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to Timothy Pickering

Knox possibly writes from West Point to Pickering, Quartermaster General. Mostly illegible, but Knox appears to be discussing construction of artillery barracks on Constitution Island.

GLC02437.10049

to James Byers

General Knox, commanding at West Point, writes to Byers, who operated a foundry in Springfield, Massachusetts. Encloses a letter from the "Minister of War," referring to Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary of War. Indicates that Lincoln ordered Byers to...

GLC02437.10089

[Weekly return of the New York Corps of Artillery Commanded by Major Sebastian Bauman]

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

[Miscellaneous return of artillery]

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

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

[Return of Artillery Corps]

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

Weekly return of the New York Corps of Artillery - commanded by Major Sebastian Bauman.

Lists men in the New York artillery corps by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the thirteen commissioned officers, one is a major (present and fit for duty), two captains (one fit and the other on staff)...

GLC02437.10172

Weekly Return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

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

to Benjamin Walker

Replies to a note from Major Walker regarding His Excellency [George Washington's] previous request for an estimate [of ordnance and artillery]. Will endeavor to fulfill the request by the latter part of the following day.

GLC02437.10092

to [Anne-César] Chevalier de la Luzerne

Informs the Chevalier that "two pieces of cannon, and their carriages" will be arriving to be presented to the Count de Grasse at the direction of Congress "for the important services he rendered to the United States." Notes that the artist who...

GLC02437.10180

[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

[Account between Henry Knox and Thomas Mifflin, Quartermaster General]

Lists account information, possibly for artillery regiments, from 1775 and 1776, including "sundries" payments made to about 150 named soldiers. Lieutenant Freeman is listed a few times. Signed by P. [Peter] Anspach, Paymaster to the Quartermaster...

GLC02437.10004

[Related to the artillery of Rochambeau's army] [In French]

Signed by "d'Aboville," Colonel Francois Marie, comte de Aboville. Also signed by Gau as commissary of artillery and by Nadal as director of the artillery park. A third signature is illegible. Lists artillery equipment and munitions for a siege by...

GLC02437.10016

[Return of Ordnance Stores at Fort Pitt and Fort McIntosh]

Signed by I. Craig, Captain of Artillery to Henry Knox, Brigadier General of Artillery. Lists stores of shells, powder, cartridges, muskets, rifles, swords, etc. Fort Pitt was the site of present day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fort McIntosh became...

GLC02437.10018

[Return of ordnance stores at Fort Pitt and Fort McIntosh]

Signed by I. Craig, Captain of Artillery to Henry Knox, Brigadier General of Artillery. Lists stores of shells, powder, cartridges, muskets, rifles, swords, etc. Note on verso of last fold states the return differs from the last due to a fire that...

GLC02437.10019

Stores with the army coming from Hudson's River.

Long list of Artillery supplies and their quantities on their way to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania en route to support the siege of Yorktown.

GLC02437.10023

to Thomas S. Lee

Informs the Maryland governor of the need for 30,000 feet of wooden planks for the upcoming siege of Yorktown. Has asked General Mordecai Gist to obtain the supplies. Also mentions eight tons of powder that need to be forwarded "to the points of...

GLC02437.10025

[Return of Ordnance stores at Fort Pitt and Fort McIntosh]

Signed by I. Craig, Major of Artillery to Henry Knox, Brigadier General of Artillery. Lists stores of shells, powder, cartridges, muskets, rifles, swords, etc. Fort Pitt was the site of present day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fort McIntosh became...

GLC02437.10036

to Richard Frothingham

Shaw instructs Frothingham, Field Commissary of Military Stores, to send articles to Lieutenant Fenno for his use at Stony Point, New York. Requests items such as cartridges, ladles, quadrants, dredging boxes, hand spikes, hammers, weights, shovels...

GLC02437.10048

to Andrew Billings

Discusses cannon Major Billings recently engraved. Remarks that he has received news that Billings did a good job engraving the cannons. Gives Billings instructions regarding delivery and billing of the cannon.

GLC02437.10068

Return of ordnance and ordnance stores at the posts of Verplancks Point

Includes a list of ordnance stolen from the magazine since the last return. Signed by Campbell, Lieutenant of the 2nd New York Regiment of Artillery.

GLC02437.10081

to Colonel Trumbull or [David] Humphreys

Knox, Commander of West Point, directs his letter to Trumbull "or" Humphreys. Discusses information pertaining to the two men who deliver this letter (Knox does not include these soldiers' names). The men were sent to the Springfield [Massachusetts...

GLC02437.10122

to John Bryant

Discusses the furloughs of two soldiers who served under Bryant (refer to GLC02437.10122). The men have to obtain blank discharge forms from army headquarters which must be filled out by Bryant before they can receive their furloughs. Expresses his...

GLC02437.10123

to Benjamin Lincoln

Knox, Commander of West Point, regrets that he could not comply with Lincoln's order to erect an arsenal due to lack of artificers present. Requests that Lincoln, Secretary at War, send "twelve good majors" for completion of the magazine. Transmits...

GLC02437.10124

Weekly return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

Lists the number of men by rank and availability. Watermarked with a crest and "F. Notramy (?) 1780.

GLC02437.10164