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

18 July 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Timothy Pickering

Asks Pickering, Quartermaster General, to send carts and oxen to an officer at Tarrytown, New York, for the transport of guns to Dobbs Ferry.

GLC02437.01058

18 July 1781

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Hodgdon, Commissary General of Military Stores, discusses weapons, supplies, and other details. Reports on the repair of muskets previously delivered to his post. Implores Knox to send pistols and muskets Hodgdon has been expecting as soon as possible. Encloses an invoice from a load of stores (not included). Forwarded one Continental standard to Knox while planning to procure five more.

GLC02437.01059

18 July 1781

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Refers to an ensuing campaign and the potential for "disposing of the British fleet." Remarks on the prevalence of British ships in the Boston harbor and adjacent waters. Reports that the House of Lee and Jones lost a ship to the British, consequently losing a total of £15,000. Reports that the merchants of Boston persuaded the Governor (John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts) to ask the French Admiral (the Comte de Barras) for protection, but he said that American privateers had been engaging his men and tempting them to desert, thus he could not assist the merchants with a fleet. The…

GLC02437.01060

19 July 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Orders for Sergeant Torrey]

Instructs Torrey to take carriages with spare wheels and lumber to West Point via either Kings Ferry (by land), or Peekskill (by water).

GLC02437.01061

20 July 1781

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Colonel Crane reports his arrival at New Windsor the previous evening with ordnance and stores. Discusses cannon, cartridges, powder, and other items.

GLC02437.01062

20 July 1781

Harrison, Charles, 1740-1796

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Colonel Harrison writes to Knox from the "High hills of Santee," near the Santee River in South Carolina. Gives Knox an outline of events in the South "since the memorable battle of Guilford ... " Reports that Lord Cornwallis and Nathanael Greene have been "manouvering with each other, one marching North the other South..." Relates that Cornwallis has destroyed a large amount of tobacco. Encloses a list of posts that have been recently evacuated by the British (GLC02437.01319). Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.

GLC02437.01063

20 July 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Thanks William for money he recently sent. Reports that Lucy Knox and their children have gone up the Hudson River on a visit. Discusses his hopes for an end to the Revolutionary War, writing "I sincerely pray God that the War may be ended this campaign that public and private felicity may be again restored." Discusses British movement in the South, noting, "Our affairs to the Southward have an agreeable aspect and convince us although the Enemy may establish posts, they cannot conquer the Country." Criticizes what he calls "vile water-gruel governments which have taken place in most of…

GLC02437.01064

20 July 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant Throop

Directed to Lieutenant Throop, possibly Josiah Throop. Asks Throop to bring carriages to Dobbs Ferry if he has not yet loaded them onto boats. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).

GLC02437.01065

21 July 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to the Board of War and Ordnance

Reports, "The uncertainty of obtaining a force adeq[uate] to the capital object in contemplation induced His Excellency the Commander in Chief to direct me to write to your honorable board on the 10th instant to suspend the transportat[ion] of the cannon and stores before requested..." Relates that the states expected to furnish large numbers of men have not specified the numbers they will be able to supply. Asks the Board to hold the cannon and stores until the situation can be more surely assessed. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day…

GLC02437.01067

21 July 1781

Bliss, Luke, 1738-1811

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Bliss, Commissary of Military Stores, reports that Wm. Pitkin, a proprietor of the powdermill at Glastonbury, Connecticut, has agreed to manufacture powder for Bliss. Continues to discusses powder and stores. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide.

GLC02437.01068

21 July 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Seward

Orders Captain Seward, an artillery officer in charge of ordnance stores forwarded from Springfield, to deliver the stores to Sebastian Bauman, in charge of artillery at West Point. Thanks Seward for his trouble in transporting the stores. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).

GLC02437.01069

21 July 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sebastian Bauman

Directed to Major Bauman or the officer in charge of artillery at West Point. Instructs the recipient to receive stores from Captain Thomas Seward, an artillery officer in charge of ordnance stores forwarded from Springfield, Massachusetts. Also orders the recipient to issue a receipt. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).

GLC02437.01070

21 July 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant [William] Price

Possibly to Lieutenant William Price. Instructs Price that no artillery officer should obtain stores unless by Knox's order. Discusses supplies. Thanks Price for the attention he has given in his work. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).

GLC02437.01072

21 July 1781

Bryant, John, 1742-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Bryant, Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at the Springfield Armory, discusses fuzes being made at the armory. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide.

GLC02437.01073

21 July 1781

Manuscript document

Title: Invoice of ordnance and military stores on board the Schooner Swallow

Lists shot, muskets, flints, boxes, barrels, and other items aboard the Swallow. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide, who indicates this is "Frothingham's return." Contains various numerical figures on page two.

GLC02437.01074

23 July 1781

Price, William, ?-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Lieutenant Price reports on items he has repaired and made since Knox's last letter. Discusses harnesses, mortars, and other items. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide.

GLC02437.01075