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17 April 1783
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[Provision return]
Lists men by department with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Jacob Wight. Date from note.
GLC02437.02119
10 June 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
to Royal Flint
Request for more flour as there is not "any in the store fit to be used." Noted received on verso.
GLC02437.02156
26 June 1783
[Account of vouchers]
Lists of sums. Date added later in pencil.
GLC02437.02190
1 July 1783
Monthly lists of costs
Includes amounts for the months of February through August. Date added at a later date in pencil.
GLC02437.02215
4 July 1783
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
[Request for provisions]
Return for provisions written by Fortress Major of West Point Doughty to the Commissary of Issues James Forsyth. Asks that 10 days of provisions be issued to John Mooder, a furloughed soldier of the Massachusetts Artillery on his way to Boston...
GLC02437.02230
6 July 1783 circa
Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800
[Provision return for army rations issued]
Signed by Edward Blake, a quartermaster with the artillery, and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as Knox's aide-de-camp. Provision return for rations issued to one man, one woman and two children from 1-6 July. A total of 18 rations were issued...
GLC02437.02244
21 April 1782
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to George Washington
Discusses Washington's negotiation with the state of Virginia to obtain cannon from them for the United States. Writes that he would have written to General Benjamin Lincoln earlier to discuss what to do with the cannon, but thought he would be...
GLC02437.01394
1781
Bliss, Luke, 1738-1811
Mem. of some Articles in Ordn: Store at Springfield in care of Luke Bliss Esq. C.M.S.
List of stores in possession of Luke Bliss, Commissary of Military Stores. Date added later in pencil.
GLC02437.01320
13 February 1782
An estimate of horses and waggonrey for the field artillery
Estimate of horses and wagons for the next campaign, addressed to Colonel Timothy Pickering. Enclosed with GLC02437.01352.
GLC02437.01353
22 March 1782
United States. Continental Congress.
[Promotion of Henry Knox to Major General]
Signed by Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, and labeled an "Extract from the Minutes." Resolution of the United States in Congress assembled to promote Brigadier General Henry Knox to the rank of Major General. See GLC02437.01371 for a...
GLC02437.01375
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