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[Certificate of discharge for David Cawood]

Attests that Captain Cawood has served as an artificer for three years.

GLC02437.09554

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Luther Parmlee]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Captain Patten recommends Mills for a thirty-four day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09687

Provision return for Captain Thomas Patten's Company of artificers

Signed on both pages by Patten. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer, who notes the receipt of provisions.

GLC02437.09709

Provision return for Captain Thomas Patten's Company

Also signed on both pages by Captain Thomas Patten. Covers 9-12 May. Signed on verso by Sergeant R. Blakley, who confirms receipt of rations. Contains some water damage.

GLC02437.09717

Provision return for Captain Thomas Batten's Company

Also signed by Captain Thomas Patten on both pages. Covers 13-16 May. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer, who confirms the receipt of rations. Contains some water damage.

GLC02437.09720

Provision return for one man of Captain Thomas Patten's Company

Also signed by Captain Patten. Covers 21-28 May. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer, who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09734

[Return]

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

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

to unknown

Addressed to the "Contractor or Commissary for subsisting the troops at this post." Consists of working drafts of two letters, one on the front and one on the verso. The first, a signed letter dated 16 May 1782, tells the commissary that he must...

GLC02437.01420

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 Benjamin Lincoln

Lists several items needed by the artificers at Burlington [New Jersey], including one ton of iron, the dimensions of which to be given by Captain [Thomas] Patten to Mr. [Samuel] Hodgdon, "iron to cover the ammunition waggons and tumbrills," and "8...

GLC02437.01398

to Henry Knox

Writes that he has, pursuant to Knox's instructions, sent Captain [William] Stevens to Secretary at War [Benjamin] Lincoln with a section of a howitzer shell and a request that Lincoln order Mr. [John Jacob] Faesch to produce the number of shells...

GLC02437.01457

to Henry Knox

Signature has been clipped, but author Colonel Timothy Pickering is mentioned in the docket. Writes, "Agreeably to our mutual determination when last I had the pleasure of seeing you, I am content to receive Mr. Moses Dean again into my department...

GLC02437.01699