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15 February 1783
Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783
[Army Rations issued to Prisoners & Detachment]
Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by William Denison.
GLC02437.01922
16 February 1783
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[Army Rations issued to the Engineer's Department]
Printed form with subsequent information filled in by hand. Lists men by regiment and company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw and Jacob Wight.
GLC02437.01928
13 February 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
Army Rations issued to Prisoners & Detachment
Lists men by company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed by Dudley Mercer. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.01929
19 February 1783
Byers, James, fl. 1767-1784
to Henry Knox
Discusses casting howitzers, making shells for the howitzers, and impressing or embossing the "arms of the United States," possibly on howitzers. Also mentions that he needs someone to help repair the weapons. See GLC02437.01957 for Knox's response...
GLC02437.01935
21 February 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Army Rations issued to Detachment]
Issues two days' worth of provisions for seven bargemen. Also includes an endorsement on the verso signed by Robert Todd.
GLC02437.01938
22 February 1783
Banks, John, fl. 1783
[Army Rations issued to Artificers]
Request for a week's worth of provisions with the month's allowance of candles for a man from the Core of Invalides. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement on the verso signed by Joseph Jackson.
GLC02437.01943
23 February 1783
[Army Rations issued to Watermen]
Issues two days' worth of provisions to seven watermen. Includes an endorsement on the verso signed by Robert Todd.
GLC02437.01946
to David Bushnell
Discusses orders for various members of the Sappers and Miners, including David Kirkpatrick, Peter Taulman and de Lezane.
GLC02437.01947
24 February 1783
[Army Rations issued to Prisoners]
Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Countersigned by John Buell and Samuel Shaw with an endorsement on the verso signed by Asa Andrews. Place writ from note.
GLC02437.01950
26 February 1783
Brewster, Caleb, 1747-1827
Recounts and describes a gunboat fight with an enemy ship, which they boarded.
GLC02437.01954
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
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
[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
[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
31 January 1783
General Knox, commanding at West Point, writes to Byers, who operated a foundry in Springfield, Massachusetts. Encloses a letter from the "Minister of War," referring to Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary of War. Indicates that Lincoln ordered Byers to...
GLC02437.10089
Blackwood, Samuel, fl. 1777-1783
Return of ordnance stores, & c. at Fort Pitt and Fort McIntosh
Blackwood signs as [Condts. military stores?]. Also signed by I. Craig, Major of Artillery. Because of the extensive length of this document, it is folded and housed with Size 2 documents.
GLC02437.10100
4 March 1783
Gardner, James, fl. 1783
[Ordnance return from North Redoubt, New York]
Includes ordnance, ammunition implements, and provisions. With notes.
GLC02437.10516
26 August 1783
to George Washington
Informs Washington of the status of several commanders. States that the Baron von Steuben, is at Saratoga, New York and to expect more information regarding the situation at Newburgh, New York from Colonel Villefranche. Asks to send a detachment to...
GLC02437.02421
27 August 1783
Informs Washington he sent him a post concerning Captain Farley's confirmation "of the ill success of the Baron Steubens Mission." Says it appears they will not have possession of the Westward this fall and request Washington's final order...
GLC02437.02425
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