13 August 1783

Pearsee, Jonathon, fl. 1780-1797

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for rations]

Request for thirty days' worth of provisions for Indians going to "Niagia." Note of receipt signed with a mark by a Peter Quenungedau.

GLC02437.02382

15 August 1783

Gibbs, Caleb, fl. 1748-1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Very difficult to read due to faded ink. Discusses a treaty and the position of the troops. Noted as written at a "Camp near Philadelphia."

GLC02437.02389

9 August 1783

Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision Return]

Return for men discharged from the regiment. Countersigned by John Callender and Samuel Shaw, with the docket signed by Jesse Jordan.

GLC02437.02392

18 August 1783

Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818

Autograph note signed

Title: [Request for rations]

Request for provisions for Indians. Noted as written at Head Quarters. Countersigned by a Captain Joseph.

GLC02437.02396

circa 20 August 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision returns for army rations issued]

Provision return for one man discharged from the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery from 11-20 August. A total of ten rations was issued over the ten days. Signed by Edward Blake, a quartermaster of artillery, and Lillie as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Docket signed by Silas Barber stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02401

23 August 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for army rations issued]

Provision return for four men in Lieutenant Wright's company employed in the ordinance department from 23-31 August. Also includes three women. Those seven people were issued 81 rations over the nine days. Signed by Lieutenant Wright and Captain Lillie as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Docket signed by a William Burrows stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02408

24 August 1783

Brooks, David, 1756-1838

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Shaw

Discusses a delivery of clothing and issues that they have had in the past regarding its transportation. "Public service" written on address leaf with no signature.

GLC02437.02412

1 August 1783- 25 August 1783

Hull, William, 1753-1825

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for prisoners. Docket signed by George Ferris.

GLC02437.02415

28 August 1783

King, Zebulon, fl. 1777-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for a prisoner for one day. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell and countersigned by John Lillie.

GLC02437.02430

30 August 1783

Finck, Andrew, 1751-1820

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for rations]

Countersigned with a note by Pirum Ripley. Request for rations for British deserters from Oswego, New York. Noted as written at Fort Rensselaer, near present-day Rensselaer, New York.

GLC02437.02434

1 August 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Countersigned by John Lillie. Return for superintendents of the Masons; in the engineer department.

GLC02437.02437

1 August 1783

Livingston, James, 1747-1832

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Army rations issued to Colonel James Livingston]

Signed by Captain T.B. Tearse as the commander of the post at Albany. Provision return for rations issued to Colonel James Livingston from 1-31 August 1783. A total of 155 rations were issued over 31 days. The rations were issued "agreeable to a Resolution of Congress." Note on verso signed by Colonel Livingston stating that he received the rations from contractors. No place written, but could possibly be Albany, New York.

GLC02437.02442

31 August 1783

Carlile, John, fl. 1783

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Written by Assistant Adjutant General Carlile to Major General Knox. Says he wants to set out for his home as soon as he can procure transportation for his baggage. As he can only be considered on furlough until the conclusion of peace, he asks "that I may be permitted to take my Servant (who is a black lad of the Massach[usetts] Line in Col H. Jacksons regimt.) with me." Knox later gave permission, see GLC02437.02458.

GLC02437.02444

circa 1779-1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Disposal of Sixty three hogshead of clothing received for the Corps of Artillery in 1778

Signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox aide-de-camp. Large chart describing amounts of clothing (hats, coats, vests, woolen breeches, linen breeches, leather breeches, shirts, socks, overalls, stockings, shoes, and blankets) distributed to various units in the artillery. Note on page two says the shipment was sent by public agents from Boston, Massachusetts to Fishkill, New York. From there part of it was sent to White Plains, New York under the control of Captain Lillie, the brigade quartermaster. Lillie turned in his vouchers in August 1778 and turned over the clothing to William Richards,…

GLC02437.02446

January 21, 1780- August 1, 1783

Brooks, David, 1756-1838

Manuscript document

Title: Articles of clothing delivered for the use of Major General Knox from 21 Jany 1780 to 1 Augt 1783

Copy of a receipt for clothing issued to General Knox from 1780-1783. Original was submitted by David Brooks, the assistant clothier general. This copy was created by Major Samuel Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, who also signed this document. A total of $140.60 worth of clothing is accounted for, which includes boots, blankets, roughly 50 yards of cloth, and his own miscellaneous receipts.

GLC02437.02447

August 1783

Barber, William, fl. 1783-1784

Manuscript document signed

Title: Abstract of musters of the Northern Army for the month of August 1783

List of troops mustered in the Northern Army in August 1783. The list is divided between infantry and artillery and subdivided by rank. In the infantry there were 159 officers, 430 non-commissioned officers, and 2,864 privates. In the artillery there were 35 officers, 52 non-commissioned officers, and 245 privates. Signed by Major Barber, who was a member of General Horatio Gates's staff.

GLC02437.02450

1 August 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Order to issue army rations]

Order issued by Major Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, telling the commissary at West Point to issue 31 complete rations for Stephen A. Hopkins who was employed by the engineering department engraving cannons. Docket signed by the mark of a Sarah [Waner] stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02451

1 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Lieutenant Wright and Captain Lillie as an aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox. Provision return for four men in Lieutenant Wright's company employed by the ordinance department from 1-10 September. The return also includes rations issued to three women. The seven people were issued a total of 90 rations over the ten days. Docket signed by a William Burrows stating the rations were received.

GLC02437.02453

1 September 1783

Greaton, John, 1741-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for rations issued to 2nd Massachusetts regiment]

Provision return for a detachment of 26 men of the 2nd Massachusetts regiment under the command of Major Porter on the 1 September 1783. The detachment was issued a total of 27 rations.

GLC02437.02455

1 September 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: to John Carlisle

Marked as "Copy." Written and signed for Knox by his aide-de-camp John Lillie. Gives permission for Carlisle [or Carlile] to take his black servant with him "with the proviso that if his regiment should not be disbanded upon the definitive treaty of peace, that you order him to join it." Carlisle had asked for the permission at GLC02437.02444.

GLC02437.02458

1 September 1783

Price, William, ?-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for army rations issued]

Written and signed by William Price as an officer of the police and countersigned by Captain Lillie as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Provision return for a lieutenant police officer for the garrison of West Point from 1-30 September. A total of 90 rations were issued for the 30 days. Signed by William Price as an officer of the police and Captain Lillie as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Docket signed by Price stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02459

2 September 1783

Brooks, David, 1756-1838

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Written by Assistant Clothier General Brooks to Major General Knox . Requests that clothing issued to the detachment of artillery and to Captain Mills's Light Company be stored since their march northward has been postponed. Wants the clothing to remain unappropriated until it is determined if they will actual continue. Also requests an account of the 300 pairs of shoes that were delivered for the detachment of troops marching to Philadelphia under General Robert Howe.

GLC02437.02462

5 September 1783

Means, James, 1753-1832

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for men of the one of the Massachusetts regiments. Noted as written in Brunswick, possibly in New Jersey (and docket mentions New Brunswick, New Jersey). Docket signed by Calvin [Seaver].

GLC02437.02472

7 September 1783

Antill, Edward, 1742-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Encloses a letter (not present) from the Minister of War (possibly Benjamin Lincoln), which instructs Knox to continue issuing provisions as usual until he receives further orders. Asks Knox to reply soon.

GLC02437.02475

10 September 1783

Means, James, 1753-1832

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for men of the Massachusetts regiments. Written in pencil and at Brunswick, possibly in New Jersey. Docket signed by Calvin [Seaver].

GLC02437.02490