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8 June 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to George Washington
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
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
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
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
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
to Henry Knox
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
3 July 1783 circa
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[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
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[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
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
circa 16 July 1783
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
[Provision return for army rations issued]
Provision return for rations issued to the superitendant of the Masons; employed by the engineers department from 13-16 July. A total of 6 rations were issued over the four days for one person. Countersigned by Joseph Cheesman, superintendant. Docket...
GLC02437.02292
16 July 1783
[Army rations issued to Thomas Nelson and his family]
Asks the commissary, James Forsyth, to issue rations for Thomas Nelson, his wife, and 2 children from 16-31 of July. Says that Nelson is a furloughed man from the Massachusetts artillery who was detained by the sickness of his wife. Nelson signed...
GLC02437.02300
22 July 1783
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
[Receipt for Knox's donation to the Society of the Cincinnati]
Written in a secretarial hand and signed by Colonel Jackson in his capacity as the Treasurer of the Massachusetts branch of the Society of the Cincinnati. This receipt acknowledges that Knox gave one month's pay to be used for the establishment of a...
GLC02437.02313
June 1783
Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848
A return of the officers which remain in service with the three years men
Captain Henry Burbeck signs. Contains a list of named of officers and their respective rank.
GLC02437.10114
14 February 1784
Carleton, Joseph, 1754-1812
to Henry Jackson
Carleton signs as "executing the business of the War Department by authority from Congress." Requests information regarding returns of engineers who remain in service. Reports that the remaining engineers were assured by George Washington that "...
GLC02437.02954
21 February 1784
Knox reflects on the Revolutionary War: "Your calm retreat to Mount Vernon must be a source of ineffable delight to you. You can from there take a retrospective view of the critical exigencies of the War, and see a thousand ways by which the issue...
GLC02437.02960
6 January 1784
Haskell, Elnathan, 1755-1825
Major Haskell and Captain J. Bliss report that they assessed the clothing stores, as ordered, and rejected a number of hats.
GLC02437.02922
4 February 1784
Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803
to William Hull
Marked as a "coppy," by Major Bauman. Bauman, commanding the artillery at West Point, writes to Hull, commandant of West Point. Bauman expresses his "surprise and grief" at Hull's order requiring captains to be detailed by an adjutant, thus placing...
GLC02437.02941
7 February 1784
Hull, William, 1753-1825
to Sebastian Bauman
Hull, commandant at West Point, complies with Bauman's request for a suspension (Bauman was commander of artillery at West Point and objected to Hull's orders placing artillery on regular garrison duty under direction of the commandant). Bauman's...
GLC02437.02945
12 February 1784
Williams, Joseph, 1753-1819
[Return of rations on hand at Springfield]
Signed by Major Williams. Originally sent with GLC02437.02952.
GLC02437.02957
13 June 1784
to Joseph Carleton
Informs Carleton, acting Secretary at War, of the arrangements he has made in response to the Congressional resolve of 2 June 1784 ordering the reduction of Continental troops.
GLC02437.03017
31 July 1784
Monthly return of the corps of artillery
Lists numbers of officers present and fit for duty. Signed by Major Doughty.
GLC02437.03033
4 August 1784
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
to James Byers
Morris, Superintendent of Finance, discusses Byers's relinquishment of a contract with Congress to cast brass and ordnance (refer to GLC02437.03044). Writes, "I am sorry that your services have not been better rewarded, and lamented at the time that...
GLC02437.03037
16 August 1784
Informs Carleton, acting Secretary at War, of the details of Major Job Sumner's difficulty in obtaining pay for his military service. Also discusses a letter from Frederick Haldimand, Governor of the Province of Quebec, recently transmitted to...
GLC02437.03040
25 August 1784
Byers, James, fl. 1767-1784
Byers, who had a contract with Congress to cast brass ordnance during the Revolutionary War, complains of difficulty receiving pay for his services. Asks Knox to intervene on his behalf, requesting a certificate from Knox attesting to his service....
GLC02437.03044
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