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GLC02437.09505
Collection Item
Manuscript document

[Abstract of pay for Captain John Popkin's company]

12 March 1776

Abstract of pay for commissioned officers in John Popkin's company. Lists men by rank. Docketed in pencil.

GLC02437.09505
GLC02437.09538
Collection Item
Autograph document

[Listing of American and British vessels engaged in the Battle of Valcour]

28 October 1776

Stringer, Samuel, 1725-?

A list of the "Fleet of the United States that were engaged…" followed by a list of "The Enemies Fleet engaged…." The lists include number and type of vessels, and their number and type of guns. The American list includes the names of the two...

GLC02437.09538
Collection Item
Autograph document

[Memorandum of cash paid]

6 July 1776-27 July 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Cash paid for board as well as tailoring and cloth.

GLC02437.08388
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Lucy Knox

18 November 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Informs her of the loss of Fort Washington and 1,500 men. "This is the most severe stroke we have received during the war as to the number of men." Writes that he is very upset over the terrible defeat, but has not lost hope.

GLC02437.00489
Collection Item
Manuscript document

[Return of clothing delivered to Colonel Ezekiel Cheever at North Castle, New York, December 1776]

5 August 1779

Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

Marked as a copy. Clothing came from Fort Washington by order of General Henry Knox. Lists the recipient of clothing, and by whose order it was delivered. Includes several administrative notes at the bottom of the page, with the signature (or a...

GLC02437.10440
Collection Item
Document

[Return of men in Captain Ebenezer Stevens's Company]

circa 1776

Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823

Lists the names of men in Stevens's company. Indicates sergeants, corporals, bombardiers, and gunners.

GLC02437.09541
Collection Item
Manuscript document

[Timeline of Prisoner Exchange Activities]

3 January 1776-15 July 1778

Later copy. Listing dates on which important events occurred relating to prisoner exchanges between American and British forces. Entries detail various plans for prisoner exchange. Also specify who is authorized to exchange prisoners and the...

GLC02437.00508
Collection Item
Printed document signed

[Commission for John Popkins as Captain]

4 January 1776

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Partially-printed document signed. Countersigned by Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress. Popkins is commissioned to serve as captain in the artillery regiment commanded by Henry Knox.

GLC02437.10002
Collection Item
Document

[Resolution on the election of military officers by Congress]

4 January 1776

Resolution pertaining to when more than one person is elected to the same rank on the same day. Notes that the Congress then went on to elect field officers for the battalion ordered to be raised in Pennsylvania. Another note indicates that this...

GLC02437.00236
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Capt. Bayler

5 January 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Apologizes for taking Bayler's horse for his brother, William Knox. Had Knox known he would have been away so long, he would not have taken it. Knox was then organizing the transport of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.00240

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