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20 July 1783
Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818
Issue of provisions
Orders to issue provisions to the "barge crew of the Commander in Chief" while he is absent. Includes the signature of Benjamin Walker, aide-de-camp.
GLC02437.02310
21 July 1783
Bushnell, David, 1740-1826
[Provision return for army rations issued]
Provision return for non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the corps of sappers and miners from 21-24 July. Fifteen men received a total of 64 rations over the four days. Signed by Captain Bushnell as the commander of the engineering...
GLC02437.02311
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Provision return for three men employed in the ordinance department from 21-24 July. Also includes two women who received rations. The three men served in Lieutenant Wright's company of artillery artificers. A total of 26 rations were issued over the...
GLC02437.02314
23 July 1783
[Army rations issued to Captain Vincent and his followers]
Major Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, ordered James Forsyth the Commissary of West Point to issue Captain Vincent and his "companions, friendly indians" 3 pints of rum "to drink the health of Congress." Also orders 3 pounds of soap to be given...
GLC02437.02321
24 July 1783 circa
Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800
[Provision return for army Rations issued]
Signed by Edward Blake, quartermaster of the Massachusetts Artillery, Captain Jonathan Crane of the artillery, and Major Shaw as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Provision return for rations issued to two men discharged from the Massachusetts...
GLC02437.02322
25 July 1783
[Order for rations for Captain Vincent and his companions]
Order issued by Major Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, desiring James Forsyth, Commissary of West Point, to issue 12 rations to Captain Vincent and his companions, "friendly Indians."
GLC02437.02323
[Request for rations]
Order sent by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw to West Point Commissary James Forsyth requesting that 14 rations be issued to two men late of the British army on their way to Virginia. Docket signed by a John Griffin stating that contractors...
GLC02437.02325
Mill, W., fl. 1783
Signed by Captain W. Mill, Major J. Sumner, and West Point Fort Major John Doughty. Provision return for 12 men belonging to the light infantry from 23-24 July. A total of 24 rations were issued over the two days. Signed on verso that rations were...
GLC02437.02328
26 July 1783
Provision return for rations issued to one sergeant and six privates from 27-28 July. A total of 21 rations were issued over the two days to the seven men. Signed by Major Shaw as General Knox's aide-de-camp. States the rations are for "Major genl...
GLC02437.02330
[Issue of twenty pounds of beef]
Order to issue twenty pounds of beef for General Knox.
GLC02437.02331
27 July 1783
Allen, N.C., fl. 1782
[Provision return]
Provision return for one man belonging to Captain Bushnell's Company of Sappers and Miners. The return is signed by Captain N.C. Allen, Train Guard and Colonel John Crane. A docket acknowledging receipt of the contractors of New York and New Jersey...
GLC02437.02334
28 July 1783
Wetzell, Michael, fl. 1781
Provision return for eight men of the 2nd Regiment of Artillery. A total of 48 rations for six days is provided to the men from the 23rd to the 28th of July, 1783. In addition to Wetzell, the document is signed by Major Sebastian Bauman and Samuel...
GLC02437.02336
20 April 1863
Henry, Josiah E., 1840-?
to Angeline Henry
Henry writes to his sister from camp near Bell Plain. Comments that he has no stamps. Remarks on the cold wet spring. Inquires about her eyesight and wonders if she wears glasses to study. Requests news about home. Reports that he received his pay...
GLC03523.07.16
2 May 1863
to Sophia Henry
Henry writes to his mother from Fredericksburg. Encloses ten dollars. Reports that there has been heavy fighting for several days. Expects a major battle within 48 hours.
GLC03523.07.17
7 August 1863
Henry writes to his mother from the U.S. General Hospital in Brattleboro. Reports that he has had chronic diarrhea for three weeks and left his regiment on 29 July 1863. Expects to return to his regiment within two to three weeks. Comments there is...
GLC03523.07.18
27 August 1863
Henry writes to his sister from the U.S. General Hospital in Brattleboro. Reports he is feeling better and expects a week furlough by the end of September. Remarks that he cannot afford to contribute money for her schooling and questions why she...
GLC03523.07.19
03/27/1864
Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865
to Mary M. Bogart
Begins letter to his wife with a long ramble about love, "I write you not as one with out hope for as long as thare is life thare is hope that we may se each others faces again on earth for my faith is yet strong though my body is week yet through...
GLC03523.11.22
05/18/1864
Complains to his wife about picket duty, scouting, and his commanding officers. "...and so it goes from day to day and I am mad enough to kill for the oficers dont go on picket nor scout with us but lay in their tents and growl at us but if we ever...
GLC03523.11.23
08/09/1864
Writes to wife complaining of unfair treatment, "we are dumb beasts here and treated worse some times I think for we have got to go when they say go no matter how hard it storms or how dark the night is thare no backing out for poor private in the...
GLC03523.11.24
16 September 1782
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to George Washington
Written and initialed for Knox in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Writes, "Capt. [Thomas] Machin is desirous of going to Philadelphia for a few days, to transact some business relative to the recruiting service for this State. If his...
GLC02437.01617
1792 circa
[Facts pertaining to a land dispute between William Tudor and General Jackson]
Circa date is based on the year the dispute took place. Jackson (possibly Henry Jackson of Massachusetts) and Tudor, acting as agents for separate companies, made offers for the same parcel of land to the Eastern Committee for Lands. A competition...
GLC02437.09448
circa 29 August 1790
[draft of a letter to George Washington regarding possible British troop movements from Detroit]
This appears to be a preliminary draft of Knox's 29 August 1790 letter to George Washington (in the GW Papers at the Library of Congress) responding to Washington's secret communication of 27 August. In that communication, sent to the members of his...
GLC02437.09449
10 April 1782
Yellis, Gilbert, fl. 1782
[Certificate of election]
Certificate of election enclosed with letter from John Taylor to William Livingston (GLC01412.64.12.01), signed by Yellis Gilbert, the Clerk of Artillery, and dated 10 April 1782. Gilbert certifies that Lupp was elected captain and Nessis was elected...
GLC01412.64.12.02
29 August 1782
Paterson, John, 1744-1808
Garrison orders
Writes, "The officers of the Second Regiment of Artillery and Corps of Sappers and Miners in this Garrison are to form a Garrison Court Martial for the tryal of Philip Francis of [illegible] Regiment & Peggy Martin - Captain Moody [possibly Andrew...
GLC02437.01548
31 August 1782
Marshall, Samuel B., fl. 1782
Return of provisions and stores on hand in the magazine at West Point
Return, addressed to Knox, lists items like beef, pork, flour, and soap, and their quantities.
GLC02437.01555
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