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to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that "the people above, who trade to nyork, complain of being stopt at your post," and asks if some of the Connecticut troops are headed out tomorrow.

GLC02437.02576

[Provision return]

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

GLC02437.02580

[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

[Provision return for the Canadian refugees]

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

GLC02437.02590

[Provision return]

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

GLC02437.02606

[Provision return]

Lists provisions with amounts. Items include bread, vinegar, and beef.

GLC02437.02617

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that he has visitors passing through, a Mr. Vernon and the Count Wengierski, and asks if Knox would mind showing them West Point.

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

GLC02437.02622

[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

[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

[Return of clothing for the New York Corps of Artillery]

Lists items by type and amount. Includes hats, stocks, and socks.

GLC02437.02636

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

Names of men at Poughkeepsie

Lists men by name and regiment. Date written in pencil and previously inferred.

GLC02437.02640

[Report]

Reports himself as an agent "in the Settlement of the Accounts of the New Hampshire Line ... "

GLC02437.02646

[Court of Inquiry held at Albany concerning the trial of Lieutenant Wheaton]

First portion lists charges against Lieutenant Joseph Wheaton. Second portion is a transcript of Samuel Johnson's testimony, given before the court. Third part lists other witnesses who appeared before the court with a brief synopsis of their...

GLC02437.02652

[Report]

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

GLC02437.02656

to Timothy Pickering

Discusses the issue of providing firewood for various forts along the Hudson, specifically Stony and Verplanck's Point. Asks if it is possible for those two places to obtain their own wood from the surrounding areas. Retained copy prepared for Knox...

GLC02437.02663

[Return of paymasters]

Return of the Connecticut Line Paymasters who are settling the accounts of their regiments. Countersigned by John Sherman, Charles Fanning and Nathan Beers, all Paymasters.

GLC02437.02667

to Henry Knox

Sends his regrets that he will not be able to visit Knox as planned due to a "favorable Breeze & the late Hour of the Evening." Date written in pencil and previously inferred.

GLC02437.02668

to Henry Knox

Reports on Congressional proceedings. The report to Congress included the issue of allowing extra allowance on the ordnance claim and a resolution respecting separate departments. Mentions which states support it and which do not, in addition to his...

GLC02437.02670

[Recommendation for a furlough]

Three parts. First part is a request for a furlough on behalf of Ensign Lyman, and is signed by Caleb Gibbs. Second part gives permission for the furlough, and is signed by Henry Jackson. The last part, written and signed by Knox, confirms the...

GLC02437.02672

to Henry Knox

Thanks Knox (for showing him West Point). Asks Knox for a copy of the map of West Point for a journal he is writing.

GLC02437.02673

Weekly return of the Corps [of] Sappers and Miners

Lists men by status.Written at Constitution Island

GLC02437.02674

[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

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox of a violent storm that knocked down tents for the wood cutters. Mentions sending people to Kings Ferry to look for wood and thanks Knox for granting them permission to cut wood in the surrounding area.

GLC02437.02689

to Henry Knox

Discusses his observations concerning the public view of commutation. States that there is still general prejudice against officers especially by "lower class of people" but that the prejudice is abating. Mentions a "Lake Erie Scheme," the prospect...

GLC02437.02703