December 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Abstract of extra issues for December 1783]

Lists extra issues for barge men, musicians, New York levies, Rhode Island line, garrison and artillery artificers, German deserters, police officer garrisons, and express riders.

GLC02437.02892

1 January 1784

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of the full allowance of clothing for the corps of artillery under Bauman]

Includes clothing that Major Bauman has drawn "and what remains due to the Corps."

GLC02437.02895

1 January 1784

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Bell

Appoints Bell as issuing commissary at West Point. Gives Bell detailed orders regarding his post.

GLC02437.02898

4 January 1784

Manuscript document

Title: Return of Canadian refugees who draw provisions from the public

Lists one major, three captains, 5 lieutenants, 50 citizens, 23 women, and 33 children. Docketed, "No. 5."

GLC02437.02911

5 January 1784

Haskell, Elnathan, 1755-1825

Autograph letter signed

Title: to David Brooks

Marked as a duplicate. Major Haskell and Captain J. Bliss write to Brooks, assistant clothier general. They give Brooks a report on their inspection of 499 hats in the clothing store: "... in our judgment the whole unfit to be issued to the Troops-- some of them are too small in the crown, others are too narrow brim'd, and the remainder are so illy made as to render them almost unfit for any service."

GLC02437.02914

6 January 1784

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Knox gives orders regarding the receipt and distribution of stores to Bryant, Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at the Springfield, Massachusetts Armory. The stores will be delivered by Daniel Parker & Co., contractors who provided the army with supplies under contract.

GLC02437.02917

6 January 1784

Haskell, Elnathan, 1755-1825

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Major Haskell and Captain J. Bliss report that they assessed the clothing stores, as ordered, and rejected a number of hats.

GLC02437.02922

January 21, 1784

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript document

Title: [Miscellaneous garrison orders]

Orders that a field officer will be appointed each Thursday to visit the works and redoubts in the vicinity of West Point. Adds that as the weather becomes more severe, duties of the grand parade will be dispensed with. Includes several other specific orders. Written and signed by Charles Selden, who certifies that this document is an exact transcript of garrison orders issued by Brigadier General Henry Jackson.

GLC02437.02934

January 27, 1784

Barber, William, fl. 1783-1784

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Place name is illegible. Possibly written in New Jersey. Barber answers Knox's request, enclosing "the Act respecting the sales of the confiscated property in this State." Discusses monetary inflation of soldiers' notes. Mentions that estates in [Bergen] County are advertized for a March sale at "Hoebuck," a colonial term for Hoboken, New Jersey.

GLC02437.02937

February 4, 1784

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Hull

Marked as a "coppy," by Major Bauman. Bauman, commanding the artillery at West Point, writes to Hull, commandant of West Point. Bauman expresses his "surprise and grief" at Hull's order requiring captains to be detailed by an adjutant, thus placing the artillery in rotation with the infantry to perform common duties. Declares, "it is unwarrantable... to send Artillery men into the lines, and infantry on the Batteries." Threatens to take his complaints to Henry Knox, the Secretary of War, then Congress if Hull does not withdraw his order.

GLC02437.02941

February 5, 1784

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript letter

Title: to William Hull

Major Bauman, commanding the artillery at West Point, writes to Hull, commandant of West Point. Refuses to comply with orders issued by Hull requiring artillery to engage in "the common duty of the Garrison" under the adjutant. Anticipates his suspension, noting the command of ordnance and stores should pass to the next senior officer until he receives a proper investigation. Requests a supply of firewood in the interim. Docketed as "No. 2."

GLC02437.02943

February 12, 1784

Williams, Joseph, 1753-1819

Autograph document signed

Title: [Return of rations on hand at Springfield]

Signed by Major Williams. Originally sent with GLC02437.02952.

GLC02437.02957

February 24, 1784

Bryant, John, 1742-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Captain Bryant encloses a return of stores at Springfield (not included). Reports on other events at Springfield, including a disagreement over the rights to a house on Captain George Pynchon's land. Reports that when General [Benjamin] Lincoln was at Springfield, he dismissed the men stationed there, ordering Bryant to make out a pay roll. Bryant complains that Lincoln thereafter sent money to the men, but not to him: "I have near twenty five months pay due and know not who to apply to for aney [sic] but to your Honour- necessity has obliged me to run in debt..."

GLC02437.02965

7 March 1784

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Replies to a letter from Captain Bryant, at Springfield, Massachusetts (refer to GLC02437.2965). Responds to issues Bryant reported: a break-in on the property of Captain Pynchon, and Bryant's lack of pay. Agrees to help Bryant obtain pay, and gives him advice as to collect money for a previously unpaid account.

GLC02437.02972

7 March 1784

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sebastian Bauman

Discusses difficulties in paying Lieutenant Samuel Jefferds and his men (of the Northern Department).

GLC02437.02973

29 December 1783 - 7 March 1784

Jefferds, Samuel, 1752-1804

Autograph document signed

Title: Return of a detachment of artillery under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Jefferds

Lieutenant Jefferds signs 29 December 1783 from Fort Rensselaer, Canajoharie, New York. Henry Knox signs 7 March 1784 at Dorchester, Massachusetts. Knox asserts that this return is a copy from the original forwarded to Charles Knowles, paymaster of the Massachusetts artillery. Knox was assisting Jefferds obtain pay for himself and his men.

GLC02437.02974

18 March 1784

Manuscript document

Title: Return of ordnance, ammunition &c. in the City of New York

Lists numbers of iron and brass cannon, ammunition, muskets, and harnesses. Docket notes 17 March 1784.

GLC02437.02977

18 December 1783

Greenman, F., fl. 1783

Manuscript document

Title: Return of the Rhode Island detachment commanded by Major William Allen

List of men according to company, rank and status. Watermarked with a bell hanging from a crown.

GLC02437.10192

20 December 1783

Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840

Manuscript document signed

Title: Weekly return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

List of men according to rank and status. Signed by Samuel Cooper Adjutant, and Henry Burbeck, Captain.

GLC02437.10193

20 December 1783

Manuscript document

Title: Return of the Connecticut detachment commanded by Captain Lemuel Clift

Signature is illegible, but may be Lieutenant Commander E. P. Hales. List of men according to rank and status. Watermarked.

GLC02437.10194

25 December 1783

Allen, William, fl. 1783-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Encloses, according to orders, the return of soldiers under his command. Mentions that three of his men are in the Albany Hospital and are thus unable to march. Water damage has obscured a portion of two lines of text. Watermarked with a bell hanging from a crown. Refer to GLC02437.02858, GLC02437.02863, and GLC02437.10191 for related correspondence.

GLC02437.10195

27 December 1783

Kemper, J., fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: Report of the ordnance at the different posts and park of artillery on West Point

Lists ordnance in the vicinity of West Point, New York by fort and type of artillery. Two dockets.

GLC02437.10196

January 17, 1784

Pierce, John, ?-1788

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Draft for payment in account with Henry Knox]

Draft in account with General Knox "[f]or his pay for the year 1783..." at the amount of $2,472. Includes a breakdown of the amount, consisting of actual salary per month, clothing account, and as "head of the Ordnance, while he receives the allowance as Major General in a Separate Department, during his Commd at West Point..." Noted as a "true copy." Watermarked.

GLC02437.10200

January 17, 1784

Pierce, John, ?-1788

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Draft for payment in account with Henry Knox]

Same as previous (GLC02437.16.163). Draft in account with General Knox "[f]or his pay for the year 1783..." at the amount of $2,472. Includes a breakdown of the amount, consisting of actual salary per month, clothing account, and as "head of the Ordnance, while he receives the allowance as Major General in a Separate Department, during his Commd at West Point..." Noted as a "true copy." Watermarked.

GLC02437.10201

20 December 1783

Bailey, Francis, 1744-1817

Document signed

Title: [Return]

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

GLC02437.10572