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11 March 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Thurstian Hillard]
Captain Patten recommends Hillard for a twenty-two day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09685
Price, William, ?-1790
[Return for military provision and supplies]
Lieutenant Price signs this return for cannon cartridge, ten pounds of twine, and twenty gallons of wine for the laboratory at West Point.
GLC02437.09686
12 March 1783
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Samuel Mills]
Captain Patten recommends Mills for a thirty-four day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09687
Swift, Heman, 1733-1814
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Colonel Johnson]
Recommends Johnson, of the Second Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 9 April 1783. Written from Camp Highlands. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09688
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Approval for Lieutenant Johnson's furlough]
Major General Knox informs Colonel Heman Swift he has no objection to Colonel Johnson's request for a leave of absence. Marked as a copy.
GLC02437.09689
16 March 1783
Bushnell, David, 1740-1826
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Private Abel Page]
Captain David Bushnell recommends Page for a fifteen day leave of absence. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox. Written at Constitution Island.
GLC02437.09690
17 March 1783
Wills, E., fl. 1783
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Samuel Whitny]
Captain Wills recommends Corporal Samuel Whitny for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major John Doughty at West Point.Written at Constitution Island
GLC02437.09692
Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Tappen]
Major Bauman recommends Lieutenant Tappen for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09694
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Joseph Wheeler]
Also signed by another military officer whose name is illegible. Captain Wills recommends Wheeler, of the Fifth Company, Invalid Regiment, for a leave of absence until 14 April 1783. Written at Constitution Island.
GLC02437.09695
20 March 1783
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Benjamin Eddy]
Captain David Bushnell recommends Eddy for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Possibly intended for Major General Henry Knox.Written at Constitution Island
GLC02437.09696
21 March 1783
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Tony Neidy]
Captain Wills recommends Neidy, of the Invalid Regiment, for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox. Written at Constitution Island.
GLC02437.09697
24 March 1783
Crane, John, 1744-1805
[Return of 640 dozen coat buttons]
Colonel Crane notes that the buttons are needed "to repair the coats of the Massachusetts Artillery."
GLC02437.09699
27 March 1783
Smith, David, fl. 1782-1783
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Taylor]
Major Smith recommends Taylor for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Written at Camp Highlands. Directed to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09702
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Tiffany]
Major Smith recommends Tiffany for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox. Written at Camp Highlands.
GLC02437.09703
5 April 1783
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Joshua Reynolds]
Lieutenant Jonathan [illegible] recommends Reynolds for a seventeen day leave of absence.
GLC02437.09705
12 April 1783
Brown, Ezekiel, fl. 1783
[Certifies that Joseph Bliss has been unable to return to camp for two months]
Notes that Lieutenant Bliss serves in the Massachusetts Regiment of Artillery. Written in Concord; state inferred from content. Also signed by John Cummings.
GLC02437.09707
3 May 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
Provision return for one captain lieutenant and police officer for the garrison of West Point
Captain Lillie notes that the return covers three rations a day for fifteen days commencing 1 May. Contains a note on page two written by Charles Fryer, who requests forty-five rations from the contractors for New York and New Jersey.
GLC02437.09708
1 May 1783
Provision return for Captain Thomas Patten's Company of artificers
Signed on both pages by Patten. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer, who notes the receipt of provisions.
GLC02437.09709
circa 1775-1783
Barry, John, 1745-1803
[Naval prize money document]
Printed document for certifying naval prize money with blank spaces to write in names and dates. This document has blank spaces for the date and name, but is signed by Captain Barry. Document dated from Barry's time as a captain in the Continental...
GLC03479.01
1 May 1804
Nicholson, James, 1737-1804
to George Simpson
From the United States Loan Office. Acknowledges the receipt of Simpson's draft numbered 428 on Jonathan Burall Esqr. for $663.43.
GLC03479.02
2 December 1807
McCormick, Daniel, fl. 1800-1807
[Letter of recommendation for Dr. Benjamin Kennedy]
McCormick, the surgeon on the USS "Hornet" in Charleston, South Carolina, wrote this letter to certify that Dr. Benjamin Kennedy was very attentive to his duties as surgeon's mate during his three months of service on the "Hornet." Kennedy showed...
GLC03479.03
10 August 1863
Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917
[to his family]
Wheeler advises his brother-in-law Darius not to return to the Army. He writes that the soldiers weren't able to draw soft bread because the baker had gotten drunk and later arrested. Reports that Captain Mason, who was replaced by Captain Culver...
GLC07460.043
28 February 1815
Crowninshield, Benjamin Williams, 1772-1851
to David Porter
Written in secretarial hand and signed by Secretary of Navy Crowninshield to Captain Porter. Says that Porter was appointed to the board of the Naval Commission (a post he held 1815-1822) by the President and that he is to report to the department at...
GLC03479.04
17 January 1827
Morris, Charles, 1784-1856
to James Reshan
Written by Morris as a member of the Naval Commission to Reshan as commander of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Marked as a circular letter. Says the commissioners have not contracted for meat and vegetables for the various navy yards and that the...
GLC03479.06
25 November 1834
Parker, Foxhall Alexander, 1788-1857
to the editors of the Washington Globe
Wants the the Washington Daily Globe sent to him while Congress is in session. Asks him to send the bill to Norfolk where he is stationed.
GLC03479.07
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