22 June 1783

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Manuscript letter

Title: to Henry Knox

Duplicate of GLC02437.02174. Discusses orders for officers to hand in returns in a timely manner concerning the "number of Officers ... and privates who will remain in service from the different corps at this post ... " Explains the return was created before all of the officers choosing to remain in service were accounted for, and since there were more officers who chose to stay than were expected, he needs to issue a new return. Had asked the officers to decide among themselves who would remain since "I do not think that I can with propriety derange any officer without his consent. If…

GLC02437.02175

26 June 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document

Title: [Account of vouchers]

Lists of sums. Date added later in pencil.

GLC02437.02190

26 June 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Account of vouchers]

Written and signed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp, for Henry Knox and for Pay Master General, Charles Knowles.

GLC02437.02192

27 June 1783

Finck, Andrew, 1751-1820

Autograph document signed

Title: to the Contractors for the States of N. York & New Jersey

Finck, Major Commanding, New York State Regiment, issues one hundred and sixteen extra rations of provisions to an officer commanding a flag and his escort, from the British garrison at Oswego. Includes an endorsement signed by Immanuel Deake(?) stating the rations were received from the contractor for the states of New York and New Jersey.

GLC02437.02197

June 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: State of the invalid officers

Knox's working draft for an Inspection Board report on the Invalid Regiment. Lists eleven invalid officers and their assigned pensions. The report is for the following officers: Captain [John] McGowen, Captain [John] Riley, Captain [Moses] McFarland, Captain Lieutenant [William] McL.Hatton [McElhatton], Lieutenant [Osgood] Carleton, Lieutenant [Jonathan] Pugh, Lieutenant [Talmage] Hall, Captain [Thomas] Arnold, Lieutenant [William] Mainard [Maynard], Lieutenant [Samuel] Gibbs, and Captain [David] Dorance. Date and title taken from docket. See GLC02437.02882 for a related component of this…

GLC02437.02208

June 1783

Forsyth, James, fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provisions and Stores Issued to Major General Knox's family at West Point, in the month of June 1783

Chart created by Commissary of Stores of West Point Forsyth describing the issuing of rations to the Knox family. Delineates how the various articles (flour, beef, rum, vinegar, and Indian meal) were issued to the family over the month. Related to Shaw's return at GLC02437.02209. Note signed on page 2 by Forsyth who said Major Shaw gave him a receipt.

GLC02437.02210

1 July 1783 - 4 July 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

A provision return for eight men and two women employed in the ordinance department at one ration per day from July 1st to July 4th 1783, for a total of fifty-six rations. Noted and signed: "By order of the Comd. S. Shaw [Samuel Shaw]." Also signed by Lieutenant J. Wright and another name which is illegible.. The docket is signed by William Burrows.

GLC02437.02212

7 July 1783

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

A provision return for a soldier belonging to the third Massachusetts regiment on command in Dobb's Ferry. Noted: "By Order of Genl Knox [Henry Knox]." The docket is signed by James Gibsen.

GLC02437.02213

1 July 1783

North, William, 1755-1836

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

A provision return for four men belonging to Baron Steuben's barge. Three of the men were from the 2nd Massachusetts and one from the 1st Massachusetts regiment. Noted and signed by Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, on page one: "-sixteen rations By order of the Comdr." The document also bears a handwritten docket signed by Shaw plus another docket signed by David Blake.

GLC02437.02214

1 July 1783

Manuscript document

Title: Monthly lists of costs

Includes amounts for the months of February through August. Date added at a later date in pencil.

GLC02437.02215

26 June 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Account of vouchers

Knox certifies that $982 were paid to Captain Steven's and Bedlam's companies in the artillery regiment, before their march from Cambridge to Canada. Charles Knowles, Pay Master to the Massachusetts artillery, certifies that General Knox has accounted for $1,500 payment due to the regiment of artillery. An explanation for the unaccountability of $640 is given in an entry numbered "4." He attributes the loss of the vouchers to the disappearance of part of his baggage and papers during the evacuation of New York in 1776.

GLC02437.02216

2 July 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Order stating General Knox paid for Robert Symonds board]

Written by Major Shaw as Major General Knox's aide-de-camp. States that Robert Symonds of the New York Artillery, who was stationed in the country with horses belonging to General Knox and other officers, received rations from 15 October 1782 to 8 June 1783, when he was furloughed. Says his board was paid by Knox and that no provisions were drawn for him in his regiment or elsewhere. A total of 236 rations were issued.

GLC02437.02221

3 July 1783

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Request written by Fortress Major Doughty to West Point Commissary James Forsyth. Asks that a week's provisions be issued to Nathaniel Evans, an invalid soldier, commencing 1 July through 7 July. Docket signed by Nathaniel Evans stating that contractors delievered the rations.

GLC02437.02228

4 July 1783

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Return for provisions written by Fortress Major of West Point Doughty to the Commissary of Issues James Forsyth. Asks that 10 days of provisions be issued to John Mooder, a furloughed soldier of the Massachusetts Artillery on his way to Boston. Docket signed by a Christopher Midler that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02230

4 July 1783 circa

Buchanan, John, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for four men from the Connecticut line]

Signed by Captain John Buchanan and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as the aide-de-camp of Major General Henry Knox. Provision return for four men in the Connecticut Line for four days from 1- 4 July 1783. The four officers, all captains, were named Wells, Stillwell(?), Douglas, and Hopkins. A total of 16 rations were issued. Docket signed by a David Matteson stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02231

4 July 1783

Bushnell, David, 1740-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Army rations issued to sappers & miners]

Provision return for non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the corps of sappers and miners from 1-4 July. A total of 18 men received a total of 76 rations.

GLC02437.02233

8 July 1783 circa

Bushnell, David, 1740-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for miners and sappers]

Provision return for non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the corps of sappers and miners for rations issued 5-8 July. 16 non-commissioned officers and privates drew a total of 68 rations over 4 days. Document is signed by Captain D. Bushnell. Note at the bottom of the page is signed by a John Lovely, stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02238

8 July 1783 circa

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Manuscript document

Title: [Provision return of men in ordnance department]

Provision return for 8 men employed by the ordnance department from 5-8 July. The return also shows two women were hired for the four days. The ten people were issued a total of 56 rations. Signed by Doughty as Fort Major of West Point as well as Lieutenant J. Wright of the Artillery. Docket signed by a William Burrows stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02239

6 July 1783 circa

Hillyer, David, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by David Hillyer, a quartermaster. Countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as Knox's aide-de-camp. Provision return for four men from Captain McGowan's Company of the Invalid Regiment who came to West Point from the Fishkill Barracks from 1-6 July. A total of 24 rations were issued over the six days. Docket signed by a Gerard Craig stating that the rations were delivered by contractors.

GLC02437.02243

6 July 1783 circa

Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Edward Blake, a quartermaster with the artillery, and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as Knox's aide-de-camp. Provision return for rations issued to one man, one woman and two children from 1-6 July. A total of 18 rations were issued over the six days. Docket signed by a Thomas Nelson stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02244

8 September 1747

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

Lists bonds received by Thomas Flucker by name with corresponding amounts.

GLC02437.09461

10/06/1863

Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to dear friends, care of Mary M. Bogart

Writes to his friends asking them to write him. Tells them that he needs a "friendely letter to chear us on to victory and death for some die here for the dead volly sounds pretty often and it is lonely not to hear from reletives to dround trouble and kill dull care while in the army for we are ruled with rod of masonry and the secret order..." Reports to them that they have "gaged a private that had been sick almost ever since we have been on the island because he wouldent go on picket" and speculates that "I shal get it next for I have said something that they dont like very well..."…

GLC03523.11.13

10/07/1863

Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary M. Bogart and friend

Begins his letter, "Dear Wife and only friend on earth it is to you that I write a few lines in rememberence of old times..." Speculates that "there must be a good many widows and orfant children now in the land that are made so by this war..." Asks them to write to him about home. Apologizes for the poor writing, however "it is hard work to write a poor pen..." Offers them farming advice. Letter addressed to Mrs. Abram Bogart in Masonville, Delaware County, New York.

GLC03523.11.14

10/12/1863

Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary M. Bogart

Writes to his wife, "how I do want to se you once more if the lord so wills that I can and my children to for I have got tired of this war is ever a fellow was in this world for they hant but a few left for duty in the regement and grow less every day and it is discourageing to do enny thing..." Reports to her his belief that their lack of food contributes to many soldier deaths. Tells about a time that he "happened to be with an old regement one day and we went to a house and asked for some thing to eat and they said that they had nothing in the house so we filed in line around the house and…

GLC03523.11.15

10/31/1863

Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary M. Bogart

Addresses his letter to his wife, "companion and friend," and tells her that he hopes she is feeling well and taking good care of their children. Asks that she not speak anymore of him getting a discharge, as "that is a thing hard to get here..." Tells her that he "lives in hopes of better time to come but we must keep good courege and a contented mind if we would keep up disease and not worry our selfs to death for a contented mind is a continual beast and what we cant get we must not covet but wait with patience..." Notes that he would like her to ask James, possibly a neighbor or friend…

GLC03523.11.16