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25 January 1783
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[Provision return for the department of masons]
Lists men by regiment and company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with endorsement signed by a man surnamed Hayden.
GLC02437.01879
13 February 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Provision return for one man of captain Thomas Patten's Company]
Lists men by company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with endorsement by Dudley Mercer. Date from note.
GLC02437.01883
9 July 1783
Fairlie, James, 1757-1830
to Mr. Forsyth
Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox. Orders provisions for one sergeant and seven men belonging to General von Steuben's barge. A docket note regarding rations is signed by John Prescott.
GLC02437.02255
10 July 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Provision request]
Order to issue three days provisions to Northwich Evens, an invalid soldier. Signed by Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, Samuel Shaw.
GLC02437.02261
11 July 1783
Brooks, David, 1756-1838
[List of clothing articles]
In the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp but endorsed and signed by Assistant Clothier General David Brooks. A document certifying that General Knox has accounted for articles of clothing received for the Corps of Artillery from December 1776...
GLC02437.02264
13 July 1783
Wright, fl. 1783
[Provision return]
Signed by Lieutenant Wright. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox. Provision returns for three men employed in the Ordinance Department and two women, for a total of 26 rations.
GLC02437.02270
14 July 1783
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
[Order to supply rations to Edward Tobin]
Order of 25 rations to Edward Tobin, soldier in the Invalid Regiment discharged and on his way to Cherry Valley, New York. The order of 25 rations also includes Tobin's wife and child.
GLC02437.02272
[Order to supply rations to Joseph Susan]
Order of sixteen rations for Joseph Susan, soldier in the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Geico Bay, Massachusetts.
GLC02437.02276
[Orders to supply rations to John De la Guin]
Order of eleven rations to be supplied to John De la Guin, soldier in the Invalid Regiment discharged and on his way to Boston, Massachusetts.
GLC02437.02279
[Orders to supply rations to John Fulford]
Order of five rations for John Fulford of the Invalid Regiment, discharged and on his way to Hartford, Connecticut.
GLC02437.02283
15 July 1783
Cobb, David, 1748-1830
[Orders to issue provsions to John Torrey]
Orders to issue nine days provisions to John Torrey, a discharged soldier. Countersigned by John Doughty, Fort Major at West Point.
GLC02437.02289
18 July 1783
[Provision return for men in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment]
A provision return for nine men belonging to the 4th Massachusetts Regiment. Eighty-one rations were issued to the men for a total of six days, commencing on 18 July 1783. The order is signed by Samuel Shaw, General Knox's aide-de-camp. The docket...
GLC02437.02303
19 July 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Certificate of service for John Banks]
Certifies that John Banks of the state of New York, has served the United States as a Conductor of Stores from 12 April 1777 to 19 July 1783. Mr. Banks is therefore entitled to his pay and the depreciation of his pay during his period of service...
GLC02437.02306
25 July 1783
[Request for rations]
Order sent by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw to West Point Commissary James Forsyth requesting six rations for three men "late of the 23d British regiment." Docket signed by a Jonathan Hamilton that contractors delivered the rations.
GLC02437.02324
26 July 1783 circa
[Provision return for army rations issued]
Signed by Superintendent Joseph Cheesman and Major Samuel Shaw as General Knox's aide-de-camp. Provision return for four men employed by the engineering department from 22-26 July. Two men were with Captain Douglas's company, one man was with Captain...
GLC02437.02329
18 August 1782
to Richard Frothingham
Writes, "In the return of persons in the department of military stores in the field which you made on the 6th instant, no mention is made of Mr. Marshall as being in the service. He says that you have discharged him from your books, from the 10th...
GLC02437.01530
23 August 1782
to James Giles
Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp; he has also signed for Knox. Certifies that Mr. James Giles was employed as a conductor of military stores from December 1776 until September 1778, when he was offered a position in the corps...
GLC02437.01536
27 August 1782
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
to Benjamin Lincoln
Marked "copy." Written from the "Office of Finance." Addressee inferred because letter is addressed to "Secretary at War," a post occupied in 1782 by Benjamin Lincoln. Writes, "I have received your letter of the nineteenth of August, and would...
GLC02437.01542
1 September 1782
Townsend, David, 1753-1829
[Report on Charles McCormick]
Writes, "The bearer Charles McCormick of Col. Hazen's Regt. now in Provost has the venereal disease which daily increases in malignity, and will continue to grow worse upon him while he remains in his present situation, where he cannot have the...
GLC02437.01557
Returns of the suttlers names, in the garrison of West Point, & by whome licensed
Lists the names of sutlers, or merchants who sold food and drink to troops, and lists who licensed them. Sutlers include Simon Richards, William Foot, James McMasters, Asa Spauldin, Samuel Warrin, Roger Magrath Gatsey, Mrs. Current, John Andrews...
GLC02437.01561
2 September 1782
Starr, Thomas, fl. 1782
to Elnathan Haskell
Likely written by Lieutenant Thomas Starr of the 2nd Connecticut Regiment. Says that the Sergeants Guard, which has been under his command, has arrived. Asks Captain Haskell whether he should remain with them "here" (possibly West Point) or join...
GLC02437.01565
5 September 1782
Hand, Edward, 1744-1802
to Henry Knox
Written from Camp Verplanks Point, present-day Verplanck, New York. Writes, "Captain Reiley [possibly John Reily] of the Invalid regiment tried the 30th ultimo by the General Court martial of which Colo. M [possibly Michael] Jackson is president is...
GLC02437.01580
6 September 1782
to Edward Hand
Writes, "The bearers will deliver you the return from the artillery, which with the enclosed, completes the returns of the corps in this garrison for the last month. Gen. [Henry] Knox has directed me to transmit you the report of a court of inquiry...
GLC02437.01584
12 September 1782
[Permission to Captain Gilliland to act as volunteer]
Date added later in pencil. Grants permission for Captain Gilliland, formerly of the Corps of Sappers and Miners, to act as a volunteer in the Artillery. Writes that he is persuaded of Captain Gilliland's good conduct in several instances.
GLC02437.01600
1798
Facts and calculations respecting the population and territory of the United States of America.
Consists of three sections: "Of the population of the United States;" "Of the territory of the United States;" and "Of the value of Lands." Last page separated from booklet. Bound with thread. Final page is separated from binding. In a secretarial...
GLC02437.09439
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