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13 February 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Provisions for men of Thomas Patten's Company]
Lists men by platoon with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw.
GLC02437.01914
Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783
[Return for prisoners]
Lists men with issued rations. Countersigned by Richard Douglas and Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Andrews on the verso. Place writ from note.
GLC02437.01915
[Provision return for Capt Thomas Patten's Company of Artificers]
Lists men by regiment and company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Dudley Mercer on verso.
GLC02437.01916
14 February 1783
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
[Order for provisions]
Request for twenty pounds of beef on behalf of General Knox. Includes an endorsement signed by Samuel [Hubbard].
GLC02437.01919
15 February 1783
Banks, John, fl. 1783
[Army Rations issued to Prisoners and Detachment]
Request for a week's worth of provisions for men in the Invalides Core. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Joseph Freeman.
GLC02437.01923
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[Provision return]
Request for provisions for a man. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement on the verso, signed with an illegible signature. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.01927
16 February 1783
Lists men by company with rations issued. Countersigned by a Captain Hopkins and by John Doughty, with an endorsement signed by Samuel Ackley. Place writ from note.
GLC02437.01930
18 February 1783
[Return for an Army Prisoner]
Lists men by company with rations issued. Countersigned by John Hutchinson Buell and Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Eleazer Cutter.
GLC02437.01934
20 February 1783
[Return for army prisoners]
Lists men by regiment with rations issued. Countersigned by an E. Hopkins and John Doughty with a note from Samuel Ackley. Place writ from note.
GLC02437.01936
21 February 1783
Strachan, William, 1752-1798
to Henry Knox
Discusses the condition of beef and states that "I think it not fit to be Issued to the Troops."
GLC02437.01941
22 February 1783
[Army rations issued to two masons]
Noted as a provision return for two Masons; at West Point, New York. Right edge is missing causing text loss. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement on the verso. Signature is missing due to missing right edge.
GLC02437.01944
25 February 1783
[Provision return of Captain Thomas Patten's Company of Artificers]
Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Dudley Mercer.
GLC02437.01951
Craig, Isaac, 1742-1826
[Return of Detachment of the Pennsylvania Artillery]
Lists men by rank. Noted as written at Fort Pitt, which is present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
GLC02437.01953
26 February 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
to Ephraim Fenno
Informing Captain Lieutenant Fenno that General Henry Knox is sending them a lock and key for the magazine to prevent further loss of goods and theft. Also notes that Knox would like a return of all of the stores as well, to keep track of what they...
GLC02437.01955
Callender, John, fl. 1747-1797
[Report of the Artillery at Fort Clinton]
Informs Knox that he has "[e]xamined the Artillery at Fort Clinton Park & .c .c found them in good Order, Except one Morter one Howitzer ..."
GLC02437.01956
24 February 1783
[Provision return for Bargemen]
Printed form with subsequent information filled in by hand. Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, and with an endorsement on verso signed by [Marghit Keyes].
GLC02437.01962
1 March 1783
[Provisions of Captain Thomas Patten's Company of Artillery]
GLC02437.01965
[Request for rations]
Request for a week's worth of provisions for a man of the Core of the Invalides. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed (with an X) by Joseph Freeman.
GLC02437.01968
8 March 1783
[Extra issues of Rations]
Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Dudley Mercer. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.01969
3 March 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Benjamin Lincoln
Discusses the conditions of the artillery, carriages and wagons. States they need to be cleaned, repaired and repainted before being stored in a proposed arsenal.
GLC02437.01973
Discusses anxiety within the Army and a mission of General Alexander McDougall, possibly in connection to a petition of Congress for payment for the enlisted men. States that " ... if they [the army] should be disbanded previous to a settlement...
GLC02437.01974
Praises the artificers and men of the artillery for their work throughout the war and discusses their sentiments in regards to commissions and pay, which they feel is unfair under the current system.
GLC02437.01976
[An estimate of paint & oil]
Estimates the amount of paint and oil for the ordnance department and lists the different types and colors needed. Body of text is written in Knox's hand. Closing and Knox's signature is written in the hand of Samuel Shaw.
GLC02437.01978
4 March 1783
[Instructions on how to run a Court martial]
Outlines rules and regulations on how to run a fair and just Court Martial. Includes a precept stating "No quotations from law authorities to be admitted in a court martial, as they would tend to involve the proceedings in endless perplexities &...
GLC02437.01982
5 March 1783
[Provision ration of Captain Thomas Patten's Company of Artificers]
Lists men by regiment, company and occupation with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Dudley Mercer.
GLC02437.01983
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