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20 September 1783
Tearse, Peter Bailey, fl. 1776-1783
[Provision return]
Return for former prisoners in Canada who are going home to Pennsylvania. Docket signed by James Wilson.
GLC02437.02545
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
[Request for goods]
Request for twenty pounds of bread for General Henry Knox and his family.
GLC02437.02546
Pettengill, Joseph, 1753-1833
[Army return]
Return of a detachment of men from the first Massachusetts regiment.
GLC02437.02548
22 September 1783
Request for twelve pounds of bread for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.
GLC02437.02550
21 September 1783
Request for twenty pounds of bread for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Christopher Smith.
GLC02437.02551
Return for a former captive in Canada who is now returning home to Pennsylvania. Docket signed by John Habermeyer.
GLC02437.02552
Campbell, John, fl. 1782-1783
[Request for rations]
Request for rations for former captives. Countersigned Samuel Shaw. Also signed by George J. Denniston. Endorsement signed by Michael [Rueth].
GLC02437.02553
23 September 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Provision order]
Request for twelve pounds of bread for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Samuel Shaw.
GLC02437.02558
24 September 1783
Request for twenty pounds of beef for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.
GLC02437.02562
25 September 1783
Request for twenty pounds of bread and beef each, for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.
GLC02437.02565
18 September 1783
Glen, Jacob, 1735-1828
Victualling return for non commissioned officers and twelve privates who are among those escorting the British flag from Canada. Countersigned by Zephaniah Brown with the docket signed by John Ompey.
GLC02437.02567
26 September 1783
GLC02437.02568
Bushnell, David, 1740-1826
Return for the corps of sappers and miners at Constitution Island, New York.
GLC02437.02569
28 September 1783
GLC02437.02573
Lyman, Cornelius, 1758-?
Weekly return of recruits from Springfield, Massachusetts.
GLC02437.02575
Pettengill, Joseph, 1741-1785
to Henry Knox
Writes on behalf of a Ensign Joseph Wardswell of the 1st Massachusetts to ask for a furlough as Wardswell has been ill and unable to perform his duties for some time.
GLC02437.02577
Olney, Jeremiah, 1749-1812
to William Pratt
Discusses charges issued against Lieutenant Wheaton involving defrauding non-commissioned officers and privates through clothing and hat purchases. A retained "true copy."
GLC02437.02578
29 September 1783
Request for twenty pounds each bread and beef, for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.
GLC02437.02580
[Request for provisions]
Request for six pounds of candles on behalf of General Knox. Includes a note on the verso signed by Jacob Johnson.
GLC02437.02581
1 September 1783
Sherburne, Benjamin, fl. 1777-1783
Return for Baron von Steuben's sick steward for thirty days' worth of provisions.
GLC02437.02584
circa September 30, 1783
Johnston, W., fl. 1783
[Provision return for a detachment of Massachusetts artificers]
Shows a breakdown of the rations issued to the Massachusetts artillery.
GLC02437.02585
30 September 1783
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[Provision return for the superintendant of the masons]
Request for extra rations for the superintendent of the Masons;. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note on the verso from John Cheesman.
GLC02437.02587
Dodge, Levi, fl. 1777-1783
[Return for provisions]
Request for provisions for three men in the detachment that were omitted in the general return of the first Massachusetts regiment. Noted as received by Dodge on verso.
GLC02437.02589
September 1783
Merlet, H., fl. 1783
[Provision return for the Canadian refugees]
Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.
GLC02437.02590
Boynton, Joseph, fl. 1776-1783
Return of the noncommissioned officers and privates in the New Hampshire Battalion
Lists men by instrument and the month in which their terms of service expire. Countersigned by Lieutenant Colonel George Reid.
GLC02437.02593
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