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Captain John Savage writes to ask for Knox's recommendation for a job. Savage explains that Colonel William Burbeck has recently died, and the berth is unoccupied. Plenty of people are applying for the position, including Savage, so he hopes that...

GLC02437.03177

[An abstract of money paid by Captain Jotham Drury in Colonel Henry Knox's Regiment of Artillery for the month of January 1776]

Lists amounts owed to fifty-five enlisted men in Knox's regiment and underneath Colonel William Burbeck's command.

GLC02437.00272

[Invoice for soldier payment and blanket purchases for men in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

List pay for officers and new recruits, and the cost of blankets for fifty-three men. Docket identifies it as Captain Dana's account.

GLC02437.00285

An Account of money Rec'd. and of whom Rec'd.

Lists money received by officers in Henry Knox's artillery regiment and troops paid. Docket, in Knox's hand, identifies it as Captain Craft's account.

GLC02437.00287

[Commission for William Burbeck as First Lieutenant Colonel]

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

GLC02437.10001