21 May 1776

Durham, Jane, fl. 1774-1776

Autograph document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Receipt for buttons (uniform-related).

GLC02437.00306

22 May 1776

Frenlau, Peter, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Receipt for thread (uniform-related).

GLC02437.00307

23 May 1776

Weygand, Mary, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Receipt for scarlet cloth (uniform-related).

GLC02437.00308

May 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Supply of clothing for Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Lists supplies for clothing and costs, including buttons and "scarlet cloth," and in some cases who the material was sent to. Directed to Jonathon Pollard, the quartermaster for Knox's artillery regiment. A memo written on page three by Samuel Shaw indicates when Pollard gave Knox receipts for supplies on May 21st and 23rd, 1776.

GLC02437.00309

23 May 1776 - 1 June 1776

Hiwell, John, fl. 1788

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Supply list for officers in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Also signed by Benjamin Hoey, Elijah Harvey, Samuel Jefferds, D. Preston, William Stevens, Eliphalet Newell, and William Perkins. Notes supplies received by officers from Jonathan Pollard, the quartermaster of Knox's artillery regiment.

GLC02437.00310

23 May 1776

Shonnand, Fridrik, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Receipt for scarlet cloth and thread (uniform-related).

GLC02437.00312

24 May 1776

Buchanan, Will, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: to John Werdie

Receipt for pay issued to Captain Archibald McAllister.

GLC02437.00313

24 May 1776

Buchanan, Will, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: to John Werdie

Receipt for pay issued to Captain Archibald McAllister.

GLC02437.00314

25 May 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Winthrop Sargent

Orders Sargent to accompany Earl Stirling (aka Lord Stirling and William Alexander) to ports on the Hudson River and to report back on the artillery there. Sargent was a captain lieutenant in Knox's artillery regiment.

GLC02437.00315

26 May 1776

Feddeman, Joseph, fl. 1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Captain Burbeck's company collectively write to their commander to inform him of their ill treatment and poor conditions at Fort Montgomery. They seek relief from duty there. Knox had detached Burbeck's company to assist in the campaign against Canada. Written at Fort Montgomery

GLC02437.00316

28 May 1776

Johnson, Martin, fl. 1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Reports that on doing his rounds of artillery guard duty at the grand battery, he came across two men claiming to be members of the artillery named Archibald Thomson and Robert McFalls. Johnson believes they are imposters. Johnson was a lieutenant in the New York artillery regiment.

GLC02437.00317

29 May 1776

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Explains that he must delay reconnaissance of King's Bridge (Kingsbridge) because he has to go to New Uttrick [Utrecht] on Long Island to conduct business with a committee there. Relays a report of two British ships spotted "off the offing" the previous night. Kingsbridge connected the northern tip of Manhattan to the mainland. The Continental Army evacuated Manhattan through there in October, 1776.

GLC02437.00318

31 May 1776

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pay Roll of Capt. Bauman's Company of Artillery in the Regiment whereof Henry Knox Esqr. is Colonel

Very detailed payroll for May, 1776. Gives names of Bauman's men, their position, when they enlisted and were last paid, how much time they were owed for and at what pay scale.

GLC02437.00319

31 May 1776 - 3 June 1776

Dana, William, 1745-1809

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Supply list for officers in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Also signed by John Barrit, Gershom Foster, John May, William Phillip, Remember Preston, and Nathaniel Glover. Notes supplies received by officers from Jonathan Pollard, the quartermaster of Knox's artillery regiment.

GLC02437.00320

May 1776

Dana, William, 1745-1809

Manuscript document signed

Title: A Pay Abstract of Captain William Dana[']s Company in Coll. Henry Knox Regiment of Artillery for month of May 1776

Gives number of people at each position in Dana's company and their pay. A note indicates that Lieutenant Joseph Savage, along with two men from his company, will have their pay deducted for April and May. The verso was used to make several brief mathematical calculations of indeterminate meaning.

GLC02437.00321

May 1776

Perkins, William, 1742-1802

Manuscript document

Title: [Pay Abstract of Capt. William Perkins' Company in Henry Knox's Regiment of Artillery for the month of May 1776]

Gives number of people at each position in Perkins' company and their pay.

GLC02437.00322

May 1776

Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848

Autograph document signed

Title: [Pay Abstract for Lieutenant Henry Burbeck's company in Henry Knox's artillery regiment for May, 1776]

Gives number of people at each position in Burbeck's company and their pay.

GLC02437.00323

May 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: The United Colonies to Henry Knox commander of the Regiment of Artillery

Duplicate of GLC02437.00325. Lists costs to the colonies for pay and supplies for Knox's entire regiment.

GLC02437.00324

May 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: The United Colonies to Henry Knox commander of the Regiment of Artillery

Duplicate of GLC02437.00324. Lists costs to the colonies for pay and supplies for Knox's entire regiment.

GLC02437.00325

May 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: The United Colonies to Henry Knox commander of the Regiment of Artillery

Duplicate of GLC02437.00324 and GLC02437.00325. Lists costs to the colonies for pay and supplies for Knox's entire regiment. Draft copy.

GLC02437.00326

December 25, 1863

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

The army celebrated Christmas with an artillery barrage on the city of Charleston. As a result a fire broke out in the city which burned for 11 hours. The rebels fired back, hit a gun boat and killed three people. He is applying for leave, but does not want to get his hopes up. His sawmill is running but needs a new boiler. He mentions the progress of the canal.

GLC04662.052

18 June 1864

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Walbridge

Writes to his mother that he returned last night from a two day excursion across the Appomattox River to bring supplies to the troops since their supply trains had not yet arrived. Discusses the fighting at Petersburg, 15-18 June 1864. States he rode along the front of Union Generals Winfield S. Hancock and William Farrar Smith's corps yesterday and says everything appears to be going well. Comments that Petersburg is only two and a half miles from their line. Reports that Hancock took 700 prisoners and two guns, while Union General Ambrose E. Burnside took 500 prisoners and seven guns.…

GLC04662.069

12 July 1776

Cary, Richard, Jr., fl. 1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Relays an order from George Washington to have two or three cannons mounted on carriages and prepared to be moved. Washington would also like to see Knox at Headquarters. Cary was an aide to Washington.

GLC02437.00371

July 15, 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Responds to a letter from Lucy in which she remonstrated Henry over their recent separation in which she left New York and went to Connecticut. Henry is "both grieved an angry" because Lucy blames Henry for her inconveniences even though it is in her "power instantly to remedy them." Moreover, if she does not like it there, it is within her power to go elsewhere. Warns her against anyone contradicting his advice. Urges her to use her "own good sense and see that there can be no essential difference as you have a carriage and Horses, between coming [to New York] from New Haven or…

GLC02437.00375

4 July 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Explains that he wrote her at Fairfield, Connecticut to check on her well being and tell her how much he values her, to tell her that the British had landed at Staten Island but had not attacked New York yet, and that he believes when they do, the Americans will be able to beat them back. He also asked her to send money after taking what she needed and to ask where to send her trunks. Reports that General Nathanael Greene, Jonathan Pollard, and Mrs. [Herey] are all "well an in good spirits," information that Lucy could pass on to spouses and loved ones in Connecticut. Asks if Lucy took the…

GLC02437.00359