11 March 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Thurstian Hillard]

Captain Patten recommends Hillard for a twenty-two day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09685

11 March 1783

Price, William, ?-1790

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return for military provision and supplies]

Lieutenant Price signs this return for cannon cartridge, ten pounds of twine, and twenty gallons of wine for the laboratory at West Point.

GLC02437.09686

12 March 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Samuel Mills]

Captain Patten recommends Mills for a thirty-four day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09687

12 March 1783

Swift, Heman, 1733-1814

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Colonel Johnson]

Recommends Johnson, of the Second Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 9 April 1783. Written from Camp Highlands. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09688

12 March 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Approval for Lieutenant Johnson's furlough]

Major General Knox informs Colonel Heman Swift he has no objection to Colonel Johnson's request for a leave of absence. Marked as a copy.

GLC02437.09689

16 March 1783

Bushnell, David, 1740-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Private Abel Page]

Captain David Bushnell recommends Page for a fifteen day leave of absence. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox. Written at Constitution Island.

GLC02437.09690

17 March 1783

Wills, E., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Samuel Whitny]

Captain Wills recommends Corporal Samuel Whitny for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major John Doughty at West Point.Written at Constitution Island

GLC02437.09692

17 March 1783

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Tappen]

Major Bauman recommends Lieutenant Tappen for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09694

17 March 1783

Wills, E., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Joseph Wheeler]

Also signed by another military officer whose name is illegible. Captain Wills recommends Wheeler, of the Fifth Company, Invalid Regiment, for a leave of absence until 14 April 1783. Written at Constitution Island.

GLC02437.09695

20 March 1783

Bushnell, David, 1740-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Benjamin Eddy]

Captain David Bushnell recommends Eddy for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Possibly intended for Major General Henry Knox.Written at Constitution Island

GLC02437.09696

21 March 1783

Wills, E., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Tony Neidy]

Captain Wills recommends Neidy, of the Invalid Regiment, for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox. Written at Constitution Island.

GLC02437.09697

24 March 1783

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of 640 dozen coat buttons]

Colonel Crane notes that the buttons are needed "to repair the coats of the Massachusetts Artillery."

GLC02437.09699

27 March 1783

Smith, David, fl. 1782-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Taylor]

Major Smith recommends Taylor for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Written at Camp Highlands. Directed to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09702

8 October 1793

Manuscript document

Title: [Petition to the state of Massachusetts for rights to land within the Waldo patent]

All text and signatures secretarially written. Petition to the House and Senate of Massachusetts requesting that the petitioners be allowed to keep their lands in the Waldo patent, even though Henry Knox claims he owns the land. Argues that their service in the revolution and their time spent on the land entitles them to it, that Knox has no legitimate claim to it, and that it is only a small part of the patent. Offer to pay the state of Massachusetts five dollars per acre of land they receive. Also signed later by a two other groups of petitioners. The first was on 8 November 1794 in "New…

GLC02437.09247

11 October 1793

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Deed of sale for part of the Waldo Patent]

Deed of sale for the parts of the Waldo patent belonging to Samuel Winslow, Samuel Waldo and others to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09248

17 October 1793

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed of sale for part of the Waldo Patent]

Deed of sale for the parts of the Waldo patent belonging to Samuel Winslow, Samuel Waldo and others to Henry Knox. Similar but not identical to GLC02437.09249.

GLC02437.09249

December 31, 1782

Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Thomas Reynolds]

Lieutenant Carleton recommends Reynolds, of the Invalid Regiment, for a sixty day leave of absence. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09599

2 January 1783

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Frothingham]

Colonel Crane recommends Frothingham for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09600

1 January 1783

Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Jonathan Hart]

Colonel Webb recommends Hart (spelled "Heart" in docket) for a fifteen to twenty day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09601

2 January 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Abisha Marks]

Captain Patten recommends Marks for a twenty day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox. A note at the bottom of the page indicates the leave was granted.

GLC02437.09602

4 January 1783

Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for William Higgins]

Colonel Butler recommends Lieutenant Higgins, of the 1st Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directed to Major General Henry Knox at West Point, New York.

GLC02437.09603

6 January 1783

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Treadwell]

Colonel Crane recommends Treadwell for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09604

January 11, 1783

Ensworth, Jedediah, fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Abijah Hubbell]

Colonel Ensworth recommends Hubbell, of the Third Connecticut Regiment, for a sixty day leave of absence. Possibly intends the request for Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09606

8 January 1783

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Corporal Woodstock]

Colonel Crane recommends Woodstock for a thirty day furlough. Marked "special."

GLC02437.09607

January 15, 1783

Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Walker]

Lieutenant Butler recommends Walker for a leave of absence until ordered to join by Brigadier General Huntington (possibly Jedediah). Notes that Walker is permitted to "take his servant Boy with him."

GLC02437.09609