8 June 1864

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Louise Walbridge

Another soldier asks Walbridge to send money home for him, news concerning the arrival of another captain from Buffalo.

GLC04663.42

21 June 1864

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Louise Walbridge

A visit to the Petersburg lines, requests paintings done by Sarah and Louise, wonders why Lydia Walbridge still succumbs to "the humbug of spiritualism" after it has taken the lives of several of her children.

GLC04663.43

2 July 1864

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Louise Walbridge

Requests the location of the 94th NY. Writes that most of the officers in the 100th NY regiment will not re-enlist.

GLC04663.44

9 August 1864

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Louise Walbridge

Writing to let the family know he arrived safely [from a furlough]. The weather is very hot and there is a new chief Quartermaster.

GLC04663.45

16 August 1864

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Louise Walbridge

Failed attempt of the 2nd and 10th Corps to take Richmond. Has not received any letters from home since his return.

GLC04663.46

27 August 1864

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Louise Walbridge

Describes his new quarters, two tents and an open space over which is a "fly", with a diagram of the tents. Failed rebel attack at Bermuda Hundred, intercepted message from General Beauregard to General Pickett ordering the latter to destroy a pontoon bridge.

GLC04663.47

18 September 1864

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Louise Walbridge

Asks Louise to send to him some official papers he left at home. A detailed description of various forms used by the Quartermaster's office.

GLC04663.48

25 September 1864

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Louise Walbridge

First encounter with persimmons [type of fruit], the success of Sheridan, building a log office for winter, reports that he knows no McClellan supporters in the Army.

GLC04663.49

3 October 1864

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Louise Walbridge

Battle of Chapins Bluff. Rebel prisoners say they did not run because they realized that there was no hope. Thinks Sheridan will soon take Lynchburg. Regrets that Louise and Mother have to take in boarders.

GLC04663.50

23 May 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Indicates that he received William's letter from his wife Lucy, who just arrived in New York with their newborn child. Anticipates New York as "principal seat of war" and worries about his family being in harms way. Mentions that George Washington has gone to meet with the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to discuss the current campaign. Welcomes the news that General Horatio Gates has been promoted to major general and been placed in charge of the defense of Boston. Mentions a heavy loss inflicted by a schooner from the West Indies two days earlier. Promises to write more frequently…

GLC02437.00311

20 May 1776

Whiteman, Henry, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: to Jonathan Pollard

Receipt for equipment. Whiteman was a member of the Dutchess County Militia of New York. Pollard was the quartermaster in Knox's artillery regiment.

GLC02437.00305

21 May 1776

Durham, Jane, fl. 1774-1776

Autograph document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Receipt for buttons (uniform-related).

GLC02437.00306

22 May 1776

Frenlau, Peter, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Receipt for thread (uniform-related).

GLC02437.00307

23 May 1776

Weygand, Mary, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Receipt for scarlet cloth (uniform-related).

GLC02437.00308

May 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Supply of clothing for Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Lists supplies for clothing and costs, including buttons and "scarlet cloth," and in some cases who the material was sent to. Directed to Jonathon Pollard, the quartermaster for Knox's artillery regiment. A memo written on page three by Samuel Shaw indicates when Pollard gave Knox receipts for supplies on May 21st and 23rd, 1776.

GLC02437.00309

23 May 1776 - 1 June 1776

Hiwell, John, fl. 1788

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Supply list for officers in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Also signed by Benjamin Hoey, Elijah Harvey, Samuel Jefferds, D. Preston, William Stevens, Eliphalet Newell, and William Perkins. Notes supplies received by officers from Jonathan Pollard, the quartermaster of Knox's artillery regiment.

GLC02437.00310

23 May 1776

Shonnand, Fridrik, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Receipt for scarlet cloth and thread (uniform-related).

GLC02437.00312

24 May 1776

Buchanan, Will, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: to John Werdie

Receipt for pay issued to Captain Archibald McAllister.

GLC02437.00313

24 May 1776

Buchanan, Will, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: to John Werdie

Receipt for pay issued to Captain Archibald McAllister.

GLC02437.00314

25 May 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Winthrop Sargent

Orders Sargent to accompany Earl Stirling (aka Lord Stirling and William Alexander) to ports on the Hudson River and to report back on the artillery there. Sargent was a captain lieutenant in Knox's artillery regiment.

GLC02437.00315

26 May 1776

Feddeman, Joseph, fl. 1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Captain Burbeck's company collectively write to their commander to inform him of their ill treatment and poor conditions at Fort Montgomery. They seek relief from duty there. Knox had detached Burbeck's company to assist in the campaign against Canada. Written at Fort Montgomery

GLC02437.00316

28 May 1776

Johnson, Martin, fl. 1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Reports that on doing his rounds of artillery guard duty at the grand battery, he came across two men claiming to be members of the artillery named Archibald Thomson and Robert McFalls. Johnson believes they are imposters. Johnson was a lieutenant in the New York artillery regiment.

GLC02437.00317

29 May 1776

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Explains that he must delay reconnaissance of King's Bridge (Kingsbridge) because he has to go to New Uttrick [Utrecht] on Long Island to conduct business with a committee there. Relays a report of two British ships spotted "off the offing" the previous night. Kingsbridge connected the northern tip of Manhattan to the mainland. The Continental Army evacuated Manhattan through there in October, 1776.

GLC02437.00318

31 May 1776

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pay Roll of Capt. Bauman's Company of Artillery in the Regiment whereof Henry Knox Esqr. is Colonel

Very detailed payroll for May, 1776. Gives names of Bauman's men, their position, when they enlisted and were last paid, how much time they were owed for and at what pay scale.

GLC02437.00319

31 May 1776 - 3 June 1776

Dana, William, 1745-1809

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Supply list for officers in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Also signed by John Barrit, Gershom Foster, John May, William Phillip, Remember Preston, and Nathaniel Glover. Notes supplies received by officers from Jonathan Pollard, the quartermaster of Knox's artillery regiment.

GLC02437.00320