1 January 1778 - 31 July 1782

Manuscript document

Title: [Return of ordnance and supplies]

Dimensions are estimated as document is one long sheet folded many times.

GLC02437.10506

circa February 1, 1782

Manuscript document

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered for the month of January 1782 at West Point, New York. Items listed by type, weight and current condition.

GLC02437.10691

circa February 1, 1782

Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered for the month of January 1782 at Fishkill, New York. Items listed by type and weight.

GLC02437.10692

12 March 1782

Whitlock, William, fl. 1782

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return of ordnance and military stores from Richmond, Manchester, Yorktown and Williamsburg, all in Virginia. Lists items by type, weight, and ammunition. Noted as signed on behalf of Thomas Jones.

GLC02437.10693

1 April 1782

Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered for the months of February and March 1782 at Fishkill, New York. Items listed by type and weight.

GLC02437.10694

2 April 1782

Frothingham, Thomas, 1755-1827

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered for the months of February and March 1782 at West Point, New York. Items listed by type and weight.

GLC02437.10695

1 June 1782

Manuscript document

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered for the months of April and May 1782 at West Point, New York. Items listed by type, weight and ammunition. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.10696

circa 1 July 1782

Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered for the months of April, May and June 1782 at Fishkill, New York. Items listed by type, weight and current condition. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.10697

15 July 1782

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and ammunition at the different posts along the Mohawk River. Items listed by fort and type. Noted as signed by a Thomas Seward.

GLC02437.10698

circa 1 August 1782

Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return of ordnance and military stores sent to the Northern army starting from 1 January 1778 to 31 July 1782. Lists items by type, destination and current condition. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.10699

10 August 1782

Frothingham, Thomas, 1755-1827

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered for the months of June and July 1782 at West Point, New York. Items listed by type and weight.

GLC02437.10700

31 July 1782

Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered for the month of July 1782 at Fishkill, New York. Items listed by type, weight and ammunition.

GLC02437.10701

1 September 1782

Manuscript document

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered for the month of August 1782 at Fishkill, New York. Items listed by type, weight and ammunition. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.10702

9 September 1782

Jackson, Thomas, fl. 1782

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores at the north and south redoubts. Items listed by type and location. Two black and white bust engravings of Jackson included.

GLC02437.10704

10 October 1782

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Washington

Contributes his thoughts on what to do with the "poor unfortunate invalid regiment." Declares that his ideas stem both from compassion for the soldiers and from "what I conceive to be the good of the service." Discusses physical examinations of the soldiers, how to judge who is capable for duty, and what sort of work they might be able to accomplish (says that they could not, for example, be employed in the movement of ordnance). Mentions Colonel Timothy Pickering, the Quartermaster General.

GLC02437.01657

16 September 1782

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Washington

Discusses the difficulty of a building project on Constitution Island, possibly an ordnance magazine and barracks. Encloses a "representation" from Major Chevalier de Villefranche, involved in the construction project. Knox's retained draft.

GLC02437.10045

12 September 1782

Price, William, ?-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: Memorandum of stores with the laboratory

Return of artillery stores, such as knives, scrapers, and hammers. Price signs as lieutenant of artillery.

GLC02437.01602

15 September 1782

Eayrs, John, fl. 1782

Manuscript document signed

Title: List of stores on board the Hope in the river

List of artillery stores, including tools and supplies.

GLC02437.01612

19 September 1782

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Written from "War Office." Writes, "I have Sent for the German Armourers and will forward - them to you with the necessary Tools - If I can obtain any considerable number I think we had better send to Mr. [possibly Richard] Cranch who is now employed at Springfield to superintend him - If in your opinion he is not a suitable person for this business - I wish you would mention it to me I can here have the choice of a good Man."

GLC02437.01619

20 March 1783

Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819

Autograph letter signed

Title: Return of ordnance stores deliver for Stony Point

Return of stores dated 13 October 1782 and 31 January 1783 declared by Captain [likely Ephraim] Fenno, and by John Smith. Richard Frothingham, Field Commissary of Military Stores, signs on 20 March 1783.

GLC02437.01660

16 October 1782 - 18 October 1782

Seward, Thomas, 1740-1800

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of ordnance and stores in the Northern Department]

Three charts describing the ordnance of the Northern Department. The first page features a return of ordnance sent to West Point from Albany. The second page features a return of "Musquets, Cartridges, Flints & Sundries" delivered in the Northern Army from 18 October 1781-18 October 1782. In addition to quantities, includes dates, ordering officers and recipients. The third page features a return of "Artillery Ammunition, and Military Stores, Expended and Stolen, at the respective Posts in the Northern Department," beginning 18 October 1781; the ending date is left blank.

GLC02437.01672

1 November 1782

Condy, Thomas Hollis, 1754-1833

Autograph document signed

Title: Return of cartridges in the 9th Massa Regiment commanded by Majr Leml Trescott

Lists cartridges from the 9th Massachusetts. Countersigned by Major Lemuel Trescott.

GLC02437.01690

20 November 1782

Campbell, John, fl. 1782-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of the boards & plank issued for the use of the artillery barracks antecedent to the last order

Return listing boards and planks, sorted according to who ordered their delivery and the date of delivery.

GLC02437.01720

7 December 1782

Billings, Andrew, 1743-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Is honored to report that the two cannons entrusted to him will be ready for delivery by next Wednesday. Will soon be going away for some weeks and wishes he could be present to see them sent off, but hopes they will meet with Knox's approval. Explains that the quality of the engraving is not as high as he might be able to accomplish on copper because of the hardness of the cannon's metal. Describes how best to clean and maintain them: "if they are kept covered and once in a month washed with a clean brush and hot soap suds wrensed off with hot watter they will preserve the pollish."…

GLC02437.01733

16 December 1782

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Certificate for Andrew Billings Esq. for engravings for two pieces of cannon]

Written and signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Writes, "This is to certify that, in consequence of orders from His Excellency the Commander in Chief, Andrew Billings Esq. has engraved certain devices upon two pieces of cannon ordered by Congress to be presented to the Count De Rochambeau, and that for the said service he charges forty guineas, or the value thereof, to the United States, which as far as I am competent to judge is just and reasonable - and that I have received the said cannon." See GLC02437.01733 for a related document.

GLC02437.01746