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"After what has already passed between us, I own I feel both surprised & hurt at receiving your letter; I can only repeat, what I before declared to you upon my honor, that in the present circumstances it is not in my power to take you to India, and that before I leave this country I will remind his Majesty of your services in America. If I undertook to do more I should only deceive you." See Ban[astre] Tarleton ADfS to [Charles Cornwallis], 1786 March 21.

Not accompanying Cornwallis to India would be disgraceful. Disappointed about his change in employment and the disconnect between Cornwallis' private appreciation and the public failure to offer reward and recognition. Includes revisions and crossed out portions. See [Charles] Cornwallis ALS to [Banastre] Tarleton, 1786 March 21.

Regarding reports that Britain has refused to relinquish posts in America; "Accounts are received that the Lords of London...vily refused to relinquish the ports on the frontiers, alledging in excuse that the...states have violated the treaties of peace...since the date of the treaty."

Lyrics to an ode that "was Sung on Bunkers-Hill by Mr. Rea & Several other Gentlemen accompanied with the Band June 17th 1786." Commemorative song about the Battle of Bunker Hill, sung upon the opening of a new bridge across the Charles River.

Bail bond. Mulliner and Graham are bound to pay Willett, Sheriff of the City and County of New York, one hundred and forty pounds.

Copy of the original return provided in pursuance of the 1785 Act "for directing the mode of distributing the Donation Lands, promised the troops by this Commonwealth." Survey of Lot 1561, performed on October 11, 1785, consisting of 200 acres of land on the west side of the Alleghany River in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Includes a manuscript map of the lot, noting a river, types of trees, and surrounding lots. Docketed on the verso "Thomas Monday, private."

Inventory of furniture, stock, stores, horses, etc. destroyed by a detachment of the American army in 1775. With two pencil sketches of "Woodbine Cot, the Williams residence on Noddle's Island" by John Avery.

Regarding Henry's concern about the new constitution; "Division are like to happen, [and] I am afraid for the consequences. I can never agree to the proposed plan with Amendments..."

Offers support regarding Mrs. Welsh's land claim, the widow of Revolutionary War veteran. As her husband sends his thoughts and "writes on the subject himelf, it is unnecessary for me to say more than that my best wishes attend you." See also George Washington Cy to Mrs. John Welsh, December 8, 1788, regarding her claim, located in the George Washington Collection.

Recommending William Jackson for the office of clerk to the Senate. Notes the good work Jackson did as his aide-de-camp during the Revolution and as his assistant while Secretary of War. Praises his subsequent work assisting delegates to constitutional conventions. Postmark: Boston brown straight-line cancel.