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[Request for provisions for Indian tribe]

Request for provisions for four men in an Indian tribe. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, with a signed docket by Hendrick Solomon.

GLC02437.02258

[List of clothing articles]

In the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp but endorsed and signed by Assistant Clothier General David Brooks. A document certifying that General Knox has accounted for articles of clothing received for the Corps of Artillery from December 1776...

GLC02437.02265

[Orders to supply rations to William Thomelson]

Order of sixteen rations for William Thomelson, Captain in the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Annapolis, Maryland.

GLC02437.02275

[Orders to supply rations to John De la Guin]

Order of eleven rations to be supplied to John De la Guin, soldier in the Invalid Regiment discharged and on his way to Boston, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.02279

[Orders to supply rations to David Hillyer]

Order of eight rations for David Hillyer of the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

GLC02437.02282

[Orders to supply rations to Robert Richardson]

Order of six rations for Robert Richardson of the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Albany, New York.

GLC02437.02285

[Provision return for men in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment]

A provision return for nine men belonging to the 4th Massachusetts Regiment. Eighty-one rations were issued to the men for a total of six days, commencing on 18 July 1783. The order is signed by Samuel Shaw, General Knox's aide-de-camp. The docket...

GLC02437.02303

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Captain W. Mill, Major J. Sumner, and West Point Fort Major John Doughty. Provision return for 12 men belonging to the light infantry from 23-24 July. A total of 24 rations were issued over the two days. Signed on verso that rations were...

GLC02437.02328

[Provision return]

Provision return for eight men of the 2nd Regiment of Artillery. A total of 48 rations for six days is provided to the men from the 23rd to the 28th of July, 1783. In addition to Wetzell, the document is signed by Major Sebastian Bauman and Samuel...

GLC02437.02336

[Issue of rum for Indians]

Orders to issue one quart of West Indian rum for "friendly Indians". The docket indicates the orders as General Knox orders No. 3. The order is signed as received by "Joe Indian".

GLC02437.02344

[Provision return]

Return for superintendents of the Masons; in the engineering department. Countersigned by John Doughty.

GLC02437.02350

[Provision return]

Return for men at West Point. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with the docket signed by Asa White.

GLC02437.02375

Major General Henry Knox in account with United States

Duplicate of GLC02437.02387. Lists Knox's transactions with the government for various periods from 1781 and 1782. Includes transactions for cash paid him by various men, goods delivered at Yorktown, clothing, etc. Written in Samuel Shaw's hand with...

GLC02437.02388

[Provision return]

Return for officers on furlough. Contains an endorsement signed by John Rice on verso with an illegible signature for the docket.

GLC02437.02390

[Provision return]

Return for a man from the first New York regiment. Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by Henry Booth.

GLC02437.02424

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Edward Blake as a quartermaster of the artillery and addressed to Colonel John Crane. Provision return for a man discharged from the Massachusetts Artillery from 24-31 August 1783. The man received 7 rations over the 7 days. Docket is...

GLC02437.02443

[Disposal of one hundred suits of clothing]

Written and signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Copy of a receipt for the disposal of 100 suits of clothing to the corps of artillery at Middlebrook, New Jersey on 2 July 1777. The clothing was sent from Philadelphia. The suits...

GLC02437.02452

[Order to issue provisions]

Signed by Lillie. Written and signed by Captain Ebenezer Smith of the main guard and Lillie. Order from Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, telling Commissary Bell to issue one day's provisions for one prisoner, later of the 1st New...

GLC02437.02456

[Request for goods]

Request for one gallon of rum for George Washington's barge crew. Noted as written at head quarters (Newburgh, New York). Docket signed by Seth Capron.

GLC02437.02423

[Provision return]

Return for two men in George Washington's barge. Docket signed by Jesse [Rice].

GLC02437.02439

[Letter authorizing Major Samuel Shaw to borrow money]

Written and signed for General Knox in a secretarial hand. Certifies that Major Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp, is authorized to borrow one thousand Spanish milled dollars (also known as Spanish dollars) on behalf of General Knox and his wife. The...

GLC02437.02224

[Request for provisions]

Request written by Fortress Major Doughty to West Point Commissary James Forsyth. Asks that a week's provisions be issued to Nathaniel Evans, an invalid soldier, commencing 1 July through 7 July. Docket signed by Nathaniel Evans stating that...

GLC02437.02228

[Provision return for four men from the Connecticut line]

Signed by Captain John Buchanan and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as the aide-de-camp of Major General Henry Knox. Provision return for four men in the Connecticut Line for four days from 1- 4 July 1783. The four officers, all captains, were...

GLC02437.02231

[Provision return]

Return for ten sets of rations for one man commencing the first and ending the tenth of July 1783. Countersigned by John Doughty with a signed docket by Cott Hone.

GLC02437.02260

[List of clothing articles]

In the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp but endorsed and signed by Assistant Clothier General David Brooks. A document certifying that General Knox has accounted for articles of clothing received for the Corps of Artillery from December 1776...

GLC02437.02264