3 April 1784

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Carleton

Encloses a copy of a return of clothing wanted by troops. Asks Carleton, acting Secretary at War, if Congress has made progress toward approving the application: "If you can have the clothing obtained, and forwarded to the troops you will render them an essential service as they must be exceedingly destitute of the Articles requested..."

GLC02437.02989

15 April 1784

United States. Continental Congress.

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Congressional resolution approving the appointment of Major William North as inspector to the troops]

Signed by Joseph Carleton 23 April 1784. Carleton authorizes this as a true copy from the original remaining in the war office. Location inferred by based on the site of Congress.

GLC02437.02993

13 June 1784

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Carleton

Informs Carleton, acting Secretary at War, of the arrangements he has made in response to the Congressional resolve of 2 June 1784 ordering the reduction of Continental troops.

GLC02437.03017

28 July 1784

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate of the service of Lieutenant Colonel Carrington]

Knox certifies that [Edward] Carrington sold cannon to defray expenses of transporting arms and stores to establish a magazine near Richmond, Virginia, for the Southern states. Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.03032

31 July 1784

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: Monthly return of the corps of artillery

Lists numbers of officers present and fit for duty. Signed by Major Doughty.

GLC02437.03033

4 August 1784

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: to James Byers

Morris, Superintendent of Finance, discusses Byers's relinquishment of a contract with Congress to cast brass and ordnance (refer to GLC02437.03044). Writes, "I am sorry that your services have not been better rewarded, and lamented at the time that precipitancy with which you Relinquished your Contract and with it your Claims on the justice of the United States." Copied in the hand of James Byers (originally enclosed with GLC02437.03044). Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

GLC02437.03037

5 August 1784

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt of money paid to John Lillie]

Major Lillie signs on both pages, noting receipt of money from Henry Knox and Timothy Pickering.

GLC02437.03038

16 August 1784

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Carleton

Informs Carleton, acting Secretary at War, of the details of Major Job Sumner's difficulty in obtaining pay for his military service. Also discusses a letter from Frederick Haldimand, Governor of the Province of Quebec, recently transmitted to Congress by William Hull. Haldimand refused to inform Congress when British troops will be withdrawn from American posts on the northwestern frontier.

GLC02437.03040

25 August 1784

Byers, James, fl. 1767-1784

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Byers, who had a contract with Congress to cast brass ordnance during the Revolutionary War, complains of difficulty receiving pay for his services. Asks Knox to intervene on his behalf, requesting a certificate from Knox attesting to his service. Plans to send the certificate with a petition to Congress. Encloses a copy of the last letter he received from Robert Morris on the subject (GLC02437.03037).

GLC02437.03044

25 August 1784

Carleton, Joseph, 1754-1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Carleton, Secretary at War, writes from the War Office, possibly located in Annapolis, Maryland with Congress. Reports on the settlement of Major Job Sumner's case. Relates that troops from Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania will be equipped as a result of the continued presence of British troops at forts on the northern frontier of the United States. Notes that New York will most likely raise its quota of troops "as soon as the Harvest is completed." "Free" stamped and "on public service" written on address leaf with no signature.

GLC02437.03045

9 October 1784

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: Monthly return of a corps of artillery commanded by Capt John Doughty

Lists officers present fit for duty, on command, sick present, and on duty. Title includes a note indicating that Doughty is a major by brevet.

GLC02437.03055

30 October 1784

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: Monthly return of the corps of artillery in the service of the United States of America

Lists officers present fit for duty, sick present, absent with leave, on duty, and on command. Indicates that Doughty is a major by brevet. Location inferred.

GLC02437.03064

12 April 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Captain Callahan

Discusses Callahan's obtainment of artificers, or craftsmen. Makes arrangements for Daniel Vose to pay Callahan in Knox's absence for the artificers' passage.

GLC02437.03125

25 May 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Carleton

Knox, recently appointed Secretary at War, makes arrangements with Carleton, acting Secretary at War, to transmit pay and commissions to Major Wyllis (possibly John P. Wyllis) and his men.

GLC02437.03149

9 June 1785

Bryant, John, 1742-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Captain Bryant, Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at the Springfield Armory, encloses a plan of the buildings belonging to the United States at the Springfield Armory. Discusses construction and repairs taking place there. See GLC02437.08362 for one of the enclosures, a cost estimate for building a brick wall for a magazine.

GLC02437.03152

12 June 1785

Carleton, Joseph, 1754-1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Carleton, previous acting Secretary at War, discusses military matters with Knox, recently appointed Secretary at War (Carleton is handling business from the War Office in Knox's absence). Discusses the pay and rank of several officers, the disbandment of troops at Fort Pitt, and the proposed reduction of artillery pay. Writes, "the recruiting business here goes on slowly - from this circumstance as well as some others, there is too much reason to apprehend that the time of holding the Southern Frontiers will be unavoidably procrastinated."

GLC02437.03154

June 27, 1785

Chastellux, François Jean, marquis de, 1734-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

General Chastellux (signed Chastelleaux) requests that Knox admit a French doctor who served in the Revolutionary War to the Society of the Cincinnati. Writes, "... you remember very well dear general, that after the siege of york you left behind a great number of sicks and that an american hospital was settled at Williamsburg... no american physician attended there, and doctor coste only took care of those soldiers, for the whole winter." Notes that the Marquis de Lafayette supports Coste's acceptance into the Society. Also mentions that Coste saved Chastellux's life.

GLC02437.03160

1 July 1785

Avery, John, 1739-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Avery, Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, informs Knox that Governor Thomas Cushing has requested that several cannon at West Point be returned to Massachusetts.

GLC02437.03162

25 July 1785

Ashton, Joseph, fl. 1779-1785

Manuscript document

Title: [Return of military stores at Fort Pitt]

Marked as a copy. Includes the [copied?] signature of Joseph Ashton, Lieutenant of Artillery Commanding at Fort Pitt. Lists carriages, howitzers, carbines, rifles, horse shoes, and other stores.

GLC02437.03168

27 September 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to Francois Jean, marquis de Chastellux

Writes to Chastellux on a variety of topics. Explains the concept of the Society of the Cincinnati, assuring him that the Society is "harmless in its intention, and having only for its real object, the perpetuation of friendship, and recollection of past urgencies." Describes a past meeting, in Philadelphia, and declares that the Society will not meet again until 1797. Also discusses their political intelligence regarding England, and the prospects for trade and commerce with Europe after the war.

GLC02437.03203

25 December 1785

Brooks, John, 1752-1825

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

John Brooks, a member of the Massachusetts General Court, writes to Knox on a wide variety of political subjects. Discusses the Society of the Cincinnati, land grants to common people, redress of grievances of the public, and the passage of a treason act. Also reports the opinion of their mutual friend Putnam [perhaps General Rufus Putnam] on these subjects. Lastly, he and his wife send their regards to Mrs. Lucy Knox. A small piece of the page was torn away but has been retained with the document.

GLC02437.03227

1775-circa March 1786

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Partial account of money owed to John Crane by the United States]

March 1786 date added later in pencil. Document written in two hands. Pages 1 and 2 feature a ledger of expenses Colonel John Crane paid on behalf of the United States from 1775 until approximately 1780. Page 3 features writing in two hands, crossed-out text, as well as a signature, apparently by John Crane. Docket reads, "Copy of part my acct against the United States."

GLC02437.03255

7 May 1784

North, William, 1755-1836

Document signed

Title: [Inspection return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Inspection return for the infantry. Lists men by rank, present status, arms and supplies.

GLC02437.10581

31 March 1784

Price, William, ?-1790

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return of ordnance and military stores at West Point, New York. Items listed by type, weight and length. Also includes a list of ordnance received and delivered since the last return.

GLC02437.10715

30 April 1784

Price, William, ?-1790

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return of ordnance and military stores at West Point, New York. Items listed by type, weight and length. Also includes a list of ordnance received and delivered since the last return.

GLC02437.10716