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[Receipt for Henry Knox]

Lists items (cloth, rum, and sugar) by date and the amount owed. Signed for Smith by William Thompson.

GLC02437.01801

[Order for beef]

Orders twenty pounds of beef on General Knox's account.

GLC02437.01814

[Order for beef]

An order for twenty pounds of beef for General Henry Knox. Also signed by a man named William [Beetton].

GLC02437.01885

[Order for provisions]

Request for candles on behalf of General Knox. Includes an endorsement signed by Leonard Chapin.

GLC02437.01918

[Provisions drawn for Henry Knox]

Lists stores received from Mr. [Robert ]Forsyth during the month of February.

GLC02437.01964

[Thoughts on court martial and the duty of judge advocate]

Written in the hand of, and signed for Knox, by Samuel Shaw. Docketed by Knox. Major General Knox's guidelines and procedures on how a court martial ought to be conducted. Wants to allow challenges to members of the court without any given reason...

GLC02437.01979

[Provisions drawn for Henry Knox]

Lists of stores ordered on behalf of General Knox. Includes such items as flour, beef, candles, and rum.

GLC02437.02048

[Provision return]

Request for "two hundred and forty gills of common rum, or spirits equivalent to it - on account of Gen. Knox."

GLC02437.02101

[Provisions received for Henry Knox]

List of various items and amounts, such as beef, candles and flour.

GLC02437.02120

[Receipt for keeping horses]

This receipt notes that Major General Knox paid 20 dollars through Robert Symonds for keeping his horses for the winter. It is not stated who Knox was paying for these services.

GLC02437.02121

[Order to deliver soap for Knox's family]

Order issued to Mr. Forsyth the commissary of issues by Lillie as an aide-de-camp to an unknown officer asking that four pounds of soap be delivered for the use of Knox's family.

GLC02437.02124

[Provisions received]

List of stores, including items such as flour, beef, rum, salt and candles.

GLC02437.02140

[Note of provisions received for Knox's family]

Return written for General Henry Knox by Major Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Lists items received from James Forsyth, Commissary of Issues at West Point, during the month of June 1783 for Knox's family. The list includes: 196 pounds of flour, 205...

GLC02437.02209

[Petition for redress to Henry Knox]

This is "A True Coppy" of a petition first written on 24 March 1783. Says at the beginning of the year 1780 they empowered Lt. Col. Popkin to "do us the Strictest Justice" to get their notes from the state of Massachusetts from 1777-1779. He received...

GLC02437.02219

[Petition to Henry Knox]

Petition signed by four non-commissioned officers, and what appears to be ten privates (several of the privates used an "X" as their mark). This petition asks Knox for help in getting money due to them that they feel Lt. Col. Popkin did not handle as...

GLC02437.02235

[Order to issue ten pounds of beef to General Knox]

Order issued by Fort Major of West Point Doughty to commissary James Forsyth. Asks that 10 pounds of beef be given to General Knox.

GLC02437.02293

[Order to issue 20 pounds of beef for General Knox]

Order written by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw to West Point Commissary James Forsyth. Tells the commissary to issue 20 pounds of beef for General Knox.

GLC02437.02318

Articles of clothing delivered for the use of Major General Knox

Written and signed in the hand of Samuel Shaw for David Brooks. Marked as a copy. Also signed by Samuel Shaw. A list of articles of clothing used by General Knox from 21 January 1780 to 1 August 1783. The list includes items such as boots, baize...

GLC02437.02332

[Order for beef for Knox family]

Order written by Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, telling West Point Commissary Bell to deliver 20 pounds of beef for the Knox family. Docket signed by a Jacob Mason stating that the beef was received.

GLC02437.02460

[Order for candles for the Knox family]

Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to Major General Knox, orders that West Point Commissary Bell deliver 12 pounds of candles for Knox and his family. Docket is signed by a Jacob Johnson stating that the candles were received.

GLC02437.02463

[Order for one gallon rum or brandy for the Knox family]

Order issued by Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to Major General Knox, for the delivery of one gallon of country rum or the value of it in brandy to the Knox family. A Christopher Smith signed on verso that the rum was received.

GLC02437.02470

[Request for goods]

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

GLC02437.02477

[Supply order]

Request for fifteen pounds of putty.

GLC02437.02487

[Provision return]

Return for a detachment of troops travelling to West Point, New York from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

GLC02437.02493

[Provision return]

Return for men returning from captivity in Canada on their way to East Jersey. Endorsement signed by Silas Cook.

GLC02437.02507