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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
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
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
11 August 1845
Crane, W. M., fl. 1845
to C. K. Gardiner
Written in secreterial hand and signed by Crane as a member of the Bureau of Ordinance and Hydrology to Colonel Gardiner as Postmaster of Washington. Asks that Gardiner give the bureau's mail to Mr. McArran, the messenger of the office.
GLC03479.14
13 November 1850
Skinner, Charles William, fl. 1846-1882
to H. Y. Purviance
Written in a secretarial hand and signed by Captain Skinner as the Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair for the Navy Department to Commander Purviance of the "Ontario." References Purviause's communication from 12 November 1850. Asks for a...
GLC03479.16
30 January 1787-1 February 1787
Haskell, Elnathan, 1755-1825
to Lieutenant Colonel Platt
Body of the letter and signatures in the hand of Robert Pemberton, Knox's aide. Document titled, "Extract of a letter from a gentleman of character in General Lincoln's army, to his friend at New York." Addressee may be Richard Platt; identified...
GLC02437.03433
31 January 1787
Shays, Daniel, 1747-1825
to Benjamin Lincoln
Contains two letters. The first, written from Pelham, Massachusetts on 31 January 1787 to General Benjamin Lincoln, is signed by (though not in the hand of) Daniel Shays, along with Francis Stone and Adam Wheeler. The second is Lincoln's reply...
GLC02437.03434
1 February 1787
Eustis, William, 1753-1825
to Henry Jackson
Dr. William Eustis writes that it "amounts almost to a presumption in Major [Elnathan] Haskell & myself" to provide information by letter to Jackson, as "Colo. [William] Hull will carry more in his head than we can possibly crowd into his pocket."...
GLC02437.03438
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
[Letter of address to the town of Granby]
Honored with their application from the day before. Writes that he sympathizes too much with "the distresses of those unhappy men" who have risen against the government not to try to avoid reclaiming them without bloodshed. Has tried to avoid firing...
GLC02437.03439
3 February 1787
Valiniere, Pierre Huet de la, 1732-1806
[Translation of a French letter from Pierre Huet de la Valiniere, Vicar General to Charles Thomson]
Body of the letter in the hand of Robert Pemberton, Knox's aide. Original letter written from "Kaskaskias in the Illinois." Writes that he left New York to go west in May 1786 and has received very few provisions from Congress. Has enclosed a...
GLC02437.03440
4 February 1787
[General Benjamin Lincoln's orders]
General orders which congratulate troops on the successful capture of a large number of insurgents. This document is probably one of the enclosures that accompanied Lincoln's 5 February 1787 letter to Knox (GLC02437.03444).
GLC02437.03442
5 February 1787
Harwood, Hannah, F.U., fl. 1774-1796
to Lucy Knox
Discusses financial arrangements regarding the settlement of the Flucker estate. Is happy Mrs. Knox now seems to believe she acted for the best. Discusses Mr. [James] Webber and Mr. [Thomas] Longman, agents who are working with them to settle debts...
GLC02437.03443
9 February 1787
Unsigned, and marked "copy." Body of the letter in the hand of Robert Pemberton, Knox's aide. Knox refers to a previous letter he sent to Lincoln (see GLC02437.03446). Thanks him for his last letter, and believes his recent services to the...
GLC02437.03447
14 February 1787
Humphreys, David, 1752-1818
[Receipt for bills drawn by the Board of Treasury]
Reads, "Received from the Secretary at War, ten Bills drawn by the Board of Treasury on William Imlay Esqr. Commissioner of the Continental Loan Office, State of Connecticut, amounting to one thousand Dollars, for which I have given duplicate Rects...
GLC02437.03455
24 February 1787
Same as GLC02437.03465. Writes a recommendation to Lincoln for Mr. Payson, a "reputable inhabitant of Massachusetts" who is looking for "employment to give him bread." Notes he has no openings at present and is referring him to Lincoln.
GLC02437.03466
1 March 1787
[Remarks on the disfranchisement of the Massachusetts rebels]
Expresses views and thoughts about rebellions, in relation to the recent Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts. Writes, "The spirit of rebellion is now nearly crushed in this state, and the opposition to Government is hereby decreasing. This therefore is...
GLC02437.03477
4 March 1787
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
to the Senate and House of Representatives
Discusses the last session, in particular the budgeting of £2,500 for "the Purposes of raising and subsisting this States Proportion of the Federal Corps ordered by Congress agreeably to their Resolution ..." Since that amount is almost all used up...
GLC02437.03480
8 March 1787
to William Irvine
Writes that an officer currently on furlough is returning to his post in the Ohio region. Says it is a good opportunity to forward "General Butler's instructions" if they could possibly be ready today. Noted as written at the War Office. Docketed...
GLC02437.03485
7 March 1787
[Orders for clothing]
Orders asking that the clothing supplies Sergeant Root will bring to Mr. Cott's store, be forwarded along with blankets and other clothing items to Captain Willcox in Springfield, Massachusetts.
GLC02437.03486
8 April 1787
Grégoire, Marie-Thérèse de, 1733-1811
to Henry Knox
Forwards a letter of recommendation from the Marquis de Lafayette, and asks Knox for help in her claim of "a tract of Land Laying at the Eastward with the Island of Mount Desert," in what is now Maine.
GLC02437.03515
25 April 1787
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804
[Receipt for two warrants]
Receipt of two warrants from Henry Knox numbered 135 and 136 draw by the Board of Treasury respecting continental taxes for the state of Connecticut. Warrant No. 135 is related to the resolve of Congress dated 20 October 1786, concerning raising...
GLC02437.03534
[Receipt of two warrants]
Duplicate copy of GLC02437.03534. Receipt of two warrants from Henry Knox numbered 135 and 136 draw by the Board of Treasury respecting continental taxes for the state of Connecticut. Warrant No. 135 is related to the resolve of Congress dated 20...
GLC02437.03535
April 1787
[Legal business respecting the Waldo Patent]
Deals with court proceedings and assigning executors and agents for the Waldo Patent and Falmouth lands.
GLC02437.03538
2 May 1787
Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814
Explains that her son, Winslow Warren, has run into financial troubles and appeals to Knox for help. The attention of either Henry or his brother William Knox is needed to resolve the situation with the creditors. Hopes he or William will attend to...
GLC02437.03539
14 May 1787
Randolph, Beverly, 1754-1797
[Land grant]
Beverly Randolph, as Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, grants a 12,000 acre tract of land on the Ohio to a Mr. William Fitzhugh. Details its borders. Noted as a copy.
GLC02437.03548
5 May 1783
Provision return for Captain Thomas Batten's Company
Serves as a record of rations issued for three days. Signed on both pages by Batten. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer, noting receipt of rations. Contains water damage.
GLC02437.09711
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Provision return for engineers]
Also signed by Joseph Cheeseman, Superintendent of the Engineers Department. Contains a note on page two written by Jacob Wight, who confirms receipt of rations. Covers 1-8 May. Possibly created at West Point.
GLC02437.09713
9 May 1783
Provision return for ten men employed in the Ordnance Department
Also signed by Captain Thomas Batten. Contains a note on page two written by Sergeant R. Blakley, who confirms receipt of rations. Covers 9-12 May. Possibly created at West Point, New York. Contains water damage.
GLC02437.09715
10 May 1783
Victualing return for one army prisoner
Also signed by Asa Andrew, Marshall, and Captain Lemuel Clift. Cover 10-13 May. Contains a note on page two written by William Fargo, who confirms receipt of rations.
GLC02437.09716
Provision return for Captain Thomas Patten's Company
Also signed on both pages by Captain Thomas Patten. Covers 9-12 May. Signed on verso by Sergeant R. Blakley, who confirms receipt of rations. Contains some water damage.
GLC02437.09717
Provision return for the Superintendent of the Masons
Also signed by Joseph Cheeseman, superintendent of Masons;. Covers 9-16 May. Contains a note on page two written by Jacob Wight at West Point, who confirms receipt of stores.
GLC02437.09719
13 May 1783
Also signed by Captain Thomas Patten on both pages. Covers 13-16 May. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer, who confirms the receipt of rations. Contains some water damage.
GLC02437.09720
17 May 1783
[Order for provisions for two men]
Also signed by Captain William Saterlee. Contains a note on page two written by Lawrence [Dowling?], who confirms receipt of rations.
GLC02437.09722
16 May 1783
[Provision return for the Engineers Department]
Also signed by Joseph Cheesman, Superintendent of Engineers. Covers 9-16 May. Contains a note on page two written by Jacob Wight, who confirms receipt of stores.
GLC02437.09723
[Provision order for two men belonging to the Second and Eighth Company]
Also signed by Captain Edward Buckley. Contains a note on page two, written by Elijah Atwood at West Point, New York. Atwood confirms receipt of rations.
GLC02437.09724
[Provision return for Captain Thomas Batten's Company]
Batten signs both pages. Covers 17-20 May. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer at West Point. Mercer confirms receipt of stores.
GLC02437.09725
Provision return for the Engineers Department
Partially printed. Covers 17-31 May. Also signed by Sergeant Joseph Cheesman and Jacob Wight, who confirms receipt of rations.
GLC02437.09726
GLC02437.09727
18 May 1783
Provision return for two army prisoners
Also signed by Captain E. Eells. Covers one day, and pertains to the Second and Eighth Companies. Lillie signs as Knox's aide-de-camp, authorizing the rations. Contains a note on page two written by Anthony McDonald, who signs with a mark...
GLC02437.09728
Provision return for two men of the Second and Eighth Companies, Second Connecticut Regiment
Also signed by Captain Ezra Selden. Covers the period of one day. Docketed with an illegible signature. Contains an illegible signature on page two, confirming receipt of rations.
GLC02437.09729
19 May 1783
Also signed by Captain E. Hopkins. Covers the period of one day. Contains a note on page two written by [R. Landenn?], who confirms receipt of rations.
GLC02437.09730
20 May 1783
Provision return for one man of Captain Thomas Patten's Company
Also signed by Captain Patten. Covers 9-20 May. Contains a note on page two written by Dudley Mercer, who confirms receipt of rations.
GLC02437.09731
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