1775-1776

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Abstract of pay due to the field and staff officers and nine companies of the regiment of artillery commanded by Colonel Henry Knox]

Includes travel expenses and billeting. Contains information from December 1775 and January 1776.

GLC02437.10656

1775-1776

Manuscript document

Title: [Abstract of pay due to the field and staff officers and nine companies of the regiment of artillery commanded by Colonel Henry Knox]

Includes travel expenses and billeting. Contains information from December 1775 and January 1776.

GLC02437.10657

1775-1776

Foster, Thomas Waite, fl. 1769-1776

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Abstract of Captain Thomas W. Foster's Company in the regiment of artillery commanded by Henry Knox]

Includes records of service and wages from December 1775 and January 1776.

GLC02437.10658

5 September 1783

Capron, Seth, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Request for rations for men in George Washington's barge. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell and John Lillie, with the docket signed by Gideon Buckingham.

GLC02437.02484

19 June 1863

Logan, William, fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sallie Logan

Reports to his wife that they arrived at the regiment on the 15th and they marched for 33 hours without stopping for more than 20 minutes at a time. Writes to her "I had charge of four hundred convolesents to Washington..." Tells her that he has not had a meal "put it all together" in four days and that 13 men died of sun stroke, possibly on the march. Informs her that her brother Clement is in the hospital. Writes "my Negro ran away from me and took nearly all my clothes the devil..." Also contains letter from 20 June, written in pencil, telling her that he is at Gum Springs, which is half…

GLC03523.12.03

30 July 1863

Logan, William, fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sallie Logan

Starts letter to his wife by telling her how happy he was to receive two letters from her, considering it had been so long and he was worried that she was sick or dead. Mentions that he received them yesterday, first he'd heard since "Stonemans Switch." Reports that they have been encamped for two days getting clothes for men, noting that one man did not even have shoes or socks. Tells her "My pet Pegro did not run of we got lost apart in Washington he is to good a Nigger for dat as evidence I owe him more than he took from me was worth..." Printed on Camp Chase, 21st Regiment Letterhead,…

GLC03523.12.05

1863

Logan, William, fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sallie Logan

Written from the Seminary Hospital. Informs his wife that he is in the hospital. Tells her that it costs one dollar a day to be there, but that the care is excellent. Informs her that his throat is worse than ever and he has a bad cough. He hopes to join his regiment in ten to twelve days. Comments, "I hope you are recovering from your disease Sarah I was afraid when I left you that you would have a hard spell of sickness..." Asks that she send mail addressed to: Captain W Logan, Seminary Hospital, Georgetown, D.C. Requests that she tear off a portion of the letter to be sent to family. This…

GLC03523.12.06

4 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Request for goods]

Order for one barrel of flour and twenty pounds of beef for Henry Knox and his family. Apparently addressed to Mr. [William] Bell. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02471

6 September 1783

Wright, J., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for men in the ordnance department. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with the docket signed by Ebert Smith.

GLC02437.02473

7 September 1783

Means, James, 1753-1832

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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

8 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for goods]

Request for sixteen pounds of beef for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02478

7 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Request for goods]

Request for twenty pounds of beef for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02479

7 September 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for goods]

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

GLC02437.02480

8 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [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

3 September 1783

Marsh, Robert, fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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

10 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for goods]

Request for twenty pounds of beef for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02488

10 September 1783

Smith, William Stephens, 1755-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Silas Holmes

Asks for information about the treatment of prisoners at a hospital "at flat bush on Long Island." Has heard that Holmes was a prisoner of the British army and while held as a prisoner worked under Dr. Bayley. Wonders about Dr. Bayley's treatment of the wounded. Noted as a copy.

GLC02437.02489

11 September 1783

Sherburne, Benjamin, fl. 1777-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return of men women and children going home after being held in captivity. Lists 22 names and respective places of residence. Endorsement signed by John Bowles.

GLC02437.02492

11 September 1783

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for goods]

Request for a quarter of beef for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02494

12 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for goods]

Request for two quarts of rum for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Christopher Smith.

GLC02437.02495

12 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Request for goods]

Request for half a bushel of salt for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02497

12 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for goods]

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

GLC02437.02498

12 September 1783

Barber, Nathaniel, Jr., 1728-1787

Autograph note signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Request for provisions for men in a barge crew. Countersigned by Isaac Smith.

GLC02437.02500

12 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [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

12 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for rations]

Request for rations for a soldier discharged from a Massachusetts regiment in the army. Docket signed by Josiah Eastman.

GLC02437.02502