10 December 1863

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

Written from Camp 5th Alabama near Monetons ford on the Rapperdan. Discusses fighting & skirmishing with Yankees.

GLC02082.46

1 January 1864

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

Comments on camp news, picket duty & drilling. Written from Camp Co. H 5th Alabama Regiment, twelve months volunteers near Orange C.H., Virginia.

GLC02082.47

31 January 1864

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

Provides camp news. Believes that 1864 will be a desperate year for the South.

GLC02082.48

13 February 1864

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

Discusses visiting Richmond. Reports that Gen. Rodes wants Brigade to go back to Rapidan.

GLC02082.49

21 February 1864

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

Discusses his return to old winter quarters. Mentions marching in the cold weather. Reports that the Yanks seized Tuscaloosa. Also Tate also worries about the seizure of Tuscaloosa and wishes for a furlough to "bush whack them." Also describes an interesting meeting in Richmond with the widow who cared for him when he was wounded in 1862.

GLC02082.50

6 April 1864

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

Mentions making a bone ring from bone found at Seven Pines.

GLC02082.51

17 April 1864

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

Reports sending the bone ring.

GLC02082.52

12 November 1783

Carleton, Guy, 1724-1808

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox of his proposed schedule to evacuate New York, starting from King's Bridge as far as McGowan's Pass, continuing eastward on Long Island. Mentions evacuating Brooklyn the day following, then Paulus Hook, Denys's (Denyse's Ferry in Brooklyn), and Staten Island soon after. His plan also includes reserving the rights to the New York City shipyards for boat repairs for as long as he needs them.

GLC02437.02770

13 November 1783

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph document signed

Title: to George Washington

Draft or retained copy of the cover letter for GLC02437.10199, from "the officers of the part of the Army remaining on the banks of the Hudson" in response to hearing General Washington's farewell address to the army. (GLC02437.10186 is a draft of that address.) Written and signed by Pickering; signatures of McDougall and Knox are also in Pickering's hand.

GLC02437.02772

24 November 1783

Carleton, Guy, 1724-1808

Manuscript letter

Title: to George Washington

Informs Washington of his plans to evacuate New York, stating that "I purpose to withdraw from this place to morrow [sic] at noon, by which time I conclude your Troops will be near the Barrier. - The Guards from the Redoubts & on the East River shall be first withdrawn, but an officer will be sent out to give information to your advanced Guard when the Troops move." Transmittal copy sent to Henry Knox from George Washington, copied out entire in the hand of David Cobb, aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief.

GLC02437.02798

14 December 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francois Jean Chastellux

Discusses the great debt and gratitude the new nation owes to France and the French officers and commanders for their leadership and support.

GLC02437.02829

3 January 1784

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Washington

Major General Knox reports that he withdrew from New York on or around 18 December 1783, according to the wishes of Governor George Clinton. Informs Washington he has discharged all troops except those who he lists in an enclosed return (not included). Asks Washington to keep this letter private. Reports on the state of officers, discussing their lack of pay or ability to obtain provisions at their time of discharge. Expects to hear from Washington regarding the May 1784 meeting of the "general Society," possibly referring to the Society of the Cincinnati. Discusses "the pay and…

GLC02437.02904

12 November 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to George Washington

Draft of an address from "the officers of the part of the Army remaining on the banks of the Hudson" in response to hearing General Washington's farewell address to the army. Expresses both joy and grief at his leaving- joy at the end "of a long dubious and important conflict, and we deeply lament the separation from our beloved...General- A General under whose auspices the Army have been led to glory and victory and America to Freedom and Independence." Goes on to praise the American people and Washington. States that they "anticipate all the happy consequences of a wise and just…

GLC02437.10186

18 November 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Allen

Relates that General George Washington is at West Point "to make the reduction of the Army." Relays Washington's orders that Allen, or the officer commanding the Rhode Island troops at Saratoga, "collect your men, and give them their discharges" and "turn in the arms ammunition accoutrements, and all public stores in your possession to Mr. Nicholas Quackenbush, assistant Quartermaster at Albany." Asks for returns of stores, officers, and the number of men discharged. Watermarked. Refer to GLC02437.02858, GLC02437.02863, and GLC02437.10195 for related correspondence.

GLC02437.10191

13 November 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: to George Washington

Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw. Creator inferred from the draft (GLC02437.10186) in Knox's hand. On behalf of the officers "remaining on the banks of the Hudson," Knox responds to General Washington's farewell address to the army. Thanks Washington for the address and states that the failure to fully recompense officers was beyond Washington's control. Lists accomplishments of army and the officers. Noted as a copy in the docket. Watermarked. Date inferred by date of Knox's covering letter (GLC02437.02772).

GLC02437.10199

13 November 1783

Clinton, George, 1739-1812

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses the delays of the British evacuation of New York City. States that they have to "wait Sir Guy's [Carleton] Pleasure and I fear considering the advanced season that he will put myself as well as many other Citizens who cannot think of removing their families into the City until his Departure, to great Inconveniencies and Difficulties."

GLC02437.02771

13 November 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Clinton

Discusses plans for the evacuation of New York City by the British and requests that they give five to six days' notice.

GLC02437.02773

13 November 1783

Brooks, David, 1756-1838

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Forwards a return of clothing that they have on hand (not included), and explains how sales of items, and issues of items to men, accounts for any differences in the item totals.

GLC02437.02774

15 November 1783

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph document

Title: [Return for the 1st Massachusetts Foot Brigade]

Partially printed document with subsequent information filled in by hand. Lists men by regiment, rank, status, and alterations since the last return. Also includes a manuscript table on the verso with officers' names (in most cases), status (sick present, sick absent, on duty, command, absent with leave, on the staff) and remarks. Noted as printed by F. Bailey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Signed by Pickering for Brigadier General John Paterson.

GLC02437.02778

15 November 1783

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Document signed

Title: [Return for the 2nd Massachusetts Foot Brigade]

Partially printed document with subsequent information filled in by hand. Lists men by regiment, rank, status, and alterations since the last return. Also includes a manuscript table on the verso with sick officers listed by status and name along with remarks. Noted as printed by F. Bailey in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Countersigned A. Williams.

GLC02437.02779

15 November 1783

Bradford, James, ?-1791

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Weekly return for the New York Corps of Artillery]

Lists men by rank, and status. Table of "Absentees accounted for On Duty" on the verso. Countersigned by Major Colonel Sebastian Bauman.

GLC02437.02781

18 November 1783

Phelon, E., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Certificate concerning Joseph Cleasby]

Certifies that Cleasby served in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment and is "entitled to his Discharge."

GLC02437.02789

23 November 1783

Affleck, Edmund, 1723-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Signed in text. Sends his compliments to Henry Knox and his wife, and expresses his regret that "the great hurry of Business alone prevents him from waiting on them before he leaves this Country to return his thanks for their polite attention to him at West Point." Noted as written "From His Brittanic Majesty's Ship Assurance in Hudson's River." (See GLC02437.02793 for Knox's reply)

GLC02437.02794

25 November 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edmund Affleck

Signed in text. Replies to Affleck's letter (see GLC02437.02794). Writes that he and Mrs. Lucy Knox "sincerely wish him [Affleck] a prosperous voyage and every felicity."

GLC02437.02795

25 November 1783

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of ordnance left by British troops]

Lists artillery by weight, left by the British at various locations.

GLC02437.02801