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5 April 1783
Sears, Peter, fl. 1783
[Provision return]
Countersigned by John Doughty with a note on verso from Dudley Mercer. Lists men by company with issued rations. Left edge is water damaged.
GLC02437.02066
7 April 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
[Request for provisions]
Includes a note on the verso from Nehemiah Philips. Request for one day's worth of provisions for Nehemiah Philips.
GLC02437.02067
[Invoice of sundry articles]
Lists items forwarded to West Point, New York for the artillery. Includes linseed oil, lead, wine and camel hair pencils.
GLC02437.02068
1 April 1783
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
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
Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.02102
17 April 1783
Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Doughty with a note from Dudley Mercer.
GLC02437.02103
April 20, 1783
[Provision return for an artificer]
Ordered and signed by Major Samuel Shaw as Major General Knox's aide-de-camp. Return for rations for one man in Captain Thomas Patten's company of artificers, which belonged to the ordinance department, from 21 April to 24 April. 1 1/2 rations a...
GLC02437.02108
April 20, 1783 circa
[Provision return for artificers]
Provision return for Captain Patten's company of artificers, which belonged to the ordinance department, from 21 April to 24 April. 69 soldiers were each given 1 1/2 rations a day for four days for a total of 432 rations issued. Signed twice by...
GLC02437.02109
Lists men by department with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date from note.
GLC02437.02118
GLC02437.02119
24-28 May 1783
Stewart, Alexander, fl. 1776-1783
[Two part document relating to Alexander Stewart's account regarding horses]
First part written by Alexander Stewart to John Lillie discussing how some horses are to be picked up later than expected and how Stewart is unable to care for them until that time due to a lack of proper feed. Second part lists the expenses for...
GLC02437.02132
25 May 1783
[Certificate]
Certifies that a Captain-Lieutenant [Cornelius] Swartwout received $600 for recruiting. Noted as a copy.
GLC02437.02134
May 1783
Forsyth, James, fl. 1783
[Account of provisions and stores issued to Major General Knox's family]
Lists provisions by weight. Includes items such as flour, beef, fish, soap, rum and salt.
GLC02437.02141
circa 2 June 1783
Freeman, Jeremiah, fl. 1775-1789
to Samuel Shaw
Asks Shaw to help him to apply to General Henry Knox to aid him with his debts that he incurred while still in the service and that he would have paid if he had received the half-pay due to soldiers who leave the army. "Free" stamped on address leaf...
GLC02437.02143
4 June 1783
to Jeremiah Freeman
Informs Captain Jeremiah Freeman that he has supplied him with a certificate and that he hopes this will help his "present unfortunate situation." Also included, on the lower portion of the page, is the mentioned certificate, verifying Freeman as...
GLC02437.02145
10 June 1783
to Royal Flint
Request for more flour as there is not "any in the store fit to be used." Noted received on verso.
GLC02437.02156
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