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[Provision order]

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

GLC02437.02562

[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

[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]

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

GLC02437.02619

[Return of clothing wanted in the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment]

Lists items by type and amount. Includes coats, vests, shoes, and mitts.

GLC02437.02635

[Provision return]

Return for five men from the Massachusetts line. Includes a note on the verso from Mahlon Ford.

GLC02437.02638

[Weekly return of an artillery corps]

Lists men by status and rank.

GLC02437.02643

[Receipt of rations]

Issues 66 packages of rations for the New Jersey and New York lines. Includes a note on the verso from Moses Scott in Brunswick, issuing six days' worth of provisions for eleven men in the Massachusetts line.

GLC02437.02647

[Return of clothing for the first regiment of Massachusetts]

Lists number of men with articles of clothing and amounts. Countersigned by J. Pettingill, most likely Major Joseph Pettengill.

GLC02437.02650

[Return of the paymaster & regimental agents]

Lists men whose regiments have been disbanded. Lists men by name, rank, office, regiment and place of residence. Docketed by Pickering on verso.

GLC02437.02675

[Extract from Lieutenant Wheaton's orders]

Discusses how poorly dressed the soldiers are in preparation for a parade. Marked as a "true Coppy."

GLC02437.02690

[Provision return]

Lists rations issued and the amount of days they are for. Noted as received on verso.

GLC02437.02694

[Request for provisions]

Request for one day's worth of provisions for four prisoners. Countersigned by John Lillie.

GLC02437.02711

[Provision return]

Return of provisions for Baron von Steuben's steward. Lists items such as soap, salt and vinegar. Date from docket. Includes a note of receipt on the verso signed by Sergeant Samuel Cranston.

GLC02437.02731

[Certificate for Richard Frothingham]

Certifies that Richard Frothingham served as the field commissary of military stores under Knox. Written and signed in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp.

GLC02437.02813

[Provision return for Canadians refugees]

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

GLC02437.02737

to Samuel Shaw

Discusses Knox's military accounts.

GLC02437.02792

Cash recieved from Col. Biddle DQMG at Trenton Jany 1 1777 to buy sundry necessaries for the corps of artillery

Written and signed for Henry Knox by Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Includes information pertaining to Colonel [Clement] Biddle. Date of creation based on a previously inferred date written in pencil near the top of the page.

GLC02437.02884

to Henry Knox

Pickering, Quartermaster General, informs Knox he will attempt to leave for Boston before the following Sunday. Recommends the bearer of this note, Smith, to drive a team of oxen carrying Knox's baggage when he departs for Boston.

GLC02437.02916

to John Peirce

Knox instructs Peirce (in some sources "Pierce"), Paymaster General, to pay Daniel Parker & Co. on his account.

GLC02437.02933

[Provision return]

Provision return for five prisoners of the 4th Massachusetts regiment. Lists men by company and rations issued.

GLC02437.02720

[Recommendation]

Recommends two men to General Henry Knox as they still have several more months of service left. Signed by Rochefontaine as Major of Engineers, bearing an approval countersignature of Villefranche, Lt. Col. of Engineers.

GLC02437.02729

[Army rations issued to detachments]

Requests for ten days' worth of provisions for four men in the 4th Massachusetts regiment. Note of receipt on the verso signed by a Mr. Ford (first name is illegible).

GLC02437.02736