troops and supplies.

A. L. s., 1 p., folio. Headquarters, Aug. 28, 1777. To Maj. Gen. Lincoln. Cancelled portrait. 2 pieces.

FINE WAR LETTER written just after Gen. Gates superceded Gen. Schuy-
ler in command of the Northern Army.

"Inclosed is the Copy of a Letter I received last night from General
Arnold. of the Extraordinary Good News it Contains I sincerely wish
you Joy
Multitudes of Militia are I am informed upon their
March; about 400 of the New Yorkers are arrived from Dutchess
County

202

A. L. s., 1 p., folio (repaired at folds). Headquarters, Oct. 4, 1777. To Matthew Visscher. Cancelled portrait. 2 pieces.

Written just before the surrender of Burgoyne. "Deserters come in daily, and if Affairs are not more Prosperous to the Southward than they appear to be in the Enemy's Favour to the Northward, I think this Campaign will have a happy Issue for the Cause of Freedom and America."

203

A. L. s., 4 pp., folio. Albany, 2nd November, 1777. To Gen. George Clinton.

A HIGHLY IMPORTANT MILITARY LETTER.
If Sir Harry Clinton
is directed to reinforce the Army of Sir William Howe
he
will either land his troops at Amboy and march by the lower Road to
Mount Holly
or, he will land at Elizabeth Town and march
by Brunswick and Princeton to Trenton," etc. outlining alternative
campaign-plans in great detail.

204

205

A. L. s., 2 pp., folio (repaired at fold). War Office,
Jan. 24, 1778. To Brig. Gen. John Stark.

"The Honorable Congress having thought proper to direct an Irruption
to be immediately made into Canada, and their Design being, in Part,
communicated to you
I am directed by that Honorable Body,
to acquaint you that, for wise and prudential Reasons, they have ap-
pointed Major General the Marquis De Fayette first in Command, and
Major General Conway second in Command; who will act in Concert
with you

A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. February 27, 1806. To Dr. Mitchill. FINE LETTER WRITTEN BUT SIX WEEKS BEFORE HIS DEATH. A sentence or two in the letter conveys Gates' appreciation of the fact that his life was near its end.

206 GENET (E. C. "CITIZEN," Minister to the United States during the French Revolution). A. L. s., 1 p., folio. New York, Nov. 14, 1813. A. L. s., 2 pp., 4to. New York, September 12, 1816. Fine business and personal letter. With portrait. 3 pieces.

207

A. L. s., 9 pp., folio. Prospect Hill, September 29, 1823. To the Editors of the Albany "Argus."

A SPLENDID LETTER, in reply to attacks on his behaviour in his official capacity. Citizen Genet resumes the events of his tenure in great detail, endeavoring to free himself from implication in the affairs that led Washington ultimately to request his recall..

208 GEORGE II OF ENGLAND. D. s. on vellum, 1 p., oblong folio. St. James, Dec. 27, 1757. Signed also by William Pitt, the Elder. With seal and stamp.

Commission to John Bradstreet as Quartermaster General in the forces in America. He served throughout the French and Indian war and attained the rank of Major General.

209 D. s., 2 pp., folio. Kensington, Aug. 8, 1760. Signed also by William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Warrant for a court martial. Portrait. 2 pieces.

210 GEORGE III OF ENGLAND. D. s., 2 pp., folio. St. James, July 8, 1785. Order for half-pay for Capt. John Bornjour.

211

A. L. s., 1 p., 4 to, Kew, May 15, 1801. To his son Frederick. Promising reinforcements for the army.

212 GIBBS (CALEB, Aide to Washington, Commander of the Life Guards). A. L. s., 2 pp., 4to. Boston, June 2'd, 1797. To Increase Sumner, Governor of Massachusetts.

A SUPERB LETTER. "Having had the honour to serve in the American
Army from the battle of Lexington till two years after the peace, six
successive years of which time as Commandant of the Corps of Guards
particularly attached to the person of the Commander in chief and
aid de camp to the same Great Man
induces me to offer my-
self to your Excellency

213 GILES (EDWARD, M.C. C. from Maryland). A. L. s., 4to. Head Quarters, Charlotte, December 8, 1780. cipient not indicted. Second sheet inlaid.

2 pp., Re

A FINE HISTORICAL LETTER. "Gen'l. Sumter has had a second fortunate
Encounter with Tarleton's Legion
Tarleton it is said was
wounded, but that is yet matter of doubt. Sumpter is wounded in the
shoulder Col. Washington has also been successful this last week.
He has taken by Stratagem Col. Rudgler, one of the principal Torey
Officers
Gen. Green has taken command & Gates has this
day set out for Congress," etc.

214 GILLILAND (WILLIAM). A. L. s., 1 p., folio. Albany, 9 Septem., 1777. To Samuel Loudon.

An interesting letter respecting an address presented to Gen. Schuyler by the inhabitants of Albany and others who had fled from the "fury of the northern enemy, and who, though great sufferers by the retreat from Ford Edward to Half Moon, notwithstanding, hold the same to have been necessary." Gilliland requests Loudon to print the address, Schuyler's reply, and the present letter, substituting for Gilliland's name, the sobriquet "A Refugee."