13 September 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses accounts related to military stores at the Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, both payments and orders. Says he has not seen [Samuel] Hodgdon and therefore does not know the amount to pay some of the officers. Authorizes Bryant to appropriate funds for himself on accounts equal to one month's pay. Written from the War Office. "On public service" written on address leaf with no signature.

GLC03432.002

13 September 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Marked as a "Duplicate" (of GLC03432.02). Discusses accounts related to military stores at the Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, both payments and orders. Says he has not seen [Samuel] Hodgdon and therefore does not know the amount to pay some of the officers. Authorizes Bryant to appropriate funds for himself on accounts equal to one month's pay. Written from the War Office. Free frank signed by Knox, stamped "Free" and "Public service" written on address leaf.

GLC03432.003

20 November 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses administrative matters relating to Captain Bryant's pay. Notes he forwarded a certificate related to Bryant's failure to receive his commutation and says it is now out of Knox's hands. Comments he did not forward Bryant's certificate of his appointment as Deputy of Commissary of Military Stores as he did not think it was relevant. Bryant claimed to have never received any "benefit from the State" related to his commutation. Asks Bryant if has "contracted" anyone to clean the arms on the terms Bryant had previously written about. Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.004

8 February 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses the need to capture "the villains who broke open the public store at Springfield" Writes, "In all cases of the kind the most vigorous search ought to be made to find out the culprits and to bring them to condign punishment..." Notes he has transmitted a certificate from the paymaster stating that Captain Bryant never received "the commutation and that you were never entitled to it..." Also indicates he has ordered Ralph Pomeroy to transport two hundred tons of shot and shells from Salisbury furnace to the armory at Springfield, Massachusetts and asks Bryant to provide itemized…

GLC03432.005

8 March 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses accounts and a transfer of munitions related to the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Also discusses Captain Bryant's pay, indicating that "forty dollars per month is all that will be allowed by the public." Written from the War Office. Signed by Knox at close, followed by additional Knox autograph note signed below.

GLC03432.006

18 March 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Mentions the transfer of munitions from the Salisbury furnace to the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and his expectation that the operation is complete. Asks Captain Bryant to be "very exact" in his accounting (in both weight and number) of the shot and shells received. Also asks Bryant to send him the returns. Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.007

5 April 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Reiterates his request for a "perfectly accurate" return for the shot and shells sent from the Salisbury furnace to the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Advises Captain Bryant to "be explicit in your orders" when requesting payment "or they will not be paid." Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.008

16 September 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Receipt of $500 payment from Captain John Bryant]

Records the receipt of the bills drawn by the Treasury Board on the first of August last "on William Imlay, Esq. Commissioner of Continental Loan Office State of Connecticut" on behalf of Knox and remitted to John Bryant. Possibly related to the procurement of shot and shells from the Salisbury furnace for the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts (see GLC03432.006 and others).

GLC03432.009

7 March 1787

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Orders Captain Bryant to immediately send him "a return of every article taken by General Shepard [from the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts]...noting particularly the state they were in at the time they were taken, and at the time they were returned." Indicates he expects Captain Bryant to improve his "accuracy and attention." General William Shepard, commander of the troops at Springfield, protected the Armory from participants in Shays' Rebellion in January 1787. The following month he helped capture the rebels. Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.010

5 June 1787

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses payments related to the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Instructs Bryant to provide Jeremiah Wadsworth with a receipt of payment and to make two duplicates of the receipt. Also sends a list (not included) of items from the armory at Springfield, Massachusetts that Congress ordered to be sold. Directs Bryant to "make yourself acquainted with the value of these articles and for the price they could be sold at Springfied or Hartford." Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.011

14 July 1787

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Orders Captain Bryant to arrange for a cooper to repair powder casks and to have Mr. Smith purchase the hoops for the repairs of the powder casks. Warns Bryant to be "extremely careful that no accident happens with the powder" and to remember the instructions Knox gave him in 1785, indicating that "any misfortune arising from the least inattention on your part will never be forgiven by the public." With a postscript asking him to "Inform Mr. Henly I received his letter." Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.012

August 25. 1944

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: [Order for Captain John Bryant to deliver four pounders to Captain Joseph Savage]

Orders Bryant, as the "public Store-keeper, at Springfield...to deliver two four pounders...with proper implements" for the use of Savage's company. Written from the War Office. With an autograph note signed by Savage on the bottom noting the receipt of the items on 1 September 1787.

GLC03432.013

25 August 1787

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses Captain Bryant's pay for 1786. Lists the amounts and dates previously paid to Bryant and notes he will send the remaining $130.00 owed to Bryant. Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.014

19 April 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses obtaining "warrants from the treasury on Connecticut for various objects" and Captain Bryant's pay. Says he put the warrants in Colonel [Jeremiah] Wadsworth's hands. Wadsworth has been instructed to inform Knox once he receives payment; Knox will then issue an order for Bryant's and Mr. Henly's pay for the last year. Comments on the settling of accounts in the ordnance department related to Bryant's pay. Closes by claiming he has made every effort to pay the people in his department but "the absolute poverty of the treasury of the United States have opposed insuperable obstacles…

GLC03432.015

19 May 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Notes the receipt of a letter from Captain Bryant regarding his pay and indicates that he will consult with "them" and "attempt to obtain a warrant for its payment." Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.016

4 February 1789

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Notes the receipt of a return related to military stores. Indicates that Secretary of War Henry Knox did not answer himself because he is "confined to his bed." Henry Knox has rheumatism (see GLC03432.019). Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.017

25 February 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Writes he has enclosed an order (not included) on Colonel [Jeremiah] Wadsworth's for six months pay owed to Captain Bryant for his service in 1787. Hopes Bryant will receive his pay for 1788 in a few months. He will write more about his difficulties settling Bryant's account when he goes abroad. Indicates he was confined to his house for the past month with rheumatism. Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.018

17 March 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses settling accounts related to Captain Bryant's pay for 1786. Mentions two incidences where he could not obtain a credit from the treasurer. Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.019

28 May 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Notes his receipt of "a return of Ordnance and Stores for the month of April." Discusses his receipt of a letter from a Mr. Cranch, who he supposes "is now completing the business in his line at Springfield, after which he will go to West Point where there is much for him to do." Written from the War Office. Lower left corner of letter is clipped.

GLC03432.020

21 September 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Reports on his inspection of the military stores under Captain Bryant's charge at the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts and expresses his approval. Lists items still in need of inspection. Provides instructions for making sure the "four pounders" can "carry a six pound ball" and for selling damaged pieces through the newspaper. Asks for an expense report for constructing a wall around the magazine.

GLC03432.021

24 March 1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Notes his receipt of "the return of Ordnance and military Stores for February." Indicates he sent $240 for Captain Bryant's pay for 1789 and $480 for 1790. Instructs Bryant to maintain the revenues from the sale of damaged ordnance stores "as a contingent fund for public service" which may be used for the purchase of oil for the arms. Written from the War Department.

GLC03432.022

9 April 1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Directs Captain Bryant to immediately send 152 muskets and bayonets to Chauncy Whittlesey in Middletown, Connecticut. Written from the War Department.

GLC03432.023

18 June 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Directs Captain Bryant to "furnish Capt. Flunt, with arms for his recruits: and that you will transport to Middletown, Connecticut, addressed to Captain John Pratt, - Fifty - stand of arms - Let them all be of the 'Charleville' Stamp." Written from the War Department.

GLC03432.024

27 September 1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Notes his receipt of the returns for ordnance and military stores for August 1791. Directs Captain Bryant to send 100 suits of clothing to Chauncy Whittlesey in Middletown, Connecticut, who will, in turn, forward them to New York. Written from the War Department.

GLC03432.025

2 May 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Tells Captain Bryant that he has directed Joseph Howell, the paymaster for the War Department, to send Bryant $1,000 for Captain Thomas Hunt. With an autograph note signed from Howell indicating "the above sum is enclosed in the letter to Capt. Hunt accompanying this." Written from the War Department.

GLC03432.026