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[Provision return for Captain Thomas Patten's company]

Return for rations of Captain Thomas Patten's Company of Artillery Artificers belonging to the Ordnance Department. 65 sergeants and privates received 1 1/2 rations per day from 21 March to 24 March for a total of 407 rations delivered (this included...

GLC02437.02016

to Hawes

List of rations issued. Rations total 4,155.

GLC02437.02049

Provisions issued for Major General Henry Knox and his family in March1783

Lists provisions and amounts.

GLC02437.02051

[Receipt for rations]

Issues ninety rations for a New York regiment.

GLC02437.02063

[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

to Henry Knox

Letter written by William Knox to his brother Major General Knox. Makes several witty references to the length of time between their communications. Mentions the peace and says "most people here particular those in commerce are happy at it, those who...

GLC02437.02073

[Provision return for Artillery Artificers]

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

GLC02437.02077

[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

[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

[Provision return for a mason hired by the engineering department]

Return for the rations of a mason employed by the engineering department from 9 April to 17 April. A total of 12 rations were issued for the eight days. Signed by Superintendent Joseph Cheesman and countersigned by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major...

GLC02437.02100

[Army Rations issued to Artificers]

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

GLC02437.02115

[Provision return]

Lists men by department with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date from note.

GLC02437.02119

[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

[Order to deliver soap for Knox's family]

Order issued to Mr. Forsyth the commissary of issues by Lillie as an aide-de-camp to an unknown officer asking that four pounds of soap be delivered for the use of Knox's family.

GLC02437.02124

[Receipt for rum]

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

GLC02437.02128

[Two part document relating to Alexander Stewart's account regarding horses]

First part written by Alexander Stewart to John Lillie discussing how some horses are to be picked up later than expected and how Stewart is unable to care for them until that time due to a lack of proper feed.
Second part lists the expenses for...

GLC02437.02132

to Baron von Steuben

Discusses enclosed copies of a document [not present] regarding the establishment of the Society of the Cincinnati and asks von Steuben to forward them to the officers.

GLC02437.02138

[Army rations issued to George Finlayson]

Jonathan Trumbull Jr. issues provisions for Finlayson of the Maryland line who has been recently discharged from service. Includes a note on the verso from Finlayson stating his receipt of the provisions.

GLC02437.02149

to Benjamin Lincoln

Written and signed for Knox in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp. Discusses the pay for army artificers about to be furloughed, and their entitlement to arms.

GLC02437.02150

to Henry Knox

Asks on behalf of other quarter masters what they should do with spare ammunition as the "brigades in this vicinity are dissolved and dissolving." "On public service" written on address leaf with no signature.

GLC02437.02152

to Henry Knox

Discusses sending out notices for the Society of the Cincinnati and mentions setting up to vote for officer positions.

GLC02437.02154

to Henry Knox

Written by Secretary of War Lincoln to Major General Knox. Says he will probably go to Virginia on public business in a few days. Says he was so impressed with Captain "Lilly" (Jonathan Lillie, Knox's aide-de-camp) on his trip from West Point, New...

GLC02437.02161

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox of the movement of a group of boats from West Point headed for Newburgh, New York, that stopped in New Windsor along the way. Also writes to Knox about the weather in regards to a departure time and exposing the men to the heat.

GLC02437.02169

to John Paterson

Reply to a request made by General John Paterson for the use of an area of land by West Point. States that that particular space is at his disposal, though General John Greaton will also be arriving, and in that case, both generals should agree on...

GLC02437.02172

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that there "is an Error in the Arrangement of Officers in the Mass.tts. Corps of Artillery ... [and that] the Commander in Chief directs me to refer the matter to you .. in case there has been a mistake, it may be rectified; and that a...

GLC02437.02173