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26 February 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to James Byers
Discusses the casting of more artillery and the establishment of a system of ordnance for the United States as a whole.
GLC02437.01957
27 February 1783
McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786
to Henry Knox
Written by General McDougall under the alias "Brutus" to Major General Knox, lamenting Congress's refusal to pay the army and fund pensions for the officers. Says the motion was declined by Congress "for fear the States would consider it a design in...
GLC02437.01959
O'Donnell, Nathaniel, fl. 1783
[Ordnance examination]
Captain O'Donnell says he examined all the ordnance and found it as usual.
GLC02437.01960
28 February 1783
Miles, John, fl. 1782-1783
[Army Rations issued to Detachment and Bargemen]
Lists rations per day and total number of rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw. Includes an endorsement on the verso signed by Charles [Foyer?]
GLC02437.01961
1 March 1783
Fenno, Ephraim, fl. 1776-1784
[Ordnance return from Kings Ferry]
Lists stores and arms by type, weight and amount.
GLC02437.01966
Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783
[Army Rations issued to Prisoners and Detachment]
Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Countersigned by Ezra Selden and John Doughty with an endorsement on the verso signed by Charles [Coudon?].
GLC02437.01967
1 January 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Provision return for masons and miners covering eight days]
Also signed by Daniel Niven, Captain of Engineers, and Joseph Cheesman, Director of Masons;. A note written on verso, signed by [?] Hayden, confirms receipt of rations for West Point.
GLC02437.10079
17 January 1783
Campbell, John, fl. 1782-1783
Return of ordnance and ordnance stores at the posts of Verplancks Point
Includes a list of ordnance stolen from the magazine since the last return. Signed by Campbell, Lieutenant of the 2nd New York Regiment of Artillery.
GLC02437.10081
27 January 1783
[Return of rations issued to thirty-one prisoners]
Covers five days. Includes information for some regiments from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, and New York. Signed by Shaw as aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox, commander at West Point. Also signed by Captain Richard Douglass. Sergeant...
GLC02437.10085
29 January 1783
Return of plank & boards issued for the use of the different buildings at this post since the 1st Octr 82
Possibly created at West Point, New York. Lists amounts of plank and boards ordered for various purposes, including officers' quarters, artillery barracks, and several military posts.
GLC02437.10087
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