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[Provision return for Artillery Artificers]

Lists men by rank with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Dudley Mercer.

GLC02437.02077

to Henry Knox

Requests that a fellow officer may be discharged.

GLC02437.02825

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Edward McAuley]

Captain Niven recommends McAuley for a twelve day leave of absence. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09633

[Provision return]

Lists men by department with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date from note.

GLC02437.02118

[Request for provisions]

Request for five days' worth of provisions. Includes a note on the verso. Noted as written at Fort [Moyor ].

GLC02437.02859

to Royal Flint

Request for more flour as there is not "any in the store fit to be used." Noted received on verso.

GLC02437.02156

[Abstract of extra issues for December 1783]

Lists extra issues for barge men, musicians, New York levies, Rhode Island line, garrison and artillery artificers, German deserters, police officer garrisons, and express riders.

GLC02437.02892

to Henry Knox

Informs General Knox that due to ill health, he was unable to march with the regiment and has temporarily returned to camp. Assures Knox that he will follow the regiment if he is better in a few days. Written from "camp." Docketed in Knox's hand.

GLC02437.02195

Provision return for two men of the Second and Eighth Companies, Second Connecticut Regiment

Also signed by Captain Ezra Selden. Covers the period of one day. Docketed with an illegible signature. Contains an illegible signature on page two, confirming receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09729

[Provision return for four men from the Connecticut line]

Signed by Captain John Buchanan and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as the aide-de-camp of Major General Henry Knox. Provision return for four men in the Connecticut Line for four days from 1- 4 July 1783. The four officers, all captains, were...

GLC02437.02231

[Request]

Requests 20 pounds of bread for General Henry Knox. Directed to a "Mr Province."

GLC02437.09761

[Provision return]

Countersigned by John Doughty, Fort Major. Provision return for Joseph Cheesman, Superintendent of Masons; employed in the forges. Cheesman is given twelve rations for eight days.

GLC02437.02267

[Request]

Requests six pounds of soap and 15 pounds of beef for General Henry Knox's family. Contains a note on page two from Jacob Johnson who confirms receipt of rations. Directed to William Bell.

GLC02437.09793

[Army rations issued to Thomas Nelson and his family]

Asks the commissary, James Forsyth, to issue rations for Thomas Nelson, his wife, and 2 children from 16-31 of July. Says that Nelson is a furloughed man from the Massachusetts artillery who was detained by the sickness of his wife. Nelson signed...

GLC02437.02300

to Henry Knox

Bushnell signs as Captain, Sappers and Miners. Gives his account of a situation involving Captain Lieutenant Taulman and Kirkpatrick. The two soldiers disobeyed his orders concerning their baggage and he had to arrest them. Refer to GLC02437.01788...

GLC02437.10514

[Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for troops at West Point, commanded by Henry Knox. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10547

to Henry Knox

Encloses resolves of Congress. Instructs Knox to publish the resolves for the army. Expresses great pleasure in Congress's commendation of General [Robert] Howe and his detachment (for their role in suppressing the Philadelphia mutiny of 1783)....

GLC02437.09390

to Pierre Charles L'Enfant

Grants permission to Major L'Enfant, of the Corps of Engineers, to be absent from his Corps until the first day of May 1784, so L'Enfant may travel to France for "his own private affairs." Includes the original red seal of what appears to be the...

GLC02437.09393

[Request for rations]

Request for thirty days' worth of provisions for Indians going to "Niagia." Note of receipt signed with a mark by a Peter Quenungedau.

GLC02437.02382

Map from Stratford to Poughkeepsie

This printed map appears to be cut out of a larger book or atlas. Neither Stratford nor Poughkeepsie is on the map. Has slight water damage/staining.

GLC02437.08401

to John Lillie

Requests fourteen days leave for the bearer of the letter (whose name is not given), as the bearer's father had died. Encloses a letter (not present) confirming this information.

GLC02437.02417

[Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores at West Point, New York. Items listed by type, weight and ammunition.

GLC02437.10712

[Order to issue provisions]

Signed by Lillie. Written and signed by Captain Ebenezer Smith of the main guard and Lillie. Order from Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, telling Commissary Bell to issue one day's provisions for one prisoner, later of the 1st New...

GLC02437.02456

[Provision return]

Return for men of the Massachusetts regiments. Written in pencil and at Brunswick, possibly in New Jersey. Docket signed by Calvin [Seaver].

GLC02437.02490

[Request for provisions]

Request for 21 pounds of bread for General Henry Knox and his family.

GLC02437.02523