6 August 1782

Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of persons in actual service in the field commissary military stores department, 6th August 1782

Lists names of men, rank, and remarks.

GLC02437.10507

26 August 1782

Lamb, John, 1735-1800

Printed document signed

Title: [Monthly return of the 2nd New York Regiment of Artillery commaned by Colonel John Lamb]

Lists number of men by rank. Also absentees, on duty, on command, and on extra duty. Title from docket.

GLC02437.10509

8 October 1782

Moodie, Andrew, ?-1787

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of sutlers in garrison at West Point]

Return of sutlers and others in garrison at West Point, not of the army. Lists names, who they were licensed by, who gave them permission to build houses, and their trade or calling. Signed by Captain Andrew Moodie. Two dockets on verso.

GLC02437.10512

14 September 1783

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Report of the board for the inspection of invalids]

Report of a board convened at West Point, for the inspection of the invalids of the army, agreeable to a general order of 14 September 1783. Lists the names of the men, age, regiment, disease, time to left to serve, if they were discharged, and remarks. Signed by M. Jackson, Colonel, two other majors, and two hospital surgeons.

GLC02437.10520

26 September 1783

Stafford, John R., ?-1812

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for the third regiment of Massachusetts foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by Michael Jackson. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10527

20 September 1783

Boynton, Joseph, fl. 1776-1783

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a regiment of New Hampshire foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by George Reid. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10530

20 September 1783

Bailey, Francis, 1744-1817

Document

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for troops at West Point, New York, commanded by Henry Knox. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10531

27 September 1783

Bailey, Francis, 1744-1817

Document

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for troops at West Point, New York, commanded by Henry Knox. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10535

4 October 1783

Stafford, John R., ?-1812

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for the third regiment of Massachusetts foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10537

17 September 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Washington

Knox, Commander at West Point, encloses a weekly return of troops (see GLC02437.10140). Reports that he appointed a board to inspect the "decrepit and infirm," to determine those who were unfit for service. Sixty-one soldiers were deemed unfit for service, and Knox asks for Washington's approval to discharge these men with a pension. Comments on cannons and military stores. Knox's retained draft.

GLC02437.10139

30 September 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Lincoln

Knox, Commander at West Point, writes, "A Report has been brought by the Garrison, that you have passed the river at Dobb's [Dobbs Ferry]- It would be unnecessary to say how much this mortifies me, but the urgency of your affairs, has undoubtedly been so great as to oblige you to pass as unnoticed." Relates that he was unaware that the salary given to previous commanders at West Point was withdrawn when he took command. Requests from Lincoln, Secretary at War, the same compensation as his predecessors, noting "Certainly I have expended as much as any of them, and I only ask the same…

GLC02437.10151

September 1783

Merlet, H., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: List of Canadian refugees drawing provisions at Newburgh under the direction of Major Merlet by order of his Excellency Genl. Washington

Lists names and rank of 35 men and corresponding amounts of rations, men, women, and children (possibly with them). Contains some mathematical figures on docket page.

GLC02437.10152

14 August 1783

Flint, Royal, 1754-1797

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Knox's account with Daniel Parker]

Includes account information from 3 April 1783 - 13 August 1783. Docket indicates that this document pertains to Daniel Parker & Co., a trading company.

GLC02437.10127

7 September 1783

Eustis, William, 1753-1825

Autograph document signed

Title: Report of patients in the General Hospital at New Windsor recommended to be discharged from the service of the United States.

Directed to Major General Henry Knox. Eustis signs as hospital surgeon. Lists names of 17 patients and their corresponding regiment, company, disease, and time to serve. A note on same page as docket lists the details regarding two more discharged patients.

GLC02437.10133

27 September 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Miscellaneous return of artillery]

Lists numbers of officers and their status ("fit for duty, sick present, sick absent, on duty, etc.) for regiments from several states. Docket indicates "scale artillery."

GLC02437.10145

4 October 1783

Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of the non-commissioned officers and matrosses in the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery whose time of service expires at different periods

Burbeck signs as captain. Samuel Cooper signs as adjutant. Lists numbers of non-commissioned officers and matrosses on a chart that spans the time period between October 1783 and March 1786.

GLC02437.10159

7 October 1783

Brooks, David, 1756-1838

Autograph document signed

Title: Return of the principal articles of clothing in the magazine at Newburgh

List of clothing at the magazine in Newburgh, New York. Includes 300 coats, 500 woolen breeches, 350 shirts, 6000 pairs of shoes (noted as both good and bad), 3000 blankets (also noted good and bad) and others. Watermarked with three fleur-de-lis in a crest. Originally enclosed with GLC02437.10161.

GLC02437.10162

11 October 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Returns Infantry]

Lists number of men according to rank, regiment and status. Docketed as "Scale Artillery."

GLC02437.10166

18 October 1783

Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840

Manuscript document signed

Title: Weekly return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

List of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery. Lists people present in corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the four captains, one is present for duty, another is also present but sick, and the rest are on the staff. Signed by "Sam. Cooper Adjutant" and "Henry Burbeck Capt. Command."

GLC02437.10171

18 October 1783

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: Weekly return of the New York Corps of Artillery - commanded by Major Sebastian Bauman.

Lists men in the New York artillery corps by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the thirteen commissioned officers, one is a major (present and fit for duty), two captains (one fit and the other on staff), etc. Includes totals and number of those returning and discharged. Watermarked with three fleur-de-lis inside a seal and "EUL (?) 1780" underneath.

GLC02437.10172

25 October 1783

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: Monthly return of the New York Corps of Artillery

List of the New York Corps of Artillery. Lists people present in corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the four captains, two are present for duty and two on the staff. Noted that alterations since last return are included. Watermarked with three fleur-de-lis inside a seal, and "ELIL (?) 1780" underneath.

GLC02437.10176

28 October 1783

Swartwout, Cornelius, fl. 1776-1783

Manuscript document

Title: Return of ordinance, ordinance stores, apparatus &c. &c. at the garrisons of Stoney & Verplanks Points- Kingsferry

Lists ammunition according to type of gun and other ordnance apparatuses. Noted on the lower left that "the Barge Went a Drift...in Last Storm." Signed by Swartwout, Captain-Lieutenant of Artillery of Kings Ferry.

GLC02437.10178

18 November 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript letter

Title: to Captain Dustan

Instructs Captain Dustan to bring all the cannon and stores from Kings Ferry to West Point based on the orders of General Knox. States that Dustan is required to assist Knox. Instructs him to leave men in each work "with strict orders to suffer no injury to be done to them," after which Dustan should join the corps from which he has been detached. Watermarked.

GLC02437.10190

circa 1783

Tenney, Samuel, 1748-1816

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deposition of Samuel Tenney]

Deposition by doctor Tenney, signed as "Sam. Tenny", describing the duties of an officer in relation to Mr. Pratt's arrest. Writes, "[A] commanding officer of a company having the temporary command of a battalion or garrison had no right or pretence, on that account, to divest himself of his proper command & to impose his duty on a subordinate officer." Mr. Wheaton, supposedly broke this rule in ordering Mr. Pratt to take over Wheaton's command, though Wheaton repeatedly denies this. Mentions that Baron Steuben hopes the dispute might be settled peacefully. Watermarked.

GLC02437.10197

11 October 1783

Boynton, Joseph, fl. 1776-1783

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a regiment of New Hampshire foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by James Carr. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10542