Catalogue of manuscripts and relics in Washington's head-quarters . was well known. TheClintons at that time controlled the politics of the district in which they lived. 11. Letter from Catharine Ellison to her husband, John Ellison,dated Oct. 17, 1771. A private letter. 12. Letter from Thomas Ellison, Jr., to his father, dated NewYork, Feb. 7, 1774. A private letter. 13. Letter from C. Gibbs to Thomas Ellison, accepting his housefor occupation by Washington as Head-quarters. The letteris dated 21st June, 1779. Caleb Gibbs was at that time Captain Commandant of a mounted corps of one hund-red
Catalogue of manuscripts and relics in Washington's head-quarters . was well known. TheClintons at that time controlled the politics of the district in which they lived. 11. Letter from Catharine Ellison to her husband, John Ellison,dated Oct. 17, 1771. A private letter. 12. Letter from Thomas Ellison, Jr., to his father, dated NewYork, Feb. 7, 1774. A private letter. 13. Letter from C. Gibbs to Thomas Ellison, accepting his housefor occupation by Washington as Head-quarters. The letteris dated 21st June, 1779. Caleb Gibbs was at that time Captain Commandant of a mounted corps of one hund-red and eighty men known as The Commander-in-chiefs Guard, commonly called TheLife Guard. The obtaining of suitable quarters for Washington, was one of the specialduties of the corps. The house referred to in this letter is more generally known as theWilliam Ellison House. It was occupied by Washington in 1779, 1780 and 1781. It wastaken down a few years since. A large photograph from an original painting of thebuilding, is embraced in this Collection. CATALOGUE. 19. 13|. Copy Certificate from Major-General Knox, endorsed by Pickering, Q. M. G., stating- thatGeneral Greene, Cols. Biddle andWadsworth, and Genl. Knox, oc-cupied three rooms, as militaryquarters, in Mr. John Ellisonshouse, five weeks in the monthsof June and July, 1719, and that,a*-- ^JE^flg^Sn^-- ... ^ I, the subscriber (Genl. Knox),Knoxs Head-quarters. occupied three rooms as military quarters ten weeks in the fall of the same year. Also, from the20th of November, 1780, to the 4th of July, 1781, I occupiedtwo rooms as military quarters; and from May, 1782, to Sep-tember, I occupied one room for the same purpose, makingfourteen weeks. Dated, West Point, 9th Sept., 1783. John Ellison was brother to William and son of the first settler, Col. Thomas house is still in possession of Ellison heirs. CLINTON PAPERS. The papers of this series were presented by James ClintonBolton. Esq. As the names of the Clintons
Size: 2014px × 1241px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookidcatalogueofm, bookyear1874
