16 October 1783

Fogg, Jeremiah, 1749-1808

Autograph document signed

Title: [Garrison orders]

Reporting himself as "last Paymaster to the 2nd New Hamp: Regt - detained by His Excellency's orders for the Settlement of Accts - residing at Newburgh."

GLC02437.02664

16 October 1783

Gibbs, Caleb, fl. 1748-1818

Autograph document signed

Title: [Appointment for Lieutenant Storer as an agent]

Certifies that Storer [Ebenezer Storer], "late pay Master to the 2d regt. of Massachusetts has been appointed & still continues to the Duty of Agent for said Regiment."

GLC02437.02665

16 October 1783

Hinkley, Ichabod, 1735-1807

Autograph document signed

Title: [Return of paymasters]

Return of the Connecticut Line Paymasters who are settling the accounts of their regiments. Countersigned by John Sherman, Charles Fanning and Nathan Beers, all Paymasters.

GLC02437.02667

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

1775-1776

Manuscript document

Title: [Abstract of pay due to the company commanded by Henry Burbeck in the artillery regiment commanded by Henry Knox]

Abstract of pay for Henry Burbeck's company of artillery for the months of December 1775 and January 1776. Lists men by rank, time of enlistment and monthly pay.

GLC02437.09495

January 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Abstract of pay for officers in the artillery regiment]

Abstract of pay for officers in the artillery for the month of January 1776. Lists men by rank, including staff officers with pay amounts.

GLC02437.09496

January 1776

Newell, Eliphalet, 1735-?

Document signed

Title: [Abstract of pay for Captain Newell's company in Henry Knox's regiment]

Includes the company's pay for January 1776 and one man's pay for December 1775.

GLC02437.09497

January 1776

Newell, Eliphalet, 1735-?

Document signed

Title: [Abstract of pay for six men in Captain Newell's company of artillery]

Lists the names of six men and their corresponding pay. Docketed in graphite.

GLC02437.09498

January 1776

Pierce, Thomas, fl. 1775-1778

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Abstract of pay for Captain Pierce's company in Henry Knox's regiment of artillery]

Abstract of pay for Thomas Pierce's company of artillery for the month of January 1776. Lists men with pay amounts by rank.

GLC02437.09499

1775-1776

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Abstract of pay due to the field and staff officers and nine companies of the regiment of artillery commanded by Colonel Henry Knox]

Includes travel expenses and billeting. Contains information from December 1775 and January 1776.

GLC02437.10655

1775-1776

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Abstract of pay due to the field and staff officers and nine companies of the regiment of artillery commanded by Colonel Henry Knox]

Includes travel expenses and billeting. Contains information from December 1775 and January 1776.

GLC02437.10656

1775-1776

Manuscript document

Title: [Abstract of pay due to the field and staff officers and nine companies of the regiment of artillery commanded by Colonel Henry Knox]

Includes travel expenses and billeting. Contains information from December 1775 and January 1776.

GLC02437.10657

1775-1776

Foster, Thomas Waite, fl. 1769-1776

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Abstract of Captain Thomas W. Foster's Company in the regiment of artillery commanded by Henry Knox]

Includes records of service and wages from December 1775 and January 1776.

GLC02437.10658

circa 25 July 1864

Henry, George P., fl. 1846

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Angeline Henry

Henry writes to his sister from a fort in Virginia. Name of fort is illegible. Expresses concern about his father's sprained ankle. States that he does expect to get paid soon. Comments that he does very little guard duty. Reports the weather is good and rations are plentiful. Date on envelope is 25 July.

GLC03523.07.29

5 January 1865

Henry, Josiah E., 1840-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sophia Henry

Henry writes to his mother from camp on the Weldon Railroad. Reports brother George is in the hospital with bronchitis. Comments on the high number of deserters. Informs three will be hung. Anticipates being paid in four weeks and will send 90 dollars.

GLC03523.07.32

9 April 1863

Logan, William, fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sallie Logan

Writes to his wife telling her that they are still at the old Camp and he is enjoying good health. Although he states, "I believe that I told you that I got my face disfigured in the last fight at Chancerlsville [Chancellorsville] on Sunday last they shot of the left side of my mustachie as nice as a pair of shears could have clipped it..." Inquires about her health, noting that she was ill when he left. Tells her that he will either come home to recruit or will be consolidated elsewhere and mustered out. Encloses five dollars in the letter, which is for spending money and also [from] Clement…

GLC03523.12.02

5 July 1863

Logan, William, fl. 1862-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sallie Logan

Writes to his wife that he has not heard from her in over four weeks. Tells her that her brother Clement has returned to the company and is well. Asks that she write to him and inquires about the money he sent. Reports in great detail about the harvest, describing apples, cherries, and other fruits and vegetables. Notes that "my health is not improving and I now weigh one hundred and forty pounds last winter I weighed one hundred and eighty nine." Also informs her that he is in command of the picket.

GLC03523.12.04

16 July 1861

Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sister

Writes to his sister, telling her that he hopes to come home next week. Communicates that if he gets paid this week, he will give Billy, possibly their brother, a dollar for his drum. Letter written on stationery with small image of soldier holding an American flag.

GLC03523.08.05

21 September 1861

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amanda Wilkinson

Writes that he is happy Amanda is staying with her mother and notes she will be cared for there. He is also pleased that her friends are caring for her while he is away. Hopes that he can get out of debt soon so he can send home more money. States that he does not think the army will advance for some time. Tells his wife that he has been to the enemy lines and that the troops there do not have enough food or blankets. Reports that Amanda's uncle, Allen Goodridge, said that Mrs. Walker fears that Washington will be taken. He disagrees and says that "they will hardly come here while five…

GLC03523.13.015

circa 1781-1783

Nicolas, Lewis, 1717-1807

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Plan]

Outlines an alternate, cost-saving plan to the proposal for promoting all colonels and putting them on brigadier's half pay.

GLC02437.09899

4 September 1861

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amanda Wilkinson

He is sorry to hear that his wife is unhappy. From the letter it appears that Amanda and Frederick's mother do not get along. Notes that there is a rebel battery not far from his position and he can see 200 or 300 soldiers there. States that there have been a great many men killed on both sides. He encloses 17 dollars, his state pay. He states he went to Alexandria where Colonel Ellsworth was killed. Adds that his mother is worried about him.

GLC03523.13.012

11 September 1861

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amanda Wilkinson

Compliments his wife saying that the last letter he received from her was the best she has ever written. He is impressed with her penmanship and her composition and wishes for her to keep practicing by writing to him. Says he is not worthy of all the praise his wife gives him in front of her friends. Notes that it will be a "great while" before he is promoted. Another one of his fellow soldiers was killed today. A small note is also included stating that 16 dollars are enclosed instead of the original 17.

GLC03523.13.013

26 September 1861

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amanda Wilkinson

Writes that he loves and misses his wife very much. Instructs her to take the enclosed money and spend it to make herself comfortable. Suggests that she should continue to stay with her mother because of her present condition.

GLC03523.13.016

4 October 1861

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amanda Wilkinson

Understands his wife's sorrow in his absence. He hopes that when he returns he can live a comfortable life with her. Professes his love for her and his desire to be with her. Notes that he sent her 20 dollars and that he will send more soon; if they are paid on time. Thinks a great deal of his new officer. He notes that they are ready to march everyday and anxious to go out. Wilkinson does not wish to repeat the defeats of Bull Run and Lexington. Sends her a picture of himself.

GLC03523.13.019