3 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Request for six days' worth of provisions.

GLC02437.02613

6 October 1783

Johnston, W., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists provisions with amounts. Items include bread, vinegar, and beef.

GLC02437.02617

4 October 1783

Smith, Ebenezer, ?-1824

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment]

Lists men by month in which their term of service expires.

GLC02437.02620

19 September 1783

Moodie, Andrew, ?-1787

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Weekly return of the New York Corps of Artillery Commanded by Major Sebastian Bauman]

Lists numbers of majors, captains, surgeons mates, gunners, and other posts present and fit for duty, sick and present, on command, on extra duty, on the staff, on duty present, and absent with leave. Includes an illegible signature in addition to Moodie's. Verso contains a list of absentees accounted for, with the extent of their furlough.

GLC02437.10140

20 September 1783

Manuscript document

Title: Weekly return of the Corps of Artillery

Lists numbers of commissioned, noncommissioned, and staff officers. Includes total numbers, or "strength of each corps respectively." Also lists numbers "fit for duty," including "sick present," "sick absent," "on duty," "absent with leave," and "in confinement."

GLC02437.10141

1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Miscellaneous return of artillery]

Lists officers and their status (fit for duty, on command, etc.) for an unspecified location. Docket indicates "scale artillery."

GLC02437.10142

20 September 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Miscellaneous return of infantry]

Lists numbers of officers and their status ("sick present, sick absent, etc.) for regiments from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. Docket indicates "scale infantry."

GLC02437.10143

26 September 1783

Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848

Manuscript document signed

Title: Monthly return of the Massachusetts Corp of Artillery

Signed by Captain Burbeck and Samuel Cooper, Adjutant. Lists numbers of officers present for duty, sick present, sick absent, etc. Includes notes for men on extra duty, on command, sick absent, on furlough, and in confinement. Also contains a list of aide-de-camps on staff. Possibly created at West Point.

GLC02437.10144

27 September 1783

Manuscript document

Title: Monthly return of the Corps of Artillery

Lists numbers of officers and their status (fit for duty, sick present, sick absent, on duty, etc.) for regiments from New York and Massachusetts.

GLC02437.10146

27 September 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Miscellaneous return of infantry]

Lists numbers of officers for regiments from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Docket indicates "scale of infantry."

GLC02437.10147

28 September 1783

Swartwout, Cornelius, fl. 1776-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of ordnance stores, apparatus & c. & c. at the Garrison of Stony and Verplanks Points Kingsferry- Septemer 28th 1783.

Signed by Swartwout, Captain Lieutenant Commanding Artillery at Kings Ferry.

GLC02437.10148

28 September 1783

Pettengill, Joseph, 1753-1833

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of a detachment from the 1st Massachusetts Regiment

Lists numbers of officers, rank and file, including alterations since the most recent return. Contains a note on the left side of the page pertaining to ensigns and a lieutenant.

GLC02437.10149

1 October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Clement Biddle

Knox writes a warm letter to Colonel Biddle. "I should have done violence to my feelings and Sentiments, my dear Biddle, were I to pass further from you eastward without dropping one line of recognition- The War is over, our acquaintance began in times of distress and was ripened by common danger into sincere friendship. We shall now assume new situations which may separate us widely and perhaps forever. But no distance, and no circumstances but loss of memory will obliterate... the idea of your goodness and sensibility... If at any period it may appear that I can be of service to you or…

GLC02437.10154

4 October 1783

Pettengill, Joseph, 1753-1833

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of a detachment from the first Massachusetts Regiment

Lists Numbers of officers, including rank and status.

GLC02437.10156

4 October 1783

Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840

Manuscript document signed

Title: Weekly return of Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

Signed by Cooper as adjutant. Cosigned by Captain Henry Burbeck. Includes a chart with number of officers and their corresponding rank and status. Contains additional notes pertaining to officers on command, sick, on the staff, and on extra duty.

GLC02437.10157

4 October 1783

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of the non-commissioned officers and matrosses in the New York Corps of Artillery commanded by Major Sebastian Bauman- designating the expiration of their Inlistments.

Lists numbers of non-commissioned officers and matrosses on a chart that spans the time period between October 1783 and March 1786. Includes the first and second companies.

GLC02437.10158

16 September 1783

Mahony, John, fl. 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Testimony related to Lieutenant Joseph Wheaton]

Testimony/disposition of soldiers in the Rhode Island troops in the trial of Lieutenant Wheaton, who sold rum to the soldiers at the garrison of Saratoga for profit. All three men signed with an "X" on "His Mark" at end of their testimonies. John Thompson, Justice of the Peace, took their testimony. John Mahony gave his testimony separately from Thomas Brown and Jonathan Crandle, who gave theirs together. See GLC02437.02204 for Wheaton's lengthy defense and for cross-references to other documents related to this case. According to Wheaton, Thomas Brown, one of those submitting testimony…

GLC02437.10522

19 September 1783

Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for the Massachusetts corp of artillery. Lists the rank and current status of the soldiers.

GLC02437.10523

19 September 1783

Loomis, Libbeus, ?-1836

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a regiment of Connecticut foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by Ebenezer Huntington. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10524

20 September 1783

Stafford, John R., ?-1812

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for the third regiment of Massachusetts foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by Michael Jackson. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10525

20 September 1783

Loomis, Libbeus, ?-1836

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a regiment of Connecticut foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by Ebenezer Huntington. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10526

20 September 1783

Greaton, John, 1741-1783

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for the third regiment of Massachusetts foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Also includes a chart for absent officers on the verso. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10528

20 September 1783

Boynton, Joseph, fl. 1776-1783

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a regiment of New Hampshire foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by George Reid. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10529

26 September 1783

Boynton, Joseph, fl. 1776-1783

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a regiment of New Hampshire foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by James Carr. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10532

27 September 1783

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

Document signed

Title: [Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for the third regiment of Massachusetts foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Appears to have a clipped signature. Countersigned by Michael Jackson. Noted as printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by F. Bailey.

GLC02437.10533