11 November 1787

Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that there is no money in the treasury of the Connecticut branch of the Society of the Cincinnati. Adds that he will ensure the money they owe to Major L'Enfant (for Society egale medals) will be paid to him as soon as possible.

GLC02437.03699

19 August 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant [M.] Wetzell

Orders Wetzell to take his two howitzers to West Point to coordinate with Colonel John Crane. Crane is to then transport the cannon to the West side of Kings Ferry, where Colonel John Lamb will receive them. Knox stipulates, "Not a moments delay to be made in the execution of this order."

GLC02437.01140

February 16, 1783

Wetmore, Hezekiah, fl. 1777-1783

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses the weekly pay of Artillery artificers. "Public service" written on address leaf with no signature.

GLC02437.01932

December 26, 1777-January 22, 1778

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Autograph document signed

Title: [Journal]

Diary covers a variety of subjects, listed by date, including a report of General William Smallwood's capture of a British brig in Wilmington Delaware, local observations (including Moravian customs), the amount of snowfall, merchant shops, dining with Clinton, etc. Includes travels through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. Prior to setting out on this journey, William had been staying with his brother Henry Knox at the Valley Forge encampment. Year inferred from content.

GLC02437.08279

13 June 1773

Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Henry Knox]

Countersigned by John Cotton as deputy secretary of the province. Thomas Hutchinson's signature is noted as being a copy. Partially printed document with additional information written in by hand. Appoints Henry Knox to be Lieutenant of the Grenadier Company in Boston, Massachusetts. Verso includes an attestation that Knox took the required oaths. A portion of the document has been clipped causing text loss.

GLC02437.10653

17 October 1783

Wengierski, Thomas Cajetan, 1755-1787

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Thanks Knox (for showing him West Point). Asks Knox for a copy of the map of West Point for a journal he is writing.

GLC02437.02673

18 October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Report regarding Lieutenant Wells as the new commander at New Windsor, New York]

Reports that a Lieutenant Wells, "commanding the detachment at Newburgh, will return to this post with his party, excepting a Corporal and Six men, who he will order to New Windsor to take charge of the public wood at that place." Retained copy prepared for Knox's files, copied out and signed for him by his aide-de-camp John Lillie.

GLC02437.02681

20 October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Cajetan Wengierski

Replies to Wengierski's request for a map of West Point. States that he is unable to provide the map for security reasons, especially since the war with Britain had just ended. See GLC02437.02673 for Wengierski's request.

GLC02437.02692

8 November 1791

Weedon, George, 1734-1793

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Has enclosed to Knox a resolution (not present) which passed unanimously at the most recent meeting of the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati.

GLC02437.05230

26 December 1821

Cutting, Nathaniel, 1774-?

Letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Informs Hobart that he is returning documents related to a memorial petition requesting a military land bounty for Stephen Raymond, the heir to Revolutionary War veteran Solomon Raymond. Explains why the claim was dismissed: it was invalidated by evidence showing Raymond deserted in 1778. Also comments on other contradictions in the evidence.

GLC06313.04.123

1 January 1822

Bartlett, Zacheus, fl. 1822

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Discusses bounty land for veterans of the American Revolution. Requests that Hobart obtain and send the warrant issued for Jonathan Bartlett's bounty, which had been approved but not issued. Also asks Hobart, if he can, to send the names of "1200 Massachusetts men who had not obtained that [Revolutionary War] bounty [land]."

GLC06313.04.126

5 January 1822

Hobart, Thomas, fl. 1821-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Writing on behalf of William Pincers and Frances Joscelyn, Hobart reports mistakes in making their schedules, possibly for tax purposes or Revolutionary War benefits. Explains the adjustments that need to be made to the record to reflect the property held by each man. Pincers, he explains, is a veteran in need of obtaining aid.

GLC06313.04.130

January 12,1822

Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Mentions that David Diman sent a petition for a military pension and had not received a response from the Secretary of War. Sampson asks Hobart to inquire about the matter and, if he obtains the needed certificate, to send it to him or Diman.

GLC06313.04.136

12 April 1777

Richardson, William, 1743-1786

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Smallwood

Enclosing report to General Washington regarding the state of the regiment. Richardson has small pox and has inoculated the entire regiment. Complains of lack of officers, hardship and illness. It is a "wonder that they don't die at a much faster pace." He also expresses some discontent regarding commissions, "as I have not had influence enough to make a single officer... and strangers are put in that have never seen service."

GLC06508.01

11 June 1781

Rose, William, fl. 1781

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Smallwood

Request for a recommendation to a "subaltine's appointment in the Maryland line." Informs Smallwood that he has served faithfully for two years, is well regarded by fellow officers, and hopes the General will recommend him for this promotion.

GLC06508.02

30 February 1782

Barnes, Richard, fl. 1782

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Smallwood

Discusses desertion and black recruits. Is unable to submit a list for men drafted for three years service because so many have left for Annapolis "without my knowledge." Due to these desertions the three year draft has been suspended. Names the only three men drafted "that did not march and were not discharged." These were "William Wakely, Negroe Jess, Joseph Procter (Mulatter)." Docket on verso reads "From Colo. Barnes July 30, 1782."

GLC06508.03

13 March 1782

Morris, Jonathan, 1754-1830

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Smallwood

Captain Morris complains to General Smallwood about being at home, not in the field, for such a long period of time. States "Tis the greatest misfortune that can befall an Officer to be long out of Camp, his pay can in the manner we are paid off, may support us while in the Field, but when we are at home we are drawn, in a Manner, involuntarily into expenses." States that he can not satisfy his debtors. Requests a small loan with which he expects to repay unspecified Officers.

GLC06508.04

31 May 1782

Roxburgh, Alexander, fl. 1782-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Smallwood

Written near Bacon's Bridge, possibly near Dorchester, South Carolina. Major Roxburgh informs General Smallwood that his company remains near Bacon's Bridge in an inactive state. Reports that the British "continue in the same situation as when I last wrote you with this difference that a detachment of about eleven hundred embarked three weeks ago for Jamaica." Relates that the British frequently send out what he calls parties of horse, and this action distresses local inhabitants. Mentions Captain Armstrong. Reports that General Wayne (possibly Anthony Wayne) detached Colonel White and…

GLC06508.05

29 June 1782

Dorsey, Vachel, fl. 1782

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Smallwood

Hopes to hear from Smallwood concerning an appointment he hopes to recieve. Has already waited for some time, at some expense, for an answer, and asks Smallwood to reply as quickly as possible.

GLC06508.06

14 July 1782

Roxburgh, Alexander, fl. 1782-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Smallwood

Written at Camp Ashley Hill. Major Roxburgh updates General Smallwood on Anthony Wayne's success in evacuating in evacuating Savannah, Georgia of British troops: "The enemy have evacuated Savannah and are so distressed for shipping that the garrison are object to go from Island to Island before they can reach Charles Town. They were so reduced by desertion that 'tis thought not more than four hundred Regular troops will reach town, the Torys have all joined General Waine and have become american soldiers for the war by way of atonement for their joining the enemy." Predicts that though…

GLC06508.07

26 September 1782

Winnot, W., fl. 1782

Letter signed

Title: to William Smallwood

Gives General Smallwood an "account of the present situation of the two armies in this [southern] quarter with their principal maneuvers since the capture of L'd Cornwallace." Provides a detailed description of activities by generals Nathanael Greene, Anthony Wayne, Alexander Leslie, and others. Comments on the raising of troops. Indicates he received news of a British mission against French troops in Boston. A note on the address leaf explains the "Import of sending this to Annapolis." Written from Camp Ashley Hill, in Charleston County, South Carolina.

GLC06508.08

February 5, 1821

Eells, Robert, 1767-1844

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Mentions that Oliver Winslow has requested a favour from Hobart concerning his pension, possibly a Revolutionary War pension.

GLC06313.04.107

January 18, 1821

Robbins, Josiah, 1766-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Sends an enclosed paper (not included) with an unspecified request from one of Robbin's friend, which involves a payment of some sort. Discusses local Revolutionary War pensions, noting that many people have received their pensions and asking if Hobart can do anything to send the certificate of pension for Benjamin Richards, William Robbins, and Solomon Bartlett. Also, discusses "the Importance of the Mackerel fishery bounty Bill." Mentions the death of their probate judge and possible successors.

GLC06313.04.096

February 11, 1776

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter

Title: to Henry Knox

Invites Knox to join him for "Dinner to day at 2 o Clock." The year is not given, but has to be 1776 as Knox was a Colonel then.

GLC02437.00531

10 March 1776

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter

Title: to Henry Knox

"His Excellency," George Washington, compliments Colonel Knox, asks him to come to headquarters immediately, and invites him to dinner at 2 o'clock that night. The letter must be from 1776, since this is the only year in which Knox is a Colonel in March. He would also be in camp with Washington at Boston at the time.

GLC02437.00546