January 21, 1865

Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865

Document signed

Title: [Report of ammunition in reserve, artillery park, Army of the Potomac]

Possibly created in Virginia. Captain Shaffer lists reserve amounts of shot, shell, canister, and other ammunition.

GLC02382.175

January 22, 1865

Mayo, Ezekiel R., 1834-?

Document signed

Title: [Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Created near City Point. Captain Mayo lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.176

1 January 1864

Cochran, Alexander, fl. 1820-1864

Document

Title: [Receipt of ordnance stores]

Partially printed receipt for ordnance issued to Lieutenant Adolphus B. Frame from Captain Alex Cochran of the 116th Ohio Infantry Regiment. Among the items listed are 46 Springfield rifle muskets. Received at Sleepy Creek, West Virginia. Envelope stored with others at the end of the decimalized group.

GLC03619.02.10

31 March 1864

Frame, Adolphus B., 1840-?

Printed document signed

Title: Quarterly Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores Received, Issued, and Remaining on Hand

Partially printed return for Company I, 116th Infantry Regiment of Ohio for the first quarter of 1864. Among the items listed are 46 Springfield rifle muskets. Frame was then a 1st Lieutenant in the regiment. Tri-folded.

GLC03619.02.19

26 November 1782

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Notifies Bryant he has not received any returns for the stores under Bryant's control. Informs Bryant a standing order from the Secretary at War (Benjamin Lincoln) requires all persons in charge of any stores to send monthly returns. Orders Bryant to "punctually to comply" with this order. Fragile.

GLC03432.037

31 July 1784

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Says he received Bryant's return today and was disappointed to hear about a breach made upon the stores. States it is obvious that is was the discharged guards who committed the robbery and that Bryant's inquiries should focus on those guards. Instructs Bryant, while making a general search for the men, to follow one of the men back to their homes. By detecting one of the men, Bryant will discover the whole of them and may be able to recover the arms. Believes in the future the arms will be safer without a guard. Requests a receipts for the return of the stores found in and received from…

GLC03432.040

21 August 1784

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Manuscript letter

Title: to John Bryant

Marked as a copy on the docket. Encloses a receipt (not included) for the return of stores he received from Hartford, Middletown, and New Haven, Connecticut. Asks for information about the availability of other stores and provides further instructions.

GLC03432.042

29 September 1784

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt of stores from Captain John Bryant]

Includes items such as sulphur, iron, steel, breeching hooks, twine, damaged twine, damaged muskets, etc.

GLC03432.043

10 November 1784

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Asks for a payroll of the men under Bryant who have not been paid and to note their pay masters and which corps they belonged to. Notes that Bryant's pay needs to be stated in an account and the sums received credited. Says the iron and stores can be sold as Bryant sees fit but he is to leave the substance and wood demand alone until Hodgdon arrives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Discusses steel missing from a shipment, believes it was likely stolen and inquiry needs to be conducted. Informs Bryant that Mr. [Henry] Knox will not be returning to Springfield, Massachusetts and he needs…

GLC03432.048

16 April 1785

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Notes he received the receipt for Bryant's last return. Mentions that General [Henry] Knox has yet to arrive but is expected any time. Says he will notify Bryant of any new regulations and for him to continue assisting Mr. Byers.

GLC03432.050

30 July 1795

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Asks Bryant for further details on the type, number, and weight of various supplies and weapons listed on Bryant's return. Instructs Bryant to be more accurate and "perfect" in his returns.

GLC03432.062

18 August 1795

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Reminds Bryant that all the returns need to list is what have been received and delivered since the last return. This will save Bryant trouble in the future. Informs Bryant he cannot receive a credit for the ducks until Hodgdon receives a voucher for them.

GLC03432.063

8 October 1795

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Updates Bryant on Augusts' return he received from Bryant. Informs Bryant that he did not receive any receipts for the stores noted as expended, therefore Bryant will not be credited for those. Notes that Mr. Ames should have given Bryant a receipt for the supplies he received.

GLC03432.064

9 January 1796

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Encloses (not included) a minute of the inaccuracies on Bryant's return that must be accounted for. Reminds Bryant again to provide more details on his returns and to remember to list all alterations. Says that full returns are unnecessary, Bryant needs only to list the adjustments since the last return sent.

GLC03432.065

29 November 1796

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Requests a return (and the receipts) for every species of public stores under Bryant's care from the first of January. Says once the information is received Bryant's books will be closed. From that point on Bryant will only need to note alterations in his quarterly reports. Notes these orders are in compliance with Congress's and the Secretary of War's (Henry Knox) wishes.

GLC03432.067

17 April 1797

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Informs Bryant that he received his letter and return. Inquires why the powder barrels have not been paid for.

GLC03432.068

1776 circa

Well, Jonathan, fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: muster roll of Captain Jonathan Well's company

Includes distance each soldier has to travel. It is noted that some of the soldiers were discharged either in or near New York. Well's company was part of Colonel Erastus Wolcott's Connecticut Regiment.

GLC01412.64.08

1765/11/01

Turnbull, George, fl. 1765

Document signed

Title: Report of troop return.

GLC01450.351

1778/04/01

Page, Samuel, 1753-1814

Manuscript

Title: Muster Roll of Captain Samuel Pages Company of Massachusetts Bay Regiment of Foot in the Service of the United States Commanded by Colonel Benjamin Tupper all engaged for the term of three years Taken for the month of March

Lists officers and soldiers under the command of Captain Samuel Page as a part of the 11th Massachusetts Regiment stationed at Valley Forge as of April 7, 1778. The 11th Massachusetts was a par of Patterson's Brigade. Four Sergeants, Three "Corprels", Twenty-Seven Privates, and One Drum & Fife Boy are listed. The document is signed by Captain Samuel Page and Lieutenant John Foster and dated to April 7, 1778. The document is docketed on verso. Notes are made in a separate column concerning the specific assignments of each soldier in the Company.

GLC01450.529

1746 ca.

Topsfield & Worcester, fl. 1746

Header Record

Title: Collection of 13 Massachusetts documents, re: French & Indian War [Decimalized .01- .13]

A number of warrants/orders regarding arms and training. Petition to move training Order to arrest a deserter Order to rally troops and march them List of soldiers

GLC01450.248

1757/08/11

Leonard, Ephraim, 1730-?

Document signed

Title: Muster roll

Date appears on verso

GLC01450.311

February 18, 1781

Craig, Isaac, 1742-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of ordnance stores at Fort Pitt and Fort McIntosh]

Signed by I. Craig, Captain of Artillery to Henry Knox, Brigadier General of Artillery. Lists stores of shells, powder, cartridges, muskets, rifles, swords, etc. Note on verso of last fold states the return differs from the last due to a fire that broke out in the barracks making it necessary to remove the ordnance stores. States that "in the confusion some small loss was sustained." Fort McIntosh became the town of Beaver, Pennsylvania. Fort McIntosh was in Ohio. Document is one long narrow sheet folded six times.

GLC02437.10019

February 28, 1781

Van Rensselaer, Philip, 1747-1798

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance at Albany, New York. Items listed by type, and current condition.

GLC02437.10673

February 28, 1783

Miles, John, fl. 1782-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Army Rations issued to Detachment and Bargemen]

Lists rations per day and total number of rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw. Includes an endorsement on the verso signed by Charles [Foyer?]

GLC02437.01961

1781/03/17

Pendleton, Nathaniel, 1756-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Col. William Washington re: wanting lists of casualties

Recipient's first name from pencil note. Written as Aide-de-camp.

GLC02470.29