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Captain Burbeck's company collectively write to their commander to inform him of their ill treatment and poor conditions at Fort Montgomery. They seek relief from duty there. Knox had detached Burbeck's company to assist in the campaign against...

GLC02437.00316

[Account of officer pay under Colonel Henry Knox]

Knox's record of officer's pay. Signed by Knox more than 25 times (all but once in the text); also signed by more than 23 other officers, including Henry Burbeck, William Eustis, Eliphalet Newell, Ebenezer Stevens, William Dana, Dimond Morton, Edward...

GLC02437.00258

to Henry Knox

Captain Burbeck has heard that all the Continental regiments are heading to New York and seeks instructions on what to do with his company. Also discusses accounts and pay for his and Lieutenant John Edes' company. Burbeck and Edes were officers in...

GLC02437.00411

[Certification of payment of troops in Knox's artillery regiment]

Certifies that the men in Captain Edward Burbeck's (formerly Captain John Popkin's) company have been paid through January, 1776. Also notes that some members of Burbeck's previous company have only been paid through January as well.

GLC02437.00330

[Account information between Henry Knox and Captain Edward Burbeck]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and Edward Burbeck by date from 28 December 1773 to 15 March 1776. Includes amounts for the pay of Burbeck's men, "Blankett Money," and various unnamed articles.

GLC02437.10436