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Return of the Rhode Island detachment commanded by Major William Allen

List of men according to company, rank and status. Watermarked with a bell hanging from a crown.

GLC02437.10192

to Henry Knox

Encloses, according to orders, the return of soldiers under his command. Mentions that three of his men are in the Albany Hospital and are thus unable to march. Water damage has obscured a portion of two lines of text. Watermarked with a bell...

GLC02437.10195

Report of the ordnance at the different posts and park of artillery on West Point

Lists ordnance in the vicinity of West Point, New York by fort and type of artillery. Two dockets.

GLC02437.10196

[Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for the second Massachusetts brigade of foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Also includes a list regarding absent officers. Noted as...

GLC02437.10566

[Return]

Return of Connecticut troops. Lists men by company, rank, and current status. Also includes a list of absent officers.

GLC02437.10568

[Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a New Hampshire regiment of foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by George Reid. Noted as printed in Philadelphia...

GLC02437.10569

[Return]

Return for Connecticut troops. Lists men by company, rank and current status.

GLC02437.10570

[Certificate to Lewis Campbell]

Certificate verifying the admission of Lewis Campbell, a soldier in the first New Jersey Regiment guarding George Washington, to the hospital "for the cure of a wound received thro' his body ..." Lewis was wounded at King's Bridge and sent to the...

GLC02437.02657

to George Washington

Informs General Washington that he is sending the weekly returns with other information to him (not included). Knox's retained draft.

GLC02437.02696

to George Washington

Discusses the winter quarters for various regiments located in and around the area of West Point. Mentions the British evacuation of New York City which may or may not happen soon. Knox also offers to host Washington if he travels to New York City...

GLC02437.02724

to George Washington

Lets Washington know that he received his message concerning clothing for the troops over the winter and the resolves of Congress thanking General [Robert] Howe and his detachment. Notes that he enclosed a weekly return of the troops. Discusses the...

GLC02437.10163

to George Washington

Informs General George Washington that he "shall set to work to procure...wood for the Garrison who will probably return here During the winter." Suggests someone whose term of service will soon expire to be in charge of receiving the discharges....

GLC02437.10168

to Henry Knox

Asks to introduce to Knox, Thomas Cajetan Wengierski, a Polish count who is touring America.

GLC02437.02628

[Order to deliver rations]

Order to deliver eighteen rations for Captain John Vincent and his men. Includes a note on the verso signed by Vincent with his mark.

GLC02437.02629

[Army Return of the Sappers and Miners Corps]

Lists men by status, rank and file. Written at Constitution Island

GLC02437.02631

Return of Clothing Wanting for the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

Lists men by name and items by type with amounts. Countersigned by Henry Burbeck.

GLC02437.02637

[Report]

Reporting to complete the accounts of the regiment for settlement according to a garrison order.

GLC02437.02656

[Rations request]

Request to issue thirty packages of rations for John Vaughn of the Massachusetts regiment and his family. Includes a note of receipt on the verso signed by Vaughn.

GLC02437.02660

to Henry Knox

Complains of West Point men trespassing into the neighborhood and cutting down timber. Asks Knox to help put a stop to the trespassing and cutting of wood.

GLC02437.02669

[Army rations issued to artificers]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie.

GLC02437.02679

[Weekly return of the artillery]

Lists officers by rank, status and state.

GLC02437.02680

[Army return of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment]

Indicates the number of men "whose times of service expire ... in Decr. and January 1783 & 84." Signed by Bowles and countersigned by Joseph Pettingill.

GLC02437.02685

[Return of the Connecticut Regiment]

Lists men by rank and location. Countersigned by H. Smith.

GLC02437.02687

to Henry Knox

Forwards the muster rolls for August and September. Notes that there is a discrepency in numbers for September due to the number "of the sick, absent and on Commands." Goes on to complain about the decline of the army, in particular the lack of...

GLC02437.02697

[Army return for the Rhode Island Battalion]

Lists men by rank, company and status. Countersigned by Captain Zephaniah Brown.

GLC02437.02699