13 October 1783

Morrill, Amos, 1742-1810

Autograph document signed

Title: [Report]

Reports himself as an agent "in the Settlement of the Accounts of the New Hampshire Line ... "

GLC02437.02646

13 October 1783

Foster, Jonathan, fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt of rations]

Issues 66 packages of rations for the New Jersey and New York lines. Includes a note on the verso from Moses Scott in Brunswick, issuing six days' worth of provisions for eleven men in the Massachusetts line.

GLC02437.02647

13 October 1783

Wright, J., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note of receipt on the verso signed by William Burrows.

GLC02437.02648

14 October 1783

Egleston, Azariah, 1757-1822

Autograph document signed

Title: [Return of clothing for the first regiment of Massachusetts]

Lists number of men with articles of clothing and amounts. Countersigned by J. Pettingill, most likely Major Joseph Pettengill.

GLC02437.02650

14-23 October 1783

Tearse, Peter Bailey, fl. 1776-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Court of Inquiry held at Albany concerning the trial of Lieutenant Wheaton]

First portion lists charges against Lieutenant Joseph Wheaton. Second portion is a transcript of Samuel Johnson's testimony, given before the court. Third part lists other witnesses who appeared before the court with a brief synopsis of their testimonies.

GLC02437.02652

15 October 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Autograph document signed

Title: [Report of the late Captain Thomas Patten]

Report of Patten of the Artillery Artificers. Noted on the verso as written "To the Fort Major."

GLC02437.02661

16 October 1783

Fogg, Jeremiah, 1749-1808

Autograph document signed

Title: [Garrison orders]

Reporting himself as "last Paymaster to the 2nd New Hamp: Regt - detained by His Excellency's orders for the Settlement of Accts - residing at Newburgh."

GLC02437.02664

16 October 1783

Gibbs, Caleb, fl. 1748-1818

Autograph document signed

Title: [Appointment for Lieutenant Storer as an agent]

Certifies that Storer [Ebenezer Storer], "late pay Master to the 2d regt. of Massachusetts has been appointed & still continues to the Duty of Agent for said Regiment."

GLC02437.02665

16 October 1783

Hinkley, Ichabod, 1735-1807

Autograph document signed

Title: [Return of paymasters]

Return of the Connecticut Line Paymasters who are settling the accounts of their regiments. Countersigned by John Sherman, Charles Fanning and Nathan Beers, all Paymasters.

GLC02437.02667

17 October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Recommendation for a furlough]

Three parts. First part is a request for a furlough on behalf of Ensign Lyman, and is signed by Caleb Gibbs. Second part gives permission for the furlough, and is signed by Henry Jackson. The last part, written and signed by Knox, confirms the leave of absence. Knox writes: "Ensign Lyman of the 2d Massachusetts regiment hereby has leave of absence for the recovery of his health which when reestablished he is to join his regiment. Given at West Point this 17th October 1783." Noted as a copy.

GLC02437.02672

17 October 1783

Bushnell, David, 1740-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: Weekly return of the Corps [of] Sappers and Miners

Lists men by status.Written at Constitution Island

GLC02437.02674

18 October 1783

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph document

Title: [Return of the paymaster & regimental agents]

Lists men whose regiments have been disbanded. Lists men by name, rank, office, regiment and place of residence. Docketed by Pickering on verso.

GLC02437.02675

19 October 1783

Boynton, Joseph, fl. 1776-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of the non commissioned officers and privates in the New Hampshire Battalion]

Lists men by rank and the month in which their terms of service will expire. Countersigned by George Reid.

GLC02437.02682

19 October 1783

Stafford, John R., ?-1812

Autograph document signed

Title: [Return of the non commissioned officers and privates]

Lists number of men by rank. Countersigned by H. Maxwell.

GLC02437.02683

19 October 1783

Gibbs, Caleb, fl. 1748-1818

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of the non commissioned officers and privates]

Lists number of men by rank.

GLC02437.02684

19 October 1783

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of men agreeable to the garrison order of the 18th October 1783

Mentions one man whose term of service expires in December of 1783.

GLC02437.02686

20 October 1783

Greenman, Jeremiah, 1758-1828

Autograph document signed

Title: [Extract from Lieutenant Wheaton's orders]

Discusses how poorly dressed the soldiers are in preparation for a parade. Marked as a "true Coppy."

GLC02437.02690

20 October 1783

Tearse, Peter Bailey, fl. 1776-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists rations issued and the amount of days they are for. Noted as received on verso.

GLC02437.02694

24 October 1783

Grant, Edward, fl. 1783-1789

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses the unnecessary need for an inspector to come by and inspect the beef, since "this is a season in which there is very little or no bad Beef to be purchased in the Country; & Mr. [Oliver] Phelps, the Beef Contractor has determined to get none but good & merchantable Beef such as would pass inspection ... "

GLC02437.02707

26 October 1783

Tupper, Anselm, 1763-1808

Autograph document signed

Title: List of the names of the men discharged from the 20th Massachusetts Regiment

Lists names of men by rank.

GLC02437.02710

26 October 1783

Benson, Joshua, fl. 1775-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Request for one day's worth of provisions for four prisoners. Countersigned by John Lillie.

GLC02437.02711

27 October 1783

Alden, J., fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Provision return for five prisoners of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment.

GLC02437.02715

28 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Provision return for five prisoners of the 4th Massachusetts regiment. Lists men by company and rations issued.

GLC02437.02720

29 October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate for Major Stephen Rochefontaine]

Certifies Major Stephen Rochefontaine as a member of the Corps of Engineers. Noted as a copy on the docket.

GLC02437.02721

30 October 1783

Rochefontaine, Stephen, 1755-1814

Autograph document signed

Title: [Recommendation]

Recommends two men to General Henry Knox as they still have several more months of service left. Signed by Rochefontaine as Major of Engineers, bearing an approval countersignature of Villefranche, Lt. Col. of Engineers.

GLC02437.02729