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[Army Rations issued to Detachment]

Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note on verso from Johnathan [Carley]. Lists provisions with issued rations.

GLC02437.02050

[Request for rations]

Request to issue two days' worth of provisions for two deserters from the British. Includes a note on verso from [Rueben Beach].

GLC02437.02052

[Army Rations issued to Detachments]

Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note on verso from George Groom. Lists men by Regiment with rations issued.

GLC02437.02053

[Army Rations issued to Artificers]

Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from George Groom. Lists men by company with issued rations.

GLC02437.02055

[Army Rations issued to Artificers]

Countersigned by John Lillie with a note on verso by Dudley Mercer. Lists men by company with issued rations.

GLC02437.02065

[Army Rations issued to the Artificers and Engineer's Department]

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.

GLC02437.02069

[Provision return for Artificers]

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

GLC02437.02076

[Army rations issued to the Water Guard]

Return for the provisions provided for nine men belonging to the Water Guard for two days under the command of Captain Pray(?). Signed by "Comd John Mitchel." Countersigned by John Lillie, aide de camp, that the rations were issued. Mitchel (or...

GLC02437.02079

[Army Rations issued to Jonathan Kidney and artificers]

Written by Lillie as an aide-de-camp asking Forsyth to deliver one day of provisions to Jonathan Kidney, who had just come out of captivity. Docket signed by Kidney that he received the provisions from a contractor.

GLC02437.02082

[Copy of Knox's draft on the formation of the Society of the Cincinnati]

Later copy of GLC02437.02090, which is the original. This copy is easier to read than the original. Says the Society was created to perpetuate "the remembrance of this great event [victory in the Revolution], as the mutual friendships which have been...

GLC02437.02089

[Request for Army rations]

Request for sixteen rations for William Bigelow. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Bigelow.

GLC02437.02097

[Army Rations issued to artificier]

Return for rations for one member of the engineering department beginning 9 April and ending 17 April. It appears that the person came from the 8 Massachusetts Regiment. A total of 12 rations were issued over the eight days. Signed by Superintendent...

GLC02437.02099

[Army rations issued to recently released prisoners]

Note from Lillie, an aide-de-camp to Henry Knox, allowing the issue of one day's worth of provisions for two recently released prisoners. Written to Mr. Forsyth as the commissary of issues. Docket signed that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02107

to Andrew Billings

Written by Major General Knox to Major Billings. Says he heard Billings would be willing to contract to engrave the cannon recently taken from the enemy for two dollars each. Would like him to take care of this business as soon as possible.

GLC02437.02110

to James Myers

Discusses the artillery of the army and corrects a mistake regarding the placement of the dolphins for the guns. Also discusses placement of the "Arms of the United States" on artillery. Closes by saying that "Although peace has taken place" he still...

GLC02437.02111

[Provisions return]

Lists men by rank with rations issued.

GLC02437.02113

[Army Rations issued to Artificers]

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

GLC02437.02115

[Constitution of the Society of Cincinnati]

Knox's copy of the Constitution of the Society of the Cincinnati. Knox has docketed on the first page saying "Cincinnati Constitution of &c." This document consists of the minutes of the 10 May 1783 meeting regarding proposals to establish the...

GLC02437.02122

Return of Ordnance & Military Stores at Several Places

Lists amounts of shot, balls, cartridges, carriages, muskets, bayonets, etc at Danbury, Fishkill Landing, and Poughkeepsie. Says there is around three tons of lead at Poughkeepsie.

GLC02437.02123

[Receipt for rum]

Request for one quart of rum for General Henry Knox's boatmen.

GLC02437.02128

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox of the theft of a barrel of flour and the circumstances under which this occured. Assures him that the lock to the door separating the ammunition from the provisions is secure and the lock to the stores in general has been replaced.

GLC02437.02136

[Henry Knox's account balances]

List of Knox's account balances for items such as horses, rye and hay. Bottom portion written by Shaw, with the top portion possibly written by Henry Knox. Balance paid General Knox on 1 June 1783.

GLC02437.02142

[Army Rations issued to Joseph Manning]

Issues six days' worth of provisions for Joseph Manning of the Rhode Island regiment. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Manning.

GLC02437.02146

Return of ordnance stores, & c. at Fort Pitt and Fort McIntosh

Blackwood signs as [Condts. military stores?]. Also signed by I. Craig, Major of Artillery. Because of the extensive length of this document, it is folded and housed with Size 2 documents.

GLC02437.10100

Return of ordnance, ordnance stores, apparatus & c. of the garrisons of Stoney & Verplank's Points- Kingsferry

Includes a note at the bottom of the pages discussing a barge and damaged powder. These two pages were previously connected; second page measures 15.2 x 75.9 cm. Torn in middle crease.

GLC02437.10111

[Ordnance return from North Redoubt, New York]

Includes ordnance, ammunition implements, and provisions. With notes.

GLC02437.10516

[Return of ordance and stores in the Northern Department]

Includes returns from posts along the Mohawk River including Fort Rensselaer, Fort Herkimer, Fort Dayton, and from Albany and Schenectady. Guion signed as Captain Lieutenant, 2nd Regiment Artillery.

GLC02437.10518

[Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores at West Point, New York. Items listed by type, weight and current condition.

GLC02437.10708

to George Washington

Marked as a copy; copied by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. General Lincoln offers Washington his observations "on the situation of Charlestown, the strength of its works, the number of men necessary to garrison it, and the point or points by which it may...

GLC02437.01112

to Board of War & Ordnance

Reports that General George Washington has ordered him to take southward all the arms and accoutrements possible. The demand has been indicated to Washington in letters from the Marquis de Lafayette. The supplies were needed for the upcoming Siege of...

GLC02437.01160

to George Washington

Indicates that he has received an inaccurate (imprecise) report of the (captured) cannons and mortars at the lines during the siege of Yorktown, which he blames on the confusion there. Thought the report would still be useful, knowing Colonel Tench...

GLC02437.01241

[Map of Charleston, South Carolina]

Manuscript map of Charleston, South Carolina showing the coastline, various rivers and geographic features, certain structures and county names. Date and creator inferred, based on the presumption that this map accompanies GLC02437.01112.

GLC02437.01113

Return of ordnance & part of the military stores on hand at Philadelphia Augt. 4, 1781

Consists of a return of artillery ammunition and supplies on hand at Philadelphia and of "Muskets &c delivered for the use of the undermention'd states & Troops" from 1 January to 4 August 1781. Signed by Hodgdon, Commissary General of Military...

GLC02437.01115

[Instructions to Sebastian Bauman and Thomas Patten]

In the first letter, Shaw instructs Major Bauman to deliver a traveling forge to New Windsor, New York. In the second letter, written on the same date, Shaw orders Captain Patten at New Windsor to complete the forge if it is unfinished.

GLC02437.01117

to Henry Knox

Colonel Carrington writes to Knox from "Camp High Hills of Santee," near the Santee River in South Carolina. Reports that he received Knox's previous letter via Governor [John] Rutledge. Informs Knox he has been transferred to Virginia and, per the...

GLC02437.01123

to Henry Knox

Written by Major Bauman, the commander of artillery at West Point, to Brigadier General Knox. Says Lieutenant Colonel Popkins has arrived to replace him and asks to be transfered to relieve his "lazy habit, according to the predominant Custom of West...

GLC02437.01126

An invoice of military stores brought from [Succasunna Plains] New Jersey

Includes artillery ammunition and supplies, and other military supplies. Docketed twice.

GLC02437.01130

[Recommendation for Jacob Baker's discharge]

Latimer, a surgeon in the Flying Hospital, states that Baker, an artificer in Colonel Baldwin's regiment, is unfit for duty and should be discharged from service.

GLC02437.01131

to Sebastian Bauman

Written by Brigadier General Knox to Major Bauman. References Bauman's letter of 10 August 1781. Says he cannot give him a transfer as Colonel Popkins, who was supposed to replace him, was sick. Says all other line officers are not available because...

GLC02437.01134

to Sebastian Bauman

Second Lieutenant Wetzell reports on the poor state of ordnance and stores on board the sloop Liberty. The stores have sustained extensive water damage because of a damp, leaky hull. Declares, "Nor can I keep the Vessel afloat any longer On account...

GLC02437.01135

to Henry Knox

Written by Major Bauman, commander of artillery at West Point, to Brigadier General Knox. A response to Knox's letter regarding his transfer from West Point (GLC02437.01134). Says General McDougall has no objections to Bauman's transfer and that...

GLC02437.01136

to Samuel Shaw

An angry letter written by Major Bauman, commander of artillery at West Point, to Major Shaw, aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Henry Knox. Says "You will please to inform the general that it is moral[ly] impossible for me to join the party at New...

GLC02437.01145

to Sebastian Bauman

Written by Brigadier General Knox to Major Bauman of the 2nd Regiment of Artillery. Orders Bauman to take command of the companies of artillery when he reaches "this place." Tells him to march his units through Smith's Clove(?), Ringwood, & Curtis's...

GLC02437.01150

to Sebastian Bauman

Written from camp at Kings Ferry, New York. Tells Major Bauman that the party stores under his command are to halt at Potts Mill. Indicates that Colonel Olney's regiment will guard Bauman's charge, possibly a misidentification of Captain Stephen...

GLC02437.01154

to Henry Knox

Response to Knox's 23 August 1781 letter (GLC02437.01154). Bauman arrived at the Curtis House, near Potts Mill, where Knox ordered him to halt. Reports that the ground has been "marked out for the left wing of the French line." Requests further...

GLC02437.01158

Invoice of Ordnance & Military Stores forwarded to the Southern Army.

Addressed to Richard Frothingham, Esq. The ordnance listed was for the siege of Yorktown, which began later that month. Hodgdon was the commissary general of military stores. This was Henry Knox's copy, docketed by Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.01168

to Sebastian Bauman

Knox orders Major Bauman to obtain cannons left in Baltimore by the Marquis de Lafayette, as well as some other ordnance and supplies. They were needed for the "intended operation," referring to the upcoming Siege of Yorktown. Bauman commanded an...

GLC02437.01169

A General return of military Stores State [of] Virginia.

Chart enumerating various types of ordnance held in Irvins Store, Charlottesville, Staunton, New London, Richmond and West Ham. The ordnance was needed for the siege of Yorktown, which began later that month. O'Hannan's name is signed in a...

GLC02437.01171

to Board of War and Ordnance

Reports that almost all the stores are embarked at Head of Elk, Maryland. He has not yet received a full account of ordnance sent from Philadelphia from Samuel Hodgdon, the commissary general of military stores, so he does not know if the Board's...

GLC02437.01175

to Henry Knox

Prepared by Matthew Parvin, designated as "Cr. M. Stores." "Invoice of Military Stores not Embarked at Elk Landing. Lists quantities of ordnance. Supplies were being embarked at Elk Head, Maryland to support the upcoming siege of Yorktown.

GLC02437.01176