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26 June 1776
Drury, Jotham, 1741-1831
[Captain Jotham Drury's account for January, including December and April]
Invoice concerns pay, blanket money, and mentions recruitment. Drury was a captain in Knox's artillery regiment.
GLC02437.00349
11 July 1776
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
to Henry Knox
Discusses Scottish (Highlanders) attempts to "purchase Conquer'd Lands." Describes Scottish prisoners as saucy because they call the country people rebels and say they will later be able to sieze their farms. Explains news that Colonel Archibald...
GLC02437.00370
14 July 1776 - 17 July 1776
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Supply list for officers in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]
Also signed by William Eustis, John Howard, Garret Van Wagner, Thomas Hanley, Isaiah Audebert, William Dana, David Briant, William Treadwell, Abiel Leonard, and John Crane. Notes supplies, money, and artillery received by officers from Jonathan...
GLC02437.00373
15 July 1776
Wants Knox to write more frequently to keep him updated on activities in New York. Remarks that "at Last the grand Question of Independence is determined and I hope every true American will support it with his Life and Fortune." Comments on...
GLC02437.00376
16 July 1776
Paine, Robert T., 1731-1814
Informs Knox that the British approach necessitates a change in location for casting brass cannons and indicates that an air furnace will be set up in Pennsylvania. Congress will still offer to employ Mr. Byers for the job if it can be done at a...
GLC02437.00379
24 July 1776 - 2 October 1776
Perkins, William, 1742-1802
Also signed by Fred Botticher, Florence Crowley, Samuel Sprague, Dimond Morton, Daniel Hodges, Daniel Preston, Jotham Horton, Samuel Shaw, and Jeremiah Freeman. Notes supplies received by officers from Jonathan Pollard, the quartermaster of Knox's...
GLC02437.00391
27 June 1776
Pierce, Thomas, fl. 1775-1778
[Captain Thomas Pierce's account for January, including December and April]
Invoice concerns pay, blanket money, and mentions recruitment. Pierce was a captain in Knox's artillery regiment.
GLC02437.00353
4 July 1776
to William Knox
Notes that Lucy Knox and others have gone to Fairfield, Connecticut, away from potential fighting in New York. Indicates that he gave Colonel David Mason a draft for fifty dollars to be paid by William (see GLC02437.00358). Asks William to write...
GLC02437.00360
9 July 1776
[Paper calling for "a well regulated and numerous body of artillery"]
Explains that the war is in its infancy and its success will require "a well regulated and numerous body of artillery." Argues that the present force is insufficient and that the current system of temporarily drafting men into the artillery leaves...
GLC02437.00366
25 August 1776
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Responds to Knox's letter (see GLC02437.00423). Discusses the difficulty of obtaining copper in order to cast canons. Also discusses importance of officers to an army and the issue of appointing more officers from Massachusetts. Asks Knox for a...
GLC02437.00424
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