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to Commissary Stiles

Oliver desires to know if Stiles will be supplying him with provisions. Specifically needs four pounds candles. Letter addressed to "Comsy Stiles or his Assistant."

GLC01450.225

to Ephriam Bowen

Burnet reminds Bowen that he must send the clothing supplies already requested, as they are badly needed by himself and General Nathanael Greene. Greene was Quartermaster General at the time of this letter. Ichabod Burnet was Greene's personal aide...

GLC01450.238

to the Selectmen of Coventry

Letter written by Elderkin as Captain in 7th Connecticut Regiment to the Selectmen of Coventry, Connecticut. Requests the selectmen furnish John Bill and Samuel Bardain, two soldiers in his company, with guns, bayonets, cartridge boxes, and blankets...

GLC01450.240

to John Bradstreet

Mentions soon needing a boat for the transportation of artillerymen. Discusses matters pertaining to Colonel Bradstreet's accounts and recruitment. Also mentions plan to "pull down the store houses in the Street; and to take a Deed of ground whereon...

GLC01450.258

Monthly Return for the 16th (or Queens) Regiment of Light Dragoon's for April

Lists officers, rank and file soldiers, and stores of several British regiments during the American Revolution. Captain Howell was one of six troop leaders listed, Colonel William Harcourt being the most senior.

GLC01450.268

[Diary of Henry Vanderslice, wagon master in the Continental Army]

Daily entries detail Vanderslice's duties as wagon master and his travels with the army through Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Vanderslice reached encampment at Morristown, New Jersey in late March 1777. He writes about wagons and carters under his...

GLC01450.018

[Journal for ship Molly]

Daily log of activity aboard the British supply ship Molly sailing in the New York Harbor. Pattullo was the master. Most entries detail the weather, supplies received or delivered, and duties of the men aboard. Many entries note the carpenters'...

GLC01450.019

[Return of ordnance belonging to the Charles-Town frigate]

Signed as Conductor of Artillery. List of artillery supplies found at the Boston, Dorrels, French, and Still House batteries belonging to the frigate Charles-Town, previously called the Boston. Lists hand grenades, arm chests, barrels, shot, hand...

GLC01450.027

[Bill from Jonathan Franks to New York State]

Franks requests twenty two pounds sixteen schillings for his service to New York State. Grenell certifies that Franks worked the amount that he claims, and signs as well. Bill written to "The Commiss.r for procuring cloathing &c. for the State of...

GLC01450.515.02

to Arthur Lee

Discusses accounts for military supplies, mostly uniforms and blankets for "the American friends that we have worked for in the present troublesome times." Also notes hearing news that Benjamin Franklin "had been presented to His Majesty as an...

GLC01450.523

to Elbridge Gerry

Discusses arrival of supplies and trade with Spain. Docketed by Gerry.

GLC01450.527

[Proclamation concerning raising troops in New Hampshire]

Promotes voluntary enlistment in order to raise troops to serve on the western frontiers of the New England governments and to prevent the further encroachment of the French. Lists what each volunteer will receive in terms of salary and equipment....

GLC01450.545

to James Hughes

Trouble obtaining handkerchiefs from a general. Encloses a letter for General Gates. Reports no news, but hears that British General John Burgoyne is "on the move to attack you."

GLC01450.560

Printed resolutions regarding recruiting and clothing [Decimalized .01-.02]

See decimalized entries.

GLC01450.602

[Resolution of Provincial Congress of Watertown for enlistments]

Clerical copy with signature of Joseph Warren, as President Pro Tempore, in the secretary's hand. Document refers to "the Recovery and preservation of our undoubted Rights and Liberties." Delineates pay scale of various ranks in the army, says a...

GLC01450.608

to Charles Pettit

Clement Biddle writes in earnest to the Colonel Pettit, the assistant quartermaster, about the status of money urgently needed to procure supplies for an upcoming campaign.

GLC01450.618

to John Fisher

Meng asks Fisher, who is referred to as a Storekeeper (but who was also an assistant deputy quartermaster and military supply agent) for a marquee for Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin, who "by the late high Winds has had his old one torn to pieces."

GLC01450.412.08

[Receipt for 200 barrel hoops]

Needed for the making of powder barrels during the American Revolution, priced at six shillings per hundred hoops. With a signed (with a mark) note indicating Thomas Frace received the hoops from the commissary, Samuel Hodgdon.

GLC01450.412.10

to Abraham Lewis

Marschalk saw Frederick Fine, a block maker, and says Fine would appreciate a letter from Lewis.

GLC01450.412.11

[Military account book of James Parker with loose papers]

Lists saddlery supply orders of General Cholmondeley (1767) and Lieut. Gen. Elliot (1767-71), and their respective staffs. Also included some loose papers slipped in the leaves. Inside the front cover is: an inventory from a saddler and coach and...

GLC01450.453

Records of accounts, mentions Pensacola, Fla.

Repaired. With description laid-in.

page numbered 81 includes a print of Gibraltar.

GLC01450.454

to Elbridge Gerry

Docketed in Gerry's hand. Tells Gerry that Congress has finally decided to satisfy his accounts "declaring that no charge against me have been proved." Comments that he thinks "a serious inquiry into the conduct of the Commissioners, must soon...

GLC01450.456

Orders payment to Moses Franks for troop supplies against the Cherokee Indians on the Frontiers of Virginia .

Franks was a prominent Jewish merchant.

GLC01450.507

to Colonel

Comments on the undisciplined behavior of his correspondent's regiment in camp. He cannot discern "what plan the Genl. [George Washington] has" but believes "this maneuver is the most likely to produce neglect of duty." Would like himself and the...

GLC01450.628

Black Walnut Gun Stocks

Printed document under Tench Coxe's name, but unsigned. This request for contractor proposals to supply black walnut gun stocks to the government was issued by Coxe as Purveyor of Public Supplies, an office he held 1803-1812. Asks that proposals...

GLC01450.713