January 31, 1866

Painter, Heber, 1841-1900

Document signed

Title: Abstract of articles

Includes articles transferred to Border Colonel George B. Cadwallader at Richmond, Virginia in the month ending on the 31 January,1866, by Lieutenant Heber Painter, Appointed Provost Marshal.

GLC02016.150

1861-1865

Painter, Heber, 1841-1900

Document signed

Title: Abstract of materials

Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the second quarter, 1865.

GLC02016.151

1861-1865

Painter, Heber, 1841-1900

Document signed

Title: Abstract of materials

Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the third quarter, 1865.

GLC02016.152

1861-1865

Painter, Heber, 1841-1900

Document signed

Title: Abstract of materials

Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the fourth quarter, 1865.

GLC02016.153

1861-1865

Painter, Heber, 1841-1900

Document signed

Title: Abstract of materials

Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the first quarter, 1866.

GLC02016.154

23 March 1865

Painter, Heber, 1841-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to sister Kate

Writes that General Sheridan is getting rid of all unserviceable stock. Asks his sister to send him fifteen dollars, as he has not been paid and needs money.

GLC02016.076

1777

Morris, William, fl. 1777-1793

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for soap and candles]

Receipt for John Holt for soap and candles. For the use of "Ct Lathrop Company." Signed by Morris as deputy quartermaster.

GLC01450.143.01

29 August 1776

Manuscript document

Title: [The account of the mens tool that are discharged in Capt Oliver Titcomb Company]

List of soldiers and the tools they have been given. All but one man listed given an ax, other tools include "spike gimblet," "adds," "chizel," and "caulking irons." Skenesborough, spelled Skeensborough in this document, is now Whitehall, New York. Titcomb was a lieutenant from Massachusetts.

GLC01450.229.01

April 24, 1778

Green, John, 1730-1793

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathanael Greene

John Green asks Nathanael Greene to "give an order to my Quarter Master" for a list of items which his regiment is "much wanting." The list, written below includes "35 kettles, 230 H. Sacks, 22 N. Sacks & 280 Lanterns," and is signed by William Blodget.

GLC01450.237.02

April 17, 1777

Johnston, Francis, 1749-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Persifor Frazer

Johnston asks Frazer to make "a list of neccesities" for the company, and to order all men back from furlough.

GLC01450.457.04

6 January 1784

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Informs Bryant that he will receive 7000 rations from army contractors to be issued "in such Quantities upon Returns signed by Capt. Joseph Williams." Indicates that General Henry Jackson will protect the stores and that Daniel Parker & Co. (the contractors) should be paid. See GLC02437.02917 for Knox's retained copy.

GLC03432.001

13 September 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses accounts related to military stores at the Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, both payments and orders. Says he has not seen [Samuel] Hodgdon and therefore does not know the amount to pay some of the officers. Authorizes Bryant to appropriate funds for himself on accounts equal to one month's pay. Written from the War Office. "On public service" written on address leaf with no signature.

GLC03432.002

13 September 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Marked as a "Duplicate" (of GLC03432.02). Discusses accounts related to military stores at the Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, both payments and orders. Says he has not seen [Samuel] Hodgdon and therefore does not know the amount to pay some of the officers. Authorizes Bryant to appropriate funds for himself on accounts equal to one month's pay. Written from the War Office. Free frank signed by Knox, stamped "Free" and "Public service" written on address leaf.

GLC03432.003

20 November 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses administrative matters relating to Captain Bryant's pay. Notes he forwarded a certificate related to Bryant's failure to receive his commutation and says it is now out of Knox's hands. Comments he did not forward Bryant's certificate of his appointment as Deputy of Commissary of Military Stores as he did not think it was relevant. Bryant claimed to have never received any "benefit from the State" related to his commutation. Asks Bryant if has "contracted" anyone to clean the arms on the terms Bryant had previously written about. Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.004

8 March 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses accounts and a transfer of munitions related to the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Also discusses Captain Bryant's pay, indicating that "forty dollars per month is all that will be allowed by the public." Written from the War Office. Signed by Knox at close, followed by additional Knox autograph note signed below.

GLC03432.006

18 March 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Mentions the transfer of munitions from the Salisbury furnace to the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and his expectation that the operation is complete. Asks Captain Bryant to be "very exact" in his accounting (in both weight and number) of the shot and shells received. Also asks Bryant to send him the returns. Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.007

5 April 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Reiterates his request for a "perfectly accurate" return for the shot and shells sent from the Salisbury furnace to the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Advises Captain Bryant to "be explicit in your orders" when requesting payment "or they will not be paid." Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.008

16 September 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Receipt of $500 payment from Captain John Bryant]

Records the receipt of the bills drawn by the Treasury Board on the first of August last "on William Imlay, Esq. Commissioner of Continental Loan Office State of Connecticut" on behalf of Knox and remitted to John Bryant. Possibly related to the procurement of shot and shells from the Salisbury furnace for the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts (see GLC03432.006 and others).

GLC03432.009

7 March 1787

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Orders Captain Bryant to immediately send him "a return of every article taken by General Shepard [from the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts]...noting particularly the state they were in at the time they were taken, and at the time they were returned." Indicates he expects Captain Bryant to improve his "accuracy and attention." General William Shepard, commander of the troops at Springfield, protected the Armory from participants in Shays' Rebellion in January 1787. The following month he helped capture the rebels. Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.010

5 June 1787

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses payments related to the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Instructs Bryant to provide Jeremiah Wadsworth with a receipt of payment and to make two duplicates of the receipt. Also sends a list (not included) of items from the armory at Springfield, Massachusetts that Congress ordered to be sold. Directs Bryant to "make yourself acquainted with the value of these articles and for the price they could be sold at Springfied or Hartford." Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.011

14 July 1787

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Orders Captain Bryant to arrange for a cooper to repair powder casks and to have Mr. Smith purchase the hoops for the repairs of the powder casks. Warns Bryant to be "extremely careful that no accident happens with the powder" and to remember the instructions Knox gave him in 1785, indicating that "any misfortune arising from the least inattention on your part will never be forgiven by the public." With a postscript asking him to "Inform Mr. Henly I received his letter." Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.012

August 25, 1944

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: [Order for Captain John Bryant to deliver four pounders to Captain Joseph Savage]

Orders Bryant, as the "public Store-keeper, at Springfield...to deliver two four pounders...with proper implements" for the use of Savage's company. Written from the War Office. With an autograph note signed by Savage on the bottom noting the receipt of the items on 1 September 1787.

GLC03432.013

25 August 1787

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses Captain Bryant's pay for 1786. Lists the amounts and dates previously paid to Bryant and notes he will send the remaining $130.00 owed to Bryant. Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.014

19 April 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Discusses obtaining "warrants from the treasury on Connecticut for various objects" and Captain Bryant's pay. Says he put the warrants in Colonel [Jeremiah] Wadsworth's hands. Wadsworth has been instructed to inform Knox once he receives payment; Knox will then issue an order for Bryant's and Mr. Henly's pay for the last year. Comments on the settling of accounts in the ordnance department related to Bryant's pay. Closes by claiming he has made every effort to pay the people in his department but "the absolute poverty of the treasury of the United States have opposed insuperable obstacles…

GLC03432.015

19 May 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Notes the receipt of a letter from Captain Bryant regarding his pay and indicates that he will consult with "them" and "attempt to obtain a warrant for its payment." Written from the War Office.

GLC03432.016