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Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a regiment of Connecticut foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by Ebenezer Huntington. Noted as printed in Philadelphia...

GLC02437.10540

to Henry Knox

General Washington discusses supplying troops with clothing during the winter. Instructs Knox to call for returns of such articles as will be necessary, and to forward him a return as soon as possible.

GLC02437.09391

[Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for the second Massachusetts regiment of foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Signature is illegible. Noted as printed in Philadelphia...

GLC02437.10572

[Provision return]

Return for men discharged from the Massachusetts artillery. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with the docket signed by Silas Barber.

GLC02437.02380

[Provision return]

Return for prisoners. Docket signed by George Ferris.

GLC02437.02415

[Provision return for fourteen men on duty at Poughkeepsie]

Provision return written by Lieutenant E. J. Parker of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment. It notes that 14 men were issued a total of 210 rations from 1-15 September. Note on second page, signed by a Stephen Patterson with a mark, states that the...

GLC02437.02454

[Request for goods]

Request for twenty pounds of beef for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02488

[Provision order]

Order for one quart of rum, charged to General Henry Knox's account.

GLC02437.02521

[Provision return for one army prisoner confin'd under provost at West Point].

Return signed by Asa Andrews and H. [likely Henry] Ten Eyck, and countersigned "By order of the Comdt", S. [Samuel] Shaw, Aide-de-Camp. Note on verso signed by Alner Lord.

GLC02437.01797

[Request for rations]

Request for rations for former captives. Countersigned Samuel Shaw. Also signed by George J. Denniston. Endorsement signed by Michael [Rueth].

GLC02437.02553

[Provision return for the Canadian refugees]

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

GLC02437.02590

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that he has visitors passing through, a Mr. Vernon and the Count Wengierski, and asks if Knox would mind showing them West Point.

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

GLC02437.02622

to David Humphreys

Writes in response to Thomas Coffin's letter to Knox (see GLC02437.02075). Knox vouches for Coffin's good character and asks Humphreys if Washington will give Coffin a pass to visit his family in Boston. Notes that John Hancock has given permission...

GLC02437.02087

to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to discharge William Smith as he had been a prisoner from 6 July 1777 until the past July.

GLC02437.02655

to Henry Knox

Written by Brooks as Assistant Clothier General to General Knox. Says that about 26 June when the troops marched from West Point for Philadelphia an order from Washington for 300 pairs of shoes for the 2nd Massachusetts Brigade and 2nd Massachusetts...

GLC02437.02353

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox of a violent storm that knocked down tents for the wood cutters. Mentions sending people to Kings Ferry to look for wood and thanks Knox for granting them permission to cut wood in the surrounding area.

GLC02437.02689

to Henry Knox

Popkin defends himself against complaints waged against him by men from Colonel Crane's regiment. Knox had ordered Popkin to go to camp to address the complaints. Popkin writes, "The substance of the complaint is not true: Notes for Pay I never...

GLC02437.10112

to Francois Jean Chastellux

Discusses the great debt and gratitude the new nation owes to France and the French officers and commanders for their leadership and support.

GLC02437.02829

to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to personally deliver a letter to General Alexander McDougall and emphasizes that it is private. Requests Knox to forward the two pieces of field artillery designed for the Count De Grasse to New York as soon as the British evacuate. Wants...

GLC02437.02722

Return of a detachment from the 1st Massachusetts Regiment

Lists numbers of officers, rank and file, including alterations since the most recent return. Contains a note on the left side of the page pertaining to ensigns and a lieutenant.

GLC02437.10149

to Alexander Stewart

Discusses a previous arrangement between Knox and Stewart, where Stewart will house, feed and care for five of Knox's horses.

GLC02437.02756

Return of the Rhode Island detachment commanded by Major William Allen

List of men according to company, rank and status. Watermarked with a bell hanging from a crown.

GLC02437.10192

to Henry Knox

Signed in text. Sends his compliments to Henry Knox and his wife, and expresses his regret that "the great hurry of Business alone prevents him from waiting on them before he leaves this Country to return his thanks for their polite attention to him...

GLC02437.02794

[Army Rations issued to Jonathan Kidney and artificers]

Written by Lillie as an aide-de-camp asking Forsyth to deliver one day of provisions to Jonathan Kidney, who had just come out of captivity. Docket signed by Kidney that he received the provisions from a contractor.

GLC02437.02082

to Henry Knox

Agrees to a soldier's discharge.

GLC02437.02831