19 October 1781

Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819

Manuscript document signed

Title: Invoice of Stores on the lines.

Lists quantities of ordnance on the lines at the siege of Yorktown. Frothingham was a Deputy and Principal Field Commissary of Military Stores in Henry Knox's artillery train.

GLC02437.01242

19 October 1781

Jones, Thomas, fl. 1777-1782

Autograph document signed

Title: An acct. of Stores taken from the Enemy which were brought to the Magazine Near the Park of Artillery.

Lists quantities of ordnance confiscated from the British after their surrender in the Battle of Yorktown. Sent to Henry Knox. Jones was a Deputy Field Commissary of Military Stores under Colonel Edward Carrington.

GLC02437.01247

19 October 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: [Return of Ordnance associated with the siege of Yorktown].

One side lists muskets, damaged arms, balls and shells that have been sent up the Chesapeake Bay, reserved for the Southern Army, remaining in Virginia, and fired at the British. The other side lists muskets, damaged arms, balls and shells that have been sent from various locations or seized from the British.

GLC02437.01248

October 1781

Autograph document

Title: Artillerie [in French]

French return of ordnance expended during the siege of Yorktown from the Armee de Rochambeau.

GLC02437.01276

4 November 1781

Jones, Thomas, fl. 1777-1782

Autograph document

Title: Military Stores remaining in the State of Virginia.

Lists quantities of ordnance held by the Continental Army in Virginia shortly after the siege of Yorktown. Colonel Edward Carrington was then mobilising the stores to be held in Virginia for the use of the Southern Army, under the charge of Deputy Field Commissary of Military Stores Jones (see GLC02437.01284). Henry Knox's copy.

GLC02437.01285

14 August 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: General Knox in account with United States

Lists Knox's transactions with the government for various periods, from June 1780 to November 1781. Includes expenses for Knox and his aide-de-camp in journeys from camp at Springfield, New Jersey to Pennsylvania, 20-25 June 1780, journey from Head Quarters to the four New England states, 7 January to 3 February 1781, among others. Also includes "extra expenses, in collecting cannon and stores in Maryland for the siege of Yorktown." Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw. Signed with a note by Joseph Peirce stating "The above is the duplicate of an account settled this day the balance of which…

GLC02437.02386

14 August 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: Major General Henry Knox in account with United States

Lists Knox's transactions with the government for various periods from 1781 and 1782. Includes transactions for cash paid him by various men, goods delivered at Yorktown, clothing, etc. Written in Samuel Shaw's hand with a note signed by John Peirce stating that Knox received the balance.

GLC02437.02387

14 August 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: Major General Henry Knox in account with United States

Duplicate of GLC02437.02387. Lists Knox's transactions with the government for various periods from 1781 and 1782. Includes transactions for cash paid him by various men, goods delivered at Yorktown, clothing, etc. Written in Samuel Shaw's hand with a note signed by John Peirce stating that Knox received the balance.

GLC02437.02388

1783

Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795

Book signed

Title: Observations on Some Parts of the Answer of Earl Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton's Narrative

And An Answer to that Part of the Narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton ... First editions, bound together. Two folding tables. Inscribed, "Sir Henry Clinton's Complements/Lord Brundenell."

GLC09026

[24 October 1781]

Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr., 1740-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Details on British standards (flags) captured at Yorktown]

The "Standards" cited were the 18 German and 6 British regimental flags captured at Yorktown. Date inferred from content.

GLC02437.00866

29 June 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Washington

Mentions doubts George Washington expressed in a previous letter regarding the upcoming campaign (initially the campaign was to be against the British in New York, but Washington revised these plans to launch the Siege of Yorktown). Discusses arrangements [Knox] made with General [Ezekiel] Cornell, a Continental Congressman, to obtain supplies.

GLC02437.00994

February 28, 1782

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph letter

Title: to Henry Knox [incomplete]

Discusses various topics of the day, including his own illness, the execution of a soldier for desertion and the trial of another for forgery, the capture of Lord Cornwallis and his army, and his movements with the military over the last several months. Mentions that Generals William Heath and Alexander McDougall have had a misunderstanding, and a court is being convened to try McDougall, with William Alexander Lord Stirling as President and Jackson himself as a member of the court; lists the other members of the court on page eight. Also asks when the soldiers will be paid. Written from…

GLC02437.01360