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[Army rations for one artificer]
14 March 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
Provision return for one man of the artillery artificers. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw. Includes a note on verso with an illegible signature.
GLC02437.02003
[Return of provisions]
17 March 1783
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
Provision return for one mason. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw. Contains a note on verso signed by Jacob Gillet.
GLC02437.02014
[Army Rations issued to the Engineer's Department]
24 March 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
Request for six days' worth of provisions for Masons;. Signed by a Joseph C. [Dellezenne]. Countersigned by John Lillie with note from Robert Matthews. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.02023
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Return of provisions for one man. Signed by [Runals Forman] Countersigned by Samuel Shaw and John Buell with note from Thomas [Man]. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.02024
[Provision return]
5 April 1783
Sears, Peter, fl. 1783
Countersigned by John Lillie and includes a note on verso from Dudley Mercer. Lists men by company with issued rations. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.02064
[Return for rations]
April 13, 1783 circa
Return for rations for one person from Captain Thomas Patten's company of artillery artificers from 13 April to 20 April. A total of eight rations were delivered. Signed by Captain Patten and countersigned by Major General Knox's aide-de-camp Major...
GLC02437.02084
13 April 1783
Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Dudley Mercer.
GLC02437.02085
GLC02437.02086
[Provision return for artificers]
April 20, 1783 circa
Provision return for Captain Patten's company of artificers, which belonged to the ordinance department, from 21 April to 24 April. 69 soldiers were each given 1 1/2 rations a day for four days for a total of 432 rations issued. Signed twice by...
GLC02437.02109
to Hugh Maxwell
28 June 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Written by Major General Knox to Colonel Maxwell. Orders that the remainder of the 3rd Regiment must march at 3 a.m. tomorrow morning. Tells him that provisions for 4 days must be drawn today and that the men need to have hard bread. Hopes he made...
GLC02437.02200
[Provision return for Captain Patten]
25 March 1783
Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, with a note from George Groom.
GLC02437.02030
9 April 1783
Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.02102
Provision return for one Sergt & six masons employ'd in the Engineers Department at West Point, commencing the first & ending the eight day of January 1783 both days included
January 1783
Niven, Daniel, 1742-1809
Return signed by D. [likely Daniel] Niven [some sources say Nevin], Commanding Engineer, and countersigned "By order of Gen [Henry] Knox", S. [Samuel] Shaw, Aide-de-Camp. Note on verso signed by John Green.
GLC02437.01776
[Artillery Artificers rations]
February 9, 1783
Lists men by regiment and company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Dudley Mercer on verso.
GLC02437.01907
[Army Rations issued to Prisoners and Detachment]
February 16, 1783
Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783
Lists men by company with rations issued. Countersigned by a Captain Hopkins and by John Doughty, with an endorsement signed by Samuel Ackley. Place writ from note.
GLC02437.01930
[Request for rations]
1 March 1783
Banks, John, fl. 1783
Request for a week's worth of provisions for a man of the Core of the Invalides. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed (with an X) by Joseph Freeman.
GLC02437.01968
[Provision request for Indians]
22 August 1783
Anspach, Peter, fl. 1775-1783
Orders rations to be issued for the use of five Indians going from Newburgh to Albany. The rations included 60 pounds of bread and 60 pounds of beef and also one gallon of rum as directed by Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Walker, an aide-de-camp to...
GLC02437.02406
[Request for provisions]
4 July 1783
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Return for provisions written by Fortress Major of West Point Doughty to the Commissary of Issues James Forsyth. Asks that 10 days of provisions be issued to John Mooder, a furloughed soldier of the Massachusetts Artillery on his way to Boston...
GLC02437.02230
[Provision return for army rations issued]
6 July 1783 circa
Hillyer, David, fl. 1783
Signed by David Hillyer, a quartermaster. Countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as Knox's aide-de-camp. Provision return for four men from Captain McGowan's Company of the Invalid Regiment who came to West Point from the Fishkill Barracks from 1-6 July...
GLC02437.02243
7 July 1783
Wells, Benjamin, fl. 1783
Signed by Lieutenant Major B. Wells and countersigned by Fort Major of West Point Doughty. Provision return for four men from Captain Dustin's(?) Company of the New Hampshire line for one day. The unit had been "on command at Dobbs Ferry." A total of...
GLC02437.02248
9 July 1783
Heart, Jonathan, 1748-1791
Signed by Colonel Swift and countersigned by John Doughty. Provision returns for three men of the late First Connecticut Regiment. A docket note regarding rations is signed by Sergeant Cook.
GLC02437.02256
10 July 1783
Return for provisions for three men. Countersigned by John Doughty with a signed docket by Miles Jordan.
GLC02437.02259
[Orders to supply rations to Barney Daughtry]
14 July 1783
Order of sixteen rations for Barney Daughtry, of the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Annapolis, Maryland.
GLC02437.02277
[Orders for provisions to Robert Bancroft and Elbert Brown]
Order for five days provisions for Robert Bancroft and Elbert Brown of the Invalid Regiment, on their way to Springfield, [Massachusetts].
GLC02437.02281
15 July 1783
Provision return for one sergeant and eight privates belonging to General Steuben's barge.
GLC02437.02288
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