9 November 1783

Ogden, Abraham, 1723-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Describes a 1300 acre estate for sale near Newark, New Jersey. Discusses the quality of the farmland and the proposed price, 10,000 pounds New York currency. Believes the price is quite high but "the farm is certainly as valuable as any in this country."

GLC02437.02768

21 November 1783

Grant, Edward, fl. 1783-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Shaw

Discusses Knox's military accounts.

GLC02437.02792

24 November 1783

Bowles, Ralph H., 1757-1813

Autograph document signed

Title: Return of the detachment commanded by brigadier general Henry Jackson

Countersigned by Henry Jackson. Lists men by rank and corps.

GLC02437.02799

November 1783

Merlet, H., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for the Canadian refugee drawing at West Point

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

GLC02437.02811

November 1783

Merlet, H., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [List of Canadian refugees drawing provision at Newburgh and West Point]

Lists men by military denomination, number of men in each denomination and rations issued. Countersigned by John Lillie.

GLC02437.02812

November 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Certificate for Richard Frothingham]

Certifies that Richard Frothingham served as the field commissary of military stores under Knox. Written and signed in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp.

GLC02437.02813

6 December 1783

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for artificers in the 3rd Massachusetts regiment]

Lists men by company with issued rations.

GLC02437.02821

10 December 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Return of troops to be continued in service after the new year]

Lists men by regiment and rank.

GLC02437.02824

12 December 1783

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for an artificer]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Michael Jackson with a note of receipt on the verso from J. [Toomy ?].

GLC02437.02828

15 December 1783

Vose, Elijah, ?-1822

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Agrees to a soldier's discharge.

GLC02437.02831

16 December 1783

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Recommendation for a soldier to go on furlough.

GLC02437.02835

16 December 1783 - 2 June 1788

Holden, Aaron, fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Accounts for Aaron Holden]

Same as previous (GLC02437.02836). Lists accounts and notes for payment for Captain Aaron Holden. Signed by Benjamin Haywood and John Pierce. Verso contains letter written by Joseph Howell signed 2 June 1788.

GLC02437.02837

18 December 1783

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return of the 2nd & 3rd Massachusetts regiment]

Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Includes a note on the verso from Asa Day.

GLC02437.02844

20 December 1783

McLean, James, ?-1804

Autograph document signed

Title: [Weekly return of the corps of invalids]

Lists men fit for duty and by rank.

GLC02437.02846

25 December 1783

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Request for five days' worth of provisions. Includes a note on the verso. Noted as written at Fort [Moyor ].

GLC02437.02859

25 December 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: to Joseph Young

A copy of the request Knox sent Messrs Daniel Parker and Co. to furnish Young with provisions for the hospital in Albany, New York. States the order is to be enforced from January to April of 1784 and no longer.

GLC02437.02861

25 December 1783

Allen, William, fl. 1783-1809

Autograph document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that "the number of Noncommissioned officers & soldiers Discharged the above Date is 104, - One hundred & four." See GLC02437.02858 for Knox's original order to Allen regarding the discharge of Rhode Island's regiment. Refer to GLC02437.10191 and GLC02437.10195 for related correspondence

GLC02437.02863

27 December 1783

Brooks, David, 1756-1838

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return for clothing and other items]

Lists items by regiment and type, such as coats, breeches, hose, and hats.

GLC02437.02864

28 December 1783

Wright, J., fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for artificers]

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

GLC02437.02869

circa 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Articles of clothing delivered to Captain Lieutenant Bryant]

Lists white and blue cloth, thread, silk, and other items delivered to Captain Lieutenant Bryant "for a suit of cloths for himself." Date previously inferred, and written in pencil at the top of page.

GLC02437.02878

31 December 1783

Townsend, David, 1753-1829

Autograph document signed

Title: [Document regarding the organization of hospital staff at West Point]

Signed by Townsend and Samuel Adams, both hospital surgeons. Townsend and Adams assert that one hospital mate, one steward who also serves as ward master, and four orderlies will be sufficient staff for the hospital at West Point during the winter. This staff requirement is based on the estimate that twenty "helpless patients" will be at the West Point hospital. The surgeons also note that some members of the invalid corps sometimes need to stay at the hospital.

GLC02437.02879

1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [State of the invalid officers]

Knox's working draft for an Inspection Board report on the Invalid Regiment. Lists thirteen invalid officers and their injuries, disabilities or illnesses. The report is for the following officers: Captain John McGowen, Captain John Riley, Captain Moses McFarland, Captain Lieutenant William McL.Hatton [McElhatton], Lieutenant Osgood Carleton, Lieutenant Jonathan Pugh, Lieutenant Robert Barnet, Lieutenant Talmage Hall, Captain Thomas Arnold, Captain Eben Hill (crossed out), Lieutenant William Maynard, Lieutenant Samuel Gibbs, and Captain David Dorance. See GLC02437.02208 for a related…

GLC02437.02882

circa 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Cash recieved from Col. Biddle DQMG at Trenton Jany 1 1777 to buy sundry necessaries for the corps of artillery

Written and signed for Henry Knox by Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Includes information pertaining to Colonel [Clement] Biddle. Date of creation based on a previously inferred date written in pencil near the top of the page.

GLC02437.02884

17 May 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Queries regarding Waldo patent]

A list of questions regarding the Waldo patent, a large tract of land Knox inherited from his mother's father. The queries are written to Benjamin Hichborn. The questions regard his financial obligations and possible sale of the estate. An answer is written in next to each question, perhaps in Hichborn's hand.

GLC02437.09220

January 1776

Perkins, William, 1742-1802

Document signed

Title: [Pay abstract for Captain William Perkins company in Colonel Henry Knox's regiment of artillery]

Includes information for January 1776 and one matrosses pay for December.

GLC02437.09491