Greg,
>
>A letter of Marq? signed by Captain John Barry which promises a "flare
>portion
>of prize money" for service on his ship.
>
According to my encyclopedia, this is probably a 'letter of marque and
reprisal' which gave the bearer permission (from a government at war) to be
a privateer.


>A Discharge letter signed in 1783 by B. Lincoln Secretary of War.
>

B. Lincoln is Benjamin Lincoln. Again, according to my encyclopedia, he was
also a Major General and accepted the British surrender at Yorktown, for
George Washington.

I don't know anything about the call to muster poster and I don't have any
sources about the Revolutionary War, off the top of my head. Hope this
helps.

                                                        Cheers,
                                                        Chris Godbold
                                                        Assistant Curator
                                                        Heritage Farmstead Museum
                                                        Plano, TX





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