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[Provision return for artificers]
7 August 1783
Burrows, William, fl. 1783
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]
Tearse, Peter Bailey, fl. 1776-1783
Return for ten men in the barge crew of the Commander in Chief Countersigned and docketed.
GLC02437.02370
[Request for rations]
Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818
Request for provisions for a Canadian soldier. Docket signed with a mark by Joseph Sharatin[?].
GLC02437.02371
8 August 1783
Bradley, Daniel, fl. 1777-1783
Return for men at West Point. Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by David Barker.
GLC02437.02374
Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800
Return for men discharged from the Massachusetts artillery. Countersigned by John Crane and Samuel Shaw, with the docket signed by Jesse Jordan.
GLC02437.02377
1 August 1783
Return for men discharged from the Massachusetts artillery. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with the docket signed by Silas Barber.
GLC02437.02380
13 August 1783
Pearsee, Jonathon, fl. 1780-1797
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
15 August 1783
Gibbs, Caleb, fl. 1748-1818
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]
9 August 1783
Return for men discharged from the regiment. Countersigned by John Callender and Samuel Shaw, with the docket signed by Jesse Jordan.
GLC02437.02392
18 August 1783
Request for provisions for Indians. Noted as written at Head Quarters. Countersigned by a Captain Joseph.
GLC02437.02396
[Provision returns for army rations issued]
circa 20 August 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
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]
23 August 1783
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
24 August 1783
Brooks, David, 1756-1838
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
1 August 1783- 25 August 1783
Hull, William, 1753-1825
Return for prisoners. Docket signed by George Ferris.
GLC02437.02415
28 August 1783
King, Zebulon, fl. 1777-1783
Return for a prisoner for one day. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell and countersigned by John Lillie.
GLC02437.02430
30 August 1783
Finck, Andrew, 1751-1820
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
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
Countersigned by John Lillie. Return for superintendents of the Masons; in the engineer department.
GLC02437.02437
[Army rations issued to Colonel James Livingston]
Livingston, James, 1747-1832
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
31 August 1783
Carlile, John, fl. 1783
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
circa 1779-1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
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
January 21, 1780- August 1, 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
August 1783
Barber, William, fl. 1783-1784
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]
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
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
1 September 1783
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]
Greaton, John, 1741-1783
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
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