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[Return of troops to be continued in service after the new year]

Lists men by regiment and rank.

GLC02437.02824

to Henry Knox

Agrees to a soldier's discharge.

GLC02437.02831

to Nathanael Greene

Knox discusses possibilities of visiting Greene and his family. Hopes Greene is interested in the Society of the Cincinnati. Refers to a cannon he intends to engrave for Greene. Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.02955

[Return of artillery men in the Northern Department]

Lieutenant Jefferds lists lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, and matrosses present fit for duty and on command.

GLC02437.02968

[Certificate for Major Stephen Rochefontaine]

Certifies Major Stephen Rochefontaine as a member of the Corps of Engineers. Noted as a copy on the docket.

GLC02437.02721

to Henry Knox

Recommendation for a soldier to go on furlough.

GLC02437.02835

to Joseph Young

A copy of the request Knox sent Messrs Daniel Parker and Co. to furnish Young with provisions for the hospital in Albany, New York. States the order is to be enforced from January to April of 1784 and no longer.

GLC02437.02861

[Return of shoes and stockings received from General Thomas Mifflin's at Morristown 14 January 1777]

Written for Henry Knox by Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Indicates the distribution of forty pairs of shoes and stockings among ten officers, Knox included. Date of creation previously inferred (but erroneously recorded as 1873) and written in pencil...

GLC02437.02887

[List of officers pertaining to New Hampshire]

This list of men corresponds to the New Hampshire battalion. Date of creation previously inferred and written in pencil in a different hand.

GLC02437.02889

[Return of the troops retained in the service of the United States stationed at West Point]

Lists infantry and artillery. Cites artillery officers who composed the corps retained for service. Lists invalids and the names of men in Brigadier General Henry Jackson's regiment.

GLC02437.02910

[Provision return]

Return for men in the Massachusetts regiments. Written in pencil with the docket signed by Calvin [Seaver]. Written in Brunswick, likely in New Jersey.

GLC02437.02476

[Request for goods]

Request for fifteen pounds of beef for Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02480

[Request for goods]

Request for eight pounds of bread for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by a John [Rudemucker].

GLC02437.02482

[Request for provisions]

Request for six days' worth of provisions for men belonging to General Huntington's barge. Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by Joseph Boyd.

GLC02437.02483

[Request for rations]

Request for rations for two men of the New Hampshire corps, who have been discharged. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell and Mr. Forbes, with Bell's name struck. Docket signed by Josiah Eastman.

GLC02437.02501

[Provision return]

Provision return for three men returned from captivity in Canada. Signed by Captain Tearse of the 2nd Company of the New York State Battalion. Tearse was the commander at Albany. Notes that three men recently released from captivity in Canada and on...

GLC02437.02515

[Request for provisions]

Request for 21 pounds of bread for General Henry Knox and his family.

GLC02437.02523

[Request for provisions]

Request for provisions for a former prisoner who is now returning to Philadelphia.

GLC02437.02538

[Request for goods]

Request for twenty pounds of bread for General Henry Knox and his family.

GLC02437.02546

[Provision order]

Request for twenty pounds of beef for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02562

[Provision return for a detachment of Massachusetts artificers]

Shows a breakdown of the rations issued to the Massachusetts artillery.

GLC02437.02585

[Provision return for the superintendant of the masons]

Request for extra rations for the superintendent of the Masons;. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note on the verso from John Cheesman.

GLC02437.02587

[Provision return]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a signed docket by William Burrows.

GLC02437.02604

[Provision return]

Lists rations by number of men and type.

GLC02437.02605

[Provision return]

Issues thirty-one days' worth of rations for a man in the New York regiment.

GLC02437.02619

[Return of clothing wanted in the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment]

Lists items by type and amount. Includes coats, vests, shoes, and mitts.

GLC02437.02635

[Provision return]

Return for five men from the Massachusetts line. Includes a note on the verso from Mahlon Ford.

GLC02437.02638

[Weekly return of an artillery corps]

Lists men by status and rank.

GLC02437.02643

[Receipt of rations]

Issues 66 packages of rations for the New Jersey and New York lines. Includes a note on the verso from Moses Scott in Brunswick, issuing six days' worth of provisions for eleven men in the Massachusetts line.

GLC02437.02647

[Return of clothing for the first regiment of Massachusetts]

Lists number of men with articles of clothing and amounts. Countersigned by J. Pettingill, most likely Major Joseph Pettengill.

GLC02437.02650

[Return of the paymaster & regimental agents]

Lists men whose regiments have been disbanded. Lists men by name, rank, office, regiment and place of residence. Docketed by Pickering on verso.

GLC02437.02675

[Extract from Lieutenant Wheaton's orders]

Discusses how poorly dressed the soldiers are in preparation for a parade. Marked as a "true Coppy."

GLC02437.02690

[Provision return]

Lists rations issued and the amount of days they are for. Noted as received on verso.

GLC02437.02694

[Request for provisions]

Request for one day's worth of provisions for four prisoners. Countersigned by John Lillie.

GLC02437.02711

[Provision return]

Return of provisions for Baron von Steuben's steward. Lists items such as soap, salt and vinegar. Date from docket. Includes a note of receipt on the verso signed by Sergeant Samuel Cranston.

GLC02437.02731

[Certificate for Richard Frothingham]

Certifies that Richard Frothingham served as the field commissary of military stores under Knox. Written and signed in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp.

GLC02437.02813

[Provision return for Canadians refugees]

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

GLC02437.02737

to Samuel Shaw

Discusses Knox's military accounts.

GLC02437.02792

Cash recieved from Col. Biddle DQMG at Trenton Jany 1 1777 to buy sundry necessaries for the corps of artillery

Written and signed for Henry Knox by Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Includes information pertaining to Colonel [Clement] Biddle. Date of creation based on a previously inferred date written in pencil near the top of the page.

GLC02437.02884

to Henry Knox

Pickering, Quartermaster General, informs Knox he will attempt to leave for Boston before the following Sunday. Recommends the bearer of this note, Smith, to drive a team of oxen carrying Knox's baggage when he departs for Boston.

GLC02437.02916

to John Peirce

Knox instructs Peirce (in some sources "Pierce"), Paymaster General, to pay Daniel Parker & Co. on his account.

GLC02437.02933

[Provision return]

Provision return for five prisoners of the 4th Massachusetts regiment. Lists men by company and rations issued.

GLC02437.02720

[Recommendation]

Recommends two men to General Henry Knox as they still have several more months of service left. Signed by Rochefontaine as Major of Engineers, bearing an approval countersignature of Villefranche, Lt. Col. of Engineers.

GLC02437.02729

[Army rations issued to detachments]

Requests for ten days' worth of provisions for four men in the 4th Massachusetts regiment. Note of receipt on the verso signed by a Mr. Ford (first name is illegible).

GLC02437.02736

Abstract of extra issues

Lists number of rations and for what purpose they were issued.

GLC02437.02741

Provision return for the Canadian refugee drawing at West Point

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

GLC02437.02811

[Provision return for an artificer]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Michael Jackson with a note of receipt on the verso from J. [Toomy ?].

GLC02437.02828

[Weekly return of the corps of invalids]

Lists men fit for duty and by rank.

GLC02437.02846

[Request for provisions]

Request for five days' worth of provisions. Includes a note on the verso. Noted as written at Fort [Moyor ].

GLC02437.02859

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that "the number of Noncommissioned officers & soldiers Discharged the above Date is 104, - One hundred & four." See GLC02437.02858 for Knox's original order to Allen regarding the discharge of Rhode Island's regiment. Refer to GLC02437...

GLC02437.02863