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21 July 1781
Bryant, John, 1742-1816
to Henry Knox
Bryant, Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at the Springfield Armory, discusses fuzes being made at the armory. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide.
GLC02437.01073
23 July 1781
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
Captain Patten reports that he took silver away from a man making [cups?] for Knox because the man could not finish, and "made such bad work." Mentions the numbers of mortar carriages, wagons, and other large artillery and transports pieces at his...
GLC02437.01076
25 July 1781
Neufville, John de, fl. 1779-1789
to William Knox
Marked as a duplicate (of GLC02437.01079).
GLC02437.01080
[Articles received shipped from Providence, Rhode Island to the State of Connecticut]
Lists items received by Ralph Pomeroy, Quartermaster for Connecticut, including harnesses, ropes, shot, and others. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide.
GLC02437.01083
26 July 1781
Cornell, Ezekiel, 1733-1800
Cornell, on the Congressional Board of War, writes, "It is with regret that we receive the information of the uncertain doubtfull and perplexd situation of the Army in point of force to undertake any capital Object. At the same time we assure you it-...
GLC02437.01087
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Dines with Colonel P. R. [possibly Peter R.] Livingston. Chastises Henry for not writing to her "by every possible opportunity." Remarks on Henry's birthday the previous day, and her birthday the following Thursday. Plans to depart 27 July for...
GLC02437.01091
30 June 1781
Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819
[Return of spare amunition with the brigades]
For 30 June 1781. Frothingham signs as Field Commissary of Military Stores. Directed to Brigadier General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.00997
1 July 1781
Fish, Nicholas, 1758-1833
[Muster roll for Captain Andrew Moodie's Company]
Moodie's company was in the 2nd regiment of artillery. Covers January-June 1781. Fish signs as inspector. Verso contains "Proof of Effectives," signed by Captain Andrew Moodie, Lieutenant Henry Williams and Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt. Cortlandt...
GLC02437.01001
2 July 1781
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Timothy Pickering
Knox writes to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General. Discusses the transport of lead, pistols, and other items to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Refers to shot, shells, and other ordnance gathered at various posts (New Windsor and Fishkill, New...
GLC02437.01004
Barras, Paul, vicomte de, 1755-1829
[Certificate of pay] [In French]
Certificate to pay Jonathan Winship. Appears to be signed by the Comte de Barras, and [Graucheau], Major of the Squadron under Barras. On verso, Winship signs, transferring the money to Joseph Gowen. Gowen signs, transferring the money to William...
GLC02437.01007
3 July 1781
to John Crane
Directs the letter to Colonel Crane, in charge of the ordnance and stores forwarded from Boston, Massachusetts to Claverack, New York. Provides instructions for shipping the powder and other stores. Orders that the stores must be sent from...
GLC02437.01011
Cornell writes on behalf of the Board of War. Informs Knox of the status of several supply orders, including spirits, paper, and linseed oil. Notes that [Samuel] Hodgdon, Commissary General of Military Stores, "has a fair prospect of being...
GLC02437.01015
5 July 1781
to William Price
Knox gives orders to Lieutenant Price regarding stores that are to arrive from Pennsylvania (Price was in charge of the laboratory at West Point). "You will please to have every thing in the Laboratory prepared with the utmost dispatch..."
GLC02437.01019
6 July 1781
Return of the necessary impliments to compleat a howitzer for the field
Lists items such as rasps, chisels, ladels, and funnels, among others.
GLC02437.01022
Crane, John, 1744-1805
Discusses ordnance he gathered to be sent from Springfield to Claverack, New York. Notes that Captain Callendar, delivering this letter to Knox, will give Knox details of their march from Boston. Intends to depart for Claverack as soon as the...
GLC02437.01026
7 July 1781
Richards, William, fl. 1781-1787
[Invoice of ordnance and stores brought to Fishkill, New York from Litchfield, Connecticut]
Lists grape shot and case shot among other ordnance and stores. The stores were delivered to Ruddock, Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at Fishkill.
GLC02437.01030
11 July 1781
to Captain Howe
Instructs Howe regarding the transport of stores and cannon from Boston and Springfield, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island to West Point, New York. Howe is to instruct the officers in charge of sending the stores in case they do not receive...
GLC02437.01034
to Sebastian Bauman
Knox writes to Major Bauman at West Point. Instructs Bauman to send one company of artillery from West Point to Dobbs Ferry, New York. Adds that the cannon must be put on board vessels and sent as soon as possible. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's...
GLC02437.01037
Van Rensselaer, Philip, 1747-1798
[Return]
Return for ordnance and stores at Albany, New York. Items listed by type, and date issued.
GLC02437.10681
circa 1830-1910
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
[Sculpture designs: 4 standing figures, 1 female and 3 male]
Two of the sketches are probably of George Washington. Black ink, tracing paper.
GLC06343.033
24 September 1862
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Introduction for Edward Everett ]
Of Everett, President Lincoln states "His reputation, and the present condition of our country, are such that his visit then is such to attract notice, and may be misconstrued. I therefore think fit to say that he bears no mission from this...
GLC08074
6 October 1794
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to John Clark
Declines to take Major Clark on as an aide during the Whiskey Rebellion. Comments: "Nothing short of imperious necessity can justify my being absent from the seat of government while Congress is in session."
GLC08075
4 April 1794
Responds to a letter from Secretary of War Knox relating to the security of the Old Northwest. Comments on a speech by Lord Dorchester [Sir Guy Carleton], the commander in chief in British North America, and states his belief that the British intend...
GLC08076
08 November 1777
To: John Mckinley
Appealing for provisions, including shoes . For troops soon to be at Valley Forge. (To the president of Delaware).
GLC08078
28 July 1781
to William Price and Thomas Patten
Consists of two separate letters. In the first, Knox gives instructions to Price regarding fuzes and wooden bottoms (for artillery). In the second letter, written the same day and presumably at Dobbs Ferry, Knox gives instructions to Captain...
GLC02437.01096
29 July 1781
to Samuel Hodgdon
Discusses arms, stores, and other military matters with Hodgdon, Commissary General of Military Stores. Compliments Hodgdon on his new appointment. Written at Phillipsburg (present-day Sleepy Hollow, New York).
GLC02437.01100
[Man on horse in black ink, and three roughly sketched figures in graphite]
Sculpture design sketch. Black ink and graphite on tracing paper.
GLC06343.006
May 10, 1881
[Sculpture design sketch of a Cavalier-looking man standing atop a large foundation]
Sculpture design of a Cavalier-looking man [European explorer] standing atop a large foundation, holding a script in one hand and a sword in the other. The man appears to be standing on a small boat with surf breaking on its bow. There are several...
GLC06343.009
[Fountain design]
Graphite and markings in red wax pencil, tan thin wove [sketch] paper.
GLC06343.013
[New Years cupid [Eros] wearing a top hat and holding a champagne glass and bottle]
Black ink on tracing paper.
GLC06343.021
[Monument design]
Large central column mounted by a seated figure and bordered by numerous other figures. Measurements "50 x 25." Black ink on tracing paper.
GLC06343.024
1903
Stock Exchange Pediment
Photograph of John Quincy Adams Ward's Stock Exchange Pediment. With black ink inscription on back, "Stock Exchange Pediment, 1903." Wove paper.
GLC06343.038
[Man seated at easel with top hat on one side, profile portrait of man's face on other side]
Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.042
[Sketch of a rock formation and trees with a person sleeping below]
Also sketch of plant. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.046
[Woman washing clothes with a man seated reading]
GLC06343.049
[Portrait of a mustached man wearing a hat and spectacles]
Reverse side has an incomplete sketch of the hindquarters of a cow. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.056
[Back of a woman in frock coat and long skirt]
Reverse side has faint design of either a fountain or sculpture. Graphite; tan wove paper.
GLC06343.059
29 March 1861
to Simon Cameron
Orders Secretary of War Cameron to send a naval expedition to resupply Fort Sumter. Indicates that specific instructions were in an attached memorandum (not included) and instructs Cameron to cooperate with Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.
GLC08093
11 December 1796
to Sir John Sinclair
Written by President Washington to Sinclair the Scottish politician and writer on finance and agriculture. Describes the natural characteristics of various sections of the country, their chief resources, climates, interests and activities, relative...
GLC08095
[Two portraits of man in hat]
Mirror images signed. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.065
4 August 1855
[Landscape, rock formation with trees]
Inscribed, "Mount Morris." Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.069
[Sketch of heavenly scene with haloed figure and couple in hammock]
Text on reverse, "Bring wood to make me bright and banish every evil sprite . . . The family is the Nation. The hearth [illegible] the alter of Liberty." Wove paper.
GLC06343.074
[Small woman figure being wrestled by a large male figure]
GLC06343.081
[Two angels, one with sword, in heavenly setting]
Granite, grey ink wash; charcoal ink smudge; wove paper.
GLC06343.085
[Sketches of buffalo]
Graphite; tracing paper mounted to thick wove paper fragment with corner of printed image on back.
GLC06343.090
[Angel offering peace between a victorious warrior and defeated warrior]
Graphite, wove paper.
GLC06343.094
[Goateed man holding book to chest]
Black ink over graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.101
[Woman with large bird]
GLC06343.104
[Two female figures, one in water]
Graphite, black ink, tracing paper.
GLC06343.110
7 May 1837
to Mary Owens
To the woman he almost married: "Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented." Owens rejected Lincoln's marriage proposal in 1837, the second of the three...
GLC08085
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