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to Edward Burbeck

Responds to Captain Edward Burbeck's letter regarding Lieutenant John Edes' plans to leave the Continental Army (see GLC02437.00301). Knox does not object but must wait for George Washington to return from Philadelphia before a discharge can be...

GLC02437.00331

A Compleat Account of Money Re'd. of Cor'l. Henry Knox and Monney Paid Away To Officer and Men

Lists money received on four dates by Colonel Knox, Colonel William Burbeck, and Major John Crane, and consequently distributed to officers and soldiers in Knox's artillery regiment. Morton was a captain in Knox's artillery regiment. Docketed by...

GLC02437.00281

[Account of cash paid the officers under Henry Knox's command]

Lists officers, the amount of cash allotted to them, and the date allotted. Written from Knox's headquarters to Lieutenant Colonel of the Artillery William Burbeck and signed by him.

GLC02437.00243

[State of the companies for which Henry Knox drew pay]

A small chart relating to the pay of soldiers in Henry Knox's artillery regiment. Lists several captains and other officers in the regiment.

GLC02437.00289

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

Records money distributed to officers to pay members of the regiment and to purchase clothing.

GLC02437.00292

[Account of cash paid to named Captains for the new Inlisted men & for Blanket money 1776]

Lists captains, the amount of cash allotted to them, and the date allotted. Written from Knox's headquarters. Addressed to Lieutenant Colonel of the Artillery William Burbeck, and signed by him.

GLC02437.00226

[An account of Cash Receiv'd for my Comp'y at Sundry times]

Lists amounts received and days received for Colonel William Burbeck and Colonel Henry Knox.

GLC02437.00239

[Invoice for blanket money for January through April 1776]

Indicates that cash was received by Colonel William Burbeck and Major John Crane. Foster was a captain in Knox's artillery regiment. Docketed by Knox.

GLC02437.00284

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

Records pay for members of the regiment and money spent on some supplies and ordnance associated with several officers.

GLC02437.00288

to William Burbeck

Asks Colonel Burbeck to procure horses and carts, and move some artillery pieces from Prospect Hill in Somerville, Massachusetts, after assessing the road in the daytime. Notes that he would have done this himself if his wife, Lucy Knox, was not...

GLC02437.00254

to Henry Knox

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