28 September 1783

Dodge, Levi, fl. 1777-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return for provisions]

Request for provisions for three men in the detachment that were omitted in the general return of the first Massachusetts regiment. Noted as received by Dodge on verso.

GLC02437.02589

September 1783

Merlet, H., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for the Canadian refugees]

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

GLC02437.02590

1 October 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for the Engineer's Department]

Lists number of issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.02602

1 October 1783

Wright, Jotham, fl. 1779-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a signed docket by William Burrows.

GLC02437.02604

29 September 1783

Johnston, W., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists rations by number of men and type.

GLC02437.02605

1 October 1783

Dodge, Levi, fl. 1777-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by regiment with rations issued. Includes a note on the verso.

GLC02437.02606

2 October 1783

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for rations]

Request for ten rations of provisions for a soldier and his two children. Relates that the soldier is sick in the hospital, his wife and one child have already died, and the other children will too without the relief. Noted as received and signed with a mark on the verso by Abraham Littlefield.

GLC02437.02608

3 October 1783

Scott, Moses, 1738-1821

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for rations]

Request for six days' worth of provisions. Also signed as received by John Pratt with his mark.

GLC02437.02614

3 October 1783

Johnston, W., fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists provisions and amounts. Items include candles, soap and salt.

GLC02437.02615

3 October 1783

Johnston, W., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for provisions for a member of the Massachusetts Artillery.

GLC02437.02616

3 October 1783

Hand, Edward, 1744-1802

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Issues ten days' worth of provisions to a man in the New York line. Signed as received on the verso by John Habermeyer.

GLC02437.02618

4 October 1783

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Issues thirty-one days' worth of rations for a man in the New York regiment.

GLC02437.02619

12 October 1783

Wright, J., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a signed docket on the verso stating receipt by William Burrows.

GLC02437.02625

7 October 1783

Dunham, Azariah, 1718-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Request to issue six days' worth of provisions to eleven men of the Invalides. Countersigned by Moses Scott with a note stating receipt on the verso from Jonathan Foster.

GLC02437.02626

8 October 1783

Dunham, Azariah, 1718-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Issues fourteen days' worth of rations for two men of the Invalids from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Countersigned by Moses Scott and Jonathan Barnes.

GLC02437.02630

10-11 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for five men from the Massachusetts line. Includes a note on the verso from Mahlon Ford.

GLC02437.02638

13 October 1783

Morrill, Amos, 1742-1810

Autograph document signed

Title: [Report]

Reports himself as an agent "in the Settlement of the Accounts of the New Hampshire Line ... "

GLC02437.02646

13 October 1783

Foster, Jonathan, fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt of rations]

Issues 66 packages of rations for the New Jersey and New York lines. Includes a note on the verso from Moses Scott in Brunswick, issuing six days' worth of provisions for eleven men in the Massachusetts line.

GLC02437.02647

13 October 1783

Wright, J., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note of receipt on the verso signed by William Burrows.

GLC02437.02648

21 September 1861

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amanda Wilkinson

Writes that he is happy Amanda is staying with her mother and notes she will be cared for there. He is also pleased that her friends are caring for her while he is away. Hopes that he can get out of debt soon so he can send home more money. States that he does not think the army will advance for some time. Tells his wife that he has been to the enemy lines and that the troops there do not have enough food or blankets. Reports that Amanda's uncle, Allen Goodridge, said that Mrs. Walker fears that Washington will be taken. He disagrees and says that "they will hardly come here while five…

GLC03523.13.015

1783

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

Lists the officers of the invalid regiment who had accepted provisions at West Point, New York by name. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.09944

20 October 1861

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amanda Wilkinson and his mother

He has received a letter from his wife's mother that his wife is sick. He is greatly saddened to hear this and hopes she gets better. Wilkinson writes that her life is more precious then his and he wishes he were sick instead of her. Says that they marched with one day's rations and their blankets along the Potomac to Pohick Church. He then writes to his mother asking her to keep him informed of his wife's condition. If she gets worse he will try to return home. Hopes that his mother and her friends will take good care of his wife.

GLC03523.13.022

1 July 1862

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amanda Wilkinson

Written at the Camp of Michigan 2nd Infantry to his wife. He states that he is glad to hear from everyone at home and is happy that his sister Wink's marriage is going so well. Is happy to hear that his wife is staying with his mother while she is feeling ill. Writes that they are back at their old camp and will eventually leave for Washington, D.C. with the navy. Hopes not to be placed back at Washington, D.C. because he is "anxious" for battle which is the purpose he wants to serve. Writes that he eats just enough to stay alive and that on marches they are kept moving and have little time…

GLC03523.13.048

8 October 1862

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amanda Wilkinson

Written at camp of the 2nd Michigan Infantry to his wife. Writes that they are at their old camp ground and it looks like they will be staying there for the winter. Tells her that his health has improved and he is in good spirits. Does not think they have accomplished much but they did work and fight hard. Notes that the ranks have been so thinned that it takes four regiments to make one full-strength regiment. Writes that the dead and wounded of the regiment are spread out from Michigan to Richmond. Notes that many are either dead or discharged and many of the men are unsure of how they will…

GLC03523.13.060

29 May 1783

Ten Eyck, Henry, fl. 1777-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for two prisoners]

Also signed by John Lillie of the A. W. Camp. Covers the period of one day. Contains a note on page two signed by John Waid, who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09747