7 April 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Invoice of sundry articles]

Lists items forwarded to West Point, New York for the artillery. Includes linseed oil, lead, wine and camel hair pencils.

GLC02437.02068

1 April 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Countersigned by John Lillie with a note on verso from Jacob Wight.Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Date and place writ from note.

GLC02437.02070

8 April 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Return for provisions]

Return for the provisions of Major Waitter of the engineering department from 4 April to 8 April. For the five days of service, Waitter was given 7 1/2 rations. Signed by Superintendent Joseph Cheesman. Countersigned by Major General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Samuel Shaw. Docket signed by Cheesman saying contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02071

9 April 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for Artillery Artificers]

Lists men by rank with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Dudley Mercer.

GLC02437.02077

April 13, 1783 circa

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return for rations]

Return for rations for one person from Captain Thomas Patten's company of artillery artificers from 13 April to 20 April. A total of eight rations were delivered. Signed by Captain Patten and countersigned by Major General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Samuel Shaw. Docket signed by a John Porter stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02084

13 April 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Dudley Mercer.

GLC02437.02085

13 April 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Dudley Mercer.

GLC02437.02086

April 17, 1783 circa

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for a mason hired by the engineering department]

Return for the rations of a mason employed by the engineering department from 9 April to 17 April. A total of 12 rations were issued for the eight days. Signed by Superintendent Joseph Cheesman and countersigned by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw. Docket signed by a Jacob Wight that the rations were received from a contractor.

GLC02437.02100

9 April 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date and place writ from note.

GLC02437.02102

17 April 1783

Sears, Peter, fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Doughty with a note from Dudley Mercer.

GLC02437.02103

April 20, 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for an artificer]

Ordered and signed by Major Samuel Shaw as Major General Knox's aide-de-camp. Return for rations for one man in Captain Thomas Patten's company of artificers, which belonged to the ordinance department, from 21 April to 24 April. 1 1/2 rations a day for four days was given, for a total of six rations. Also signed by Captain Patten. Docket signed by a Dudley Mercer as quartermaster sergeant stating that the rations were delivered by contractors. Left margin of document is water damaged.

GLC02437.02108

April 20, 1783 circa

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for artificers]

Provision return for Captain Patten's company of artificers, which belonged to the ordinance department, from 21 April to 24 April. 69 soldiers were each given 1 1/2 rations a day for four days for a total of 432 rations issued. Signed twice by Patten on recto and verso. Countersigned by John Lillie, aide-de-camp. Docket signed by Dudley Mercer as quartermaster sergeant, stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02109

17 April 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by department with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date from note.

GLC02437.02118

17 April 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by department with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date from note.

GLC02437.02119

3 July 1783

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Request written by Fortress Major Doughty to West Point Commissary James Forsyth. Asks that a week's provisions be issued to Nathaniel Evans, an invalid soldier, commencing 1 July through 7 July. Docket signed by Nathaniel Evans stating that contractors delievered the rations.

GLC02437.02228

4 July 1783 circa

Buchanan, John, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for four men from the Connecticut line]

Signed by Captain John Buchanan and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as the aide-de-camp of Major General Henry Knox. Provision return for four men in the Connecticut Line for four days from 1- 4 July 1783. The four officers, all captains, were named Wells, Stillwell(?), Douglas, and Hopkins. A total of 16 rations were issued. Docket signed by a David Matteson stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02231

4 July 1783

Bushnell, David, 1740-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Army rations issued to sappers & miners]

Provision return for non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the corps of sappers and miners from 1-4 July. A total of 18 men received a total of 76 rations.

GLC02437.02233

8 July 1783 circa

Bushnell, David, 1740-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for miners and sappers]

Provision return for non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the corps of sappers and miners for rations issued 5-8 July. 16 non-commissioned officers and privates drew a total of 68 rations over 4 days. Document is signed by Captain D. Bushnell. Note at the bottom of the page is signed by a John Lovely, stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02238

8 July 1783 circa

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Manuscript document

Title: [Provision return of men in ordnance department]

Provision return for 8 men employed by the ordnance department from 5-8 July. The return also shows two women were hired for the four days. The ten people were issued a total of 56 rations. Signed by Doughty as Fort Major of West Point as well as Lieutenant J. Wright of the Artillery. Docket signed by a William Burrows stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02239

6 July 1783 circa

Hillyer, David, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by David Hillyer, a quartermaster. Countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as Knox's aide-de-camp. Provision return for four men from Captain McGowan's Company of the Invalid Regiment who came to West Point from the Fishkill Barracks from 1-6 July. A total of 24 rations were issued over the six days. Docket signed by a Gerard Craig stating that the rations were delivered by contractors.

GLC02437.02243

6 July 1783 circa

Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Edward Blake, a quartermaster with the artillery, and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as Knox's aide-de-camp. Provision return for rations issued to one man, one woman and two children from 1-6 July. A total of 18 rations were issued over the six days. Docket signed by a Thomas Nelson stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02244

circa 1862-1865

Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865

Autograph letter

Title: to unknown [incomplete]

Writes negatively about his officers, "some day and they will have to take the field and work as well...and not have fat horses to ride...and ride through camp and arrest men because they dont get up and salute them and arrest company oficers for talking with their men so we hant got a commistion oficer eny more the last one was arrested yesterday ..." Tells of his travels and military duties in great detail. "Went to westpoint and york river and built forts and breast works thare til we had worked ourselves most to death and then left there and came to yorktown on the peninsula..." Letter…

GLC03523.11.21

7 July 1783

Wells, Benjamin, fl. 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Lieutenant Major B. Wells and countersigned by Fort Major of West Point Doughty. Provision return for four men from Captain Dustin's(?) Company of the New Hampshire line for one day. The unit had been "on command at Dobbs Ferry." A total of four rations were issued. Docket is signed by a James Gibson stating that the rations were delivered by contractors.

GLC02437.02248

8 July 1783

Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Provision return]

Signed by Edward Blake, quarter master, and countersigned by Samuel Shaw as aide-de-camp to Henry Knox. Eight rations issued to one man to carry him to Boston from the first to the eighth of July 1783. A receipt note on the verso is signed by John Harwood.

GLC02437.02252

9 July 1783

Fairlie, James, 1757-1830

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Forsyth

Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox. Orders provisions for one sergeant and seven men belonging to General von Steuben's barge. A docket note regarding rations is signed by John Prescott.

GLC02437.02255