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[Certificate of discharge for David Cawood]
29 May 1781
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
Attests that Captain Cawood has served as an artificer for three years.
GLC02437.09554
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Luther Parmlee]
17 December 1782
Captain Patten gives Parmlee permission to take a twenty five day leave of absence. Directed to Major General Henry Knox at West Point.
GLC02437.09579
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for William Lee]
20 December 1782
Captain Patten recommends Sergeant Lee for a twenty five day leave of absence to visit friends in East Haddon, Connecticut. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox (at West Point).
GLC02437.09584
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Thorp]
25 December 1782
Patten recommends [Thorp] for a twenty-one day leave of absence. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09590
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Abisha Marks]
2 January 1783
Captain Patten recommends Marks for a twenty day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox. A note at the bottom of the page indicates the leave was granted.
GLC02437.09602
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Stephen Savage]
January 18, 1783
Captain Patten recommends Savage for a twenty-five day leave of absence to visit his family. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09613
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Seares]
January 22, 1783
Captain Patten recommends Seares (spelled "Sears" in docket) for a leave of absence until 1 April 1783. Directs his request to the Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09620
[Recommendation of a leave of absence for Sergeant Kneeland]
January 26, 1783
Captain Patten recommends [Kneeland?] for a twenty-five day leave of absence. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09622
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Charles Reynolds]
February 13, 1783
Captain Patten recommends Reynolds for a twenty-five day leave of absence. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09641
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Luman Frisbee]
Captain Patten recommends Frisbee for a twenty-five day leave of absence. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09642
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Sergeant Warner]
3 March 1783
Captain Patten recommends Warner for a twenty-five day leave of absence. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09673
[Recommendation for a hired man to serve in the military in the place of Benjamin Burt]
8 March 1783
Burt hires the man for one year's service. Captain Patten directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox. On verso, Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, authorizes Burt's discharge for one year. Shaw also writes from West Point.
GLC02437.09682
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Thurstian Hillard]
11 March 1783
Captain Patten recommends Hillard for a twenty-two day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09685
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Samuel Mills]
12 March 1783
Captain Patten recommends Mills for a thirty-four day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09687
[Return]
February 20, 1783
Return for Captain Thomas Patten's company of artillery men. Men listed by name (more than 70), date of enlistment, length of service, hometown and state including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
GLC02437.10706
Account of timber wanted for the use of the brigade of artillery for building carriages, waggons and tumbrils
January 29, 1782
Written from Burlington, likely in New Jersey. Calculations for the amount of wood necessary to build carriages, wagons, and tumbrils (a type of cart).
GLC02437.01343
Return of materials wanted for the use of the brigade of artillery
List of necessary materials for the brigade of artillery. Countersigned by Henry Knox, with the words: "Copy given to the War Office this 29 January 1782." Written in Burlington, likely in New Jersey.
GLC02437.01345
to Henry Knox
23 July 1781
Captain Patten reports that he took silver away from a man making [cups?] for Knox because the man could not finish, and "made such bad work." Mentions the numbers of mortar carriages, wagons, and other large artillery and transports pieces at his...
GLC02437.01076
[Certificate regarding Lieutenant John Tharp's pay]
6 July 1781
Captain Patten certifies that Tharp, from Morris County, New Jersey, enlisted 27 November 1776. Lists Tharp's promotions. Directed to Brigadier General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.01020
[Discharge of Michael Joiner with note by Shaw on verso]
7 March 1781
Written at a Park of Artillery. Certifies the discharge of Michael Joiner from Artillery Artifice.
GLC02437.00905
[Recommendation for the discharge of Samuel Adams, an artillery artificer]
22 March 1781
Captain Patten recommends Adams, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an honorable discharge. Notes that Adams enlisted 18 February 1777. Directed to Brigadier General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.00913
[Recommendation for the discharge of John Adams, an artillery artificer]
Captain Patten recommends Adams, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an honorable discharge. Notes that Adams enlisted 8 February 1777. Directed to Brigadier General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.00914
[Recommendation for the discharge of Richard Ellis, an artillery artificer]
Captain Patten recommends Ellis, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an honorable discharge. Notes that Ellis enlisted 3 March 1777. Directed to Brigadier General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.00922
[Recommendation for the discharge of Adam Burger, an artillery artificer]
Captain Patten recommends Burger, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for an honorable discharge. Notes that Burger enlisted 20 February 1777. Directed to Brigadier General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.00923
[Recommendation for the discharge of Francis Miller, an artillery artificer]
Captain Patten recommends Miller, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for an honorable discharge. Notes that Miller enlisted 27 May 1777. Directed to Brigadier General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.00926
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