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1 April 1783
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[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
[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...
GLC02437.02071
9 April 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[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
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...
GLC02437.02080
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[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
[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...
GLC02437.02084
13 April 1783
Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Dudley Mercer.
GLC02437.02085
GLC02437.02086
15 April 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
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...
GLC02437.02090
April 17, 1783 circa
[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...
GLC02437.02100
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