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circa 1771
Battelle, Ebenezer, fl. 1771
[Booklist]
A long list of books that Henry Knox purchased possibly from Eben Battelle. Date was added later in pencil. Henry Knox signed he received the books.
GLC02437.10612
January 1776
Perkins, William, 1742-1802
[Abstract of pay due for Captain Perkins's company in Colonel Henry Knox's regiment]
Lists the number of persons at specific positions in the regiment (one captain, three lieutenants, etc.).
GLC02437.09494
10 May 1776
[List of officers]
Marked as a copy. Lists officers and pay for an unspecified company for the month of March.
GLC02437.09522
28 October 1776
Stringer, Samuel, 1725-?
[Listing of American and British vessels engaged in the Battle of Valcour]
A list of the "Fleet of the United States that were engaged…" followed by a list of "The Enemies Fleet engaged…." The lists include number and type of vessels, and their number and type of guns. The American list includes the names of the two...
GLC02437.09538
29 May 1781
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Certificate of discharge for David Cawood]
Attests that Captain Cawood has served as an artificer for three years.
GLC02437.09554
22 December 1782
Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Lemuel Clift]
Colonel Butler recommends Clift for a sixty day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09587
28 December 1782
Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Lieutenant Aaron Benjamin]
Colonel Webb recommends Benjamin, in the Third Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 20 February 1782. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox at West Point.
GLC02437.09595
circa 1775-1783
[Return]
List of eight named soldiers, by rank. Docketed as "Capt Perkins abstract for Jany."
GLC02437.09932
List of 34 named soldiers. Docketed as "Those of the men to be under Capt Buchanan."
GLC02437.09975
1782/09/17
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to Henry Knox
Consents to stopping work on the magazine and instead having the men work on the barracks. "I shall inform the Secretary at War, who seemed to have the completion of the Magazine much at heart, of the reasons which have hindered us from proceeding."...
GLC02437.09380
30 March 1782
General Washington discusses a "character" (possibly Loyalist Henry Van Schaack) present with Knox in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Instructs Knox to guard his colleague (possibly Gouverneur Morris) against freely discussing matters with this person...
GLC02437.09400
30 April 1782
to Henry Knox and Gouvenor Morris
Discusses Morris and Knox's progress regarding "the commission you were charged with by me" (possibly a commission to negotiate prisoner exchange with the British in Elizabethtown, New Jersey). Has received Morris and Knox's dispatches, as well as...
GLC02437.09309
1 March 1781
Transmits a requisition from New York for ammunition and says to send only what stock is deficient to Fort Schuyler. Written at "Head Quarters." At bottom, a note in the hand of Samuel Shaw reads, "Answered and the papers returned to the man who...
GLC02437.09354
9 September 1782
Proposes use of prisoners as armorers, discusses trial of Sergeant Spinoza [Spinosa] for treason, requests help organizing the Department of the Commissary of Military Stores and wonders if "it be possible to get the field pieces directed to be...
GLC02437.09358
8 November 1782
Enclosing a note regarding a case that he wishes Knox to deal with. "You will be pleased to take up the matter in question, have a fair investigation made into the Merits of it, and cause justice to be done to the Individual concerned, as well as...
GLC02437.09362
16 November 1775
Washington, Commander in Chief of Continental forces, orders Knox to examine the state of Continental artillery. Instructs Knox to travel to New York City and Ticonderoga, and even to Quebec if necessary, to procure necessary artillery articles....
GLC02437.09369
8 June 1781
Encloses request for ammunition from the State of New Jersey, and requests Knox's opinion on how much ammunition can be granted to the state. Docketed in Knox's hand. "On public service" written on address leaf with no signature.
GLC02437.09373
29 August 1782
Appointing Knox in command of West Point "and its Dependencies." Notes matters requiring specific attention, including "visit the Redoubts frequently" and keep them furnished with supplies, call the rolls often. Also requests that Knox deal with...
GLC02437.09376
24 April 1763
Bollan, William, fl. 1750-1763
to Samuel Waldo et. al.
Marked "duplicate." Written from "Leicester Square," likely in London, England. Addressed to Samuel Waldo, Francis Waldo, Isaac Winslow, and Thomas Flucker. Writes, "The enclosed copy [not present] of the Petition which I have presented to His...
GLC02437.09014
June 14, 1763
to William Bollan
Unsigned, but author may be Samuel Waldo, Francis Waldo, Isaac Winslow, or Thomas Flucker, as the letter is a response to a letter Bollan wrote to them (see GLC02437.09014). Thank him for going to all the trouble of submitting a petition to His...
GLC02437.09018
10 July 1767
Adams, Edward, fl. 1765-1772
[Obligation to James Pitts & Thomas Flucker]
Promise from Adams to deliver particular goods for Pitts and Flucker to sell.
GLC02437.09043
7 April 1768
Pemberton, Samuel, 1723-1799
[Indenture between the Waldo heirs and the Twenty Associates]
The heirs of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo and their spouses agree to sell the original twenty associates of the Lincolnshire Company certain tracts of land in the Waldo patent, which were promised to the associates by Brigadier General Waldo.
GLC02437.09050
7 April 1771-1 January 1772
Bullock, John, fl. 1771
[Power of Attorney given to Francis Waldo]
Agreement that John Bullock has given power of attorney to Francis Waldo, in order for Waldo to recover a bond given by the late Samuel Waldo to the late Josiah Bullock. Signed by John Bullock, as well as William Harper as witness. Also present is...
GLC02437.09070
25 June 1772-20 April 1774
Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783
to Thomas Caldwell and Ephraim Cummings [incomplete]
Contains several letters, all of which discuss lands in New Hampshire in which the heirs of Brigadier Samuel Waldo have interest.
GLC02437.09076
May 1773
[List of German settlers on east side of Broad Bay]
List of German settlers on the east side of Broad Bay received from the Schoolmaster in May 1773.
GLC02437.09082
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