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18 March 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Return of plank wanted for carriages]
Clerically signed for Henry Knox by Patten. Lists planks by number of carriages with estimates by plank length.
GLC02437.02015
16 March 1783
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[Army Rations issued to the Engineer's Department]
Printed form with subsequent information filled in by hand. Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Doughty with note from Jacob Gillet. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.02025
March 27, 1783 circa
Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783
[Victualing return of rations issued to a prisoner]
Return of rations issued to a prisoner from 27 March to 30 March. The prisoner appears to have been with the 1st Connecticut Regiment and was given a total of four rations. Countersigned by John Lillie and Sergeant James Bradley, stating that...
GLC02437.02033
28 March 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Certificate to John Durham Alvey]
Certifies John Alvey's resignation from the position of Post Master of the American Army and gives a good character recommendation. Written and signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.
GLC02437.02036
29 March 1783
[Army Rations issued to Prisoners and Artificers]
Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from George Groom.
GLC02437.02037
Byers, James, fl. 1767-1784
to Henry Knox
Discusses the casting of new cannon and artillery, particulary the howitzers in regards to size and length and placement of "the dolphins."
GLC02437.02039
1 March 1783
Price, William, ?-1790
[Army Rations issued to Detachment]
Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note on verso from Johnathan [Carley]. Lists provisions with issued rations.
GLC02437.02050
1 April 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Request for rations]
Request to issue two days' worth of provisions for two deserters from the British. Includes a note on verso from [Rueben Beach].
GLC02437.02052
Batten, Thomas, fl. 1783
[Army Rations issued to Detachments]
Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note on verso from George Groom. Lists men by Regiment with rations issued.
GLC02437.02053
[Army Rations issued to Artificers]
Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from George Groom. Lists men by company with issued rations.
GLC02437.02055
5 April 1783
Sears, Peter, fl. 1783
Countersigned by John Lillie with a note on verso by Dudley Mercer. Lists men by company with issued rations.
GLC02437.02065
[Army Rations issued to the Artificers and Engineer's Department]
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.
GLC02437.02069
9 April 1783
[Provision return for Artificers]
Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Dudley Mercer.
GLC02437.02076
10 April 1783
Mitchel, John, fl. 1783
[Army rations issued to the Water Guard]
Return for the provisions provided for nine men belonging to the Water Guard for two days under the command of Captain Pray(?). Signed by "Comd John Mitchel." Countersigned by John Lillie, aide de camp, that the rations were issued. Mitchel (or...
GLC02437.02079
13 April 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
[Army Rations issued to Jonathan Kidney and artificers]
Written by Lillie as an aide-de-camp asking Forsyth to deliver one day of provisions to Jonathan Kidney, who had just come out of captivity. Docket signed by Kidney that he received the provisions from a contractor.
GLC02437.02082
April 15, 1783 circa
[Copy of Knox's draft on the formation of the Society of the Cincinnati]
Later copy of GLC02437.02090, which is the original. This copy is easier to read than the original. Says the Society was created to perpetuate "the remembrance of this great event [victory in the Revolution], as the mutual friendships which have been...
GLC02437.02089
Denniston, George J., fl. 1782
[Request for Army rations]
Request for sixteen rations for William Bigelow. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Bigelow.
GLC02437.02097
April 17, 1783 circa
[Army Rations issued to artificier]
Return for rations for one member of the engineering department beginning 9 April and ending 17 April. It appears that the person came from the 8 Massachusetts Regiment. A total of 12 rations were issued over the eight days. Signed by Superintendent...
GLC02437.02099
21 April 1783
[Army rations issued to recently released prisoners]
Note from Lillie, an aide-de-camp to Henry Knox, allowing the issue of one day's worth of provisions for two recently released prisoners. Written to Mr. Forsyth as the commissary of issues. Docket signed that contractors delivered the rations.
GLC02437.02107
28 April 1783
to Andrew Billings
Written by Major General Knox to Major Billings. Says he heard Billings would be willing to contract to engrave the cannon recently taken from the enemy for two dollars each. Would like him to take care of this business as soon as possible.
GLC02437.02110
23 April 1783
to James Myers
Discusses the artillery of the army and corrects a mistake regarding the placement of the dolphins for the guns. Also discusses placement of the "Arms of the United States" on artillery. Closes by saying that "Although peace has taken place" he still...
GLC02437.02111
18 April 1783
[Provisions return]
Lists men by rank with rations issued.
GLC02437.02113
25 April 1783
Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Dudley Mercer.
GLC02437.02115
circa June 19, 1783
Society of the Cincinnati, 1783-?
[Constitution of the Society of Cincinnati]
Knox's copy of the Constitution of the Society of the Cincinnati. Knox has docketed on the first page saying "Cincinnati Constitution of &c." This document consists of the minutes of the 10 May 1783 meeting regarding proposals to establish the...
GLC02437.02122
12 May 1783
Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796
Return of Ordnance & Military Stores at Several Places
Lists amounts of shot, balls, cartridges, carriages, muskets, bayonets, etc at Danbury, Fishkill Landing, and Poughkeepsie. Says there is around three tons of lead at Poughkeepsie.
GLC02437.02123
20 May 1783
[Receipt for rum]
Request for one quart of rum for General Henry Knox's boatmen.
GLC02437.02128
27 May 1783
Chapman, Elijah, fl. 1775-1783
Informs Knox of the theft of a barrel of flour and the circumstances under which this occured. Assures him that the lock to the door separating the ammunition from the provisions is secure and the lock to the stores in general has been replaced.
GLC02437.02136
circa June 1, 1783
[Henry Knox's account balances]
List of Knox's account balances for items such as horses, rye and hay. Bottom portion written by Shaw, with the top portion possibly written by Henry Knox. Balance paid General Knox on 1 June 1783.
GLC02437.02142
28 May 1783
Fleming, George, 1748-1822
Return of ordnance, ordnance stores, apparatus & c. of the garrisons of Stoney & Verplank's Points- Kingsferry
Includes a note at the bottom of the pages discussing a barge and damaged powder. These two pages were previously connected; second page measures 15.2 x 75.9 cm. Torn in middle crease.
GLC02437.10111
Guion, Isaac, fl. 1776-1823
[Return of ordance and stores in the Northern Department]
Includes returns from posts along the Mohawk River including Fort Rensselaer, Fort Herkimer, Fort Dayton, and from Albany and Schenectady. Guion signed as Captain Lieutenant, 2nd Regiment Artillery.
GLC02437.10518
1 May 1783
Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819
[Return]
Return for ordnance and military stores at West Point, New York. Items listed by type, weight and current condition.
GLC02437.10708
6 June 1783
to George Washington
Praises the bravery and character of Sergeant Major [Enos J.] Prindle of Colonel Lamb's regiment.
GLC02437.02148
8 June 1783
Discusses a lack of artificers and the importance of the arsenals and magazines for the artillery and any other branch of the military. Knox's retained draft.
GLC02437.02153
23 June 1783
Discusses the housing of troops in the area in and around West Point, New York and Constitution Island. Knox's retained draft.
GLC02437.02176
25 June 1783
Written by General Knox to General Washington. Says that Sprout's regiment of Paterson's brigade with two artillery pieces will be in Stony Point and that they will commence their march from there in the morning. Reports that part of Paterson's...
GLC02437.02185
28 June 1783
Written by Major General Knox to Captain Major Billings. Says that General Washington directed him to forward two cannons to Billings to be engraved in a similar fashion to the cannon done for Count De Rochambeau (see GLC02437.02198). These cannons...
GLC02437.02199
29 June 1783
Informs General Washington that 250 men of the 3rd Massachusetts will not be ready to march until the afternoon due to lack of essential articles for their march. Reports that the regiment is without their compliment of field officers and Colonels...
GLC02437.02202
5 July 1783
Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803
Major Bauman of the artillery corps asks General Washington to discharge four older German men under Bauman's command. Says that the Board of Inspectors of Invalids told him to go to Washington as the men did not "come under the description of men...
GLC02437.02241
14 July 1783
A letter regarding General Washington's sleigh. Knox apologetically writes that the painting of the sleigh has taken a long time. He explains that due to severe weather, the wood of the sleigh absorbed and congealed the oil, and could not be dried...
GLC02437.02286
4 June 1783
Barber, William, fl. 1783-1784
[Army Rations issued to Joseph Manning]
Issues six days' worth of provisions for Joseph Manning of the Rhode Island regiment. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Manning.
GLC02437.02146
Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809
[Army rations issued to George Finlayson]
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. issues provisions for Finlayson of the Maryland line who has been recently discharged from service. Includes a note on the verso from Finlayson stating his receipt of the provisions.
GLC02437.02149
1 June 1783
[Army rations issued to the Engineer Department]
Partially printed document with subsequent information filled in by hand. Lists men by regiment and company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight.
GLC02437.02155
10 June 1783
Blair, Samuel, 1741-1818
Offers his congratulations on ending the war, while expressing his regret on not being able to congratulate him personally. "I pray the Supreme Rewarder of the good & the truly brave may bless you with the copious fruits of that peace you have by so...
GLC02437.02157
12 June - 1 July 1783
Nicolas, Lewis, 1717-1807
[Army Rations issued]
Three part document. First portion issues rations to a soldier in the Invalides regiment. Signed Lewis Nicola, Constitution Island, New York 12 June 1783. Second and third portions on the verso signed by David Hillyer and Samuel Shaw respectively...
GLC02437.02159
16 June 1783
to Chevalier [Francois Jean] de Chastellux
Discusses the character of the people of the new nation and hopes that the central government will be strong to prevent anarchy.
GLC02437.02165
24 June 1783
Height, Silvanus, fl. 1783
Petition of Inhabitants to have Captain Taylor continue on the South redoubts
Signed by Height and four other individuals. Request from the inhabitants of the south Redoubts that Captain [Othniel] Taylor remain in command of the area since "the people in this Quarter [have lived] in the greatest Harmony and friendship with...
GLC02437.02180
26 June 1783
Stewart, M., fl. 1783
[Army rations issued to Joseph Manning]
Orders to the contractors at Newburgh, New York for six days provisions for Joseph Manning, a soldier in the Rhode Island regiment who is going to home on furlough. Two dockets on verso. One is signed by Manning stating that the contractors delivered...
GLC02437.02186
to Captain [Claude] Blanchard
Instructs Blanchard to relieve Captain Taylor's men at the east side of the River and from General McDougall. Advises Blanchard that Captain Taylor has written instructions for the governance and safety of the posts. Knox writes that Blanchard is...
GLC02437.02188
Campbell, John, fl. 1782-1783
[Receipt for shoes]
Receipt for three hundred pairs of shoes from Morris Carl for troops marching towards Philadelphia.
GLC02437.02189
27 June 1783
to Captain Brewster
General Knox requests a loan from Captain Brewster in the amount of one thousand dollars for the term of one year.
GLC02437.02193
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