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Formal title:: Joseph Trowbridge bill of lading
Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
Date range:: 1780
Abstract:: Bill of lading for Captain Joseph Trowbridge (1736-1790) of New Haven, Connecticut, for a shipment to Newport, Rhode Island, to be used by the French troops stationed there during the American Revolutionary War.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.566

Formal title:: Theodore K. Gibbs commissions
Extent:: 0.02 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
Date range:: 1862, 1866
Abstract:: This collection consists of two United States Army commissions conferred upon Theodore K. Gibbs (1840-1909) of Newport, Rhode Island, during his service in the American Civil War.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.537

Formal title:: G. T. Beauregard letter
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1857
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter written by G. T. Beauregard (1818-1893), a United States Army engineer officer and later Confederate Army general, to Dr. Mercer regarding the British invasion on Washington, D.C during the War of 1812.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.501

Formal title:: Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau letter of recommendation
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1781
Abstract:: This collection consists of one letter of recommendation written by Comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807) regarding his recommendation for a soldier’s promotion in the French Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783).
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.558

Formal title:: Adam Philippe, comte de Custine letter of recommendation
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1782
Abstract:: Adam Phillippe, comte de Custine (1740-1793) was the colonel of the Saintonge regiment, part of the French expeditionary force led by Comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), during the American Revolutionary War. In this document, written in French, Custine lists the various soldiers in his regiment and explains why they are deserving of payment, a pension, or promotion.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.512

Formal title:: Toussaint Louverture letters
Extent:: 0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:: 1800-1802
Abstract:: Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803) was the leader of the Haitian Revolution (1794-1804) and in these two letters, written in French, he writes to a fellow citizen requesting the payment of certain accounts.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.532

Turner family papers

Formal title:: Turner family papers
Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (5 folders)
Date range:: 1797-1846 (bulk 1823-1846)
Abstract:: Deeds, accounts, court martial proceedings, and correspondence concerning various members of the Turner family of both East Greenwich and Newport, Rhode Island, particularly Dr. Peter Turner (1751-1822), Dr. William Turner (1757-1837), and Commodore Peter Turner (1803-1871).
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.573

Formal title:: Mrs. Mary Almy's account of the cannonading of the French Fleet in Newport
Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (2 folders)
Date range:: 1778, 1878
Abstract:: Account of the cannonading of the French Fleet in Newport, Rhode Island, while the city was occupied by the British Army written by Mary Almy (1735-1808), a Loyalist, to her husband, Benjamin Almy (1724-1818).
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.032

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