December 31, 1782

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: to Henry Knox

Page of accounts for horse pasturage and rations.

GLC02437.01766

circa January 1783

Forsyth, James, fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provisions delivered for the use of Major General Knox's family in the month of January 1783

Chart of provisions used by the "family" of Henry Knox in January 1783. At the bottom is a note which reads, "Received from Major Shaw a receipt for the above" and is signed "James Forsyth." Trimmed at top.

GLC02437.01769

December 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for one soldier employed in the ordinance department att one ration and a half pr day

Return, sorted by regiment. Signed by Captain Thomas Patten of the Artillery Artificers and countersigned "By order of the Commdt. S. [Samuel] Shaw ADC [Aide-de-Camp]." Note on verso signed illegibly.

GLC02437.01773

5 January 1783

Smith, Melancton, 1744-1798

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt for Henry Knox]

Lists items (cloth, rum, and sugar) by date and the amount owed. Signed for Smith by William Thompson.

GLC02437.01801

8 January 1783

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Autograph note signed

Title: [Order for beef]

Orders twenty pounds of beef on General Knox's account.

GLC02437.01814

February 1, 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph note signed

Title: [Order for beef]

An order for twenty pounds of beef for General Henry Knox. Also signed by a man named William [Beetton].

GLC02437.01885

February 14, 1783

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: [Order for provisions]

Request for candles on behalf of General Knox. Includes an endorsement signed by Leonard Chapin.

GLC02437.01918

February 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provisions drawn for Henry Knox]

Lists stores received from Mr. [Robert ]Forsyth during the month of February.

GLC02437.01964

4 March 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Thoughts on court martial and the duty of judge advocate]

Written in the hand of, and signed for Knox, by Samuel Shaw. Docketed by Knox. Major General Knox's guidelines and procedures on how a court martial ought to be conducted. Wants to allow challenges to members of the court without any given reason; is against general charges when they should be particular; those on trial can put their own testimony in writing subject to cross examination; no written testimony taken outside of court should be admitted against a person in a trial of life or death; ex parte evidence taken out of court not to be admitted; suggestive interrogations ought not to…

GLC02437.01979

March 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provisions drawn for Henry Knox]

Lists of stores ordered on behalf of General Knox. Includes such items as flour, beef, candles, and rum.

GLC02437.02048

18 April 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Request for "two hundred and forty gills of common rum, or spirits equivalent to it - on account of Gen. Knox."

GLC02437.02101

April 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provisions received for Henry Knox]

List of various items and amounts, such as beef, candles and flour.

GLC02437.02120

7 May 1783

Autograph document

Title: [Receipt for keeping horses]

This receipt notes that Major General Knox paid 20 dollars through Robert Symonds for keeping his horses for the winter. It is not stated who Knox was paying for these services.

GLC02437.02121

11 May 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Order to deliver soap for Knox's family]

Order issued to Mr. Forsyth the commissary of issues by Lillie as an aide-de-camp to an unknown officer asking that four pounds of soap be delivered for the use of Knox's family.

GLC02437.02124

May 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provisions received]

List of stores, including items such as flour, beef, rum, salt and candles.

GLC02437.02140

1 July 1783

Barber, Silas, fl. 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Petition for redress to Henry Knox]

This is "A True Coppy" of a petition first written on 24 March 1783. Says at the beginning of the year 1780 they empowered Lt. Col. Popkin to "do us the Strictest Justice" to get their notes from the state of Massachusetts from 1777-1779. He received the notes, but before returning to West Point, he sold one of them at a third discount and then left the other 3 notes in Boston. The petitioners said this went against their agreement, as he was only supposed to receive and deliver the notes. Popkin said he would get the other 3 notes in 3 weeks, but he never did so. 9 other names are copied on…

GLC02437.02219

26 July 1783

Brooks, David, 1756-1838

Manuscript document signed

Title: Articles of clothing delivered for the use of Major General Knox

Written and signed in the hand of Samuel Shaw for David Brooks. Marked as a copy. Also signed by Samuel Shaw. A list of articles of clothing used by General Knox from 21 January 1780 to 1 August 1783. The list includes items such as boots, baize, white coating, dowlas, bootlegs, vamp, soles, and blankets. Date written later in pencil.

GLC02437.02332

circa 1775-1783

Autograph document

Title: [List of clothing]

Seems to be a list of military clothing for Henry Knox. Includes shirts, coats, vests, blankets, socks, etc.

GLC02437.08387

2 October 1776

Anspach, Peter, fl. 1775-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Payments to Colonel Henry Knox's artillery]

Provides a list of payments issued to various commissioned and non-commissioned officers under Colonel Knox's command for "Sundries." The payments were made by Thomas Mifflin, the Quartermaster General. Mifflin's secretarial signature is found on page 13. The same names appear over and over. The total pay out was for £3,031.1.1 3/4, spanning from 16 November 1775 to 2 October 1776. Docketed by Henry Knox as "Colonel Henry Knox."

GLC02437.08390

29 November 1776-5 December 1776

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: Expence of travelling from Fishkill to Trentown

Written in Shaw's hand. Travelling expenses for Knox, his adjutant Monsieur Colreuse, and his man John. The total cost came to £7.7.11. Note at bottom says that Shaw borrowed 30 dollars from Knox, part of which was used to pay Knox's account at the Widow Sills Tavern in Trenton. Page 2 says the amount is to be charged to the Quartermaster General.

GLC02437.08392

17 October 1777

Skinner, Thomas, fl. 1777

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for Henry Knox]

Captain Thomas Skinner received an eight-year-old black horse from General Henry Knox for $320. Docket appears to be in Samuel Shaw's hand.

GLC02437.08420

27 April 1778

Gilbert, Jonathan, fl. 1778-1785

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bill to Henry Knox]

Bill for 5 pairs of shoes. Total comes to £3.18.0. Signed by Gilbert that he received payment.

GLC02437.08424

January 20, 1779-February 4, 1779

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account of sundries purchased by Major Samuel Shaw]

Acccount Samuel Shaw had with John Fisher in Philadelphia. These items were "charged to Gen Knox" and Shaw signed it, verifying the charges. The bill was for $77.75. Some of the items bought included shoes, shirts, combs, hair powder, snuff, paper, sealing wax, quills, etc. It is also noted that mending and washing of clothes was done. Docket in Shaw's hand.

GLC02437.08462

20 March 1780- 20 March 1782

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: Henry Knox's account with Samuel Shaw

Account of monies received and expended for General Henry Knox by Samuel Shaw. Includes payments for sundry items such as cloth, food, coffee, etc., household expenses, and services rendered. On page 3, "Paid Cato Bradish at 4 payments per recd on account of his wages as a servant to Mrs Knox." Many other mentions of giving Cato money to pay for goods or for his wages. In January 1781, lists travel expenses paid such as ferryage, horses, "passage in a sloop," etc. Notes a payment of $500 made to Mr. Ellison for money borrowed to pay Cato Beals when he was discharged from the army. Payments…

GLC02437.08535

24 May 1780-5 June 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: [Account of payments made by Henry Knox]

First 4 pages summarizes money received and expended from 10 January 1778 to 20 March 1780. The detailed account begins on 24 May 1780. The accounts from 1778-1780 mostly includes items used in daily life: various types of cloth, sugar, oil, ribbons, olives, etc. The total came to $20,348. Rest of the account gives expenses from May 1780 to June 1781. Includes payments for various goods and services: having a wagon painted, purchase of milk, sugar, coffee, and tea, money given to his wife, expenses for various journeys, etc. Includes a notation of $3,000 borrowed from General Greene on…

GLC02437.08541