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to Mary M. Bogart and friend [incomplete]

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

to Mary M. Bogart

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

to Mary M. Bogart

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

to Mary M. Bogart

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

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]

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 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

[Request for provisions]

Request for rations for men in George Washington's barge. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell and John Lillie, with the docket signed by Gideon Buckingham.

GLC02437.02484

to Sallie Logan

Reports to his wife that they arrived at the regiment on the 15th and they marched for 33 hours without stopping for more than 20 minutes at a time. Writes to her "I had charge of four hundred convolesents to Washington..." Tells her that he has not...

GLC03523.12.03

General Knox in account with United States

Lists Knox's transactions with the government for various periods, from June 1780 to November 1781. Includes expenses for Knox and his aide-de-camp in journeys from camp at Springfield, New Jersey to Pennsylvania, 20-25 June 1780, journey from Head...

GLC02437.02386

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

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 men who have returned from captivity for the state of Pennsylvania. Countersigned by John Loughlen with the docket signed by B. Washburn.

GLC02437.02393

[Note on rations]

Orders to issue rations for "Friendly Indians." Docket signed by Mr. [Robert] Bell.

GLC02437.02395

[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

[Passage to Albany]

Asks for transport to Albany. Noted as written at head quarters.

GLC02437.02399

to Thomas Cogswell

Orders to travel to Fort Putnam and await further orders.

GLC02437.02400

[Order to issue army rations]

Order telling a Mr. Bell to provide 2 days of provisions for 10 men "Belonging to the Commander in Chief." The rations were for 22-23 August. A total of 30 rations were issued. Signed by Captain Lillie as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Docket...

GLC02437.02409

[Provision return]

Return for men discharged from the Massachusetts artillery. Countersigned by John Crane and John Lillie with the docket signed by Jesse Jordan and F. Brandy.

GLC02437.02413

[Request for provisions]

Request to issue rum for men employed in repairing boats. Docket signed by John Buchanan.

GLC02437.02414

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

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

to Michael Jackson

Asks to allow the bearer, [Horris] Olds, to see his mother as she is unwell. Countersigned by Michael Jackson.

GLC02437.02418

[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]

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]

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]

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

GLC02437.02440

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Edward Blake, a quartermaster for the artillery, and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp. Provision return for one man discharged from the Massachusetts Artillery from 25-31 August. A total of 7 rations were...

GLC02437.02441

[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

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

Abstract of extra rations of provisions issued at the garrison of West Point in the month of August 1783 by William Bell Issg Commy on account of Daniel Parker & Co Contractrs

List of extra rations issued at West Point. A total of 1,021 and 1/2 extra rations were provided in August 1783. The groups that received rations included: army prisoners, men on garrison fatigue duty, the engineering department, police officers of...

GLC02437.02449

[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

[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

[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

[Order for rum for the Knox family]

Order issued by Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to Major General Knox, telling West Point Commissary Bell to deliver a half-gallon of country rum "or the value of it in Spirits or brandy" for the use of the Knox family. Docket is signed by a Tolberz...

GLC02437.02464

[Order for beef and bread for the Knox family]

Captain Lillie, aide-de-camp to Major General Knox, orders West Point Commissary Bell to deliver 20 pounds of beef and 20 pounds of bread for Knox and his family. Docket signed by a Jacob Johnson stating that the beef and bread were received. Ink of...

GLC02437.02465

Provision return for a detachment of the 2d & 3d Massachusetts regiments

Provision return signed by Captain Means stating that the 2nd Massachusetts received 136 rations and the 3rd Massachusetts received 12 rations. The document claims that a total of 158 rations were issued. The 10 ration discrepancy is not explained...

GLC02437.02466

[Provision return for members of Colonel Willet's regiment]

Provision return signed by Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to Major General Knox, for one sargent and three privates of Colonel Marinus Willet's regiment for four days of provisions. A total of sixteen rations were issued. Docket signed by a Sargent...

GLC02437.02468

[Request for goods]

Order for one barrel of flour and twenty pounds of beef for Henry Knox and his family. Apparently addressed to Mr. [William] Bell. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02471

[Provision return]

Return for men in the ordnance department. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with the docket signed by Ebert Smith.

GLC02437.02473

[Provision return]

Return for men in the Massachusetts regiments. Written in pencil with the docket signed by Calvin [Seaver]. Written in Brunswick, likely in New Jersey.

GLC02437.02476

[Request for goods]

Request for sixteen pounds of beef for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02478

[Request for goods]

Request for twenty pounds of beef for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02479

[Request for goods]

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

GLC02437.02480

[Request for goods]

Request for eight pounds of bread for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by a John [Rudemucker].

GLC02437.02482

[Request for provisions]

Request for six days' worth of provisions for men belonging to General Huntington's barge. Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by Joseph Boyd.

GLC02437.02483

[Request for goods]

Request for twenty pounds of beef for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02488