April 20, 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for an artificer]

Ordered and signed by Major Samuel Shaw as Major General Knox's aide-de-camp. Return for rations for one man in Captain Thomas Patten's company of artificers, which belonged to the ordinance department, from 21 April to 24 April. 1 1/2 rations a day for four days was given, for a total of six rations. Also signed by Captain Patten. Docket signed by a Dudley Mercer as quartermaster sergeant stating that the rations were delivered by contractors. Left margin of document is water damaged.

GLC02437.02108

April 20, 1783 circa

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for artificers]

Provision return for Captain Patten's company of artificers, which belonged to the ordinance department, from 21 April to 24 April. 69 soldiers were each given 1 1/2 rations a day for four days for a total of 432 rations issued. Signed twice by Patten on recto and verso. Countersigned by John Lillie, aide-de-camp. Docket signed by Dudley Mercer as quartermaster sergeant, stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02109

17 April 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by department with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date from note.

GLC02437.02118

17 April 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by department with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date from note.

GLC02437.02119

24-28 May 1783

Stewart, Alexander, fl. 1776-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Two part document relating to Alexander Stewart's account regarding horses]

First part written by Alexander Stewart to John Lillie discussing how some horses are to be picked up later than expected and how Stewart is unable to care for them until that time due to a lack of proper feed. Second part lists the expenses for keeping the horses, including the prices for supplies such as corn for feed. Second part written by Samuel Shaw, dated 28 May 1783 at West Point, New York.

GLC02437.02132

25 May 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate]

Certifies that a Captain-Lieutenant [Cornelius] Swartwout received $600 for recruiting. Noted as a copy.

GLC02437.02134

May 1783

Forsyth, James, fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account of provisions and stores issued to Major General Knox's family]

Lists provisions by weight. Includes items such as flour, beef, fish, soap, rum and salt.

GLC02437.02141

circa 2 June 1783

Freeman, Jeremiah, fl. 1775-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Shaw

Asks Shaw to help him to apply to General Henry Knox to aid him with his debts that he incurred while still in the service and that he would have paid if he had received the half-pay due to soldiers who leave the army. "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

GLC02437.02143

4 June 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: to Jeremiah Freeman

Informs Captain Jeremiah Freeman that he has supplied him with a certificate and that he hopes this will help his "present unfortunate situation." Also included, on the lower portion of the page, is the mentioned certificate, verifying Freeman as having served in the corp of artillery and received his provisions.

GLC02437.02145

10 June 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: to Royal Flint

Request for more flour as there is not "any in the store fit to be used." Noted received on verso.

GLC02437.02156

16 June 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Document

Title: [Certificate for Lieutenant John Thorp]

Written and signed for Henry Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. This document certifies that Thorp served in the corps of artillery artificers from November 1776 to the present time. Says "his knowledge of and attention to his duty have invariably marked him an industrious and useful servant of the public." His unit being dissolved, he retires from the service agreeable to the Congressional resolution of 26 May.

GLC02437.02164

27 June 1783

Finck, Andrew, 1751-1820

Autograph document signed

Title: to the Contractors for the States of N. York & New Jersey

Finck, Major Commanding, New York State Regiment, issues one hundred and sixteen extra rations of provisions to an officer commanding a flag and his escort, from the British garrison at Oswego. Includes an endorsement signed by Immanuel Deake(?) stating the rations were received from the contractor for the states of New York and New Jersey.

GLC02437.02197

June 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: State of the invalid officers

Knox's working draft for an Inspection Board report on the Invalid Regiment. Lists eleven invalid officers and their assigned pensions. The report is for the following officers: Captain [John] McGowen, Captain [John] Riley, Captain [Moses] McFarland, Captain Lieutenant [William] McL.Hatton [McElhatton], Lieutenant [Osgood] Carleton, Lieutenant [Jonathan] Pugh, Lieutenant [Talmage] Hall, Captain [Thomas] Arnold, Lieutenant [William] Mainard [Maynard], Lieutenant [Samuel] Gibbs, and Captain [David] Dorance. Date and title taken from docket. See GLC02437.02882 for a related component of this…

GLC02437.02208

1 July 1783

Manuscript document

Title: Monthly lists of costs

Includes amounts for the months of February through August. Date added at a later date in pencil.

GLC02437.02215

26 June 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Account of vouchers

Knox certifies that $982 were paid to Captain Steven's and Bedlam's companies in the artillery regiment, before their march from Cambridge to Canada. Charles Knowles, Pay Master to the Massachusetts artillery, certifies that General Knox has accounted for $1,500 payment due to the regiment of artillery. An explanation for the unaccountability of $640 is given in an entry numbered "4." He attributes the loss of the vouchers to the disappearance of part of his baggage and papers during the evacuation of New York in 1776.

GLC02437.02216

2 July 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Order stating General Knox paid for Robert Symonds board]

Written by Major Shaw as Major General Knox's aide-de-camp. States that Robert Symonds of the New York Artillery, who was stationed in the country with horses belonging to General Knox and other officers, received rations from 15 October 1782 to 8 June 1783, when he was furloughed. Says his board was paid by Knox and that no provisions were drawn for him in his regiment or elsewhere. A total of 236 rations were issued.

GLC02437.02221

11 July 1783

Brooks, David, 1756-1838

Autograph document signed

Title: [List of clothing articles]

In the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp but endorsed and signed by Assistant Clothier General David Brooks. A document certifying that General Knox has accounted for articles of clothing received for the Corps of Artillery from December 1776 to July 1783 (though the date of the last clothing entry is November 1778). Marked duplicate (see GLC02437.02265).

GLC02437.02264

11 July 1783

Brooks, David, 1756-1838

Manuscript document signed

Title: [List of clothing articles]

In the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp but endorsed and signed by Assistant Clothier General David Brooks. A document certifying that General Knox has accounted for articles of clothing received for the Corps of Artillery from December 1776 to July 1783 (though the date of the last clothing entry is November 1778). Indicates duplicate (see GLC02437.02264).

GLC02437.02265

17 July 1783

Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806

Manuscript document

Title: to Silas Talbot

This is a copy of a certificate sent to Captain Talbot by Major General Gates. Says when he was in command of the troops in the Eastern Department in 1779, there were many small British cruisers harrasing American shipping from Long Island to Nantucket. To stop them, Gates says he had a large galley and a sloop named "Argo" fitted for battle. The "Argo" had 12 6-pound guns and was given to the command of Rhode Islander Silas Talbot, "that intrepid & enterprising officer." Goes on to say he "was eminently useful & greatly assisted in driving the enemy from our coast and relieving our…

GLC02437.02297

19 July 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Certificate of service for John Banks]

Certifies that John Banks of the state of New York, has served the United States as a Conductor of Stores from 12 April 1777 to 19 July 1783. Mr. Banks is therefore entitled to his pay and the depreciation of his pay during his period of service, deducting anything he's received publicly. Banks is now able to resign from his office having settled his public accounts and given up his books and vouchers. The certificate is signed "H. Knox" by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp, and the body is written in Shaw's hand.

GLC02437.02306

29 July 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Frothingham

A letter regarding clothing for which a Mr. Richards, D.C.M. Stores has been held accountable. Directs Frothingham to call on Richards to furnish receipts and vouchers for the clothing. Shaw further directs Frothingham to not make any settlements with Richards until he can provide a certificate accounting for all the articles of clothing.

GLC02437.02341

29 October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate for Major Stephen Rochefontaine]

Certifies Major Stephen Rochefontaine as a member of the Corps of Engineers. Noted as a copy on the docket.

GLC02437.02721

30 December 1775

Lucas, John, fl. 1775-1798

Document

Title: [Account between Henry Knox and Thomas Mifflin]

Contains account information from November and December 1775. Appears to be payments made by Knox to Mifflin, Quarter Master General of the Continental Army.

GLC02437.09489

January 1776

Perkins, William, 1742-1802

Document signed

Title: [Pay abstract for Captain William Perkins company in Colonel Henry Knox's regiment of artillery]

Includes information for January 1776 and one matrosses pay for December.

GLC02437.09491

March 1776

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Order for James Warren, Paymaster, to pay Colonel Henry Knox]

Knox is to pay the noncommissioned officers and matrosses from his artillery regiment for January 1776. Verso contains a blank abstract of pay due to the noncommissioned officers.

GLC02437.09492