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to William L. Starkey [?]
15 October 1863
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Has received his letter and states "Certainly, certainly, add my name to the list of subscribers." Comments that he was friends with the writer's father.
GLC07483.20
to Susan A. Doughty
March 26, 1864
Sends his autograph in reply to a request. Ends with "May you see many Happy years!" On gold paper.
GLC07483.21
to Mrs. Showbergh [?]
15 December 1864
Recipient's name is illegible. Gives his condolences for her husband, Henry R. Showbergh's [?] death.
GLC07483.22
to C[?] Van W[?]
7 January 1867
Asks recipient to send money to England because his daughter is spending a year in Europe. Recipient's name is illegible.
GLC07483.23
to E.L. Wyler [?] Esq.
20 August 1868
Recipient's name is illegible. Mentions Ulysses S. Grant/ Schuyler Colfax running for president/ vice president in the election of 1868 and states he is in support of them.
GLC07483.24
to J.A. Spencer
19 July 1868
Expresses his thanks for Spencer's condolences on the death of his child.
GLC07483.25
[Gerrit Smith]
1861-1865
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893
Bust portrait engraving of Gerrit Smith with printed signature below image.
GLC07483.26
to unknown
February 9, 1870
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889
Addressed from "Ind. Office." Writes of an accidental stoppage of an exchange that the editorial office did not know about or allow. States he ordered it restored.
GLC07483.28
[Proclamation regarding a violation of the Hopewell Treaty]
circa 26 August 1790
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Later copy. A note written at the top states, "Recd- from Lt. Henry Knox Thatcher Aug. 9 1855, by mail." Requires all citizens and inhabitants of the United States to "govern themselves according to the treaties."
GLC02437.09435
to William Henry
27 September 1861
Henry, Josiah E., 1840-?
Henry writes to his cousin William from Merriden Hill, three miles outside Washington, D.C. Continues letter from Virginia on 28 September 1861. Mentions heavy rain and marching through knee-deep mud. Discusses marches and the men's health. Written...
GLC03523.07.01
A return of brass ordnances ammunition waggons & tumbrils come from Philadelphia
18 September 1782
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Lists brass ordnance ammunition, including wagons and tumbrils, and specifies the number of mortars and six pounders. A postscript lists additional artillery from Albany, New York.
GLC02437.01620
[Return of four sloops and cargoes sent to West Point]
28 September 1782
Alexander, William, 1726-1783
Lord Stirling [William Alexander] writes, "four Sloops loaded and Sailed for West point, with the building of the Laboratory and fourteen peices of Cannon and two Broken peices. The Sloops are Commanded by Captains Edward S Willet[,] Barent Van...
GLC02437.01630
Return of boards, & nails wanting for stores, shops & barracks at West Point
1 October 1782
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
Marked "copy." List of items needed at West Point. Signed by T[homas] Patten, Captain of Artillery Artificers, and H[enry] Knox, Major General and Commanding officer of West Point. Addressed to Colonel [Timothy] Pickering, Quartermaster General.
GLC02437.01634
[Request to Samuel Shaw from Captain J. Simonds, and Samuel Shaw's reply]
4 October 1782
Simonds, J., fl. 1782
Written by a Captain J. Simonds, possibly James or Jonas (both were apparently members of the 4th Continental Artillery). Document contains a letter to Samuel Shaw from Captain Simonds, dated 4 October, as well as Shaw's autograph signed reply...
GLC02437.01641
[Permission for Lewis Nicola to move lumber from Fishkill to West Point]
5 October 1782
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Writes, "Col. [Lewis] Nicola, of the Invalids, is hereby authorized to take down & move from Fishkill such of the useless and unoccupied barracks at that place, as he shall judge necessary, for furnishing him with quarters at this post during the...
GLC02437.01643
Return of non commisioned officers & privates in the Corps of Invalids
Number of officers and privates, sorted by fitness for duty and location. With an annotation in Knox's hand.
GLC02437.01644
[Petition of prisoners of war]
9 October 1782
Caswell, Lamuel, fl. 1782
Date added later in pencil. Petition asks that the undersigned prisoners of war, due to want of clothing for the approaching winter, be allowed to move to Albany to be with family and friends, and so they might more easily be exchanged to Canada....
GLC02437.01656
A report of Captain Thomas Sewards Company 3rd regiment of artillery return'd from the Northern Department
25 October 1782
Seward, Thomas, 1740-1800
Contains a chart of personnel from the 3rd Regiment of Artillery, broken down by position, such as bombardiers, gunmen, and drum & fifes.
GLC02437.01680
to Lewis Nicola
Gibbs, Samuel, fl. 1782
Written from Fish Kill Landing, present-day Fishkill, New York. Writes, "I saw a Gentleman from Hartford yesterday who gave me a letter for Sergt Gerolds; and at the same time inform'd me that the Srgt's wife died, verry sudden in a fit, six or...
GLC02437.01682
Report of the state of amunition in the 6th Mass. regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. Commandant Calvin Smith agreeable to the Gel. Orders of the 30th Inst. Oct. 1782
29 October 1782
Miller, Joseph, 1751-1814
Lists supply loss ("casualties") and cartridges in possession of; and "set for action" by, the regiment. Countersigned by Calvin Smith.
GLC02437.01686
to Henry Knox
circa October 1782
Darby, Samuel, 1737-1807
Date added later in pencil. Signed by Major Samuel Darby of the 7th Massachusetts Regiment and 28 other officers. Asks Henry Knox to consider the plight of a Mr. G. Smith, who had been a Sergeant in the 7th Massachusetts as well as the Quarter...
GLC02437.01687
to Samuel Shaw
31 October 1782
Pray, John, 1753-1812
Captain John Pray, of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment, asks Shaw to provide an order to the bearer for supplies, including three powder horns, for the use of the armed guard boats. Also relates that the fleet sailed from New York the previous day.
GLC02437.01688
[Two letters, one from Lewis Nicola to Moses McFarland and a response from Samuel Shaw]
31 October 1782-1 November 1782
Nicolas, Lewis, 1717-1807
Addressed to Captain Moses McFarland of the Invalid Regiment. Writes, "I am sorry the distress of your family are such as to render your presence absolutely necessary, as far as in me lies I have no objection to your spending the winter with them...
GLC02437.01691
Present state of ammunition in the first regiment Massachusetts commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose
2 November 1782
Vose, Joseph, 1738-1816
Return describing number and kind of ammunition. Created and also signed by Lt. Nathaniel Nason. Countersigned by Colonel Joseph Vose.
GLC02437.01694
Return of the number, and state of the cartridges in the 7th regiment Massachusetts, commanded by Lieut. Colonel Comdt John Brooks
Return of the cartridges in the 7th Massachusetts. Created and signed by Lieutenant Luther Trowbridge; countersigned by Major Sam Darby.
GLC02437.01695
Return of the state of the cartridges in the 8th M. Regt.
Cogswell, Amos, 1752-1826
A return of cartridges, broken down by functionality and location. Created and signed by J. Clark, quartermaster; countersigned by Amos Cogswell, Captain Commanding of the 8th Massachusetts Regiment.
GLC02437.01696
Report of the ammunition on hand in the 5th Massachusetts Regiment
Newhall, Ezra, 1733-1798
Return of ammunition, sorted by type.
GLC02437.01697
Return of plank & boards on hand
12 November 1782
Campbell, John, fl. 1782-1783
A chart of planks and boards. A note reads, "Major [Samuel] Shaw has had a number, for which no order has been given, & are to be deducted from the above Quantity."
GLC02437.01708
[Vote and proceedings at Newburgh regarding the grievances of the Massachusetts Line]
16 November 1782
Greaton, John, 1741-1783
Marked "copy" and signed by the transcriber, Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Writes, "The grievances of the Massachusetts Line having involved them to desire a general conference, to consult and determine on the measures to be pursued for...
GLC02437.01714
17 November 1782
Eustis, William, 1753-1825
Written from "Hospital." Writes to Shaw on behalf of the bearer, Thomas Parkman, a servant of Captain [Thomas] Patten whose brother recently died at the hospital. After Dr. Eustis had been treating the brother for a "very long and dangerous illness...
GLC02437.01715
[To the honorable the committee from the Grievances of the Second Massachusetts line of the army]
19 November 1782
Whiting, John, 1760-1810
Captain Ja. Alden, Lieutenant Whiting, and Lieutenant Joshua Danforth, writing as the Committee in behalf of the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment, list several grievances suffered by their regiment. These include "want of pay," to which they add "The old...
GLC02437.01718
21 November 1782-22 November 1782
Document contains two letters: one, written at Fishkill, New York, to Shaw from Nicola, dated 21 November 1782, and Shaw's autograph signed reply to Nicola, written at West Point, New York, dated 22 November, 1782. In Nicola's letter, he writes that...
GLC02437.01721
[Report of committee altering petition to Congress]
circa December 8, 1782
Van Cortlandt, Philip, 1749-1831
Report of committee work to alter a petition being sent to Congress in relation to half-pay pensions for officers. The first committee meeting took place on 5 December 1782 at Horton's Tavern. The committee of 3 was made up of General McDougall and...
GLC02437.01731
Return of number of men in the South Redoubt
December 9, 1782
Monson, Theophilus, 1747-1795
Return of the number of men at the South Redoubt (at West Point?) compiled by Captain Monson of the 8th Connecticut Regiment and sent to Major James Doughty, the fort major of West Point. The docket is in Major General Knox's hand. The totals...
GLC02437.01732
List of the stores deposited at Mount Hope and Hibernia
12 December 1782
Stevens, William, 1750-1801
Unsigned, but authorship inferred from docket. List of shot and shells at Hibernia and Mount Hope. At the bottom of the first page, and on verso, is a note in a different hand (possibly Henry Knox's) disclosing the shells are stored in a locked...
GLC02437.01739
Certification that John Granger cannot perform his duties as a soldier due to a pulmonic complaint
12 December 1782-13 December 1782
Duffield, John, 1755-1798
This document contains notes written and signed by three people. The first, written and signed by Surgeon John Duffield at West Point on 12 December 1782, advises that John Granger, of the 10th Massachusetts Regiment, is suffering from a pulmonary...
GLC02437.01742
15 December 1782
Noailles, Louis Marie, vicomte de, 1756-1804
Writes to tell Knox he is sailing for France in a few days. Writes, "the last sentiments of a person near to death are sometimes precious nothing looks more like it than the imense separation of the sea." Comments that though he "will be soon...
GLC02437.01745
to John Miles
December 17, 1782
Written to Captain Lieutenant [likely John] Miles of the Office of Police. At the top of the page, Shaw writes a note to Miles granting a license to a Mr. Reynolds to be a sutler at the West Point garrison. Asks Miles to keep a register of the...
GLC02437.01749
Estimate of boards wanted for repairs in the long & old barracks
December 19, 1782
Nevin, Daniel, 1749-1802
Unsigned, but a Captain Niven is mentioned in the docket; this may refer to Daniel Niven, Captain of Engineers. Estimate is broken into boards for long barracks and old barracks.
GLC02437.01750
to Benjamin Lincoln
20 December 1782
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
There is a small note at the top which says "(Copied from the Original) K's rough draft being faded out in parts." Knox writes that he is sorry General Lincoln seems so upset with him for not replying to his letters and emphasizes how much he prizes...
GLC02437.01754
Return of shingles in the woods
December 28, 1782
Reed, John, fl. 1782
Lists the number of shingles and their locations.
GLC02437.01765
Specification of the number of feet in each work, number of men necessary for each, and the quantitiy of provision for twenty days - obtained from General McDougall
December 1782
Chart of measurements and supplies, broken down by location; all West Point vicinity fortifications.
GLC02437.01767
Provision return for one captain lieut and police officer for the garrison of West Point at three rations pr day for the month of January 1783
January 1783
Miles, John, fl. 1782-1783
Return signed by John Miles, Officer of Police, and countersigned "By order of the Comdt S. [Samuel] Shaw ADC [Aide-de-Camp]." Note on verso signed by Charles Tryer.
GLC02437.01771
circa January-September 1783
Date added later in blue pencil. "Please to issue the allowance of Rum for five servants without arms in General Knox's family (or if you have no rum an equivalent in spirit) for the present month of January 1783. and charge the same to the General...
GLC02437.01774
Provision return for one Sergt & six masons employ'd in the Engineers Department at West Point, commencing the first & ending the eight day of January 1783 both days included
Niven, Daniel, 1742-1809
Return signed by D. [likely Daniel] Niven [some sources say Nevin], Commanding Engineer, and countersigned "By order of Gen [Henry] Knox", S. [Samuel] Shaw, Aide-de-Camp. Note on verso signed by John Green.
GLC02437.01776
[Provision return for Captain Thomas Patten]
1 January 1783
Return signed by Captain Thomas Patten of the Artillery Artificers (26 men named) and countersigned "By order of the Comdt", S. [Samuel] Shaw, Aide-de-Camp. Note on verso signed by D.S. Mercer.
GLC02437.01777
[Provision return for one soldier employed in the ordinance department at one ration and a half per day]
Return signed by Captain Thomas Patten of the Artillery Artificers and countersigned "By order of the Comdt", S. [Samuel] Shaw, Aide-de-Camp. Note on verso signed by D. S. [possibly Dudley] Mercer.
GLC02437.01779
[Provision return for one man of Capt Pattens Compy of Artificers belonging to the ordinance department at one ration and a half per day]
Return signed by Captain Thomas Patten of the Artillery Artificers and countersigned "By order of the Comdt", S. [Samuel] Shaw, Aide-de-Camp. Note on verso signed by Dudley Mercer.
GLC02437.01780
[Provision return for man of Capt Pattens Company of Artificers belonging to the ordinance department at one ration and a half per day]
9 January 1783
GLC02437.01782
[Provision return for eighteen army prisoners for eight days]
Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783
Return signed by Asa Andrews and R. Douglass, and countersigned "By order of the Comdt", S. [Samuel] Shaw, Aide-de-Camp. Note on verso signed illegibly.
GLC02437.01783
[Certificate to Bartholomew Fisher]
3 January 1783
Written and signed for Knox in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. "This is to certify that Mr. Bartholemew Fisher has served the United States, as waggon-conductor to the Park of Artillery, from the year 1778 to the present time and that...
GLC02437.01791
[Provision return of Captain Thomas Patten's company of artificers]
5 January 1783
Return for more than two dozen men (named) signed by Captain Thomas Patten of the artillery artificers, and countersigned "By order of the Genl. Knox", John Doughty, Fort Major. Note on verso signed by D.S. [likely Dudley S.] Mercer.
GLC02437.01796
to the Commissary
Request for one day's provision for two men of the 2nd Jersey regiment.
GLC02437.01803
Return of the Women & Children at the Post of West Point & its Dependencies, that would have drawn Rations under the late Regulations, and also of the number of Extra Rations drawn under the new Contract
7 January 1783
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Lists number of women and children by regiment and includes the amount of extra rations they will receive under the new regulations.
GLC02437.01809
A Provision Return for the Commdt. Barge Men Commencing the 5th and Ending the 8th jany 1783
circa January 8, 1783
Woodstock, W., fl. 1783
Lists companies and men and the number rations issued. Signed by W. Woodstock; countersigned by Samuel Shaw. Endorsed by W. Woodstock on verso.
GLC02437.01811
[In French]
1791
Roche, Jean-Baptiste de la, fl. 1790-1792
Bound with string.
GLC02437.09437
to John Bope Sr.
2 October 1863
Bope, Conrad, 1839-1917
Bope writes to his father from a camp outside Chattanooga after a fierce battle with Confederate General Braxton Bragg and his troops for control of Chattanooga. Praises the bravery of the Union soldiers despite being outnumbered. Describes the...
GLC03523.03.13
to Eliza Jane Bope
1 November 1863
Bope writes to his sister Eliza from camp in Chattanooga. Mentions a shortage of blankets. Encloses money for the family. Gives her an extensive list of food to send. States he has not seen younger brother Abe who is in "K" Co., Ohio 61st Infantry...
GLC03523.03.14
13 June 1863
Bope, Abraham, 1837-?
Bope writes to his father from camp in Moorefield, Virginia, informing him he is no longer at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, guarding prisoners. Discusses the march to Moorefield. Mentions it has been raining for seven days. Letter is faded. Letter...
GLC03523.03.15
21 May 1863
Bope writes to his sister from a camp near Stafford. Discusses picket duty. Mentions the surrender of Jackson, Mississippi, and comments the war will soon be over. Refers to a coward in his regiment who was willingly taken prisoner by the...
GLC03523.03.16
27 July 1863
Bope writes to his sister from Warrington Junction. Complains of fatigue after marching for two months. Refers to Confederate General Robert E. Lee's communications being cut off from Richmond, Virginia. Comments "...that the report about Charlestwon...
GLC03523.03.17
unknown
circa August 1863
Bope writes possibly to his sister Eliza, probably from a camp in Virginia. Comments on the "...plundering and destruction..." of Ohio by Confederate General John Morgan who was captured on 26 July 1863 and imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio. Expresses...
GLC03523.03.18
to John Sr. and Lydia Bope
22 September 1863
Bope writes to his parents from Catlett's Station. Expects a big fight in or near Gordonsville, Virginia. Says Union General George Meade will be there soon. Comments that Confederate General Robert E. Lee has 80,000 men. Expresses confidence they...
GLC03523.03.19
to his brother
February 27, 1864
Bope writes to an unidentified brother from Bridgeport. Reports they are waiting for Confederate General John Morgan (possibly John Tyler Morgan) to arrive with four forces of artillery. Comments that the weather is warm and dry. Reports that they...
GLC03523.03.20
30 April 1864
Bope writes to his parents from a camp in Louisville. Discusses the trip from Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, Ohio. States he does not know how long they will stay before moving on to Alabama. Mentions the change in weather and how green the woods...
GLC03523.03.21
to Lydia Bope
29 August 1864
Bope writes to his mother from camp in Chattanooga. Letter is faded and almost illegible. Mentions Union General William T. Sherman's position outside Atlanta. Refers to Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and John Hood.
GLC03523.03.22
March 31, 1865
Bope writes to his parents from Goldsboro. Reports he has "... finished the gratest and the best campaign since the war." Informs they have marched through the entire state of South Carolina, burning houses. Discusses in detail the towns he passed...
GLC03523.03.23
to John S. Goold [incomplete]
21 October 1862
Goold, James, 1842-?
Writes to his father from camp near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Thanks his mother and father for writing and for sending papers. Gives an update on his brother Theodore's health, which is improving, although his is still weak and in the hospital tent...
GLC03523.05.01
to William D. Goold
11 November 1862
Describes sleeping conditions. Mentions that he has given his name for a pair of mittens, as winter is coming and the weather is getting very cold. Tells him that he has not heard from brother Theodore since they left Sharpsburg, Maryland. Describes...
GLC03523.05.02
to Abby Goold
28 November 1862
Writes to his mother about all the letters he has recently received, including one from her, Aunt Jane, and Nellie. Describes his duties on provost guard and the differences between being on guard and in the regiments. Tells her of difficulties...
GLC03523.05.03
to John S. Goold
15 December 1862
Writes to his father describing the beginning of the battle at Fredericksburg, 11-15 December 1862: "The first gun was fired about 5 o'clock A.M., and the firing was kept up with but little intermission until after dark. At times the firing was so...
GLC03523.05.04
December 18, 1862
Writes to his father "by candlelight" because he was so busy during the day and states "I don't like to spare time to write." Informs that he has just come off guard and that they are camped at same place they were before the Battle of Fredericksburg...
GLC03523.05.05
January 10, 1863
Writes to his father about guard duty and thinks that the worst part is how it disrupts sleep. Wishes he had more newspapers to read, although he is "very much obliged to you for sending me a box, whether it ever reaches me or not. I am much obliged...
GLC03523.05.06
January 13, 1863
Goold, Theodore, 1844-?
Tells his father that he "is well at the present with the exception of a slight cold" and that he is standing guard in place of someone who is sick. He may get the job of carrying the mail, which he states "would be good exercise for me and make me...
GLC03523.05.07
to his parents, [brother-in-law], and sister
28 June 1863
Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917
Thanks his family for the food they sent him and requests that they send him some emery paper (for filing his gun), tea, and pepper. Reports that Rosecrans has taken five or six hundred rebel prisoners to Nashville. Writes that rebels planted two...
GLC07460.037
to George Washington
16 September 1782
Written and initialed for Knox in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Writes, "Capt. [Thomas] Machin is desirous of going to Philadelphia for a few days, to transact some business relative to the recruiting service for this State. If his...
GLC02437.01617
[Facts pertaining to a land dispute between William Tudor and General Jackson]
1792 circa
Circa date is based on the year the dispute took place. Jackson (possibly Henry Jackson of Massachusetts) and Tudor, acting as agents for separate companies, made offers for the same parcel of land to the Eastern Committee for Lands. A competition...
GLC02437.09448
[draft of a letter to George Washington regarding possible British troop movements from Detroit]
circa 29 August 1790
This appears to be a preliminary draft of Knox's 29 August 1790 letter to George Washington (in the GW Papers at the Library of Congress) responding to Washington's secret communication of 27 August. In that communication, sent to the members of his...
GLC02437.09449
[Certificate of election]
10 April 1782
Yellis, Gilbert, fl. 1782
Certificate of election enclosed with letter from John Taylor to William Livingston (GLC01412.64.12.01), signed by Yellis Gilbert, the Clerk of Artillery, and dated 10 April 1782. Gilbert certifies that Lupp was elected captain and Nessis was elected...
GLC01412.64.12.02
to Richard Frothingham
18 August 1782
Writes, "In the return of persons in the department of military stores in the field which you made on the 6th instant, no mention is made of Mr. Marshall as being in the service. He says that you have discharged him from your books, from the 10th...
GLC02437.01530
to James Giles
23 August 1782
Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp; he has also signed for Knox. Certifies that Mr. James Giles was employed as a conductor of military stores from December 1776 until September 1778, when he was offered a position in the corps...
GLC02437.01536
27 August 1782
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
Marked "copy." Written from the "Office of Finance." Addressee inferred because letter is addressed to "Secretary at War," a post occupied in 1782 by Benjamin Lincoln. Writes, "I have received your letter of the nineteenth of August, and would...
GLC02437.01542
Garrison orders
29 August 1782
Paterson, John, 1744-1808
Writes, "The officers of the Second Regiment of Artillery and Corps of Sappers and Miners in this Garrison are to form a Garrison Court Martial for the tryal of Philip Francis of [illegible] Regiment & Peggy Martin - Captain Moody [possibly Andrew...
GLC02437.01548
Return of provisions and stores on hand in the magazine at West Point
31 August 1782
Marshall, Samuel B., fl. 1782
Return, addressed to Knox, lists items like beef, pork, flour, and soap, and their quantities.
GLC02437.01555
[Report on Charles McCormick]
1 September 1782
Townsend, David, 1753-1829
Writes, "The bearer Charles McCormick of Col. Hazen's Regt. now in Provost has the venereal disease which daily increases in malignity, and will continue to grow worse upon him while he remains in his present situation, where he cannot have the...
GLC02437.01557
Returns of the suttlers names, in the garrison of West Point, & by whome licensed
Lists the names of sutlers, or merchants who sold food and drink to troops, and lists who licensed them. Sutlers include Simon Richards, William Foot, James McMasters, Asa Spauldin, Samuel Warrin, Roger Magrath Gatsey, Mrs. Current, John Andrews...
GLC02437.01561
to Elnathan Haskell
2 September 1782
Starr, Thomas, fl. 1782
Likely written by Lieutenant Thomas Starr of the 2nd Connecticut Regiment. Says that the Sergeants Guard, which has been under his command, has arrived. Asks Captain Haskell whether he should remain with them "here" (possibly West Point) or join...
GLC02437.01565
5 September 1782
Hand, Edward, 1744-1802
Written from Camp Verplanks Point, present-day Verplanck, New York. Writes, "Captain Reiley [possibly John Reily] of the Invalid regiment tried the 30th ultimo by the General Court martial of which Colo. M [possibly Michael] Jackson is president is...
GLC02437.01580
to Edward Hand
6 September 1782
Writes, "The bearers will deliver you the return from the artillery, which with the enclosed, completes the returns of the corps in this garrison for the last month. Gen. [Henry] Knox has directed me to transmit you the report of a court of inquiry...
GLC02437.01584
[General orders]
7 September 1782-8 September 1782
Written from Head Quarters Verplanks Point, present-day Verplanck, New York. "Public" is written above the address. Includes "Extracts from Genl. Orders" for two days, 7 and 8 September. The extract from 7 September states, "Lieutenant Osgood...
GLC02437.01587
7 September 1782
Writes, "General [Henry] Knox transmitted the report of the Court of Inquiry on LC Barber, as well for his Excellency's decision as for its being published to the army; he not thinking himself authorized to decide in this case it having been...
GLC02437.01590
9 September 1782
Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786
Written from "Head Quarters." Writes, "I would ever wish to pay proper attention to the business of Ladies, but without I am acquainted with the Resolve of the 6 July 1779 in [favor?] of Mrs. [Margaret] Corbin, I cannot tell what it is she wants -...
GLC02437.01591
to Tench Tilghman
10 September 1782
Writes that it is not in his power to send him Congress's resolve of 6 July 1779, concerning Margaret Corbin. Explains that her case is "peculiar": "Her husband and son killed and herself wounded in the services, were misfortunes of so aggravated as...
GLC02437.01595
11 September 1782
Writes, "It appears clearly to me that the order forbidding the issue of Rum to Women does not extend to Mrs. [Margaret] Corbin - Granting provision at all, to Women who are followers of the Army, is altogether matter of courtesy, and therefore the...
GLC02437.01597
[Permission to Captain Gilliland to act as volunteer]
12 September 1782
Date added later in pencil. Grants permission for Captain Gilliland, formerly of the Corps of Sappers and Miners, to act as a volunteer in the Artillery. Writes that he is persuaded of Captain Gilliland's good conduct in several instances.
GLC02437.01600
[Copy of letter to John Jacob Faesch directed to Henry Knox]
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Written from the War Office. Marked "copy." Addressee on verso is Henry Knox, but letter is apparently a copy of one Lincoln wrote to John Jacob Faesch, a metalworker in the army's employ, which he forwarded to Knox. Writes, "I have been honor'd...
GLC02437.01605
Return of stores damaged on board the schooner Swallow
13 September 1782
Price, William, ?-1790
Lists items damaged, including 6-pounders, rockets, tubes, etc.
GLC02437.01606
Return of the present state of Capt Thos Patten's company of artillery artificers under the command of Major General Knox
14 September 1782
List of number of company members sorted by rank and occupation (carpenters, shoemakers, goldsmiths, etc.). Records number on command, sick present, sick absent, and fit for duty.
GLC02437.01610
Notes and explanations of Doctor Ramsays history respecting the Campaigns of 1777- the affairs of Trenton 1776
circa 1788-1789
Title from docket. Pertains to Dr. David Ramsay's writing on the battles of Trenton and Princeton (26 December 1776 and 3 January 1777). Document begins with a list of numbered notes, which according to docket are a draft of rough minutes...
GLC02437.09438
Facts and calculations respecting the population and territory of the United States of America.
1798
Consists of three sections: "Of the population of the United States;" "Of the territory of the United States;" and "Of the value of Lands." Last page separated from booklet. Bound with thread. Final page is separated from binding. In a secretarial...
GLC02437.09439
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