23 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request]

Requests 15 pounds of bread for General Henry Knox's family. Directed to a Mr. Province.

GLC02437.09801

25 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request]

Requests four gallons of vineger for General Henry Knox's family. Contains a note on page two from Jacob Johnson who confirms receipt of rations. Directed to William Bell.

GLC02437.09802

25 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request]

Requests two quarts of country rum for General Henry Knox's family. Contains a note on page two from Jacob Johnson who confirms receipt of rations. Directed to William Bell.

GLC02437.09803

26 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request]

Requests eight pounds of bread and 12 pounds of beef for General Henry Knox's family. Contains a note on page two from Jacob Johnson who confirms receipt of rations. Directed to William Bell.

GLC02437.09804

27 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request]

Requests 48 pounds of beef for General Henry Knox's family. Contains a note on page two from Jacob Johnson who confirms receipt of rations. Directed to William Bell.

GLC02437.09805

28 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request]

Requests 12 pounds of beef for General Henry Knox's family. Contains a note on page two from Jacob Johnson who confirms receipt of rations. Directed to William Bell.

GLC02437.09806

29 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request]

Requests three quarts of country rum for General Henry Knox's family. Contains a note on page two from Christopher Smith who confirms receipt of rations. Directed to William Bell.

GLC02437.09807

30 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request]

Requests 12 pounds of beef for General Henry Knox's family. Contains a note on page two from Jacob Johnson who confirms receipt of rations. Directed to William Bell.

GLC02437.09808

31 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request]

Requests 12 pounds of beef for General Henry Knox's family. Contains a note on page two from Jacob Johnson who confirms receipt of rations. Directed to William Bell.

GLC02437.09809

January 1784

Sumner, Job, 1754-1789

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Muster of soldiers]

Signed by Major J[ob] Sumner and Lt. William Linn. A roll of mustered out solders from Captain Elisha Hopkins' company from October 1783 to January 1784. City and state written from was taken from the docket.

GLC02437.09813

11 July 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: [A statement on Mr. Greene's evidence]

Letter is not signed but appears to be in Henry Knox's handwriting. Discusses a memorial the late General [Nathanael] Greene had submitted to Congress and the dire financial situation that now threatens Greene's family. Writes a lengthy letter defending Green's character. Describes the measures Greene took in 1782 regarding the army's clothing and provisions and why such measures were needed at the time. Also mentions various communications that took place between Greene and other gentlemen in 1782. Appears to ask Congress to relieve Greene's estate from any obligations Greene entered with…

GLC02437.09816

22 September 1790

Manuscript letter

Title: to Mr. de Lambert [in French]

Noted as a copy. Letter is in French. Letter appears to be about financial exchanges between France and the United States. Document was written between 22-26 September 1790. Author is unknown but it appears to be from a firm with the name Schweitzer.

GLC02437.09817

19 August 1790

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Euphemia Ogden

Discusses her bad habits with her friend Mrs. [Euphemia?] Ogden. Notes she has made some progress and no longer stays in bed until ten but rises at eight. Also mentions they might be their new neighbors.

GLC02437.09819

1790

Manuscript document

Title: [List of persons on the Waldo patent]

A list of persons on the Waldo patent in the year of 1790 according to the United States census.

GLC02437.09820

7 January 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Asks if she has received his previous letter (GLC02437.00511). Details the fighting from 2 January onward. Discusses the American retreat from Trenton, for which the artillery provided cover, Washington's decision to next attack Princeton where "about 1200 men" were stationed by the British, and the late night march to Princeton. Admits "we did not take them by surprise as at Trenton," because the British soldiers were already marching when the Continentals encountered them, whereas in Trenton they had been totally out of order. But still thinks the enemy "were as much asstonish'd as if…

GLC02437.00514

1861/12/16

Morris, John, fl. 1861-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Wilmor W. Morris.

re: John tells his son that the cows "have not done well this season." He asks Wilmor to find out about Charles' debts as "he may want some [money] when he comes home if God spares him." [separate letter on same leaf] George M. Morris. ALS: [s.l.], to Jesse M. Morris and Joseph W. Morris. 16 December 1861. 2 p. re: John and George shot hogs with "gove[ern]ment lead" and will take one to town the next day. George "was at preacher last night at Washington and had to stand all the time." He has not started school yet.

GLC06451.021

1862/02/17

Morris, Joseph W., fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Wilmor W. Morris.

Joseph had not heard from Wilmor in over a month. Many people in the neighborhood have been getting married, though no one in his family has, and he imagines that "God's command to Noah 'to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth' is about being speedily fulfilled." He believes that "our recent glorious victories at Somerset, Fort Henry, and Roanoke Island" must make the "soldiers about Washington feel in fighting mood just now." He expects that Wilmor and his company must be "eager to make a dash at the Rebels and gain a little glory too."

GLC06451.025

1862/03/07

Moms, Joseph W., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: George M. Morris.

Joseph's division is close to the Confederate forts which have fired at the camp but have not hit anyone yet. The soldiers "holler[e]d over to them if they co[ul]d not dew any better than that they had better quit." They are two miles of Yorktown where "Cornwallis gave oup [up] his sword to Washington." General McClellan, who "was dressed verry common," is with the division and "has sent a flag of truse to General McGruder." Joseph assumes "the ball will be opened this afternoon if they dew not surrender." He was on picket 300 yards from the forts while the Confederates, "belching and…

GLC06451.027

1862/06/22

Morris, Joseph W., fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: "Dear Brother."

Joseph claims that so many of the men in his regiment are sick because of Doctor McFadden, but now they have a new doctor who is much better. Washington was a good doctor but was a drunk, as are so many of the doctors and officers. Joseph's Colonel is "drunk when ever there is any [chance] of a fight" and "is not half the man that Col. Morgan was." Jesse is at New Haven and is doing well.

GLC06451.030

1861/09/12

Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Tilley Wilson.

Wilmor has heard that "the battle of yesterday is in our favor…our men took 1300 prisoners and 18 army wagons [but] it may not be true." He was only given "a pair of shoes a gunn a flanel shirt a pair of drawers." His camp moved so that is just half a mile from the capitol. He lightheartedly describes the goats nearby, wishing he could send one "by mail to you." The firing he heard earlier was a skirmish, "the rebbles wer[e] drove back" but "we lost 6 men."

GLC06451.037

1861/09/15

Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: "Dear Friend."

A guard "charged on the bush with 4 men expecting to find a man with a cigar in his mouth" but found only a firebug. He has received more of his uniform now. He saw two "female soldiers" passing on the road with "blue velvet wa[i]st and a dark skirt to the knee and blue pants…tha [they] look grand." There was a dance and he and several friends "got fo[u]r shirts and made dresses so we imitation [imitated] ladys." General Kearney said his men would have to fight by the beginning of next month or they "would be sirrounded [surrounded] so that thare provisions would be impos[s]ible to get"…

GLC06451.038

1862/05/01

Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: "Much Esteemed Friend."

Wilmor reports that "Niggerdom is a question that is talked over in camp verry much." The men think Congress had better find a way to pay the soldiers at the appointed times. He describes their line of defense, which is within a mile of the Confederates, on "the same ground that Washington had his armey on before the sur[r]ender of Cornwallis." He thinks the Confederates will be surprised when the Union cannons "open the[i]r mouthes an[d] begin to bark at them think of 2000 ball[s] an[d] shells per minut[e]" flying through the air. Written at Camp Winfield Scott.

GLC06451.047

1862/12/02

Rose, Champman, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: [Wilmor Morris]

Written on the back of an envelope addressed to Wilmor at the Army Square Hospital in Washington, D.C. re: "[T]his come to hand to day and I start it to you with out delay, I have not heard from you since you left but hope you got home safe, my health is po[o]rer than when you left or else I would write more."

GLC06451.055

1863/03/20

Wilson, Washington, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Wilmor W. Morris.

Wilson's regiment drills six hours a day when the cold snowy weather permits and he claims it is "the best in the brigade so far." As its officers are promoted, its position moves to the extreme left of the brigade. The area seems uninhabited except for the army. They are under Major General Doubleday, a "surly looking old fellow." They are not under Hooker now and Wilson has never seen him.

GLC06451.059

1863/08/29

Miller, James, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Wilmor W. Morris.

Miller is at the "most delightful camp" at a former summer resort. Bernie's headquarters are at the springs and "his kids have their women and they enjoy themselves highly." Samuel Pedan has been sick and is in Washington. He wants to know when Wilmor and Tillie Wilson will get married.

GLC06451.063