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[Calculations respecting forges and furnaces]
10 April 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
List of calculations regarding the casting of artillery, along with the proper amounts of necessary items for the casting.
GLC02437.02081
[Return for rations]
April 13, 1783 circa
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
Return for rations for one person from Captain Thomas Patten's company of artillery artificers from 13 April to 20 April. A total of eight rations were delivered. Signed by Captain Patten and countersigned by Major General Knox's aide-de-camp Major...
GLC02437.02084
[Provision return]
13 April 1783
Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Dudley Mercer.
GLC02437.02085
GLC02437.02086
to John and Sophia Henry
5 January 1862
Henry, Josiah E., 1840-?
Henry write to his parents from Camp Griffin. Informs them that he sent them a letter "...with my minature and a dollar in gold..." Reports he was on picket duty. States many men have shot their thumbs off.
GLC03523.07.04
to Angeline Henry
January 25, 1862
Henry write to his sister from Camp Griffin. Reports they will move on to Manassas, Virginia, any day carrying tents and knapsacks. States the constant rain and mud affects their ability to drill.
GLC03523.07.05
to Sophia Henry
February 1, 1862
Henry writes to his mother from Camp Griffin. Reports that he sent five dollars to her. States there is not much to do other than guard and picket duty. Comments he weighs 156 pounds and many men are sick. Explains that they won't move on to Manassas...
GLC03523.07.06
February 15, 1862
Henry writes to his sister from Camp Griffin. Discusses illness among men, medical care, and the quality of the bread. Mentions a visit by Union General George McClellan and his comment "...that our reg was the best looking in the Division."
GLC03523.07.07
February 16, 1862
Henry writes to his sister from Camp Griffin. Refers to a brigade drill for Union General John Brooke. Asks her not to show his letters to anyone and to burn them. Envelope has a poem by Helen A. Brown printed on it.
GLC03523.07.08
4 March 1862
Henry writes to his sister from Camp Griffin. Reports there are two to three drills a day. Comments there is no chance to get lonesome with so many men around. Requests she write often and report on local news.
GLC03523.07.09
to George and Sophia Henry
March 29, 1862
Henry writes to his mother and brother from Fortress Monroe. Reports on many miles of marching. States they encountered rebel fire. Says that the peach trees are in bloom and the weather is hot. Comments he lost most of his belongings on a forced...
GLC03523.07.10
13 June 1862
In a letter to his mother, Henry discusses in detail the cost of food. Reports sending money to them and complains about backpay. States they are camped on a large field with calvary and artillery within view of the rebel's picket. Mentions killed...
GLC03523.07.11
27 July 1862
Henry writes to his parents from U.S. General Hospital in Annapolis. Reports his wounded arm is healing. Informs of heavy losses during the battle at Savages Station, Virginia. Comments on states offering bounty for recruits and how hard it is to be...
GLC03523.07.12
9 January 1863
Henry writes to his sister from a seminary. States the men are in one wing and 60 girls in another. Expresses pride at her becoming "...a school marm."
GLC03523.07.13
February 12, 1863
Henry writes to his mother from camp near Bell Plain. Reports he was on picket duty for three days and has two drills a day. Mentions Union General Joseph Hooker is in command and they may be moving south soon. Discusses her desire to move west and...
GLC03523.07.14
March 18, 1863
Henry writes to his mother from camp near Bell Plain. Comments on a land purchase she is considering and offers 80 dollars. Advises her to sell the crops before moving. Offers to send more money once he gets his pay.
GLC03523.07.15
to Mary M. Bogart
03/01/1863
Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865
Reports to his wife from Fairfax Seminary Hospital, Virginia. Tells her that there will be no more furloughs given for a while, but that he will come home when the war is over. Asks her to write "all the news and some of the olds for I have got...
GLC03523.11.06
03/10/1863
Writes to his wife, noting that he received her letter a few days ago, and apologizes for being too lazy to answer it until now. He includes trinkets for the children in the letter, and tells her that "I should like to send you all a kiss if I could...
GLC03523.11.07
04/10/1863
Writes to his wife from Fairfax Seminary Hospital to let her know where he is. He reports that he could not move along with the rest of the regiment as he is "quite lame." He speculates that he will "get over it when warm weather comes" so "do not...
GLC03523.11.08
to Mary M. Bogart and friend [incomplete]
07/01/1863
Writes letter addressed to his wife and friend, which explains that he left Yorktown this morning and is on march with the army to Richmond. Reports that they "have a good general at our hand this time and a good supply of cannon..." Shares with them...
GLC03523.11.09
09/12/1863
Reports to his wife that his camp is quite sickly as the "measles have made their apearence." Writes that he has sent his pay, which is 25 dollars, minus "two and a few cents," which he kept for himself because "a man can't live here without some...
GLC03523.11.10
09/24/1863
Writes to his wife telling her he wished she wrote more often as he is lonely and in a "godforsaken plase for we are hemed in here on an island where we can see nor hear nothing but death and distruction on every side..." He reports to her that their...
GLC03523.11.11
10/15/1863
Writes to wife, addressing her as "friend," inquiring about his parents, and why they have not written to him more than they have. Speculates that it is because he has not sent home more money and asks his wife if there is perhaps something between...
GLC03523.11.12
to dear friends, care of Mary M. Bogart
10/06/1863
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...
GLC03523.11.13
[Provision request for Indians]
22 August 1783
Anspach, Peter, fl. 1775-1783
Orders rations to be issued for the use of five Indians going from Newburgh to Albany. The rations included 60 pounds of bread and 60 pounds of beef and also one gallon of rum as directed by Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Walker, an aide-de-camp to...
GLC02437.02406
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