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[Receipt for Henry Knox]
5 January 1783
Smith, Melancton, 1744-1798
Lists items (cloth, rum, and sugar) by date and the amount owed. Signed for Smith by William Thompson.
GLC02437.01801
to Henry Knox
February 21, 1783
Strachan, William, 1752-1798
Discusses the condition of beef and states that "I think it not fit to be Issued to the Troops."
GLC02437.01941
Received from Mr Forsyth, Commissary of Issues, during the month of January 1783
circa January 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
List of items received from James Forsyth during January 1783 for General Henry Knox and his family, signed by Samuel Shaw (see GLC02437.01769 for a related document.)
GLC02437.01770
to William Duer
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Discusses the poor quality beef provisions supplied lately by contractors.
GLC02437.01940
[Bealeton, Va. Sutler's tent at Army of the Potomac headquarters]
August 1863
A print of a photograph of a sutler's tent at the Army of the Potomac headquarters. Four men, including two sergeants, stand in front opening of tent speaking to someone inside the tent. Nine additional men are posed in the rear if the tent. One of...
GLC05111.01.0254
A suttler's tent
circa 1861-1865
The image shows a group of approximately 13 men gathered in and around an A-frame suttler's tent. Numeric notation on recto: "138." Inscription on verso: "A suttler's tent." Numeric notation on verso: "138" and "1371."
GLC05111.01.1005
Settler's home
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
The image shows five standing figures and one sitting figure scattered in front of what appears to be a settler's home. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notations on verso: "IV" and "543."
GLC05111.01.1046
To his wife
February 10, 1863
Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918
Reports his move via train, making bunks from lumber and the new comfort, finding an old friend at the sutlers, describing the wreck of the Cumberland and iron-clads: "There is several of the iron clad monitors laying out here in the Rhodes [sic]....
GLC04558.067
18 August 1864
A flash flood prevented GWT from joining his regiment at the front and swept away many people's belongings. 40 bodies were found after the flood. One sutler offered a $3000 reward for the return of his cash box. After the regiment returned, their...
GLC04558.156
A Southern Soldier's Experiences in a Northern Prison
November 1893
Flinn, John William, fl. 1863-1893
Originally written for the students of a "lady cousin" who was concerned her pupils were being misinformed about the "kind treatment of Southern Soldiers in Northern prisons." Flinn later presented the address at "S. C. College Nov. 1893." He...
GLC04573.13
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