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[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by William Price, an officer of the police, and Major Samuel Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Provision return for one lieutenant police officer for the garrison of West Point for the month of August 1783. A total of 93 rations were...

GLC02437.02358

[Provision return]

Return for men in the ordnance department. Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by William Burrows.

GLC02437.02369

[Provision return]

Return for one prisoner. Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by James Ricker.

GLC02437.02378

Major General Henry Knox in account with United States

Lists Knox's transactions with the government for various periods from 1781 and 1782. Includes transactions for cash paid him by various men, goods delivered at Yorktown, clothing, etc. Written in Samuel Shaw's hand with a note signed by John Peirce...

GLC02437.02387

[Victualling return]

Return for victuals for men of the light infantry. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by a P. Gardnere.

GLC02437.02397

to Richard Frothingham

Informs Frothingham that William Richards, the deputy field commissary of military stores, has been discharged and wishes to have his accounts settled. Noted as a duplicate.

GLC02437.02416

[Provision return]

Return for General von Steuben at Saratoga, New York. Docket signed by John Bowles.

GLC02437.02440

Monthly abstract of extra issues, under the contract for the states of NYork & Jersey in the month of August, 1783

List of extra rations issued in August 1783. A total of 1,805 and 1/2 extra rations were issued for that month. The groups that received issues included: army prisoners, men on garrison fatigue duty, engineering department, police officers of the...

GLC02437.02448

to Silas Holmes

Asks for information about the treatment of prisoners at a hospital "at flat bush on Long Island." Has heard that Holmes was a prisoner of the British army and while held as a prisoner worked under Dr. Bayley. Wonders about Dr. Bayley's treatment...

GLC02437.02489

[Request for provisions]

Request for rations for Stephen Collins of the 4th Massachusetts regimen, who has discharged from the hospital. Countersigned by Mr. [Robert Bell] with the docket signed by Collins.

GLC02437.02503

to Henry Knox

Letter of introduction for a Mr. Darby from England, who is touring the country and would like to visit West Point.

GLC02437.02505

[Delivery of rations]

Requests a delivery of ten days' worth of provisions for a discharged soldier travelling to Boston, Massachusetts. Signed on behalf of Wright by William Burrows, quartermaster. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.02528

[Army return]

Return for the corps of sappers and miners of Constitution Island, New York. Duplicate of GLC02437.02540.

GLC02437.02541

[Provision order]

Request for twenty pounds of bread and beef each, for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02568

[Provision order]

Request for twenty pounds of beef for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02573

to William Pratt

Discusses charges issued against Lieutenant Wheaton involving defrauding non-commissioned officers and privates through clothing and hat purchases. A retained "true copy."

GLC02437.02578

[Return for provisions]

Request for provisions for three men in the detachment that were omitted in the general return of the first Massachusetts regiment. Noted as received by Dodge on verso.

GLC02437.02589

Return of the noncommissioned officers and privates in the New Hampshire Battalion

Lists men by instrument and the month in which their terms of service expire. Countersigned by Lieutenant Colonel George Reid.

GLC02437.02593

[Weekly return of the corps of Sappers and Miners]

Lists men by rank and file. Place writ from docket. Written at Constitution Island.

GLC02437.02611

[Request for rations]

Request for six days' worth of provisions. Also signed as received by John Pratt with his mark.

GLC02437.02614

[Provision return]

Return for provisions for a member of the Massachusetts Artillery.

GLC02437.02616

[Request for provisions]

Issues ten days' worth of provisions to a man in the New York line. Signed as received on the verso by John Habermeyer.

GLC02437.02618

[Return of clothing for the Corps of Sappers and Miners]

Lists clothing items by type and includes vests, boots and wool overcoats.

GLC02437.02641

[Return of clothing wanting in the New Hampshire Battalion]

Lists clothing items by type, including coats, shorts, hose, and hats with amounts. Countersigned by Major James Carr.

GLC02437.02644

[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