1 November 1783

Thompson, Alexander, ?-1809

Autograph document signed

Title: [Return of ordnance, ammunition and other items from the Northern Department of the Army]

Lists amount and type of ordnance by post.

GLC02437.02749

8 November 1783

Bradford, James, ?-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: [Weekly return of the New York Corps of Artillery]

Lists men by rank and fitness for duty. Countersigned by Sebastian Bauman. Includes a table for "Absentees accounted for" on the verso with men listed by rank, duty, and who was responsible for them.

GLC02437.02760

15 November 1783

Bradford, James, ?-1791

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Weekly return for the New York Corps of Artillery]

Lists men by rank, and status. Table of "Absentees accounted for On Duty" on the verso. Countersigned by Major Colonel Sebastian Bauman.

GLC02437.02781

25 November 1783

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of ordnance left by British troops]

Lists artillery by weight, left by the British at various locations.

GLC02437.02801

15 December 1783

Vose, Thomas, 1753-1810

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Alterations made in the arrangement of the ordnance]

Lists ordnance by weight, caliber and status.

GLC02437.02833

1 November 1783

Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840

Manuscript document signed

Title: Weekly Return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

List of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery. Includes list people present in corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the four captains listed, two are present for duty and the others are on the staff. Signed by "Sam. Cooper Adjutant" and "Henry Burbeck Capt. Command." Watermarked with a crest, three fleur-de-lis inside and "1780" underneath. Location from docket.

GLC02437.10179

8 November 1783

Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840

Manuscript document signed

Title: Weekly return of the Massachusetts Artillery

List of men in the Massachusetts Artillery according to rank and status. Watermarked. Signed by Samuel Cooper, Adjutant, and Henry Burbeck, Captain.

GLC02437.10182

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

4 October 1783

Bradford, James, ?-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: [Weekly return of the New York Corps of Artillery]

Lists men by status and office. Includes a table of absentees on the verso.

GLC02437.02621

12 October 1783

Johnston, W., fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for a detachment of the Massachusetts Artillery]

Lists provisions which include bread, candles, rum and vinegar, with amounts.

GLC02437.02624

11 October 1783

Knowles, Charles, ?-1796

Autograph document signed

Title: Return of Clothing Wanting for the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

Lists men by name and items by type with amounts. Countersigned by Henry Burbeck.

GLC02437.02637

18 October 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Weekly return of the artillery]

Lists officers by rank, status and state.

GLC02437.02680

27 October 1783

Manuscript document

Title: Monthly return Corps of Artillery

Lists men by rank, status and state of service.

GLC02437.02716

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

31 October 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Army return of the Corps of Artillery]

Lists men by rank, status and state in which they serve. Date from docket.

GLC02437.02738

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

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

11 October 1783

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Weekly return for the New York corps of artillery. Lists men by rank and current status. Date from docket.

GLC02437.10546

7 July 1862

Asboth, Alexander Sandor, 1811-1868

Letter signed

Title: to Charles S. Hamilton

Inquires "whether the new road, called the Prince road running from Corinth across the Jacinto road is in a practicable condition for the Transportation of Trains." Discusses the position of his cavalry companies. Believes "My Company is ready," but worries about "my right flank, in the rear of Rienzi as a weak point." One bust engraving of Asboth included as collateral.

GLC02458.01

October 15, 1861

Hampton, Wade, III, 1818-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Hampton acknowledges previous correspondence from General Beauregard, commander of a corps in the [Confederate] Army of the Potomac. Regarding fords on the Occuquan River, states "I should prefer to make a thorough personal examination of Bland's ford, with the roads leading to, & from it, before expressing my definitive conclusion as to the best position on the river. I venture however to make one suggestion ... unless the fords of Wolf Run & Davis are guarded, if my command is withdrawn from Bacon Race Church, there will be an unobstructed road to Brentsville & Bristol. I will…

GLC02459.11

14 April 1862

Kershaw, Joseph Brevard, 1822-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Major McIntosh

Brigadier General Kershaw informs McIntosh, Assistant Adjutant General, that he assumed command of the Brick House Creek line of defenses, Colonel Cash's (possibly Ellerbee B. C. Cash) 8th South Carolina Regiment, and Captain Kemper's (possibly James L. Kemper) Battery of Light Artillery the previous day. Written from Greens Farm, possibly in Virginia.

GLC02459.17

April 29, 1861

Lee, Stephen D., 1833-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Manigault

Lee, Assistant Adjutant General at Charleston, writes to Colonel Manigault, Chief of Ordnance, South Carolina. The Brigadier General commanding (possibly P.G.T. Beauregard, commander of the forces of Charleston Harbor), orders Manigault to send ordnance and stores listed to Captain Robert Martin, commanding at Georgetown.

GLC02459.21

16 July 1861

Zollicoffer, Felix K., 1812-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gideon Johnson Pillow

General Zollicoffer asks if Pillow, in Memphis, can transmit an artillery company to his division. Reports that the only company left in the division is led by Captain Ross at Fort Henry and Dover (Tennessee). Ross's company is without equipment.

GLC02460.21

14 November 1853

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lorenzo Thomas

Then Lieutenant Jefferson Davis writes to Assistant Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas to request permission to rejoin his company in Virginia instead of Florida. The first artillery had been transferred from Fort Myers, Florida, to Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, and would leave Florida before he could rejoin it.

GLC02455.03