29 July 1784

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate of service for Major Job Sumner]

Certifies that Sumner served in the Massachusetts line "from the earliest period of and during the whole War... he has through all its exigencies and distresses sustained the reputation of a gallant, and intelligent officer and has retired to private life by the final reduction of the Continental Army..." Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.03026

February- April 1776

Perkins, William, 1742-1802

Document

Title: [Abstract of pay for Captain William Perkin's company in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Lists rank and pay for February- April 1776.

GLC02437.09518

8 May 1776

Drury, Jotham, 1741-1831

Document

Title: [Abstract of pay for Captain Jotham Drury's Company in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Lists rank and corresponding pay for December 1775 and January 1776.

GLC02437.09519

9 May 1776

Crafts, Edward, 1746-1806

Document

Title: [Abstract of pay for Lieutenant Coren, December 1775-April 1776]

Verso contains accounts apparently related to captains serving under Coren (possibly Isaac Coren).

GLC02437.09521

16 June 1776

Foster, Thomas Waite, fl. 1769-1776

Document signed

Title: [Abstract of pay due to Captain Foster's company in Henry Knox's regiment of artillery]

Contains a list of officers and their corresponding pay for the month of June. Docketed 16 June 1776. Docket includes a note that the company was paid 13 August 1776.

GLC02437.09528

June 1776

Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848

Document

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

Contains a list of officers and their corresponding pay for the month of June 1776. Docket indicates Burbeck's company was paid in August 1776.

GLC02437.09530

June 1776

Dana, William, 1745-1809

Document

Title: [Pay abstract for Captain Dana's company in Henry Knox's regiment of artillery]

Contains a list of officers and their corresponding pay for the month of June 1776. Note on verso refers to a deduction taken for clothing. Docket indicates that Dana's company was paid 13 August 1776.

GLC02437.09532

16 July 1776

Newell, Eliphalet, 1735-?

Document

Title: [Pay abstract for Captain Newell's company in Henry Knox's regiment of artillery]

Contains a list of officers and their corresponding pay for the month of June 1776. Docket indicates that Newell's company was paid 16 August 1776.

GLC02437.09533

17 July 1776

Pierce, Thomas, fl. 1775-1778

Document

Title: [Pay abstract for Captain Thomas Pierce's Company of artillery in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Contains a list of officers and their corresponding pay for the month of June 1776. Docket indicates that Pierce's company was paid 13 August 1776.

GLC02437.09534

19 July 1776

Crafts, Edward, 1746-1806

Document

Title: [Ammunition return pertaining to Captain Crafts]

Lists pounders, cannon, paper cartridges, and canisters.

GLC02437.09536

5 October 1776

Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823

Document

Title: [Return of Captain Stevens's company]

Lists numbers of officers presently fit for duty, sick in hospital, sick present, on command, and sick absent.

GLC02437.09539

11 May 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Abstract of pay for officers serving under Henry Knox]

Lists the names of 13 officers, including Henry Burbeck, William Dana, and Jotham Drury, among others. Docketed by Knox as "Captn Mortons abstract."

GLC02437.10439

21 November 1783

Grant, Edward, fl. 1783-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Shaw

Discusses Knox's military accounts.

GLC02437.02792

24 November 1783

Bowles, Ralph H., 1757-1813

Autograph document signed

Title: Return of the detachment commanded by brigadier general Henry Jackson

Countersigned by Henry Jackson. Lists men by rank and corps.

GLC02437.02799

November 1783

Merlet, H., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for the Canadian refugee drawing at West Point

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

GLC02437.02811

November 1783

Merlet, H., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [List of Canadian refugees drawing provision at Newburgh and West Point]

Lists men by military denomination, number of men in each denomination and rations issued. Countersigned by John Lillie.

GLC02437.02812

November 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [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

6 December 1783

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for artificers in the 3rd Massachusetts regiment]

Lists men by company with issued rations.

GLC02437.02821

10 December 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Return of troops to be continued in service after the new year]

Lists men by regiment and rank.

GLC02437.02824

12 December 1783

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for an artificer]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Michael Jackson with a note of receipt on the verso from J. [Toomy ?].

GLC02437.02828

15 December 1783

Vose, Elijah, ?-1822

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Agrees to a soldier's discharge.

GLC02437.02831

16 December 1783

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Recommendation for a soldier to go on furlough.

GLC02437.02835

16 December 1783 - 2 June 1788

Holden, Aaron, fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Accounts for Aaron Holden]

Same as previous (GLC02437.02836). Lists accounts and notes for payment for Captain Aaron Holden. Signed by Benjamin Haywood and John Pierce. Verso contains letter written by Joseph Howell signed 2 June 1788.

GLC02437.02837

18 December 1783

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return of the 2nd & 3rd Massachusetts regiment]

Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Includes a note on the verso from Asa Day.

GLC02437.02844

20 December 1783

McLean, James, ?-1804

Autograph document signed

Title: [Weekly return of the corps of invalids]

Lists men fit for duty and by rank.

GLC02437.02846