29 September 1781

Peters, Richard, fl. 1732-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Orders Knox to send ordnance to General Nathanael Greene, who was "extremely destitute of Musket Ammunition." The Continental Army began to invest the British works for the siege of Yorktown the day before. Peters was the Secretary of the Board of War & Ordnance.

GLC02437.01197

30 September 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: to Thomas Shild

Orders Shild, captain of the schooner Betsy, to load his vessels with oak planks on the eastern shore of Maryland. Describes the planks as essential supplies for the siege of Yorktown. Authorizes the impressment of materials and procurement of assistance. Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw with a vertical addition in Knox's hand.

GLC02437.01200

30 September 1781

Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for Ordnance for the siege of Yorktown].

Colonel Carrington, on behalf of QMG Colonel Thomas Pickering, acknowledges the receipt of four horses from General Henry Knox which were furnished by Governor of Maryland Thomas S. Lee. The Continental Army began invading Yorktown on 28 September 1781. Signed in duplicate.

GLC02437.01201

May 1776-September 1776

Manuscript document

Title: Account between Doctor [William?] Pollard and Henry Knox

Includes figures related to Pollard's account. Autograph notation in Samuel Shaw's hand.

GLC02437.10007

2 April 1776-28 September 1776

Manuscript document

Title: [Army expenses of various regiments]

Includes clothing expenses of named officers and companies belonging to the regiment of artillery commanded by Henry Knox. Knox's expenses include "1 Regt. Coat for Boy Tom" (possibly an African-American servant).

GLC02437.10009

January 18, 1781

Craig, Isaac, 1742-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of Ordnance Stores at Fort Pitt and Fort McIntosh]

Signed by I. Craig, Captain of Artillery to Henry Knox, Brigadier General of Artillery. Lists stores of shells, powder, cartridges, muskets, rifles, swords, etc. Fort Pitt was the site of present day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fort McIntosh became the town of Beaver, Pennsylvania. Document is one long narrow sheet folded six times.

GLC02437.10018

18 February 1781

Craig, Isaac, 1742-1826

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of ordnance stores at Fort Pitt and Fort McIntosh]

Signed by I. Craig, Captain of Artillery to Henry Knox, Brigadier General of Artillery. Lists stores of shells, powder, cartridges, muskets, rifles, swords, etc. Note on verso of last fold states the return differs from the last due to a fire that broke out in the barracks making it necessary to remove the ordnance stores. States that "in the confusion some small loss was sustained." Fort McIntosh became the town of Beaver, Pennsylvania. Fort McIntosh was in Ohio. Document is one long narrow sheet folded six times.

GLC02437.10019

August 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Plan of encampment at Philipsburg, in Westchester County, New York]

Hand drawn map in Knox's hand, bearing his corrections and additions, of picket lines from Tuckahoe west to the Hudson River at Dobbs Ferry, New York. The Hudson River is referred to as the North River. In 1781, the Dobbs Ferry shoreline was fortified to prevent the British fleet from interdicting American and French supply lines. Docketed by Knox.

GLC02437.10024

September 1776- December 1777

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: General Knox in account with [Samuel] Shaw

Lists account information regarding the purchase of a variety of goods: gloves, ducks, potatoes, oats, handkerchiefs, postage for letters, housekeeping, and various other items.

GLC02437.10456

1776

Bradlee, David, 1742-1811

Manuscript document

Title: David Bradlee's accounts

Includes account information between Henry Knox and the artillery officers serving under him. Covers February through April. Includes Ebenezer Stevens, Jotham Horton, Henry Burbeck, and Samuel Shaw, among others. Captains pay Knox for breeches, shalloon (a lightweight fabric), and other items (mostly cloth). Bradlee is sometimes spelled "Bradley" in other records from the era.

GLC02437.10460

17 June 1776

Wheckley, J., fl. 1776

Manuscript document

Title: [Account information for an artillery regiment pertaining to Henry Knox and Thomas Mifflin, Quartermaster General]

Includes payments made in 1775 and 1776 to officers. [Wheckley?] signs for Mifflin.

GLC02437.10462

8 March 1788

Knowles, Charles, ?-1796

Manuscript document

Title: Honble Brig Gen. Henry Knox... his account of cash with Charles Knowles

Knowles signs as paymaster. Includes account information from March-November 1777. Lists expenses and charges, including many charges made to Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.10476

16 April 1780

Manuscript document

Title: Arrangement of the corps of artillery (regimental & relative rank)

Lists the names, rank, and date of commission of officers in the first, second, third, and fourth battalion in the corps of artillery commanded by Henry Knox. Includes dates of appointment ranging from 1777-1779. Also includes a paragraph noting that these Maryland companies listed in this document were not included in a prior battalion arrangement. Reports that an unspecified legislature (possibly the Maryland Legislature) has not given their consent to incorporation of the Maryland companies in the First Battalion. Relates that the officers can be commissioned according to their present…

GLC02437.10480

1 May 1781

Manuscript document

Title: Return of ordnance and military stores at Fishkill the 1st May 1781

Lists numbers of pound shot, strapped shot, case shot, grape shot, cases, cylinders, copper ladles, worms, pistols, flints, and other ordnance stores.

GLC02437.10487

July 1781

Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819

Document signed

Title: Return of ordnance and military stores received, delivered, and on hand in the month of June and July 1781.

Lists brass ordnance, case shot, fuzes, and other ordnance items. Indicates the amount of items last return, the amount received since last return, the total, the amount delivered since last return, and the number on hand. Signed by Frothingham as field commissary of military stores.

GLC02437.10492

1 August 1781

Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819

Manuscript

Title: Return of ordnance and military stores on hand the 1st Augt 1781.

Creator from docket (Frothingham was field commissary of military stores). Lists case shot, can shot, fuzes, gunners implements, and damaged stores, among other items.

GLC02437.10493

6 September 1780

Collins, John, 1717-1795

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of ordnance stores]

Full title: "A Return of Ordnance Stores remaining in the Ordnance Store at Springfield August first and of all Stores Received from the first to the 31st 1780 Made to the Honourable Brigadier General Knox." Lists pieces of brass ordnance, case shot, paper cartridges filled, and other items.

GLC02437.10670

January 31, 1781

Van Rensselaer, Philip, 1747-1798

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance stores at Albany, New York. Lists items by type and current condition.

GLC02437.10671

February 4, 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 January of 1781. Items listed by type, weight and current condition.

GLC02437.10672

28 February 1781

Van Rensselaer, Philip, 1747-1798

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance at Albany, New York. Items listed by type, and current condition.

GLC02437.10673

January and February 1781

Manuscript document

Title: Return of military stores received, delivered, and on hand at West Point and its dependencies for the months of January and February 1781.

Divides records into 3, 4, 6, 9, and 12 pound ordnance.

GLC02437.10674

1 May 1781

Frothingham, Thomas, 1755-1827

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered during the months of March and April of 1781. Items listed by type, weight and date of reception or delivery.

GLC02437.10677

1 June 1781

Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered at Fishkill, New York for the month of May 1781. Items listed by type, weight and current condition.

GLC02437.10680

30 June 1781

Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered at Fishkill, New York for the month of June 1781. Items listed by type, weight and current condition.

GLC02437.10682

3 October 1781

Frothingham, Thomas, 1755-1827

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

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

GLC02437.10684