1 April 1783

Sears, Peter, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for Captain Patten's Company]

Signed by "P. Sears," possibly referring to Peter Sears. Countersigned by John Doughty with a note on verso from Dudley Mercer. Lists men by company with issued rations.

GLC02437.02058

1 April 1783

Batten, Thomas, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Countersigned by John Lillie with a note on verso from Dudley Mercer. Lists men by regiment with issued returns.

GLC02437.02060

5 April 1783

Cavley, Jonathan, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for rations]

Issues ninety rations for a New York regiment.

GLC02437.02063

5 April 1783

Sears, Peter, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Countersigned by John Lillie and includes a note on verso from Dudley Mercer. Lists men by company with issued rations. Date and place writ from note.

GLC02437.02064

5 April 1783

Sears, Peter, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Countersigned by John Doughty with a note on verso from Dudley Mercer. Lists men by company with issued rations. Left edge is water damaged.

GLC02437.02066

7 April 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for provisions]

Includes a note on the verso from Nehemiah Philips. Request for one day's worth of provisions for Nehemiah Philips.

GLC02437.02067

7 April 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Invoice of sundry articles]

Lists items forwarded to West Point, New York for the artillery. Includes linseed oil, lead, wine and camel hair pencils.

GLC02437.02068

1 April 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

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

GLC02437.02070

8 April 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Return for provisions]

Return for the provisions of Major Waitter of the engineering department from 4 April to 8 April. For the five days of service, Waitter was given 7 1/2 rations. Signed by Superintendent Joseph Cheesman. Countersigned by Major General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Samuel Shaw. Docket signed by Cheesman saying contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02071

9 April 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for Artillery Artificers]

Lists men by rank with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Dudley Mercer.

GLC02437.02077

10 April 1783

Hand, Edward, 1744-1802

Autograph document signed

Title: to Benjamin Walker

Document written by General Hand to Lieutenant Colonel Walker as an aide-de-camp to General von Steuben. Says the bearer of this letter, a Mr. Victor, late an ensign in General Hazen's regiment waits on Walker to draw provisions as a Canadian refugee in distress. Claims Victor has not drawn provisions since February. Walker has written and signed a note on page 2 which commands the contractors to issue provisions to Victor as a refugee and to include them on the abstract for 9 March. A note written and signed by Doughty as Fort Major of West Point and dated 13 April says that General Knox…

GLC02437.02080

10 April 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph letter

Title: [Calculations respecting forges and furnaces]

List of calculations regarding the casting of artillery, along with the proper amounts of necessary items for the casting.

GLC02437.02081

April 13, 1783 circa

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return for rations]

Return for rations for one person from Captain Thomas Patten's company of artillery artificers from 13 April to 20 April. A total of eight rations were delivered. Signed by Captain Patten and countersigned by Major General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Samuel Shaw. Docket signed by a John Porter stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02084

13 April 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Dudley Mercer.

GLC02437.02085

13 April 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Dudley Mercer.

GLC02437.02086

15 April 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: Draft of a society to be formed by the American officers & to be called "the Cincinnati"

Document itself not signed, but docket has Knox's signature. This is a draft document describing the purpose and administrative organization of the officer's fraternal organization that became the Society of the Cincinnati. Says the Society was created to perpetuate "the remembrance of this great event [victory in the Revolution], as the mutual friendships which have been formed under the pressure of common danger, and in numerous instances cemented by the blood of the parties." One of its goals is to "preserve inviolate those exalted rights and liberties of human nature, for which they have…

GLC02437.02090

April 17, 1783 circa

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for a mason hired by the engineering department]

Return for the rations of a mason employed by the engineering department from 9 April to 17 April. A total of 12 rations were issued for the eight days. Signed by Superintendent Joseph Cheesman and countersigned by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw. Docket signed by a Jacob Wight that the rations were received from a contractor.

GLC02437.02100

9 April 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [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

17 April 1783

Sears, Peter, fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Doughty with a note from Dudley Mercer.

GLC02437.02103

April 20, 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for an artificer]

Ordered and signed by Major Samuel Shaw as Major General Knox's aide-de-camp. Return for rations for one man in Captain Thomas Patten's company of artificers, which belonged to the ordinance department, from 21 April to 24 April. 1 1/2 rations a day for four days was given, for a total of six rations. Also signed by Captain Patten. Docket signed by a Dudley Mercer as quartermaster sergeant stating that the rations were delivered by contractors. Left margin of document is water damaged.

GLC02437.02108

April 20, 1783 circa

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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 Patten on recto and verso. Countersigned by John Lillie, aide-de-camp. Docket signed by Dudley Mercer as quartermaster sergeant, stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02109

17 April 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by department with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date from note.

GLC02437.02118

17 April 1783

Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Lists men by department with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date from note.

GLC02437.02119

24-28 May 1783

Stewart, Alexander, fl. 1776-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Two part document relating to Alexander Stewart's account regarding horses]

First part written by Alexander Stewart to John Lillie discussing how some horses are to be picked up later than expected and how Stewart is unable to care for them until that time due to a lack of proper feed. Second part lists the expenses for keeping the horses, including the prices for supplies such as corn for feed. Second part written by Samuel Shaw, dated 28 May 1783 at West Point, New York.

GLC02437.02132

25 May 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate]

Certifies that a Captain-Lieutenant [Cornelius] Swartwout received $600 for recruiting. Noted as a copy.

GLC02437.02134