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1 April 1783
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
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[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
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
[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
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
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
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Provisions return]
Lists men by rank with rations issued.
GLC02437.02113
25 April 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Army Rations issued to Artificers]
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
to Henry Knox
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
[Issue of rum to boat men]
Shaw requests that a quart of rum be issued to eight boatmen on fatigue duty. Two other illegible signatures appear on the document. Noted "Genl Ordr No. 5" on verso.
GLC02437.02194
Billings, Andrew, 1743-1808
[Receipt for cannon]
Receipt of two brass cannons from General Knox by the hand of Captain Buchanan for engraving.
GLC02437.02196
Written by Captain Major Billings to Major General Knox. References a previous letter from Knox that arrived with 2 brass cannons -- says he will "set about them as soon as the directions arrive, and will finish them as soon as possible." Billings is...
GLC02437.02198
July 1, 1783
Price, William, ?-1790
Provision return for a lieutenant officer police...
Written by William Price, Officer Police and countersigned by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.. A provision return for one lieutenant officer police for the garrison of West Point. States that ninety three rations (three rations per day for thirty...
GLC02437.02211
2 July 1783
Antill, Edward, 1742-1789
Requests that the bearer of the letter, Joseph Dyer, and two other men (John Lenen and James Kendall) be given enough provisions to return home on furlough. Explains that the men are from Boston and that Dyer is a man "distinguished with honor and...
GLC02437.02222
[Provision returns for Thomas Clews]
Written and signed by General Knox's aide-de-camp Samuel Shaw. Thomas Clews, of the Corps of Invalids, is given 107 complete rations by order of General Knox. A note of receipt from the contractors for the states of New York and New Jersey is...
GLC02437.02223
3 July 1783 circa
[Provision return of rations issued to light infantry]
Provision return for 12 men of the light infantry commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Hull for 3 days from 1 July to 3 July. A total of 36 rations were issued. This document was signed by S. Spring, a quartermaster, and Major Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp...
GLC02437.02227
4 July 1783 circa
[Provision return for masons hired by the engineers department]
Provision return for the superintendent of the Masons; employed by the engineers department. One man was hired for four days from 1 - 4 July 1783 for a total of six rations issued. Signed by Joseph Cheesman, a superintendent, and countersigned by...
GLC02437.02232
6 July 1783 circa
Hillyer, David, fl. 1783
[Provision return for army rations issued]
Signed by David Hillyer, a quartermaster. Countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as Henry Knox's aide-de-camp. Provision return sent to James Forsyth, the commissary at West Point, for non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to Captain McGowan's...
GLC02437.02242
16 July 1783 circa
Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800
Signed by Edward Blake, a quartermaster with the artillery, and countersigned by Fort Major of West Point John Doughty. Provision return for rations issued to two men, one woman, and two children for ten days from 7-16 July. A total of 40 rations...
GLC02437.02246
7 July 1783
to Edward Antill
Written by Major General Knox to Lieutenant Colonel Antill. Encloses a return for provisions for his family (not included here). Apologizes for initially giving him conditional paperwork, but says he was unfamiliar with the resolve of Congress which...
GLC02437.02247
Written by Lieutenant Colonel Antill to Major General Knox. Returns an enclosed provision order (not included) for rations for his family. Asks him to sign and return it by the bearer of this letter. Says "this form I made has been purused ever since...
GLC02437.02249
[Army rations issued]
Marked "Copy." Top half of the document is a copy of Lt. Col. Antill's request for provisions for 31 days for "five canadian refugees." Asks for 155 rations. Bottom half of the document says that the "above provision" is for his family. Knox gives...
GLC02437.02250
8 July 1783
[Provision return]
Signed by William Price and countersigned by Fort Major John Doughty by orders of General Knox. Provision ration for four discharged men for six days. A receipt note below the docket is signed by William Burrows.
GLC02437.02251
9 July 1783
Wright, J., fl. 1783
Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox.Provision return for four men employed in the ordnance department. Four men and two women were issued one and a half rations a day for four days. Docket note regarding rations signed...
GLC02437.02254
12 July 1783
Bushnell, David, 1740-1826
Provision returns for noncommissioned and privates belonging to the Corps of Sappers and Miners.
GLC02437.02266
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