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[Provision return for artificers]

Provision return for Captain Patten's company of artificers, which belonged to the ordinance department, from 21 April to 24 April. 69 soldiers were each given 1 1/2 rations a day for four days for a total of 432 rations issued. Signed twice by...

GLC02437.02109

to Samuel Shaw

Asks Shaw to help him to apply to General Henry Knox to aid him with his debts that he incurred while still in the service and that he would have paid if he had received the half-pay due to soldiers who leave the army. "Free" stamped on address leaf...

GLC02437.02143

[Provision return]

Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date and place writ from note.

GLC02437.02102

Provision return for one Sergt & six masons employ'd in the Engineers Department at West Point, commencing the first & ending the eight day of January 1783 both days included

Return signed by D. [likely Daniel] Niven [some sources say Nevin], Commanding Engineer, and countersigned "By order of Gen [Henry] Knox", S. [Samuel] Shaw, Aide-de-Camp. Note on verso signed by John Green.

GLC02437.01776

to unknown

Discusses the recipient's brother, who is on trial for some misdemeanor and hopes that this brother will be sent to his own regiment for the trial. Originally enclosed with GLC02437.01870.

GLC02437.01872

[Artillery Artificers rations]

Lists men by regiment and company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Dudley Mercer on verso.

GLC02437.01907

[Army Rations issued to Prisoners and Detachment]

Lists men by company with rations issued. Countersigned by a Captain Hopkins and by John Doughty, with an endorsement signed by Samuel Ackley. Place writ from note.

GLC02437.01930

[Request for rations]

Request for a week's worth of provisions for a man of the Core of the Invalides. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed (with an X) by Joseph Freeman.

GLC02437.01968

[Provision request for Indians]

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

[Request for provisions]

Return for provisions written by Fortress Major of West Point Doughty to the Commissary of Issues James Forsyth. Asks that 10 days of provisions be issued to John Mooder, a furloughed soldier of the Massachusetts Artillery on his way to Boston...

GLC02437.02230

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by David Hillyer, a quartermaster. Countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as Knox's aide-de-camp. Provision return for four men from Captain McGowan's Company of the Invalid Regiment who came to West Point from the Fishkill Barracks from 1-6 July...

GLC02437.02243

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Lieutenant Major B. Wells and countersigned by Fort Major of West Point Doughty. Provision return for four men from Captain Dustin's(?) Company of the New Hampshire line for one day. The unit had been "on command at Dobbs Ferry." A total of...

GLC02437.02248

[Provision return]

Signed by Colonel Swift and countersigned by John Doughty. Provision returns for three men of the late First Connecticut Regiment. A docket note regarding rations is signed by Sergeant Cook.

GLC02437.02256

[Provision return]

Return for provisions for three men. Countersigned by John Doughty with a signed docket by Miles Jordan.

GLC02437.02259

[Orders to supply rations to Barney Daughtry]

Order of sixteen rations for Barney Daughtry, of the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Annapolis, Maryland.

GLC02437.02277

[Orders for provisions to Robert Bancroft and Elbert Brown]

Order for five days provisions for Robert Bancroft and Elbert Brown of the Invalid Regiment, on their way to Springfield, [Massachusetts].

GLC02437.02281

[Provision return]

Provision return for one sergeant and eight privates belonging to General Steuben's barge.

GLC02437.02288

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Provision return for non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the corps of sappers and miners from 13-16 July. A total of 68 rations were issued to 16 men over the four days. Signed by Captain Bushnell as commander of the engineering corps...

GLC02437.02294

to Silas Talbot

This is a copy of a certificate sent to Captain Talbot by Major General Gates. Says when he was in command of the troops in the Eastern Department in 1779, there were many small British cruisers harrasing American shipping from Long Island to...

GLC02437.02297

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Provision return for rations issued to three men from Colonel Antill's regiment. Lieutenant Wright's company in the ordinance department. Return also includes 2 women. The 5 people were issued 26 rations from 17-20 July. Signed by both Lieutenant...

GLC02437.02299

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Provision return for three men employed in the ordinance department from 21-24 July. Also includes two women who received rations. The three men served in Lieutenant Wright's company of artillery artificers. A total of 26 rations were issued over the...

GLC02437.02314

[Request for rations]

Order sent by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw to West Point Commissary James Forsyth requesting six rations for three men "late of the 23d British regiment." Docket signed by a Jonathan Hamilton that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02324

[Issue of twenty pounds of beef]

Order to issue twenty pounds of beef for General Knox.

GLC02437.02331

[Provision return]

A provision return for a prisoner of the Corps of Sappers and Miners. The prisoner is issued one ration for one day. Signed by Captain [Nathan] Dix and John Doughty, Fort Major at West Point. The docket acknowledges receipt of the contractors for...

GLC02437.02338

[Provision request for Thomas Nelson]

Written by Major Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, to West Point Commissary James Forsyth to issue ten days provisions to Thomas Nelson, his wife, and two children. Nelson was late of the artillery and was detained by the sickness of his wife...

GLC02437.02357

[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

[Report of the late Captain Thomas Patten]

Report of Patten of the Artillery Artificers. Noted on the verso as written "To the Fort Major."

GLC02437.02661

[Return of the non commissioned officers and privates]

Lists number of men by rank. Countersigned by H. Maxwell.

GLC02437.02683

[Order stating General Knox paid for Robert Symonds board]

Written by Major Shaw as Major General Knox's aide-de-camp. States that Robert Symonds of the New York Artillery, who was stationed in the country with horses belonging to General Knox and other officers, received rations from 15 October 1782 to 8...

GLC02437.02221

[Army rations issued to sappers & miners]

Provision return for non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the corps of sappers and miners from 1-4 July. A total of 18 men received a total of 76 rations.

GLC02437.02233

[Provision return of men in ordnance department]

Provision return for 8 men employed by the ordnance department from 5-8 July. The return also shows two women were hired for the four days. The ten people were issued a total of 56 rations. Signed by Doughty as Fort Major of West Point as well as...

GLC02437.02239

[Provision return]

Provision returns for twenty non-commissioned men from the invalid Regiment, three women, and five children. A docket note regarding rations is signed by Hillyer. Countersigned by John Doughty.

GLC02437.02257

[Provision request]

Order to issue three days provisions to Northwich Evens, an invalid soldier. Signed by Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.02261

[Order to supply rations to Joseph Susan]

Order of sixteen rations for Joseph Susan, soldier in the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Geico Bay, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.02276

[Orders to supply rations to John McGuin]

Order of eight rations for John McGuin, soldier in the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Countersigned by J. Lovely, Sergeant.

GLC02437.02280

[Orders to supply rations to John Fulford]

Order of five rations for John Fulford of the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Hartford, Connecticut.

GLC02437.02283

[Orders to issue provsions to John Torrey]

Orders to issue nine days provisions to John Torrey, a discharged soldier. Countersigned by John Doughty, Fort Major at West Point.

GLC02437.02289

[Certificate of service for John Banks]

Certifies that John Banks of the state of New York, has served the United States as a Conductor of Stores from 12 April 1777 to 19 July 1783. Mr. Banks is therefore entitled to his pay and the depreciation of his pay during his period of service...

GLC02437.02306

Provision return

Provision return for four men belonging to the Connecticut regiment under Captain John Buchanan from 17 to 20 July 1783. A docket acknowledging receipt is signed by David Watteson. The return is also signed by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General...

GLC02437.02308

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Provision return for non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the corps of sappers and miners from 21-24 July. Fifteen men received a total of 64 rations over the four days. Signed by Captain Bushnell as the commander of the engineering...

GLC02437.02311

[Request for rations]

Order sent by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw to West Point Commissary James Forsyth requesting that 14 rations be issued to two men late of the British army on their way to Virginia. Docket signed by a John Griffin stating that contractors...

GLC02437.02325

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Superintendent Joseph Cheesman and Major Samuel Shaw as General Knox's aide-de-camp. Provision return for four men employed by the engineering department from 22-26 July. Two men were with Captain Douglas's company, one man was with Captain...

GLC02437.02329

to Richard Frothingham

A letter regarding clothing for which a Mr. Richards, D.C.M. Stores has been held accountable. Directs Frothingham to call on Richards to furnish receipts and vouchers for the clothing. Shaw further directs Frothingham to not make any settlements...

GLC02437.02341

[Certificate of approval for the conduct of John Popkin]

States the subscribers approve of Lieutenant Colonel John Popkin's conduct in "leaving our state notes in Boston to be Exchang'd into Current Money..." Certifies the above statement as a copy, written three years prior on 4 August, at West Point....

GLC02437.02364

[Rations for sappers and miners]

Note for rations for the corp of sappers and miners. Countersigned by John Lillie, aide-de-camp.

GLC02437.02367

[Provision return]

Return for men in the ordnance department. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with the docket signed by William Burrows.

GLC02437.02383

to John Lillie

Requests fourteen days leave for the bearer of the letter (whose name is not given), as the bearer's father had died. Encloses a letter (not present) confirming this information.

GLC02437.02417

[Request for rations]

Request for four days' worth of provisions for men "belonging to the Comdr in Chiefs Barge ... " Countersigned by Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.02422

[Provision return]

Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by Joseph Libbey. Return for a prisoner for one day.

GLC02437.02431

[Provision return]

Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by Peter Cross. Return for a prisoner from the "Late First New York Regiment."

GLC02437.02435

[Provision return for fourteen men on duty at Poughkeepsie]

Provision return written by Lieutenant E. J. Parker of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment. It notes that 14 men were issued a total of 210 rations from 1-15 September. Note on second page, signed by a Stephen Patterson with a mark, states that the...

GLC02437.02454

[Provision return]

Signed by Edward Blake, quarter master, and countersigned by Samuel Shaw as aide-de-camp to Henry Knox. Eight rations issued to one man to carry him to Boston from the first to the eighth of July 1783. A receipt note on the verso is signed by John...

GLC02437.02252

[Request for provisions for Indian tribe]

Request for provisions for four men in an Indian tribe. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, with a signed docket by Hendrick Solomon.

GLC02437.02258

[List of clothing articles]

In the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp but endorsed and signed by Assistant Clothier General David Brooks. A document certifying that General Knox has accounted for articles of clothing received for the Corps of Artillery from December 1776...

GLC02437.02265

[Orders to supply rations to William Thomelson]

Order of sixteen rations for William Thomelson, Captain in the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Annapolis, Maryland.

GLC02437.02275

[Orders to supply rations to John De la Guin]

Order of eleven rations to be supplied to John De la Guin, soldier in the Invalid Regiment discharged and on his way to Boston, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.02279

[Orders to supply rations to David Hillyer]

Order of eight rations for David Hillyer of the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

GLC02437.02282

[Orders to supply rations to Robert Richardson]

Order of six rations for Robert Richardson of the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Albany, New York.

GLC02437.02285

[Provision return for men in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment]

A provision return for nine men belonging to the 4th Massachusetts Regiment. Eighty-one rations were issued to the men for a total of six days, commencing on 18 July 1783. The order is signed by Samuel Shaw, General Knox's aide-de-camp. The docket...

GLC02437.02303

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Captain W. Mill, Major J. Sumner, and West Point Fort Major John Doughty. Provision return for 12 men belonging to the light infantry from 23-24 July. A total of 24 rations were issued over the two days. Signed on verso that rations were...

GLC02437.02328

[Provision return]

Provision return for eight men of the 2nd Regiment of Artillery. A total of 48 rations for six days is provided to the men from the 23rd to the 28th of July, 1783. In addition to Wetzell, the document is signed by Major Sebastian Bauman and Samuel...

GLC02437.02336

[Issue of rum for Indians]

Orders to issue one quart of West Indian rum for "friendly Indians". The docket indicates the orders as General Knox orders No. 3. The order is signed as received by "Joe Indian".

GLC02437.02344

[Provision return]

Return for superintendents of the Masons; in the engineering department. Countersigned by John Doughty.

GLC02437.02350

[Provision return]

Return for men at West Point. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with the docket signed by Asa White.

GLC02437.02375

Major General Henry Knox in account with United States

Duplicate of GLC02437.02387. 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...

GLC02437.02388

[Provision return]

Return for officers on furlough. Contains an endorsement signed by John Rice on verso with an illegible signature for the docket.

GLC02437.02390

[Provision return]

Return for a man from the first New York regiment. Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by Henry Booth.

GLC02437.02424

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Edward Blake as a quartermaster of the artillery and addressed to Colonel John Crane. Provision return for a man discharged from the Massachusetts Artillery from 24-31 August 1783. The man received 7 rations over the 7 days. Docket is...

GLC02437.02443

[Disposal of one hundred suits of clothing]

Written and signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Copy of a receipt for the disposal of 100 suits of clothing to the corps of artillery at Middlebrook, New Jersey on 2 July 1777. The clothing was sent from Philadelphia. The suits...

GLC02437.02452

[Order to issue provisions]

Signed by Lillie. Written and signed by Captain Ebenezer Smith of the main guard and Lillie. Order from Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, telling Commissary Bell to issue one day's provisions for one prisoner, later of the 1st New...

GLC02437.02456

[Request for goods]

Request for one gallon of rum for George Washington's barge crew. Noted as written at head quarters (Newburgh, New York). Docket signed by Seth Capron.

GLC02437.02423

[Provision return]

Return for two men in George Washington's barge. Docket signed by Jesse [Rice].

GLC02437.02439

[Letter authorizing Major Samuel Shaw to borrow money]

Written and signed for General Knox in a secretarial hand. Certifies that Major Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp, is authorized to borrow one thousand Spanish milled dollars (also known as Spanish dollars) on behalf of General Knox and his wife. The...

GLC02437.02224

[Request for provisions]

Request written by Fortress Major Doughty to West Point Commissary James Forsyth. Asks that a week's provisions be issued to Nathaniel Evans, an invalid soldier, commencing 1 July through 7 July. Docket signed by Nathaniel Evans stating that...

GLC02437.02228

[Provision return for four men from the Connecticut line]

Signed by Captain John Buchanan and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as the aide-de-camp of Major General Henry Knox. Provision return for four men in the Connecticut Line for four days from 1- 4 July 1783. The four officers, all captains, were...

GLC02437.02231

[Provision return]

Return for ten sets of rations for one man commencing the first and ending the tenth of July 1783. Countersigned by John Doughty with a signed docket by Cott Hone.

GLC02437.02260