27 October 1783

Alden, J., fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Provision return for five prisoners of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment.

GLC02437.02715

28 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Provision return for five prisoners of the 4th Massachusetts regiment. Lists men by company and rations issued.

GLC02437.02720

29 October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate for Major Stephen Rochefontaine]

Certifies Major Stephen Rochefontaine as a member of the Corps of Engineers. Noted as a copy on the docket.

GLC02437.02721

30 October 1783

Rochefontaine, Stephen, 1755-1814

Autograph document signed

Title: [Recommendation]

Recommends two men to General Henry Knox as they still have several more months of service left. Signed by Rochefontaine as Major of Engineers, bearing an approval countersignature of Villefranche, Lt. Col. of Engineers.

GLC02437.02729

1 October 1783

Brown, Zephaniah, 1739-1810

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return of provisions for Baron von Steuben's steward. Lists items such as soap, salt and vinegar. Date from docket. Includes a note of receipt on the verso signed by Sergeant Samuel Cranston.

GLC02437.02731

1 October 1783

Brown, Zephaniah, 1739-1810

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for the Rhode Island Battalion]

Provision return of rations for a carpenter in the Rhode Island Battalion. Date from docket. Includes a note of receipt on the verso signed by Samuel Cranston.

GLC02437.02733

31 October 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Army rations issued to detachments]

Requests for ten days' worth of provisions for four men in the 4th Massachusetts regiment. Note of receipt on the verso signed by a Mr. Ford (first name is illegible).

GLC02437.02736

October 1783

Merlet, H., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for Canadians refugees]

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

GLC02437.02737

October 1783

Manuscript document

Title: Abstract of extra issues

Lists number of rations and for what purpose they were issued.

GLC02437.02741

October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Abstract of rations for West Point]

Lists men by regiment with rations issued.

GLC02437.02742

1 November 1783

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses a travelling forge made at the Springfield armory in Massachusetts, which he will be sending to West Point. He is very impressed by how well made it is.

GLC02437.02744

1 November 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: Public cloathing store

"Invoice of sundry Cloathing [sic] the property of the United States ... " Lists clothing with prices. Signed as received by Samuel Shaw but main part of invoice is in a different hand.

GLC02437.02745

9 November 1783

Ogden, Abraham, 1723-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Describes a 1300 acre estate for sale near Newark, New Jersey. Discusses the quality of the farmland and the proposed price, 10,000 pounds New York currency. Believes the price is quite high but "the farm is certainly as valuable as any in this country."

GLC02437.02768

2 January 1789

Thomas, Waterman, fl. 1785-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Petition to the Massachusetts legislature from the inhabitants of Waldoborough]

The citizens of Waldoborough petitioning for land they believe is owed them from thirty years earlier, due to an agreement with General Waldo when they first settled there. Also petitioning to not have to pay again for their current lands, due to complications with their land owners. Knox is also involved in this transaction. Signed by a number of the citizens of Waldoborough.

GLC02437.09215

April 1773

Murry, E., fl. 1773

Document signed

Title: [Account of payment made by Flucker to James Murry]

E. Murry (possibly Elizabeth) signs with her mark for her husband James, certifying that Flucker paid his balance in full.

GLC02437.09481

9 May 1773

Document

Title: [Payment from Thomas Flucker to Edward How]

Certifies that Thomas Flucker paid Edward How to hire his "negro man" for four days work.

GLC02437.09482

1773

Document

Title: [Information related to the estate of Samuel Waldo]

Docket notes that this document is from papers belonging to Thomas Flucker. Heading indicates, "The following Estates, belonging to the Estate of the Late Brigadier Samuel Waldo Esqr. remains undisposed of besides the Muscongus Patent so called & a house and Land at Falmouth..." Contains estate information.

GLC02437.09483

31 May 1774

Document

Title: [Account of payment made by Flucker to Samuel Dyer]

Contains account information 27 April 1773- 19 March 1774. Docket notes that Flucker paid in full for items such as "a coffin for a Negro man," shingles, a fence, a cubbard, and cedar posts.

GLC02437.09484

1774

Document

Title: [Account of payment made by Thomas Flucker to Samuel Dyer]

Contains account information from September-November 1774. Flucker pays Dyer for "altering & mending coach house doors," "hanging doore at the Admirels," and boards, among other things.

GLC02437.09487

30 December 1775

Lucas, John, fl. 1775-1798

Document

Title: [Account between Henry Knox and Thomas Mifflin]

Contains account information from November and December 1775. Appears to be payments made by Knox to Mifflin, Quarter Master General of the Continental Army.

GLC02437.09489

January 1776

Perkins, William, 1742-1802

Document signed

Title: [Pay abstract for Captain William Perkins company in Colonel Henry Knox's regiment of artillery]

Includes information for January 1776 and one matrosses pay for December.

GLC02437.09491

March 1776

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Order for James Warren, Paymaster, to pay Colonel Henry Knox]

Knox is to pay the noncommissioned officers and matrosses from his artillery regiment for January 1776. Verso contains a blank abstract of pay due to the noncommissioned officers.

GLC02437.09492

1775-1776

Manuscript document

Title: [Abstract of pay due to the company commanded by Henry Burbeck in the artillery regiment commanded by Henry Knox]

Abstract of pay for Henry Burbeck's company of artillery for the months of December 1775 and January 1776. Lists men by rank, time of enlistment and monthly pay.

GLC02437.09495

January 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Abstract of pay for officers in the artillery regiment]

Abstract of pay for officers in the artillery for the month of January 1776. Lists men by rank, including staff officers with pay amounts.

GLC02437.09496

January 1776

Newell, Eliphalet, 1735-?

Document signed

Title: [Abstract of pay for Captain Newell's company in Henry Knox's regiment]

Includes the company's pay for January 1776 and one man's pay for December 1775.

GLC02437.09497