28 September 1783

Pettengill, Joseph, 1741-1785

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes on behalf of a Ensign Joseph Wardswell of the 1st Massachusetts to ask for a furlough as Wardswell has been ill and unable to perform his duties for some time.

GLC02437.02577

28 September 1783

Olney, Jeremiah, 1749-1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Pratt

Discusses charges issued against Lieutenant Wheaton involving defrauding non-commissioned officers and privates through clothing and hat purchases. A retained "true copy."

GLC02437.02578

29 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

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

GLC02437.02580

29 September 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Request for six pounds of candles on behalf of General Knox. Includes a note on the verso signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02581

1 September 1783

Sherburne, Benjamin, fl. 1777-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for Baron von Steuben's sick steward for thirty days' worth of provisions.

GLC02437.02584

circa September 30, 1783

Johnston, W., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for a detachment of Massachusetts artificers]

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

GLC02437.02585

30 September 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [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

28 September 1783

Dodge, Levi, fl. 1777-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return for provisions]

Request for provisions for three men in the detachment that were omitted in the general return of the first Massachusetts regiment. Noted as received by Dodge on verso.

GLC02437.02589

September 1783

Merlet, H., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for the Canadian refugees]

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

GLC02437.02590

30 September 1783

Boynton, Joseph, fl. 1776-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of the noncommissioned officers and privates in the New Hampshire Battalion

Lists men by instrument and the month in which their terms of service expire. Countersigned by Lieutenant Colonel George Reid.

GLC02437.02593

1 October 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for the Engineer's Department]

Lists number of issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.02602

1 October 1783

Wright, Jotham, fl. 1779-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

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

GLC02437.02604

29 September 1783

Johnston, W., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists rations by number of men and type.

GLC02437.02605

1 October 1783

Dodge, Levi, fl. 1777-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by regiment with rations issued. Includes a note on the verso.

GLC02437.02606

2 October 1783

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for rations]

Request for ten rations of provisions for a soldier and his two children. Relates that the soldier is sick in the hospital, his wife and one child have already died, and the other children will too without the relief. Noted as received and signed with a mark on the verso by Abraham Littlefield.

GLC02437.02608

3 October 1783

Bushnell, David, 1740-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Weekly return of the corps of Sappers and Miners]

Lists men by rank and file. Place writ from docket. Written at Constitution Island.

GLC02437.02611

3 October 1783

Scott, Moses, 1738-1821

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for rations]

Request for six days' worth of provisions. Also signed as received by John Pratt with his mark.

GLC02437.02614

3 October 1783

Johnston, W., fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists provisions and amounts. Items include candles, soap and salt.

GLC02437.02615

3 October 1783

Johnston, W., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for provisions for a member of the Massachusetts Artillery.

GLC02437.02616

3 October 1783

Hand, Edward, 1744-1802

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Issues ten days' worth of provisions to a man in the New York line. Signed as received on the verso by John Habermeyer.

GLC02437.02618

4 October 1783

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

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

GLC02437.02619

12 October 1783

Wright, J., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a signed docket on the verso stating receipt by William Burrows.

GLC02437.02625

7 October 1783

Dunham, Azariah, 1718-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Request to issue six days' worth of provisions to eleven men of the Invalides. Countersigned by Moses Scott with a note stating receipt on the verso from Jonathan Foster.

GLC02437.02626

8 October 1783

Dunham, Azariah, 1718-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Issues fourteen days' worth of rations for two men of the Invalids from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Countersigned by Moses Scott and Jonathan Barnes.

GLC02437.02630

10 October 1783

Condy, Thomas Hollis, 1754-1833

Autograph document signed

Title: [Return of clothing for the 4th Massachusetts Regiment]

Countersigned by Henry Jackson, Colonel. Lists clothing according to type. Items include coats, breeches, hats and shoes.

GLC02437.02633