December 17, 1770

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Catharine Macaulay

Sends a piece of American silk as an expression of his admiration and gratitude for her.

GLC01790.03

28 March 1782

Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807

Letter signed

Title: to Patrick Henry

General Rochambeau transmits a copy of a letter (not included) he wrote to the Marquis de Choisy (possibly Claude Gabriel Marquis de Choisy). States that the letter discussed Choisy's confusion regarding differentiation between freedmen and enslaved people serving in the army. Informs Henry that Choisy caused "all the negroes who were with the Legion ... to be taken up indiscriminately."

GLC04837.01

1781

Engraving

Title: [Print of General Jean Rochambeau on horseback]

GLC04837.02

29 October 1779

Smith, Oliver, 1749-1797

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Thanks Knox, in Amsterdam, for letters Knox transported from America (the letters were written by Smith's friends). Mentions his plans regarding travel in Europe and his return to America. Hopes that he will be able to travel with William. Discusses mutual female friends in America, deeming the company of American women superior to that of European ladies. Declares, "I cannot my dear Friend get rid of the Idea of our meeting & that soon, our tastes pleasures & pursuits are so much alike that we shall magnifie every enjoyment amazingly... there is a vast difference between this…

GLC02437.10013

8 March 1780

Knowles, Charles, ?-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account between Henry Knox and Charles Knowles]

Knowles signs as paymaster. Lists Knox's accounts regarding several companies.

GLC02437.10478

circa 27 November 1775

Quincy, Josiah, 1710-1784

Autograph document

Title: [Diagram of a naval weapon]

Seems to describe a naval weapon. Accompanies GLC02437.00213, a letter from Josiah Quincy in which Quincy discusses benefits of establishing an American naval force. Notes indicate that three "tier" of the structure depicted by the diagram "would provided the Timber was large, demolish the biggest Ship in the Navy." Includes further notes on construction of the weapon. Verso contains another diagram of a part of the weapon or a different weapon. Date added later in pencil

GLC02437.10000

15 June 1776

Anspach, Peter, fl. 1775-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Account between Henry Knox and Thomas Mifflin, Quartermaster General]

Lists account information, possibly for artillery regiments, from 1775 and 1776, including "sundries" payments made to about 150 named soldiers. Lieutenant Freeman is listed a few times. Signed by P. [Peter] Anspach, Paymaster to the Quartermaster General's Department .

GLC02437.10004

1 September 1777

Woodruff, Lewis, 1754-1816

Manuscript document signed

Title: Muster roll of the late Captain Samuel Hugg's Company of Artillery under the command of Brigadier Genral Henry Knox taken from the time of inlistment to the first of September 1777.

Marked as "an Exact Copy." Signed by Woodruff 1 September 1777. Lists sergeants, corporals, matrosses, gunners, bombardiers, and drum and fifes. Includes comments, time of enlistment, and place of appointment. On verso, contains "Proof of Effectives" chart, noting officers present and absent. Lieutenants Eli Elmor and David Moore sign, certifying the authenticity of the chart. Colonel Richard Humpton, commander of the Second Brigade of General Benjamin Lincoln's Division, signs 3 September 1777.

GLC02437.10465

1 September 1780

Anspach, Peter, fl. 1775-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account between Henry Knox and the Quartermaster General's Department for 1776]

Anspach signs, noting that he received from Samuel Hodgdon, field commissary of military stores, the amount due on Knox's account. Verso contains further account information.

GLC02437.10483

January 29, 1782

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Autograph document signed

Title: Return of the men commissioned officers and privates of my company that are absent belonging to the State of Connecticut

Lists names, occupation, term of time in service, state and town where the officers and privates are from, and deserters. Lists men from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York.

GLC02437.10499

26 April 1782

Lamb, John, 1735-1800

Printed document signed

Title: Monthly return of the 2nd regt of artillery commanded by Colonel John Lamb with the alterations since last return

Lists captains from companies in Lamb's regiment. Notes numbers of those present and fit for duty, indicates numbers of commissioned, staff, and non-commissioned officers, and cites total strength of each company. Verso notes absentees and persons on duty, command, and extra duty.

GLC02437.10500

30 July 1782

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of troops & oxen necessary to remove the Park of Artillery and its appendages from Burlington.

Directed to General George Washington. Written and signed for Knox in the hand of Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.10038

26 July 1782

Hall, James, A., 1750-1819

Manuscript document

Title: [Report of shells cast at Salisbury Furnace]

Created by Captain Lieutenant Hall of the 3rd Regiment of Artillery. Contains Hall's signature, possibly copied (document is in the hand of Samuel Shaw). Hall divides his assessment into 8 inch and 5 1/2 inch shells. Docketed 27 July 1782.

GLC02437.10037

30 August 1782

Moodie, Andrew, ?-1787

Manuscript document signed

Title: At a garrison court martial held at West Point 30th August 82 by order of General Patterson for the tryal of Phillip Francis and Peggy Martin

Includes testimony of several witnesses regarding money, supposedly stolen by Peggy Martin. In her defense, Martin said she was invited to Peter Hubbard's for a beer, and while there a man asked her to sell him calico. For the calico, he paid her with the stolen note. Martin was acquitted.

GLC02437.10041

8 October 1782

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Frothingham

Shaw instructs Frothingham, Field Commissary of Military Stores, to send articles to Lieutenant Fenno for his use at Stony Point, New York. Requests items such as cartridges, ladles, quadrants, dredging boxes, hand spikes, hammers, weights, shovels, and buckets, among others.

GLC02437.10048

18 November 1782

Trescott, Lemuel, 1751-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: [Grievances of the Ninth Massachusetts Line]

Written at camp of the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment. Directed to "Gentlemen," a committee including General Henry Knox chosen to address the regiment's grievances to Congress. Lieutenants Thomas Edwards and Charles Seldon, and Major Lemuel Trescott sign on behalf of the 9th Massachusetts Regiment: "We wish... to mention generally that we think our grievances consist materially in not receiving our monthly pay & having our Accounts regularly settled, especially those of retiring Officers, and there being no fund for the payment of the half pay promis'd us by Congress after the War, or…

GLC02437.10053

19 November 1782

Mills, John, fl. 1755-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Grievances of the First Massachusetts Regiment]

Directed to "Gentlemen," a committee including General Henry Knox chosen to present the regiment's grievances to Congress. Captain John Mills, Major Pettingill, and Lieutenant Richard Bachs sign on behalf of the First Massachusetts Regiment. Their complaints include lack of pay, lack of subsistence, retirement without compensation, and other grievances. Address leaf includes a note to hand this document to Colonel [John] Greaton.

GLC02437.10054

19 November 1782

Tisdale, James, 1745-1832

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Grievances of the Third Massachusetts Regiment]

Directed to "Gentlemen," a committee including General Henry Knox chosen to present the regiment's grievances to Congress. Address directed to Colonel [John] Greaton. Tisdale and J. Sumner present grievances such as a lack of future security in payment, deprivation of monthly pay, and a lack of settlement regarding detained rations, among other complaints.

GLC02437.10055

19 November 1782

Shepard, William, 1737-1817

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Grievances of the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment]

Addressed to Colonel [John] Greaton, part of a committee, with Henry Knox, chosen to present the regiment's grievances to Congress. Colonel Shepard, Captain Isaac Pope and [Surgeon] Daniel Shute present grievances regarding lack of pay and lack of financial security for veteran soldiers, among others. They write, "We wish the Committee to inform Congress that unless they take up this matter respecting our grievances and redress them... we are fully convinced that we shall be under the disagreeable necessity of returning our commissions to that power from which they originated..."

GLC02437.10056

19 November 1782

Finley, James Edward Burr, 1758-1819

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Grievances of the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment]

Written to the committee chosen to present the regiment's grievances to Congress. Cosigned by Finley, a surgeon, Captain John [Trotter] and Lieutenant Nathaniel [Thacher]. They cite lack of pay, unfair treatment to veteran non-commissioned officers, and lack of provision, among other grievances. Written from camp near New Windsor.

GLC02437.10057

19 November 1782

Finley, Samuel, fl. 1778-1782

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Grievances of the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment]

To the committee chosen to present the regiment's grievances to Congress. Cosigned by Finley, a surgeon, Captain W. Mills, and Major Samuel Darby. They cite lack of pay, among other grievances. Written from camp near New Windsor.

GLC02437.10058

19 November 1782

Fernald, Tobias, 1744-1784

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Grievances of the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment]

Possibly written near New Windsor, New York, to the committee chosen to present the regiment's grievances to Congress. Cosigned by Lieutenant Colonel Fernald, Captain Lieutenant N. C. Allen, and Lieutenant Anselm Tupper. They cite lack of pay, among other grievances.

GLC02437.10059

19 November 1782

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Grievances of the Regiment of Artillery]

Directed to General Henry Knox and others chosen to present grievances of the Massachusetts Line before Congress. "...we the subscribers have been appointed by the Regiment of Artillery to lay before the Committee chosen to represent to Congress the affairs of the Line, a state of the grievances under which the regiment, in common with the Line and the Army at large, have long labored... It is a pleasing consideration to us, that you, Gentlemen to whom we are directed to apply ourselves, and who have been fellow sufferers with us, are so well acquainted with the circumstances of our present…

GLC02437.10060

20 November 1782

Whitwell, Samuel, 1754-1791

Manuscript letter signed

Title: [Grievances of the Light Infantry of the Massachusetts Line]

Directed to General Henry Knox and others chosen to present grievances of the Massachusetts Line before Congress. Signed by Whitwell, B. River, and B. Bradford, of the Light Infantry. They cite lack of pay, among other grievances. Possibly created in New York.

GLC02437.10061

22 November 1782

Daniels, J., fl. 1782

Manuscript letter signed

Title: [Grievances of the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment]

Directed to those chosen to present grievances of the Massachusetts Line before Congress (Henry Knox was part of this committee). Possibly written near New Windsor, New York. Captain [Japhetts?] Daniels and seventeen other officers sign. These men cite lack of pay, among other grievances.

GLC02437.10062