12 - 16 May 1783

Howes, Lott, fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Petition to Henry Knox]

Petition signed by four non-commissioned officers, and what appears to be ten privates (several of the privates used an "X" as their mark). This petition asks Knox for help in getting money due to them that they feel Lt. Col. Popkin did not handle as instructed. Popkin had been sent to Boston to collect the group's pay notes. When he was returning to West Point, he sold one at a discount of one third, and left the other three in Boston. These men claim he was not given authority to do that. A copy of this can be found at GLC02437.02219. Also see .02220, .02226, and .02236 for other…

GLC02437.02235

15 July 1783

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: [Order to issue ten pounds of beef to General Knox]

Order issued by Fort Major of West Point Doughty to commissary James Forsyth. Asks that 10 pounds of beef be given to General Knox.

GLC02437.02293

23 July 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph note signed

Title: [Order to issue 20 pounds of beef for General Knox]

Order written by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw to West Point Commissary James Forsyth. Tells the commissary to issue 20 pounds of beef for General Knox.

GLC02437.02318

1 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Order for beef for Knox family]

Order written by Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, telling West Point Commissary Bell to deliver 20 pounds of beef for the Knox family. Docket signed by a Jacob Mason stating that the beef was received.

GLC02437.02460

5 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Order for one gallon rum or brandy for the Knox family]

Order issued by Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to Major General Knox, for the delivery of one gallon of country rum or the value of it in brandy to the Knox family. A Christopher Smith signed on verso that the rum was received.

GLC02437.02470

11 September 1783

Dodge, Levi, fl. 1777-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for a detachment of troops travelling to West Point, New York from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

GLC02437.02493

13 September 1783

Tearse, Peter Bailey, fl. 1776-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for men returning from captivity in Canada on their way to East Jersey. Endorsement signed by Silas Cook.

GLC02437.02507

14 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Order for bread for the Knox family]

Order issued by Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to Major General Knox, for 12 pounds of bread to be delivered to the Knox family. Note on verso signed by a Jacob Johnson states that the bread was received.

GLC02437.02511

16 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision order]

Order for one quart of rum, charged to General Henry Knox's account.

GLC02437.02521

18 September 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for goods]

Request for one barrel of flour and twelve pounds of bread for General Henry Knox. Docket signed received by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02533

20 September 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision order]

Request for twenty pounds of beef for General Knox. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02543

22 September 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision order]

Request for twelve pounds of bread for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Christopher Smith.

GLC02437.02549

23 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision order]

Request for four gallons of vinegar for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02557

24 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision order]

Request for one gallon of rum for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Christopher Smith.

GLC02437.02561

25 September 1783

Tearse, Peter Bailey, fl. 1776-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for two former captives in Canada, who are going home to Pennsylvania. Docket signed by James Wilson.

GLC02437.02566

28 September 1783

Dodge, Levi, fl. 1777-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for a detachment to West Point, New York.

GLC02437.02572

30 October - 1 November 1783

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

Manuscript letter

Title: to Henry Knox

Copy of a letter dated 1 November 1783 from Benjamin Lincoln to Robert Morris, along with a copy of a Congressional resolution dated 30 October 1783. The letter and the resolution concern Congress's decision that Henry Knox should be allowed the pay of a Major General in a separate department during his command at West Point. The original resolution was signed by Charles Thomson, miscopied here as "Thompson." Copies written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp.

GLC02437.02748

circa 30 October 1783

Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813

Manuscript document

Title: [Instructions for paying Knox during his command at West Point]

Indicates "That Genl Knox be allowed the pay of a Major Genl in a Separate Department during his Command at West Pt. his additional pay Granted by the Resolution of the 12th of Jany 1781 to cease during the Time he Receives the aforegoing Allowance..." This is most likely the enclosure cited by Samuel Shaw in GLC02437.02726.

GLC02437.02893

4 January 1784

Manuscript document

Title: [Bill for Henry Knox to pay Daniel Parker]

Knox is to pay $22.87 to Daniel Parker & Co., who furnished supplies for troops at West Point. Possibly created by Parker, fl. 1781-1790.

GLC02437.02912

4 April 1787

Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox of damaged gunpowder sold from the magazine at West Point for $60 per ton. Because the price was so low, he thought Knox might not be aware of the sale. Will make inquiries if there was wrong doing involved. "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature. Marked private on address leaf.

GLC02437.03512

11 April 1787

Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

States "I do not wish to have anything to do with the Clothing of the Troops, but if you send me another warrant of one or two thousand dollars I can probably get the money & it will be when in my hands ready for your order - " Also informs Knox that he will look into the issue of the powder, referring to a sale of damaged gunpowder from West Point (see GLC02437.03512 and .03513).

GLC02437.03517

22 June 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jeremiah Wadsworth

Reports that he will draw on Wadsworth for $2,000 to "answer the present exigencies- after which the connecticut recruits are to be paid and marched." Hopes a company will be ready to march from West Point by 10 July. Of the Virginia Constitutional ratification convention, writes: "The business in Virginia is critical indeed- So nearly balanced that neither side can determine which has the majority but this is independent of the Kentucky members amounting to 14- Those Gentlemen will determine the fate of America.... You see my dear sir on what a slender thread depends the future happiness…

GLC02437.03907

19 August 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant [M.] Wetzell

Orders Wetzell to take his two howitzers to West Point to coordinate with Colonel John Crane. Crane is to then transport the cannon to the West side of Kings Ferry, where Colonel John Lamb will receive them. Knox stipulates, "Not a moments delay to be made in the execution of this order."

GLC02437.01140

17 October 1783

Wengierski, Thomas Cajetan, 1755-1787

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Thanks Knox (for showing him West Point). Asks Knox for a copy of the map of West Point for a journal he is writing.

GLC02437.02673

20 October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Cajetan Wengierski

Replies to Wengierski's request for a map of West Point. States that he is unable to provide the map for security reasons, especially since the war with Britain had just ended. See GLC02437.02673 for Wengierski's request.

GLC02437.02692