S. B. Holabird and earlier family papers, ca. 1760-1905 (bulk 1846-1884).

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S. B. Holabird and earlier family papers, ca. 1760-1905 (bulk 1846-1884).

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Account books, journals, and other record books, correspondence, certificates, and other papers of General S.B. Holabird, his wife Mary Grant Holabird, and earlier generations of their families, most relating to business and military matters. Holabird, an 1849 graduate of West Point, served in New Orleans as Chief Quartermaster of the army's Dept. of the Gulf (Dec. 1862-July 1865) and as Quartermaster General of the U.S. (July 1883-June 1890). The collection includes records of cotton, other commodities, and other things confiscated from specific plantations and other Confederate owners and sold under Holabird's direction during the Civil War. Also includes his writings on various military topics and operations of quartermaster offices, his commission certificates signed by presidents and secretaries of war, and a patent certificate for a tent he designed (22 July 1884). Also in the collection are materials (ca. 75 items, primarily 1770s) relating to Massachusetts during the American Revolution and activities of its Philadelphia-based purchasing agents, William Barrell and Jonathan Mifflin, in securing supplies; bills for tents produced for the Continental Army; and account book (1760-1770) of Col. Amos Bird, great grandfather of S.B. Holabird. Includes a letter (1776 Apr. 17) signed by John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, and Elbridge Gerry (delegates of Massachusetts Bay Colony), sent to the Council of Egg Harbor, New Jersey; and a receipt (1776 July 31) for 400.00 dollars (150 pounds) from William Barrell to the General Assembly of Massachusetts Bay Colony, signed by Samuel Adams, John Adams, and Robert Treat Paine.

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