28 September 1783

Pettengill, Joseph, 1753-1833

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of a detachment from the 1st Massachusetts Regiment

Lists numbers of officers, rank and file, including alterations since the most recent return. Contains a note on the left side of the page pertaining to ensigns and a lieutenant.

GLC02437.10149

4 October 1783

Pettengill, Joseph, 1753-1833

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of a detachment from the first Massachusetts Regiment

Lists Numbers of officers, including rank and status.

GLC02437.10156

27 October 1783

Pettengill, Joseph, 1753-1833

Autograph document signed

Title: List of men's names-for discharge of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment

List of fifty-three men discharged from the first Massachusetts Regiment. Noted that men are "entitled by cuting [sic] two cords of Wood each." Watermarked with a crest with three fleur-de-lis.

GLC02437.10177

28 September 1783

Pettengill, Joseph, 1753-1833

Autograph note signed

Title: to Henry Knox

States "Ensign Wardswell, has my approbation for taken with him, Peter Oliver who is at present useless to service..." Wardswell, of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment was apparently unfit for service to do "bodily indisposition," and was recommended for furlough. See GLC02437.02577.

GLC02437.02574

20 September 1783

Pettengill, Joseph, 1753-1833

Autograph document signed

Title: [Army return]

Return of a detachment of men from the first Massachusetts regiment.

GLC02437.02548