February 13, 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Discusses a meeting with the French army and navy and General Daniel Morgan's victory over General Banastre Tarleton, "the Kill-Devil of Cornwallis's Army," at the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, 17 January 1781.

GLC02437.00889

February 14, 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Certificate sent to Nathaniel Barber]

Certificate verifying the rank of officers in the Department of Military Stores and that they are "entitled to the allowance for depreciation of their pay ... " Written and signed for Knox in the hand of his aide Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.00890

February 14, 1781

Cochran, John, 1730-1807

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Discharge recommendation]

Recommendation of discharge for William Ally.

GLC02437.00891

February 14, 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Updates Knox on what has been happening in the Massachusetts Legislature and mentions the issue of soldier's pay. Continues with the majority of the letter, describing the events of the suicide of a young gentleman.

GLC02437.00892

February 15 and February 16, 1781

Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox.

Writes a note to Henry Knox asking for approval concerning a discharge and encloses the discharge with the note (see GLC02437.00891). The discharge is written by Samuel Shaw on the second page, dated 16 February. Written at a Park of Artillery.

GLC02437.00893

19 February 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: Settlement with Col. [Timothy] Pickering for the extremes of Gen Knox's Waggon

Lists payments to various people. Title and date from docket. Bears autograph endorsement signed by Timothy Pickering's hand.

GLC02437.00896

19 February 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Board of War

Discusses artillery and stores in Pennsylvania and the situation regarding the term of service for the enlisted men of Pennsylvania.

GLC02437.00897

February 21, 1781

Peters, Richard, fl. 1732-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Responds to Knox's previously written letter to the War Office on 13 February 1781(see GLC02437.0887). Discusses the status and new command of troops.

GLC02437.00899

1 March 1781

Neufville, John de, fl. 1779-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Discusses war with "haughty England" and, once peace is established, the astonishment of the world at "a young flourishing Republick... happy in its constitution." Mentions Sweden and England and a return trip to America.

GLC02437.00902

circa March 6, 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph manuscript

Title: General Return of Ordnance and Military Stores at the several places under mentioned, agreeable to their several dates

A very detailed list of artillery, ammunition, supplies and stores by type, weight and location. Date added later in pencil.

GLC02437.00903

7 March 1781

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Autograph document signed

Title: [Discharge of Francis Lovett with note by Shaw on verso]

Certifying Lovett's discharge from the "Company of Artillery Artificers."

GLC02437.00904

7 March 1781

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Autograph document signed

Title: [Discharge of Michael Joiner with note by Shaw on verso]

Written at a Park of Artillery. Certifies the discharge of Michael Joiner from Artillery Artifice.

GLC02437.00905

March 7, 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: to Benjamin Lincoln

Later copy. Discusses General Cornwallis' movements in the south in detail, particularly by the Virginia/North Carolina border and Generals Nathanael Greene and Daniel Morgan's efforts in harassing him. Wonders about Benedict Arnold's movements, who at this time is fighting for the British, and mentions the Marquis de Lafayette. Letter is incomplete.

GLC02437.00906

March 7, 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Discusses business, Cornwallis' activities, and General Nathanael Greene's movements. Mentions the Marquis de Lafayette.

GLC02437.00907

9 March 1781

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Autograph document signed

Title: [Discharge of Patrick When with note by Samuel Shaw on verso]

Certifiying the discharge of Patrick When, an Artillery artificer.

GLC02437.00908

16 March 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: To The Committee of the State of Jersey for examining the inlistments [sic] of their lines-at Morris Town

In Samuel Shaw's hand, and signed by Shaw for Knox. Discusses an incident where a Captain Hugg gave unauthorized discharges to a number of enlisted men who were his neighbors. Title from docket.

GLC02437.00909

1 January 1781

Aboville, Francois Marie, comte de, 1730-1817

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Related to the artillery of Rochambeau's army] [In French]

Signed by "d'Aboville," Colonel Francois Marie, comte de Aboville. Also signed by Gau as commissary of artillery and by Nadal as director of the artillery park. A third signature is illegible. Lists artillery equipment and munitions for a siege by the army of the Comte de Rochambeau for the 1781 campaign.

GLC02437.10016

January 28, 1781

Aboville, Francois Marie, comte de, 1730-1817

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of the guns and principal artillery ammunitions compounding both equipage for the seige and field in the Rochambeau's Army at 28 January

Signed by "d'Aboville," Colonel Francois Marie, comte de Aboville. Also signed by Gau as commissary of artillery and by Nadal as director of the artillery park. A third signature is illegible. Docket, in Samuel Shaw's hand, indicates, "Ordnance stores with the French Army at Newport. 28 Jany 1781." This is an English-language copy of GLC02437.10016.

GLC02437.10017

circa 21 March 1781

Jones, Thomas, fl. 1777-1782

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered during the month of February of 1781. Items listed by type, weight and current condition.

GLC02437.10675

8 June 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to George Washington

Replies to a letter he received from Washington on the same day. Refers to another letter Washington enclosed, from General [Ezekiel] Cornell. Cornell's letter referred to lead and cartridge expected to arrive from Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island. Further discusses gathering ammunition from other states, noting "the demands from the southward and westward so great as to claim the utmost economy..." Notes that General Duportail applied to the Quartermaster General for [artillery gun] platforms. Knox's retained draft.

GLC02437.00965

8 June 1781

Humphreys, David, 1752-1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Humphreys, an aide-de-camp for George Washington, informs Knox that Washington "thinks in the present state of our Ammunition not more than 15,000 of the Cartridges at Succasanna can be spared to the State of New Jersey..." Asks Knox to issue the order pertaining to the cartridges. Relates that Washington will also inform [William] Livingston, Governor of New Jersey, of the same. In a post script, instructs Knox to send the order in favor of Elias Woodruff.

GLC02437.00966

9 June 1781

Grayson, William, 1736-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [Henry Knox]

Grayson signs as a Commissioner of the Board of War. Docket appears to be Samuel Shaw's hand, thus it is likely this document was directed to Henry Knox. "The Board have directed the estimates to be made out immediately of the articles necessary to be purchased also of the transportation..." Assures Knox the Board will do everything in their power to facilitate the measures of George Washington.

GLC02437.00968

04 August 1827

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Pardon of Joshua C. Bigley for violating the act supplementary to the act concerning consuls and vice consuls]

Countersigned by Secretary of State Henry Clay. Bigley was convicted in Rhode Island. Pardoned by President Adams due to certain circumstances in the case. He must still, however, pay the court costs involved.

GLC08073

1861-1865

Galt, William Richard, fl. 1890-1900

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: to Annie Woodlief Jeffery

Genealogical history of the Jeffery family that traces the roots of the Jeffery clan from Devonshire England to America, including a fantastic story about one ancestor, Mr. Sylvester, who lived to "the age of one hundred and twenty." Galt mentions that the Jeffery's had been a military family of high standing in the British army for quite some time and were also "Jacobites." Additionally, provides the old link to the Archer family. Pencil inscription on header reads: "Written to my Aunt Annie Woodlief Jeffery by her father's first cousin William Richard Galt."

GLC01896.148

1861-1865

Jeffery, ?

Autograph manuscript

Title: "A Chance of War"

Short story re: "a romance connected with the Master" that takes place during the Civil War "...at the time our [Federal] troops were endeavouring to surround Stonewall Jackson and prevent his falling back towards Richmond."

GLC01896.149