15 July 1781

Bliss, Luke, 1738-1811

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Bliss, Commissary of Military Stores at Springfield, writes to Knox. Reports that Knox's orders will be punctually obeyed. Recently met with the owners of the powder mill at Springfield, who agreed to work entirely for Bliss until August 20, estimating they can make three or four tons of powder by that date. Promises to forward an exact return of stores at Springfield to Knox, and to "do every thing in my power to promote a [successfull?] campaign."

GLC02437.01048

15 July 1781

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, reports that Captain Tredwell lost five horses and has applied for their replacement. Declares, "It will be utterly impossible to supply such frequent losses. I mention the matter to you, that if you think proper it may be inquired into."

GLC02437.01049

16 July 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Heman Swift

Knox writes to Colonel Heman Swift. Relates that he would quickly appoint the man Swift suggested as conductor, but cannot make such an appointment without the approval of the Board of War. Because the Board is without a conductor, agrees to appoint Swift's man temporarily. Refer to GLC02437.01031 for Swift's original request.

GLC02437.01050

16 July 1781

Cogswell, Thomas, 1746-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Cogswell, wagonmaster, reports on carts and wagons he recently sent to Knox.

GLC02437.01051

17 July 1781

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, reports that the Jersey line have not yet arrived (at Phillipsburgh) but are encamped nearby. Complains of his inability to obtain sufficient numbers of horses. Written at Phillipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).

GLC02437.01052

17 July 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Timothy Pickering

Knox asks Pickering, Quartermaster General, when he will be able to deliver horses to the light artillery. Also requests "25 teams for the Waggons...' Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow). GLC02437.01052 appears to be Pickering's response.

GLC02437.01053

17 July 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Orders for Lieutenant Throop]

Marked as a copy. Title from docket. Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp, provides instructions for Throop to take iron, wheels, and lumber to West Point. Mentions that Major [Sebastian] Bauman will assist Throop in procuring carriages from West Point. Indicates that Colonel Timothy Pickering will obtain oxen and horses for transportation of the forementioned items.

GLC02437.01054

17 July 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Ruddock

Knox informs Ruddock, Commissary of Military Stores at Fishkill, that Matthew Manchester will deliver stores and mortars to Ruddock. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).

GLC02437.01055

17 July 1781

Franks, David Salisbury, fl. 1740-1793

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Written at the "Capes of Delaware." Franks explains that he is employed in a matter of public business by Robert Morris, superintendent of finance. Franks is on his way to Madrid, Spain then Paris, France (to bear dispatches to John Jay and Benjamin Franklin, respectively). Asks Knox to keep his mission a secret. Offers to conduct business for Knox in Europe or to obtain European wares for Lucy Knox. Expresses gratitude for Knox's "friendly interposition in my favor on the flight of Arnold."

GLC02437.01056

18 July 1781

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Shaw

Pickering, Quartermaster General, discusses a delay in teams sent to transport cannon to Dobbs Ferry, New York. Informs Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, that Major Thomas Cogswell, wagonmaster, will conduct the teams to Dobbs Ferry to prevent further delay. Docketed by Shaw.

GLC02437.01057

20 May 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Recently arrived in Wethersfield with Generals George Washington and Duportail to meet General Rochambeau and Admiral Louis Jacques comte de Barras de Saint-Laurant to discuss "matters of great consequence." Expresses relief regarding William's management of an unspecified debt. Hopes for the safety of the Amsterdam, a ship. Comments on his distress regarding the depreciation of paper currency, asking William to procure "hard money" if he can. Adds that he will be paid as a Brigadier of Infantry, and asks William to look into the matter of his pay and "send a copy of the award." In a…

GLC02437.00953

25 May 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph note signed

Title: to William Knox

Informs his brother William that the business of the meeting held in Wethersfield between Generals George Washington and Rochambeau did not finish until the morning of 25 May. Rochambeau left 24 May. Knox expects to arrive at New Windsor, New York by evening of 26 May.

GLC02437.00954

3 June 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: to the Board of War and Ordnance

In Samuel Shaw's hand, and signed by Shaw for Knox. "I have received instructions from His Excellency the Commander in Chief to make application to your honorable board for the Ordnance in operation against New York, agreeably to the estimate before given." Discusses preparation for the operation in detail, including requests to individual states for loans (of money and weapons, such as cannons). Asks for items such as wine, quickmatch, pitch, and turpentine. Closes by stating, "His Excellency the General directed me to have everything in readiness upon the spot to commence his operation…

GLC02437.00962

6 June 1781

Humphreys, David, 1752-1818

Autograph note signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Humphreys, aide-de-camp to George Washington, informs Knox that Washington requests him to give an order for pistols for Colonel Sheldon's Regiment of Dragoons.

GLC02437.00964

1861-1865

Jeffery, Annie, fl. 1890-1900

Letter signed

Title: to [Edward R. Archer]

Discusses family members health and the house, and Edward's gift ["cuft buttons"] to Aaron Jeffery. Annie lets little Virginia Archer write some to Edward which shows up as messy scribbling on pages 2 and 3. That which is legible reads: "I love you too / Uncle Ned I love you too." Also, mentions Aaron having to make [medical] house-calls to sick persons and his intention to go to a "meeting of the Medical Soc[iety]. tonight."

GLC01896.135

August 13, 1900

Envelope

Title: [Envelope]

Envelope: "Wi[stm]inster Palace Hotel, London. Mr. E.R. Archer, Care Brown, Shipley & Co." Attached to the envelope is a forwarding slip reading: "Care of Messrs. Munroe & Co., [struck: Paris]" and marked as being received 1900/08/13. United States postage stamps (two red two-cent stamps and one green one-cent stamp) to the amount of five cents affixed. Includes a number of postage marks on reverse side

GLC01896.138

26 June 1774

Morewood, fl. 1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that he is looking for a Boston distributor for medicine made by a Mr. Norton, a surgeon from Golden Square, London. He proposes the same arrangements for medicine distribution Knox has with New York printer, James Rivington, who recommended Knox for the job (GLC02437.00159). Morewood desires constant advertisements be placed in Boston newspapers. Underneath Dr. Morewood's signature, he is identified as a "Surgeon at Mr. Rivington's."

GLC02437.00158

5 May 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Certifies that Thomas Randall commanded an independent company in the corps of artillery as captain from 1 January 1777 - 1 May 1779]

In Samuel Shaw's hand, and signed by Shaw for Knox. Attests that Randall, from Boston, Massachusetts, has not received "the provision of pay, clothing or allowance for the depreciation of pay, granted by the respective states to officers of equal ranks." Possibly created at New Windsor, New York.

GLC02437.00947

9 May 1781

Scheinemann, G., fl. 1781

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of mility. stores & ammunition on hand in the artillery park magazine

Scheinemann signs as commissary of military stores. Lists amounts of stores on hand. Directed to Brigadier General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.00948

12 May 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate of James Sutter's service]

Attests that Sutter served as an artillery artificer from 18 January 1778 - 29 January 1780, was honorably discharged, and is entitled to the depreciation of his pay, which he has not received. Shaw signs as Henry Knox's aide-de-camp. Possibly created at New Windsor, New York.

GLC02437.00949

16 May 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate of Thomas Jones's pay]

Knox attests that Jones, from Sussex County, Virginia, was deputy field commissary of military stores. Discusses Jones's promotions and pay, asserting that he has not received the allowance for the depreciation of his pay.

GLC02437.00950

16 May 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Certificates pertaining to Baxter Howe]

In Samuel Shaw's hand, and signed by Shaw for Knox. Contains two certificates pertaining to the pay and service of Baxter Howe, from Massachusetts. Includes the copied signatures of Howe and Henry Knox. Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.

GLC02437.00951

18 May 1781

Carleton, Joseph, 1754-1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Extract from minutes of a meeting of the Board of War]

Carleton, Secretary of the Board of War, attests that as soon as the Board of War receives an accurate return of field commissaries of military stores, Richard Frothingham will be appointed principal field commissary of military stores and will have his warrant dated from the time [Samuel] Hodgdon quit the department.

GLC02437.00952

May 26, 1781

Savage, Joseph, 1756-1814

Autograph note signed

Title: to Marquis de Lafayette

Captain Savage attests that Peter de [Lemay] of his detachment has served as a matross in the 3rd Regiment of Artillery for three years. Recommends him for discharge. This document apparently served as a register of provision orders; there are various notes on recto dated June 1781 from Trenton and Morristown, New Jersey confirming order of rations. Verso contain more such notes related to commissaries and the issue of provisions dated June 1781 from various locations, including Baltimore, Maryland.

GLC02437.00955

29 May 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: Powder at different places contained in the general return from the board of war

Lists powder stores at Providence, Rhode Island; Springfield, Massachusetts; West Point, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; and Philadelphia and Lancaster, Pennsylvania among others. Although unsigned, appears to be written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp.

GLC02437.00956