1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of horses at posts not included in army estimate on those of forage and provision teams. no. 6

List estimating the number of various types of horses needed for the army and where they will be needed. Title from docket. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.01

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of horses with the army, to be furnish'd forage & the cost thereof no. 8.

List estimating the number of horses the army will need to fill various duties, and the cost of feeding these horses. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.02

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of provisions teams necessary for supplying the main army in winter quarters no. 10

List estimating the number of horse teams the army will need transport provisions. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.03

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of the wages & subsistence of all the persons employed on salary in the q. m. general's department, except the waggon branch. 1780 no. 11

List estimating the wages to be paid to the employees of the quarter master general's department. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.04

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of artificers at ports and with the army no. 13

List estimating the number of various types of artificers needed for the army, and the posts they will be needed at. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.05

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Return of officers & persons employed in the q. m. genl. dept. entitled to public horses no. 14

List of men, either by name, position, or both, who are entitled to horses from the government, and the number of horses to which each is entitled. Also lists the district the men are from, and the number of men that fill different posts. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.06

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Number of horses sent out from camp no. 16

List recording the dates on which wagons and horses were sent "from Camp to Winter," who sent the horses, who they were sent to, and how many horses and wagons were sent. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.07

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Return of issuing commissaries Augt. 1779. no. 17

Lists the names of the issuing commissaries of the Middle Department and Southern Department. Also lists place of birth, enlistment date, former employment, and place stationed for each of the commissaries. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780. Docket on second page. Title from docket.

GLC00634.02.08

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Return of the division of forces. no 20

Lists the number of soldiers in the army, how they were divided by state, how many horses these men would require, how much feed the horses would require, and how much this feed would cost. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780. Title from docket.

GLC00634.02.09

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: Posts at which the stores are requisite

Lists the number of various tools found at different locations. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780. Note on docket states that estimate will probably be exceeded. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.10

1779-1780

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: [Return of issuing commissaries from various armies]

Lists the names of the issuing commissaries of the Grand Army, Northern Department. Also lists place of birth, enlistment date, former employment, and place stationed for each of the commissaries. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.

GLC00634.02.11

January 28, 1780

Hubbart, Jonathon, fl. 1780

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for payment from George Olney]

Receipt for one hundred and sixty dollars received from George Olney on the staff of Nathanael Greene. There is some text loss on the right side of the document. Olney appears to have been an auditor serving under General Greene in the Quartermaster General's Department.

GLC00634.03.05

7 June 1784

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: [Copy of a receipt for John Pierce]

Copy of a receipt that states Greene has received payment from John Pierce. This copy was made by Benjamin Mifflin from "the original on file in the Office of the Accountant of the War Department." Mifflin signs as a clerk. Greene's signature appears, though it is unlikely it is actually in his hand.

GLC00634.03.08

1783-1815

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: [Statement that he quartered at Mr. Coggerhalls]

States that he once quartered with Coggerhalls in Newport, and the Coggerhalls "furnished...articles" for troops and officers.

GLC00634.03.10

circa 17 November 1777

Davis, Amasa, 1744-1825

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Convention Army]

Also signed by Col. Joshua Davis, Thomas Crane, Will Harris, and Fitch Pool. "Amasa Davis is appointed one of the Commissary's for Supplying the Troops under Genl. Burgoyne (now Prisoners in this State), with the Various sorts of Provisions brought to Boston Market, the produce of the United States, that the said Prisoners shall need, over and above their rations..."

GLC09066

1 July 1777

Heath, William, 1737-1814

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Pay document]

"Abstract of One Months pay of sundry Artificers employed in the Continental Service from the first of June to the last 1777." Showing amounts owed Captain Thomas Urann [a Boston Tea Party participant] and eleven of his men.

GLC09072

1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Petition before the Massachusetts legislature]

Discusses a petition regarding the discharge of the Continental Army and their pay. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08088

circa 1781-1794

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript note

Title: [Resignation]

Resignation of a Captain Freeman, possibly Constant Freeman, from the Army and a request to not receive the "half pay granted by Congress." Appears to be written in Samuel Shaw's hand.

GLC02437.08145

14 June 1780-31 August 1780

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: [List of officers]

Lists five captains, four lieutenant captains, and nine lieutenants. Shaw made comments on their commissions.

GLC02437.08523

17 December 1775

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [List of cannons and shells]

Notes that twelve 4-pound and two 6-pound cannon and 5-10 tons of each size of various shot and shell were ordered on 27 November 1775. Several hundred more shells were ordered on 17 December.

GLC02437.08382

December 10, 1775 - January 13, 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: An inventory of cannon &c brought from Ticonderoga

Evidently a working document, with entries added at various times; possibly part of a longer journal. The first page comprises a detailed inventory of 16 mortars and howitzers, and 43 cannon, with a total weight of 119,900 pounds, "brought from Ticonderoga December 10th 1775." Information includes composition (iron or brass), bore size and weight. Subsequent annotations amend figures and cite which armaments have been "Carr[ie]d." Pages two through three include a template of information to be kept regarding the transportation of the arms. The name of one carrier, Herman [Fort], has been…

GLC02437.08383

1 January 1777

Neil, Daniel, 1745-1777

Autograph document signed

Title: [Note that blankets were received]

Captain Neil notes that he received 20 blankets from Colonel David Mason for the use of his company. Neil died two days after this was written at the Battle of Princeton.

GLC02437.08394

14 March 1778-25 November 1778

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Account book of Henry Knox]

Written in Samuel Shaw's hand. Includes expenses for goods, services and travel. On 30 April [1778] Knox receives money for the travel expense of a journey from New England and for the expense of moving his and General [Nathanael] Greene's baggage last year to Morris Town. On 11 May paid Samuel Holt's travel expenses to Allentown & Lebanon which included mending, shoe repairs, food, etc. Listed expenses also include food: on 12 & 20 May and the 2 June notes food expenses for General [John Peter Gabriel] Muhlenberg's Brigade (Muhlenberg and his troops spent the winter of 1777 at…

GLC02437.08402

May 3, 1777-January 16, 1779

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: [Listing of Henry Knox's accounts]

Written in Samuel Shaw's hand. Costs for Knox during the war. It is noted that all accounts are kept "in Currency of 7/6 to the Dollar." Most of it is for sundries, clothing, loans to various people, and room and board. Some interesting items include: a purchase of a saddle by Benjamin Lincoln from Knox on 1 July 1777, a notation that "Lt. Col. Hamilton R'd C. to the Commander in Chief" on 3 August 1777, a note that Lucy Knox was given $500 on 20 November 1777, and a note on the expenses of Lucy Knox's travels from Fredericksburgh, New York to Booneton [Boonton], New Jersey.

GLC02437.08408

13 March 1778-14 March 1778

Billings, Joseph, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: [Bill to Henry Knox]

Bill to Henry Knox from Joseph Billings. It appears that Billings was a tailor. Billings carried over the £86.3.3 from the bill at GLC02437.08421. After doing additional work for Knox, the total comes to £106.7.3. After making partial payments, Knox still owed £4.7.3.

GLC02437.08422