Folder

Description

Date(s)

Provenance

1

Commission for William Greene as Ensign in Second Company, Warwick signed by Gov. William Greene

5/10/1757

1

Indenture of Samuel Nichols to William Greene

5/5/1759

#1983.74.5.20

1

Indenture of Ezekel Pomp by Abigal Pomp an Indian woman of New Shoreham to William and Catharine

10/7/1761

#1983.74.5.8

1

Fragment of a document - estates of Deborah Ray and Simon Ray signed by [?] Lippitt, Council Clerk

3/12/1764

#1977.118.8

1

Lease from William Greene of Warwick to William Greene of Westerly

4/27/1770

#1977.118.7a-b

1

Letter from Henry Marchant, London - time spent in England, meeting Benjamin Franklin

2/25/1772

Transfer from MSS 9005

1

Letter from John Northam in Newport - Iron Works lottery; drafts of letters regarding lottery on verso

8/25/1772

1

Receipt to William Greene for Iron works lottery

8/28/1772

#1977.118.9

1

Iron Works lottery First Class minute book

1772

#1977.118.10

1

Letter from Samuel Freebody, Newport - shipment of dry cheeses arrived from New Shoreham

12/29/1774

#1977.118.11

1

Certificate authorizing William Greene as a Justice in the Superior Court

6/19/1775

#1983.74.5.9

1

Receipt of David Roberts to Greene

7/1/1775

#1983.74.5.10

1

Receipt to James Taylor for 96 canon balls and 5 double headed shot received by William Greene on behalf of Jacob Green; Receipt to Jacob Greene from James Taylor on verso

8/8/1775

7/8/1776

1

Receipt to A. Boyd for schooling Ray Greene

Nov. 1775

1

William Greene, Ephraim Westcoat, Joseph Stanton appointed a committee by Gen. Assembly to go to Block Island and buy all the livestock they have fit to kill for the use of the Colony

12/19/1775

#1983.74.5.11

1

Resolution of Upper House sent to House of Magistrates - importing of salt into colony; William Greene and Jacob Greene appointed a committee from Kent County to obtain their county's quota

1/16/1776

#1983.74.5.12

1

Receipt of William Littlefield to William Greene for money paid for freighting beef and hides from Block Island

2/1/1776

Transfer from MSS 469

2

Certificate appointing William Greene as Chief Justice of the Superior Court

2/11/1777

#1983.74.5.13

2

Letter from Greene to Mr. Sands demanding he relinquish leased lands which belonged to the late Mr. Ward and to himself. Bottom of letter cut off

3/14/1777

#1977.118.12

2

Letter from Greene to Moderator - election of William Marchant as a deputy

4/15/1777

2

Statement of dissent regarding election of Gov. Greene signed by Thomas Anthony, William Hall, Robert Potter, William Bradford, Daniel Bradford, David Anthony, J.G. Wanton, James Barker, Jr., John Jepson, Oliver Williams, Thomas Potter, Jr., John Waterman 

undated

[May 1778?]

ov

Letter from John Sullivan - need for more troops, doubts that CT, MA or NH will send their quota

5/26/1778

Transfer from MSS 9003

2

Letter from Greene to Jeremiah Powel - urgent need for Mass to send troops to RI.

7/15/1778

#1977.118.2

2

Two documents - Letter from John Holden enclosing a certificate in favor of Katherine Austin of North Kingstown as a supporter of the U.S.; Certificate signed by Joshua Pearce, Caleb Hill, Jeremiah Fones, Robert Hall

7/25/1778 7/28/1778

Transfer from MSS 9003

2

Letter from Henry Marchant

8/25/1778

Transfer from MSS 9003

2

Letter from John Sullivan, Head Quarters in RI - description of attack by British on Newport garrison

8/29/1778

Transfer from MSS 9003

2

Letter from Greene to Henry Marchant - Continental lottery tickets

9/17/1778

Transfer from MSS 9003

2

Articles of agreement between Greene and Sylvester Sweet for sale of wood on Sweet's land

11/21/1778

Transfer from MSS 469

2

Letter from Greene to Mr. Arnold - delivery of letters to William Vernon and Benjamin Franklin

12/10/1778

Transfer from MSS 9005

3

Receipt of 6 copies of first volume of Journal of Congress with index to be given to various branches of RI government signed by William Greene, Jabez Bowen, Pardon Gray, Edward Perry, P. Phillips and William Channing

1/1/1779

Transfer from MSS 469

3

Letter to William Bennet - deliver 2 hogsheads of sugar to Thomas Greene in Providence

1/30/1779

Transfer from MSS 469

3

Resolution from NY Legislature - severe shortage of flour in NY

2/11/1779

#1983.74.5.14

3

Letter from Gov. George Clinton, Poughkeepsie, NY - inability of New York to send flour to RI

2/13/1779

3

Letter from James M. Varnum, Warren - proposal to remove himself from the Prox

3/1/1779

Transfer from MSS 9001-V

3

Letter from Greene to Sheriff Brown - leasing of Abijah Babcock's land

3/19/1779

#1977.118.13

3

Letter from Major General Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Philadelphia - rules and regulations to create orderly militias

4/25/1779

Transfer from MSS 9003

3

Letter from George Washington, Middle Brook - removal of General Glover's Brigade from RI

5/11/1779

Transfer from MSS 9003

3

Letter from George Washington, Middle Brook - serious lack of troops and resources

5/22/1779

Transfer from MSS 9003

4

Letter from Samuel Ward - Council of War

6/1/1779

transfer from MSS 9004

4

Letter from Greene to William Ellery, Henry Marchant and John Collins, members of Congress in Philadelphia - tax on the states of $45,000,000

6/21/1779

4

Letter from John Jay, Philadelphia - Congress requesting states to furnish troops

9/26/1779

Transfer from MSS 9003

4

Letter from Charles Thompson, Philadelphia - Samuel Huntington elected Pres. of Congress

9/28/1779

Transfer from MSS 9003

ov

Letter from Jeremiah Powell, Boston - proposed restrictions on interstate trade to control prices and devaluation of currency, convention in Hartford

9/28/1779

Transfer from MSS 9003

4

Letter from Samuel Huntington, Philadelphia - Dec. 9, 1779 appointed a day of Thanksgiving,

10/20/1779

Transfer from MSS 9003

4

Letter from Greene to Henry Ward, Welcome Arnold and Theodore Foster - capture of vessel by Capt. Tyler

11/3/1779

Transfer from MSS 9003

4

Letter from Henry Marchant, Philadelphia - RI to receive $300,000 from Continental Treasury; Hartford convention report received

11/14/1779

Transfer from MSS 9003

4

Letter from Charles Thompson, Philadelphia - requesting copies of RI documents "to facilitate the transmitting to posterity the rise and progress of these infant states"

11/20/1779

Transfer from MSS 9003

4

Letter from George Washington, North Point - congratulations on evacuation of RI and request to Sir Henry Clinton for return of records

11/23/1779

Transfer from MSS 9003

4

Letter from [Valentine] Wightman, Rehoboth - exportation of tobacco

11/30/1779

Transfer from MSS 9003

4

Letter from George Washington, Morristown - supplies for prisoners in Rutland to land at Newport

12/25/1779

Transfer from MSS 9003

5

Receipt from Simon Littlefield, John Sands, and Phebe Sands for money received from estate of Deborah Ray as paid by William Greene, Executor

2/26/1780

#1983.74.5.15

5

Letter from Samuel Huntington, Philadelphia - April 26, 1780 set aside as day of "fasting, Humiliation and Prayer"

3/10/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

5

Letter from George Washington, Morristown - inability to know if troops can be sent to RI

3/28/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

ov

Letter from John Gibson, President of Continental Treasury - taxes

4/15/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

5

Petition to RI General Assembly from Thomas Hubbart, Boston - division of land in New Shoreham

May 1780

#1983.74.5.18

5

Letter from William Ellery, John Collins, Philadelphia - war news from West Indies and South Carolina

5/2/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

5

Letter from Jabez Bowen - ammunition and proposal to remove the General Hospital from RI

5/4/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

5

Letter from George Washington, Morristown - arrival of French fleet under Chevalier Fayole

5/23/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

5

Letter from George Washington, Morristown - letter of introduction for Capt. Roche Fontaine who will assist Chevalier Fayole

5/24/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

5

Letter from George Washington, Morristown - letter of introduction for Doctor Cracik who will provide medical assistance to French fleet

5/25/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

6

Letter from C. Greene - Frigate Hermonione and her battles and the death of Maj. Fayole

6/9/1780

6

Letter from George Washington, Springfield - letter of introduction for Mr. De Corny, Commissary of War, raising supplies for French army

6/10/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

6

Letter from Lewis Ethis de Corny, Commissary of War - requesting use of Rhode Island College as a hospital for the French army

6/24/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

6

Letter from Samuel Ward, Camp North Kingstown - black regiment to march soon, need supplies

6/27/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

6

Letter from George Washington, Ramapaugh - Col. Greene's regiment to stay until more troops raised; Col. Angell's men fought bravely on June 23

6/29/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

6

Letter from George Washington, Ramapaugh - need for more troops

6/30/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

7

Letter from Gen. William Heath to Greene - arrival of French fleet in Newport

7/11/1780

Transfer from MSS 9005

ov

Letter from Charles Thomson, Congress - tents for the army

7/18/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

7

Letter from Samuel Huntington, Philadelphia - tents for the army

7/21/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

7

Copies of 26 letters and documents to and from General W. Heath, General J. M. Varnum, Brig. General J. Douglas, Jabez Bowen, John Brown, William West, George Washington, Benjamin Thurber, and Joshua Babcock - British Fleet under Sir Henry Clinton attacking Newport

7/25/1780 - 8/7/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

7

Order to Joseph Nightingale to impress vessels to transport troops to repel attack by British on French

7/27/1780

#1960.29

7

Letter from Ephraim Blaine, Head Quarters near Kings Ferry - supplies for army

7/30/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

7

Order to Maj. William Perkins - deliver to James Lovett 60,000 musket cartridges

7/31/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

8

Letter from William Channing, Newport - requesting straw to be used for bedding for soldiers

8/6/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

8

Letter from Christopher Ellery, Newport - his appointment to Commissary of Prisoners

8/7/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

8

Letter from George Washington, near Liberty Pole in Bergen County - urgent need of food for the army

8/27/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

8

Letter written from Nantzs [Nantes] River, France - passage to France and battle with a Guernsey Cutter. The author is speculated to be Ray Ward or Welcome Arnold.

9/30/1780

8

Letter from George Washington, Passaic - serious weakness of army and finances

10/18/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

8

Letter from George Washington, New Windsor - supplies for the winter

12/10/1780

Transfer from MSS 9003

9

Letter from Greene to Benjamin Bourn[e] - ordering him to furnish vessels to carry troops to Newport

3/2/1781

9

Letter from James Varnum, Philadelphia - problems with efficiency of Congress

4/2/1781

Transfer from MSS 9003

9

Letter from Compte de Rochambeau, Newport - 500 militiamen wanted to relieve French at Newport

5/27/1781

Transfer from MSS 9003

9

Letter from William Ellery, Philadelphia - election to Congress and wish to be in Cranston for summer

6/5/1781

9

Letter from George Cornell, Fall River - requesting Greene to transmit ownership of a vessel named General Cornell for the purpose of carrying goods

6/12/1781

9

Draft from Greene to Mass Gov. John Hancock - provisioning of MA troops serving in RI

7/26/1781

Transfer from MSS 9003

9

Letter from Thomas Tillinghast, Newport - lack of a return from the Brigadier Generals of the officers appointed to serve on the Tower

8/18/1781

#1977.118.14

9

Letter from Samuel Freebody, Newport -compensation for damage done by French

9/4/1781

9

Draft of letter from Greene to Gov. John Hancock - necessity of increased defenses in Newport

9/13/1781

Transfer from MSS 9005

9

Order from John Gardner in Newport to William Greene to deliver meal in his mill for the troops

11/25/1781

Transfer from MSS 469

10

Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia - appeal for more money from states

1/17/1782

Transfer from MSS 9003

10

Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia - appeal for more troops

1/31/1782

Transfer from MSS 9003

10

Letter to Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary of War -defense of Newport

2/5/1782

10

Letter from Power & Rogers, Providence - orders from Ray Greene in New Haven for money

2/23/1782

#1977.118.15

11

Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia - need for more troops

3/5/1782

Transfer from MSS 9003

11

Letter from George Washington, Head Quarters - destroy fortifications around Newport to prevent use by enemy, defense of Butts Hill

4/27/1782

Transfer from MSS 9003

11

Letter from George Washington, Head Quarters - serious lack of recruits, money from the several states; postscript on English intentions to continue with war

5/4/1782 5/8/1782

Transfer from MSS 9003

11

Letter from Charles Thomson, Secretary transmitting blank commissions for private armed vessels

5/14/1782

11

Petition from John Thurston of Newport to go to New York to recover money owed to him. Document also signed by supporters Timothy Waterhouse, Gideon Wanton, J.T.? Carpenter, [?] Sherburne

7/22/1782

12

Petition to General Assembly from William Greene and Christopher Greene - inheritance of their children sent to "Col. Samuel Ward or in his absence His Excely. William Greene Esq. Warwick"

Feb. 1783

12

Receipt from William Littlefield of Warwick for money from estate of grandmother Deborah Ray as paid by Greene, Executor

2/14/1783

#1983.74.5.16

12

Letter from Henry Ward - relations with Mass. and Gov. John Hancock in particular; drafts on conduct of Hon. David Howel and filling up RI's regiment

3/15/1783

3/18/783

12

Letter from John Hancock, Boston - Continental Commissions

3/24/1783

12

Letter from Robert R. Livingston - articles of peace

3/24/1783

Transfer from MSS 9003

12

Letter from Robert Morris - transmitting copies of letters from Congress and Benjamin Franklin

3/25/1783

Transfer from MSS 9003

12

Letter from Robert R. Livingston, Philadelphia - cessation of hostilities

4/12/1783

Transfer from MSS 9003

12

Letter to Governor and RI General Assembly -discussions in Congress on taxes, boundary lines, trouble with Indians, and dissolution of Army

4/23/1783

12

Receipt to Greene from unknown

6/3/1783

12

Social club association agreement between William Greene, Silas Casey, M. Warnum, William Arnold, Gideon Mumford, Peter Turner, Charles Greene, Richard Mathewson, Hopkins Cooke, Richard Frye and A. C[?]

½2/1784

12

Letter from Greene and William Bradford, Speaker of RI General Assembly to Officers on the presentation of flags used during revolution

2/28/1784

Transfer from MSS 9003

12

Letter from DeNeufrille & Co., Amsterdam - failing health of the writer's son, strength of new business

7/12/1784

#1977.118.16

12

Circular from Trenton, NJ urging Governor of RI to send delegates to the meeting of Congress

11/11/1784

11/29/1784

#1983.74.5.19

12

Receipt from John Paine on behalf of his wife Ann Littlefield for money from estate of her grandmother Deborah Ray as paid by Greene, Executor

12/16/1784

#1983.74.5.17

13

Letter from Greene to William Ellery, David Howell - foreign debt and trade relations

3/14/1785

#1901.4

Transfer from MSS 9003

13

Receipt to pay George Whitford from Greene Capron[?] witnessed by William Greene

3/22/1785

13

Letter from Patrick Henry, Richmond - commissioners appointed to discuss trade regulations

2/23/1786

Transfer from MSS 9003

13

Receipt from Elihu and Charles Granes of Potowomut

½2/1787

13

Letter from Samuel Freebody, Newport -arrival of cheese and cider

11/6/1787

13

Receipt to Greene from Elihu and C. Greene

1/14/1788

13

Receipt to Greene from Elihu and Cit Greene

3/7/1788

13

Receipt of Greene to unknown for cider

12/24/1788

13

Receipt to Greene from J. Finney

4/6/1789

13

Letter from Greene to George Washington - recommend Col. Jeremiah Olney as Collector of Customs for Providence

6/7/1790

Transfer from MSS 9006

13

Letter from Greene to wife Catharine (Ray) Greene regarding building of cider house

6/7/1792

13

Memoranda on the new emission bills in Massachusetts

after July 1794

#1983.74.5.21

13

Report of the Committee of Claims to whom were referred the Memorials and Petitions of Joseph Ball and others, emitted in pursuance of a resolution of Congress, of the 18th of March, 1780 26th February 1798, published by order of the House of Representatives

Copy of this report with notes made thereon by William Greene

2/26/1798

#1977.118.17

13

Letter from Phebe (Greene) Ward, New York

7/23/1801

transfer from MSS 470

13

Letter from Phebe (Greene) Ward, New York

8/20/1801

transfer from MSS 470

13

Letter from Samuel Ward, New York - health of Phebe (Greene) Ward

11/3/1802

transfer from MSS 470

13

Letter from son Samuel W. Greene, Lisbon -decline in business for American goods

5/26/1807

13

Letter from son Samuel W. Greene, Amsterdam - business difficult, general climate in Europe

9/18/1809

14

Account book with farm entries for William Greene and business entries for Ray Greene, Attorney. Also includes a treatise on the theory that there is a temperate region beyond the poles written by an unknown person. Also an entry for cash paid to Cesar Northup on p. 28.

1787-1796

14

Account book of William Greene with several notations made by Ray Greene settling accounts on behalf of his father. Accounts with local people for work and goods which include entries with at least two men of color and possibly others: Samuel Sambo and Cato Tweedy.

1792-1801

15

Account of Deborah Ray with Samuel Ward (Catharine Greene's mother)

1760-1769

#1983.74.5.7

16

Photocopies of selected documents