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Weekly return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery
11 October 1783
Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840
Lists the number of men by rank and availability. Watermarked with a crest and "F. Notramy (?) 1780.
GLC02437.10164
[Return of Artillery Corps]
October 11, 1783
List of men broken down by rank, regiment and stats - whether they are fit for duty or not. Calculation in the lower left corner. Watermarked with a stamp & illegible writing. Docketed as "Scale Artillery."
GLC02437.10165
Monthly Return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery
25 October 1783
List of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery. Lists people present in the corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the two captains, one is present and fit for duty, while the other is on the staff...
GLC02437.10175
Weekly Return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery
1 November 1783
List of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery. Includes list people present in corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the four captains listed, two are present for duty and the others are on the staff...
GLC02437.10179
[Return]
Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803
Weekly return for the New York corps of artillery. Lists men by rank and current status. Date from docket.
GLC02437.10546
[Army return]
27 September 1783
Bradford, James, ?-1791
Monthly return for the New York Corp of artillery. Verso includes the absentees. Countersigned by Sebastian Bauman.
GLC02437.02571
[Weekly return of the New York Corps of Artillery Commanded by Major Sebastian Bauman]
19 September 1783
Moodie, Andrew, ?-1787
Lists numbers of majors, captains, surgeons mates, gunners, and other posts present and fit for duty, sick and present, on command, on extra duty, on the staff, on duty present, and absent with leave. Includes an illegible signature in addition to...
GLC02437.10140
Weekly return of the Corps of Artillery
20 September 1783
Lists numbers of commissioned, noncommissioned, and staff officers. Includes total numbers, or "strength of each corps respectively." Also lists numbers "fit for duty," including "sick present," "sick absent," "on duty," "absent with leave," and...
GLC02437.10141
[Miscellaneous return of artillery]
1783
Lists officers and their status (fit for duty, on command, etc.) for an unspecified location. Docket indicates "scale artillery."
GLC02437.10142
Monthly return of the Massachusetts Corp of Artillery
26 September 1783
Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848
Signed by Captain Burbeck and Samuel Cooper, Adjutant. Lists numbers of officers present for duty, sick present, sick absent, etc. Includes notes for men on extra duty, on command, sick absent, on furlough, and in confinement. Also contains a list...
GLC02437.10144
Monthly return of the Corps of Artillery
Lists numbers of officers and their status (fit for duty, sick present, sick absent, on duty, etc.) for regiments from New York and Massachusetts.
GLC02437.10146
Return of ordnance stores, apparatus & c. & c. at the Garrison of Stony and Verplanks Points Kingsferry- Septemer 28th 1783.
28 September 1783
Swartwout, Cornelius, fl. 1776-1783
Signed by Swartwout, Captain Lieutenant Commanding Artillery at Kings Ferry.
GLC02437.10148
Return for the Massachusetts corp of artillery. Lists the rank and current status of the soldiers.
GLC02437.10523
6 September 1780
Collins, John, 1717-1795
Return of ordnance from the ordnance store at Springfield, Massachusetts, delivered to various locations. Items listed by type, status and delivery location.
GLC02437.10709
to Henry Knox
1 July 1785
Avery, John, 1739-1806
Avery, Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, informs Knox that Governor Thomas Cushing has requested that several cannon at West Point be returned to Massachusetts.
GLC02437.03162
[Return of military stores at Fort Pitt]
25 July 1785
Ashton, Joseph, fl. 1779-1785
Marked as a copy. Includes the [copied?] signature of Joseph Ashton, Lieutenant of Artillery Commanding at Fort Pitt. Lists carriages, howitzers, carbines, rifles, horse shoes, and other stores.
GLC02437.03168
to Nathanael Greene
16 June 1781
Sumter, Thomas, 1734-1832
Written by the partisan fighter Brigadier General Sumter, known as the "Carolina Gamecock," to Major General Greene as commander of the Southern Department. Sumter had refused to formally join Greene's command, but was assiting him in the...
GLC02507
to Jasper Hopper
1814/04/05
Tompkins, Daniel D., 1774-1825
The Governor of New York notes that he ordered munitions stored near Oswego and orders Hopper to send muskets, cartridges, and powder from those stores to use to defend Oswego, New York, if attacked. Oswego was attacked and captured by the...
GLC02512.13
to Edwin D. Morgan
12 August 1862
Foster, John Gray, 1823-1874
Major General Foster writes to Morgan, Governor of New York. Recommends Lieutenant Daniel Webster Flagler of the Ordnance Corps for command of one of the regiments being raised by New York State. Writes "I have seen him Constantly, & in many...
GLC02464.04
to John Titcomb Sprague
16 June 1863
Roberts, Benjamin Stone, 1810-1875
Brigadier General Roberts writes to Sprague, Adjutant General for the State of New York. Remarks that he recently passed through Ilion, New York, where he experimented with improved shot for rifle guns. Asks Sprague to "send a commission of...
GLC02464.15
to Andrew Atkinson Humphreys
10 October circa 1863
Sedgwick, John, 1813-1864
Year inferred from content. General Sedgwick writes to Humphreys as "Maj Genl Humphries Chief of Staff." Discusses the position of heavy artillery at [Piney?] Mountain. Notes that General Wright (possibly Horatio Wright) will examine the artillery...
GLC02464.16.01
9 April 1863
Smith, William Farrar, 1824-1903
Major General Smith recommends Lieutenant Martin of the 5th New York Artillery, who seeks promotion. Remarks that Martin served under him for eighteen months.
GLC02464.17
to D. R. Wright
February 3, 1863
Buckingham, William A. (William Alfred), 1804-1875
Buckingham, Governor of Connecticut, writes to Colonel Wright (possibly Dexter R. Wright) of the 15th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. Notes that a surgeon [L. Apirt?] of the 1st Regiment Artillery has been transferred to the Regiment under Wright...
GLC02467.09
to Benjamin Lincoln
February 26, 1779
Ashe, John, Sr., 1721-1781
Written by Brigadier General Ashe to Major General Lincoln as commander of the Southern Department. Says nothing extraordinary has happened. Reports that Colonel Lythe's light infantry advanced to take possession of the pass at the lower bridge and...
GLC02497.02
February 16, 1783
Gist, Mordecai, 1742-1792
Informs General Greene that there are less ammunition and supplies in the magazine for the troops in Charleston than he expected
GLC02497.07
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