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22 January 1783
Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783
[Provision return for two army prisoners]
Lists men by regiment and company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Asa Baker. Place writ from note.
GLC02437.01850
5 February 1783
[Provision return for the soldiers employed in the Engineer's Department]
Printed form with subsequent information filled in by hand. Lists men by regiment and company with rations issued. Endorsed by Samuel Shaw and Mosed Dean.
GLC02437.01900
9 February 1783
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[Army Rations issued to Prisoners & Artificers]
States return for a man from the "3 Rigt. [sic] of Artillery." Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Samuel Fullerton on verso.
GLC02437.01904
13 February 1783
Byers, James, fl. 1767-1784
to Henry Knox
Discusses the casting of new artillery, namely howitzers.
GLC02437.01917
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
Army Rations issued to Prisoners & Detachment
Lists men by company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Dudley Mercer. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.01929
27 February 1783
O'Donnell, Nathaniel, fl. 1783
[Ordnance examination]
Captain O'Donnell says he examined all the ordnance and found it as usual.
GLC02437.01960
1 January 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Provision return for masons and miners covering eight days]
Also signed by Daniel Niven, Captain of Engineers, and Joseph Cheesman, Director of Masons;. A note written on verso, signed by [?] Hayden, confirms receipt of rations for West Point.
GLC02437.10079
4 September 1783
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Extract of a letter from General Washington to Timothy Pickering Quarter Master General, dated Rocky Hill, Sepr 4th 1783
Written in Timothy Pickering's hand. Signed in text by Pickering in the body of the document. Docket on verso is in Knox's hand. The extract says: "If it is well ascertained that the Chain can be preserved in perfect order for future use, I should...
GLC02437.02467
17 September 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to George Washington
Knox, Commander at West Point, writes, "I cannot refrain from communicating the joy I feel, and the pleasure manifested by the officers in general, upon the noble testimony of gratitude exhibited by Congress in their resolve concerning the equestrian...
GLC02437.10138
1 August 1783
Livingston, James, 1747-1832
[Army rations issued to Colonel James Livingston]
Signed by Captain T.B. Tearse as the commander of the post at Albany. Provision return for rations issued to Colonel James Livingston from 1-31 August 1783. A total of 155 rations were issued over 31 days. The rations were issued "agreeable to a...
GLC02437.02442
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