12 November 1783

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

Manuscript letter

Title: to Robert Morris

Three sectioned-document written in the hand of Samuel Shaw. Marked as a copy. First part written by Lincoln to Morris concerning the allowance of pay for Henry Knox. Apparently "it was intended [Knox] should draw one hundred and fifty six dollars per month, to refund the expences of his table, in addition to his subsistence money." Wishes Morris will be able to give the paymaster "a sum sufficient to discharge the balance between what General Knox has monthly received and what has been received by the former commanding officers at the fort of West Point..." Contains Lincoln's copied…

GLC02437.10185

14 November 1783

Bushnell, David, 1740-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: Weekly return of the corps of sappers and miners

Lists number of men according to rank and status. Two dockets. Watermarked.

GLC02437.10187

15 November 1783

Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840

Manuscript document signed

Title: Weekly return of the Massachusetts corps of artillery

Lists number of men by rank, status and duty. Watermarked. Signed by Samuel Cooper, Adjutant, and Henry Burbeck, Captain.

GLC02437.10188

31 October 1783

Loomis, Libbeus, ?-1836

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a Connecticut regiment of foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by Heman Swift. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10561

1 November 1783

Paterson, John, 1744-1808

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for the first Massachusetts brigade of foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Also includes a chart on the verso regarding sick officers. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10562

1 November 1783

Williams, A., fl. 1783

Document signed

Title: [Return]

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

GLC02437.10563

1 November 1783

Boynton, Joseph, fl. 1776-1783

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a New Hampshire regiment of foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by George Reid. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey. Written at Constitution Island

GLC02437.10564

8 November 1783

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for the second Massachusetts brigade of foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Also includes a list regarding absent officers. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10566

8 November 1783

Wales, Ebenezer, fl. 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Return]

Return of Connecticut troops. Lists men by company, rank, and current status. Also includes a list of absent officers.

GLC02437.10568

15 November 1783

Boynton, Joseph, fl. 1776-1783

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a New Hampshire regiment of foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by George Reid. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey. Written at Constitution Island.

GLC02437.10569

15 November 1783

Wales, Ebenezer, fl. 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Return]

Return for Connecticut troops. Lists men by company, rank and current status.

GLC02437.10570

15 October 1783

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate to Lewis Campbell]

Certificate verifying the admission of Lewis Campbell, a soldier in the first New Jersey Regiment guarding George Washington, to the hospital "for the cure of a wound received thro' his body ..." Lewis was wounded at King's Bridge and sent to the hospital at Robinson's Farm. Page one is signed by William Eustis (Hospital Surgeon), Jackson (Colonel of the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment) and David Townsend (Hospital Surgeon). Page two, a certification of Campbell's service and wound received, is written and signed by Caleb Gibbs.

GLC02437.02657

8 October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Washington

Lets Washington know that he received his message concerning clothing for the troops over the winter and the resolves of Congress thanking General [Robert] Howe and his detachment. Notes that he enclosed a weekly return of the troops. Discusses the return of men to regiments and the numbers that will be discharged. Asks that the quartermaster make the necessary arrangements for five to six hundred men to obtain wood for the upcoming winter. Says there is a board of inspection assigned to discharging all of the infirm men, but they have not yet made a report. Knox's retained draft.

GLC02437.10163

27 October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Reverend Doctor Cooper

Discusses Count Wengierski, "a polish gentleman on his travels through America" and how foreigners view Boston. Mentions the likelihood of a British evacuation of New York City.

GLC02437.02714

29 October 1783

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to personally deliver a letter to General Alexander McDougall and emphasizes that it is private. Requests Knox to forward the two pieces of field artillery designed for the Count De Grasse to New York as soon as the British evacuate. Wants confirmation of this.

GLC02437.02722

30 October 1783

United States. Continental Congress.

Manuscript document

Title: [Resolution]

Signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress. Copy of a resolution allowing General Henry Knox to have the "pay of a major general in a separate department, during his command at West Point ... " Intended for presentation to Congress on October 31st. Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.

GLC02437.02730

7 October 1783

Brooks, David, 1756-1838

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes to Knox about a return for an article of clothing that Knox requested. Apologizes, saying "I cannot be particular in my Return...on account of my bad state of Health." "Public service" written on address leaf with no signature.

GLC02437.10161

11 October 1783

Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840

Manuscript document

Title: Weekly return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

Lists the number of men by rank and availability. Watermarked with a crest and "F. Notramy (?) 1780.

GLC02437.10164

October 11, 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Return of Artillery Corps]

List of men broken down by rank, regiment and stats - whether they are fit for duty or not. Calculation in the lower left corner. Watermarked with a stamp & illegible writing. Docketed as "Scale Artillery."

GLC02437.10165

22 October 1783

Swift, Heman, 1733-1814

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of the State of the Connecticut Regiment

Lists number of men according to availability and rank. Of those present and fit for duty, five are sergeants, three are corporals, one is a drum and fife soldier, thirty-four are privates, leaving the total aggregate to be forty-three. Watermarked with a seal and "Fintram (?) 1780."

GLC02437.10173

25 October 1783

Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840

Manuscript document signed

Title: Monthly Return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

List of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery. Lists people present in the corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the two captains, one is present and fit for duty, while the other is on the staff. Signed by Samuel Cooper, Adjutant, and Henry Burbeck, Captain.

GLC02437.10175

27 October 1783

Pettengill, Joseph, 1753-1833

Autograph document signed

Title: List of men's names-for discharge of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment

List of fifty-three men discharged from the first Massachusetts Regiment. Noted that men are "entitled by cuting [sic] two cords of Wood each." Watermarked with a crest with three fleur-de-lis.

GLC02437.10177

6 October 1783

Tupper, Anselm, 1763-1808

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for non-commissioned officers and privates of the second Massachusetts regiment. Chart for the months in which times of service expire. Countersigned by Caleb Gibbs.

GLC02437.10541

10 October 1783

Loomis, Libbeus, ?-1836

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a regiment of Connecticut foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by Heman Swift. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey. Date from docket.

GLC02437.10543

11 October 1783

Stafford, John R., ?-1812

Document signed

Title: [Return]

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

GLC02437.10544