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[Return of pay]

Return of pay made to Lieutenant John Bryant's company last October. Includes payment for the months of September 1782 through January 1783. Also includes allowance for wood for a total of £224.18.3.

GLC02437.02345

[Request for rations]

"Request to issue Mr. Augustus Hopkins provisions from the 23 to 31 July 1783 inclusive, nine complete rations, he being employed in engraving the cannon at this post."

GLC02437.02347

[Army rations issued to sappers & miners]

Provision return for non-commissioned and privates of the sappers and miners. Docket signed by J. Lovely.

GLC02437.02349

[Articles issued by West Point commissary]

List of articles received from James Forsyth as the Commissary of West Point. Compiled by Major Shaw as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. List includes: 588 pounds flour, 12 pounds bread, 318 pounds beef, 36 pounds soap, 1 quart of spirits, 19 1/2...

GLC02437.02354

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Mr. Bell as Commissary of Issues at West Point, Ensign James Sawyer commander of the 4th regiment which made up the fatigue party, and John Lillie as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Provision return for a fatigue party stationed in...

GLC02437.02355

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Lieutenant Wright and Major Samuel Shaw as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Provision return for rations issued to three men from Lieutenant Wright's artillery artificer company employed in the ordinance department from 1-6 August. Return...

GLC02437.02356

[Army rations issued]

Request to issue 12 rations to Captain Vincent and four Indians. Signed by Denniston, countersigned by a Mr. Bell.

GLC02437.02361

[Provision return]

Return for thirty men at West Point. Countersigned by John Lillie with a signed docket by a Charles Swatter.

GLC02437.02363

[Provision return for artificers]

Return for 17 1/2 rations for a man and a woman. Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by William Smith.

GLC02437.02368

[Provision return]

Return for ten men in the barge crew of the Commander in Chief Countersigned and docketed.

GLC02437.02370

[Request for rations]

Request for provisions for a Canadian soldier. Docket signed with a mark by Joseph Sharatin[?].

GLC02437.02371

[Provision return]

Return for men at West Point. Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by David Barker.

GLC02437.02374

[Provision return]

Return for men discharged from the Massachusetts artillery. Countersigned by John Crane and Samuel Shaw, with the docket signed by Jesse Jordan.

GLC02437.02377

[Provision return]

Return for men discharged from the Massachusetts artillery. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with the docket signed by Silas Barber.

GLC02437.02380

[Request for rations]

Request for thirty days' worth of provisions for Indians going to "Niagia." Note of receipt signed with a mark by a Peter Quenungedau.

GLC02437.02382

to Henry Knox

Very difficult to read due to faded ink. Discusses a treaty and the position of the troops. Noted as written at a "Camp near Philadelphia."

GLC02437.02389

[Provision Return]

Return for men discharged from the regiment. Countersigned by John Callender and Samuel Shaw, with the docket signed by Jesse Jordan.

GLC02437.02392

[Request for rations]

Request for provisions for Indians. Noted as written at Head Quarters. Countersigned by a Captain Joseph.

GLC02437.02396

[Provision returns for army rations issued]

Provision return for one man discharged from the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery from 11-20 August. A total of ten rations was issued over the ten days. Signed by Edward Blake, a quartermaster of artillery, and Lillie as an aide-de-camp to General...

GLC02437.02401

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Provision return for four men in Lieutenant Wright's company employed in the ordinance department from 23-31 August. Also includes three women. Those seven people were issued 81 rations over the nine days. Signed by Lieutenant Wright and Captain...

GLC02437.02408

to Samuel Shaw

Discusses a delivery of clothing and issues that they have had in the past regarding its transportation. "Public service" written on address leaf with no signature.

GLC02437.02412

[Provision return]

Return for prisoners. Docket signed by George Ferris.

GLC02437.02415

[Provision return]

Return for a prisoner for one day. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell and countersigned by John Lillie.

GLC02437.02430

[Request for rations]

Countersigned with a note by Pirum Ripley. Request for rations for British deserters from Oswego, New York. Noted as written at Fort Rensselaer, near present-day Rensselaer, New York.

GLC02437.02434

[Provision return]

Countersigned by John Lillie. Return for superintendents of the Masons; in the engineer department.

GLC02437.02437

[Army rations issued to Colonel James Livingston]

Signed by Captain T.B. Tearse as the commander of the post at Albany. Provision return for rations issued to Colonel James Livingston from 1-31 August 1783. A total of 155 rations were issued over 31 days. The rations were issued "agreeable to a...

GLC02437.02442

to Henry Knox

Written by Assistant Adjutant General Carlile to Major General Knox. Says he wants to set out for his home as soon as he can procure transportation for his baggage. As he can only be considered on furlough until the conclusion of peace, he asks...

GLC02437.02444

Disposal of Sixty three hogshead of clothing received for the Corps of Artillery in 1778

Signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox aide-de-camp. Large chart describing amounts of clothing (hats, coats, vests, woolen breeches, linen breeches, leather breeches, shirts, socks, overalls, stockings, shoes, and blankets) distributed to various...

GLC02437.02446

Articles of clothing delivered for the use of Major General Knox from 21 Jany 1780 to 1 Augt 1783

Copy of a receipt for clothing issued to General Knox from 1780-1783. Original was submitted by David Brooks, the assistant clothier general. This copy was created by Major Samuel Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, who also signed this document...

GLC02437.02447

Abstract of musters of the Northern Army for the month of August 1783

List of troops mustered in the Northern Army in August 1783. The list is divided between infantry and artillery and subdivided by rank. In the infantry there were 159 officers, 430 non-commissioned officers, and 2,864 privates. In the artillery there...

GLC02437.02450

[Order to issue army rations]

Order issued by Major Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, telling the commissary at West Point to issue 31 complete rations for Stephen A. Hopkins who was employed by the engineering department engraving cannons. Docket signed by the mark of a...

GLC02437.02451

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Lieutenant Wright and Captain Lillie as an aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox. Provision return for four men in Lieutenant Wright's company employed by the ordinance department from 1-10 September. The return also includes rations issued to...

GLC02437.02453

[Provision return for rations issued to 2nd Massachusetts regiment]

Provision return for a detachment of 26 men of the 2nd Massachusetts regiment under the command of Major Porter on the 1 September 1783. The detachment was issued a total of 27 rations.

GLC02437.02455

to John Carlisle

Marked as "Copy." Written and signed for Knox by his aide-de-camp John Lillie. Gives permission for Carlisle [or Carlile] to take his black servant with him "with the proviso that if his regiment should not be disbanded upon the definitive treaty of...

GLC02437.02458

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Written and signed by William Price as an officer of the police and countersigned by Captain Lillie as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Provision return for a lieutenant police officer for the garrison of West Point from 1-30 September. A total of...

GLC02437.02459

to Henry Knox

Written by Assistant Clothier General Brooks to Major General Knox . Requests that clothing issued to the detachment of artillery and to Captain Mills's Light Company be stored since their march northward has been postponed. Wants the clothing to...

GLC02437.02462

[Provision return]

Return for men of the one of the Massachusetts regiments. Noted as written in Brunswick, possibly in New Jersey (and docket mentions New Brunswick, New Jersey). Docket signed by Calvin [Seaver].

GLC02437.02472

to Henry Knox

Encloses a letter (not present) from the Minister of War (possibly Benjamin Lincoln), which instructs Knox to continue issuing provisions as usual until he receives further orders. Asks Knox to reply soon.

GLC02437.02475

[Provision return]

Return for men of the Massachusetts regiments. Written in pencil and at Brunswick, possibly in New Jersey. Docket signed by Calvin [Seaver].

GLC02437.02490

[Request for provisions]

Request for rations for a soldier in one of the Massachusetts regiments who has been discharged. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Peter Little.

GLC02437.02496

[Provision return]

Return for a detachment of men from one of the Massachusetts regiments. Docket signed by a Calvin [Seaver].

GLC02437.02499

[Request for provisions]

Request for three pints of rum. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell.

GLC02437.02506

Gen. Knox in account with the United States

Copy created by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Lists account information from 20 June 1780 - 3 November 1781.

GLC02437.10126

Return of ordnance, ordnance stores, apparatus &c. &c. at the garrisons of Stoney and Verplanks Points- Kings Ferry- August the 28 1783

Signed by Swartwout, Captain Lieutenant Commanding Artillery at Kings Ferry.

GLC02437.10130

Extra issues

Hand drawn chart, apparently listing issues distributed to prisoners, engineers department, police officer garrison, Indians, discharged person, artillery artificers, and General [Jedediah] Huntington. Verso contains the single word "Cast."

GLC02437.10131

[Return of ordnance and stores at Stony Point and Verplanks Point]

Swartwout signed as Captain Lieutenant commanding Artillery at Kings Ferry.

GLC02437.10519

[Return]

Return of ordnance from the ordnance store at Springfield, Massachusetts, delivered to various locations. Items listed by type, status and delivery location.

GLC02437.10709

to George Washington

Praises the bravery and character of Sergeant Major [Enos J.] Prindle of Colonel Lamb's regiment.

GLC02437.02148

to George Washington

Discusses a lack of artificers and the importance of the arsenals and magazines for the artillery and any other branch of the military. Knox's retained draft.

GLC02437.02153

to George Washington

Discusses the housing of troops in the area in and around West Point, New York and Constitution Island. Knox's retained draft.

GLC02437.02176