18 August 1783

Hull, William, 1753-1825

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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

19 August 1783

Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Passage to Albany]

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

GLC02437.02399

19 August 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Cogswell

Orders to travel to Fort Putnam and await further orders.

GLC02437.02400

22 August 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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 signed by Sergeant Seth Camon(?) and an F. Brandy stating the provisions were received. No place written, but assumed from Knox's location in West Point at this time.

GLC02437.02409

17 August 1783-24 August 1783

Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800

Autograph document signed

Title: [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

24 August 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

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

GLC02437.02414

25 August 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

25 August 1783

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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

25 August 1783

Gilbert, Benjamin, fl. 1783

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Michael Jackson

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

GLC02437.02418

24 August 1783

Capron, Seth, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [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

27 August 1783

Douglass, Richard, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [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

29 August 1783

Dix, Nathan, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

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

GLC02437.02431

30 August 1783

Livermore, Daniel, 1749-1798

Autograph document signed

Title: [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

25 August 1783

Wheaton, Joseph, 1755-1828

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

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

GLC02437.02440

19 August 1783

Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800

Autograph document signed

Title: [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 issued over the 7 days. Docket signed by a Jacob Copeland an F. Brandy stating that the rations were received.

GLC02437.02441

24 August 1783

Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800

Autograph document signed

Title: [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 signed by a Jesse Jordan stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02443

August 1783 circa

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [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 included coats, vests, breeches, stockings, shoes, and hats. The suits were issued to the companies of Captains Bauman, Doughty, Drury, Lillie, and Wool.

GLC02437.02452

1 September 1783

Parker, E.J., fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [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 rations were received at Newburgh, New York.

GLC02437.02454

1 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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 York Regiment. Docket signed by a Jacob [Frost] stating the rations were received.

GLC02437.02456

2 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [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, who used an "X" for his mark, stating that brandy was received.

GLC02437.02464

3 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [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 the document is faded.

GLC02437.02465

4 September 1783 circa

Means, James, 1753-1832

Autograph document signed

Title: 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. Note on verso signed by a Sargent Calvin Sears states that the contractor for New Jersey and New York delivered the 158 rations to New Brunswick.

GLC02437.02466

4 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [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 James Shaw stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02468

25 June 1783

Humphreys, David, 1752-1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Written by General Washington's aide-de-camp Colonel Humphreys to Major General Knox. Says Washington is pleased with the arrangements Knox has made. Asks that the party from the lines follow in the manner he proposed. Tells him General Howe (Robert Howe?) will meet the detachment in the "Clove" tomorrow. Says no express or information has arrived from Philadelphia since he left headquarters last evening.

GLC02437.02183

1 April 1783

Price, William, ?-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Countersigned by John Lillie. Lists rations issued for Lieutenant Police Officers.

GLC02437.02056