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[Provision return]

Return for a former captive in Canada who is now returning home to Pennsylvania. Docket signed by John Habermeyer.

GLC02437.02552

[Request for rations]

Request for rations for former captives. Countersigned Samuel Shaw. Also signed by George J. Denniston. Endorsement signed by Michael [Rueth].

GLC02437.02553

[Provision order]

Request for twelve pounds of bread for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.02558

[Provision order]

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

GLC02437.02562

[Provision order]

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

GLC02437.02565

[Provision return]

Victualling return for non commissioned officers and twelve privates who are among those escorting the British flag from Canada. Countersigned by Zephaniah Brown with the docket signed by John Ompey.

GLC02437.02567

[Provision order]

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

GLC02437.02568

[Army return]

Return for the corps of sappers and miners at Constitution Island, New York.

GLC02437.02569

[Provision order]

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

GLC02437.02573

[Army return]

Weekly return of recruits from Springfield, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.02575

to Henry Knox

Writes on behalf of a Ensign Joseph Wardswell of the 1st Massachusetts to ask for a furlough as Wardswell has been ill and unable to perform his duties for some time.

GLC02437.02577

to William Pratt

Discusses charges issued against Lieutenant Wheaton involving defrauding non-commissioned officers and privates through clothing and hat purchases. A retained "true copy."

GLC02437.02578

[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]

Return for Baron von Steuben's sick steward for thirty days' worth of provisions.

GLC02437.02584

[Provision return for a detachment of Massachusetts artificers]

Shows a breakdown of the rations issued to the Massachusetts artillery.

GLC02437.02585

[Provision return for the superintendant of the masons]

Request for extra rations for the superintendent of the Masons;. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note on the verso from John Cheesman.

GLC02437.02587

[Return for provisions]

Request for provisions for three men in the detachment that were omitted in the general return of the first Massachusetts regiment. Noted as received by Dodge on verso.

GLC02437.02589

[Provision return for the Canadian refugees]

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

GLC02437.02590

[Lands subscibed for in Warren 1788]

List includes deeds granted and the number of acres for various town in Maine ranging from 1788 to 1795. A number of the deeds were permitted to George Ulmer, Esq. Title take from the title of the document.

GLC02437.09211

[Goods supplied to Mathew Millions]

Apparently lists good supplied to Thomas Flucker by Samuel Waldo. Flucker may have, in turn, supplied good to Millions as the title suggests.

GLC02437.09466

[Goods supplied by Samuel Waldo to Francis Waldo]

List of transactions between Samuel and Francis Waldo listed by date from December 18, 1754 to November 29, 1855.

GLC02437.09467

to Thomas Flucker

Sends Flucker sixty one pounds, eighteen shillings in order to make an interest payment.

GLC02437.09468

[Account information related to goods supplied to Ralph Waldo]

Possibly pertains to Samuel's son Ralph. Goods are supplied to Ralph by Thomas Flucker.

GLC02437.09469

[Account of payment made by Thomas Flucker to Samuel Dyer]

Account information pertains to 1772. Apparently signed on verso by Dyer 29 April 1773. Flucker hired Dyer to complete various tasks, including mending a desk, building a woodhouse, and mending pipe.

GLC02437.09471

[Account information related to Thomas Flucker]

Lists payment made by Flucker to [?] Salisbury for items such as nails, stock, and hinges.

GLC02437.09472

[Account of payment made by Thomas Flucker to May & Williams]

Account information pertains to 1772. Flucker ordered wood products from May & Williams, such as shingles, oak, planks, and pine. Note on verso states that Flucker paid the balance in full for the estate of the late Isaac Gridley.

GLC02437.10433

to Sophia and John Henry

Henry writes to his parents from Richmond. Reports that Richmond was taken with very few injuries to his company. Advises them to sell one pair of cattle before the price drops. Inquires about the location of brother George.

GLC03523.07.34

to Arathusa Henry

Henry writes to his aunt from outside Richmond. Mentions that he sent her a Harpers monthly magazine. Reports the weather is warm and the roads are good. Expects to move to Richmond soon.

GLC03523.07.35

to Father

Writes from Camp Wayne telling his father that they were recamped at "West Chester," about thirty miles outside of Philadelphia. Asks him to send his letters to, "Camp Wayne, West Chester, in care of Capt. Martins..." Reports that one of the men on...

GLC03523.08.01

to Father

This letter appears to be a rewritten version of the first letter, GLC03523.08.01, which was sent to his father.

GLC03523.08.02

to Father

Writes from Camp Wayne. Remarks that he likes it more than Camp Curtin, but speculates that he will be sent back to Camp Wayne next week. Asks about Martha, possibly his sister, inquiring if she is feeling any better. Tells him that he got his "white...

GLC03523.08.03

to Sister

Writes from Camp Wayne, communicating that he is glad she is feeling better. Reports that he got his fatigue suit. Expresses concern that he does not know when he will get his furlough, as three boys have recently gotten sick and will get a furlough...

GLC03523.08.04

to Sister

Writes to his sister, telling her that he hopes to come home next week. Communicates that if he gets paid this week, he will give Billy, possibly their brother, a dollar for his drum. Letter written on stationery with small image of soldier holding...

GLC03523.08.05

to Benjamen H. Tyre

Reports from Camp Wayne to his cousin. Indicates he is now in the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Reserve Corps, commanded by Colonel Harvey. Asks if Benjamen would come for a visit, telling him that the fare is 65 cents each way. Suggests that his...

GLC03523.08.06

to Sallie Logan

Writes to his wife that he has not heard from her in over four weeks. Tells her that her brother Clement has returned to the company and is well. Asks that she write to him and inquires about the money he sent. Reports in great detail about the...

GLC03523.12.04

to Sister

Reports that the troops are preparing to leave their camp, mentioning that they may go to Washington D.C. to be mustered into the United States service. Describes the marching band that is playing and speculates that the band will go with them...

GLC03523.08.07

to Sister

Relays that they are still at Camp Wayne, but will be leaving for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to pick up rifles and then will go to Washington, D.C. Comments on how they are having "easy times." Reports that they had a "volunteer killed here by the...

GLC03523.08.08

Return of the noncommissioned officers and privates in the New Hampshire Battalion

Lists men by instrument and the month in which their terms of service expire. Countersigned by Lieutenant Colonel George Reid.

GLC02437.02593

[Provision return for the Engineer's Department]

Lists number of issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.02602

[Provision return]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a signed docket by William Burrows.

GLC02437.02604

[Provision return]

Lists rations by number of men and type.

GLC02437.02605

[Provision return]

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

GLC02437.02606

[Request for rations]

Request for ten rations of provisions for a soldier and his two children. Relates that the soldier is sick in the hospital, his wife and one child have already died, and the other children will too without the relief. Noted as received and signed...

GLC02437.02608

[Weekly return of the corps of Sappers and Miners]

Lists men by rank and file. Place writ from docket. Written at Constitution Island.

GLC02437.02611

[Request for rations]

Request for six days' worth of provisions. Also signed as received by John Pratt with his mark.

GLC02437.02614

[Provision return]

Lists provisions and amounts. Items include candles, soap and salt.

GLC02437.02615

[Provision return]

Return for provisions for a member of the Massachusetts Artillery.

GLC02437.02616

[Request for provisions]

Issues ten days' worth of provisions to a man in the New York line. Signed as received on the verso by John Habermeyer.

GLC02437.02618

[Provision return]

Issues thirty-one days' worth of rations for a man in the New York regiment.

GLC02437.02619