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12 September 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
[Request for goods]
Request for half a bushel of salt for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Jacob Johnson.
GLC02437.02497
Request for half a bushel of salt for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by John Rudemucker.
GLC02437.02498
Barber, Nathaniel, Jr., 1728-1787
[Request for provisions]
Request for provisions for men in a barge crew. Countersigned by Isaac Smith.
GLC02437.02500
[Request for rations]
Request for rations for two men of the New Hampshire corps, who have been discharged. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell and Mr. Forbes, with Bell's name struck. Docket signed by Josiah Eastman.
GLC02437.02501
Request for rations for a soldier discharged from a Massachusetts regiment in the army. Docket signed by Josiah Eastman.
GLC02437.02502
Request for rations for Stephen Collins of the 4th Massachusetts regimen, who has discharged from the hospital. Countersigned by Mr. [Robert Bell] with the docket signed by Collins.
GLC02437.02503
14 September 1783
Tearse, Peter Bailey, fl. 1776-1783
[Provision return]
Provision return for nine men returned from captivity in Canada. Signed by Captain Tearse of the 2nd Company of the New York State Battalion. Tearse was the commander at Albany. Notes that nine men recently returned from captivity in Canada and on...
GLC02437.02514
Provision return for three men returned from captivity in Canada. Signed by Captain Tearse of the 2nd Company of the New York State Battalion. Tearse was the commander at Albany. Notes that three men recently released from captivity in Canada and on...
GLC02437.02515
15 September 1783
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
[Provision request]
Order issued by West Point Fortress Major Doughty for 20 pounds of beef to be delivered for the use of the Knox family. Note on verso signed by a Jacob Johnson states the beef was received.
GLC02437.02516
GLC02437.02517
13 September 1783
Capron, Seth, fl. 1783
Request for rations for men belonging to General Henry Knox's barge. Countersigned by John Lillie.
GLC02437.02519
16 September 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Order for provisions]
Order for one gallon of rum, charged to General Henry Knox's account. Docket signed by Thomas Clowes.
GLC02437.02522
Request for 21 pounds of bread for General Henry Knox and his family.
GLC02437.02523
17 September 1783
Wright, J., fl. 1783
[Delivery of rations]
Requests a delivery of ten days' worth of provisions for a discharged soldier travelling to Boston, Massachusetts. Signed on behalf of Wright by William Burrows, quartermaster. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw.
GLC02437.02528
Request for twenty pounds of bread for Henry Knox and his family.
GLC02437.02529
18 September 1783
Request for twenty pounds of beef for General Henry Knox. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.
GLC02437.02535
19 September 1783
Request for twelve pounds of bread for General Henry Knox. Docket signed by Christopher Smith.
GLC02437.02536
Request for rations for former prisoners in Canada on their way home to Pennsylvania.
GLC02437.02537
Request for provisions for a former prisoner who is now returning to Philadelphia.
GLC02437.02538
Request for twenty pounds of beef for General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.02539
Bushnell, David, 1740-1826
[Army return]
Return for the corps of sappers and miners of Constitution Island, New York. Duplicate of GLC02437.02541.
GLC02437.02540
Return for the corps of sappers and miners of Constitution Island, New York. Duplicate of GLC02437.02540.
GLC02437.02541
13 October 1783
Morrill, Amos, 1742-1810
[Report]
Reports himself as an agent "in the Settlement of the Accounts of the New Hampshire Line ... "
GLC02437.02646
Foster, Jonathan, fl. 1783
[Receipt of rations]
Issues 66 packages of rations for the New Jersey and New York lines. Includes a note on the verso from Moses Scott in Brunswick, issuing six days' worth of provisions for eleven men in the Massachusetts line.
GLC02437.02647
Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note of receipt on the verso signed by William Burrows.
GLC02437.02648
14 October 1783
Egleston, Azariah, 1757-1822
[Return of clothing for the first regiment of Massachusetts]
Lists number of men with articles of clothing and amounts. Countersigned by J. Pettingill, most likely Major Joseph Pettengill.
GLC02437.02650
14-23 October 1783
[Court of Inquiry held at Albany concerning the trial of Lieutenant Wheaton]
First portion lists charges against Lieutenant Joseph Wheaton. Second portion is a transcript of Samuel Johnson's testimony, given before the court. Third part lists other witnesses who appeared before the court with a brief synopsis of their...
GLC02437.02652
15 October 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Report of the late Captain Thomas Patten]
Report of Patten of the Artillery Artificers. Noted on the verso as written "To the Fort Major."
GLC02437.02661
16 October 1783
Fogg, Jeremiah, 1749-1808
[Garrison orders]
Reporting himself as "last Paymaster to the 2nd New Hamp: Regt - detained by His Excellency's orders for the Settlement of Accts - residing at Newburgh."
GLC02437.02664
Gibbs, Caleb, fl. 1748-1818
[Appointment for Lieutenant Storer as an agent]
Certifies that Storer [Ebenezer Storer], "late pay Master to the 2d regt. of Massachusetts has been appointed & still continues to the Duty of Agent for said Regiment."
GLC02437.02665
Hinkley, Ichabod, 1735-1807
[Return of paymasters]
Return of the Connecticut Line Paymasters who are settling the accounts of their regiments. Countersigned by John Sherman, Charles Fanning and Nathan Beers, all Paymasters.
GLC02437.02667
17 October 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Recommendation for a furlough]
Three parts. First part is a request for a furlough on behalf of Ensign Lyman, and is signed by Caleb Gibbs. Second part gives permission for the furlough, and is signed by Henry Jackson. The last part, written and signed by Knox, confirms the...
GLC02437.02672
Weekly return of the Corps [of] Sappers and Miners
Lists men by status.Written at Constitution Island
GLC02437.02674
18 October 1783
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
[Return of the paymaster & regimental agents]
Lists men whose regiments have been disbanded. Lists men by name, rank, office, regiment and place of residence. Docketed by Pickering on verso.
GLC02437.02675
19 October 1783
Boynton, Joseph, fl. 1776-1783
[Return of the non commissioned officers and privates in the New Hampshire Battalion]
Lists men by rank and the month in which their terms of service will expire. Countersigned by George Reid.
GLC02437.02682
Stafford, John R., ?-1812
[Return of the non commissioned officers and privates]
Lists number of men by rank. Countersigned by H. Maxwell.
GLC02437.02683
Lists number of men by rank.
GLC02437.02684
Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803
Return of men agreeable to the garrison order of the 18th October 1783
Mentions one man whose term of service expires in December of 1783.
GLC02437.02686
20 October 1783
Greenman, Jeremiah, 1758-1828
[Extract from Lieutenant Wheaton's orders]
Discusses how poorly dressed the soldiers are in preparation for a parade. Marked as a "true Coppy."
GLC02437.02690
Lists rations issued and the amount of days they are for. Noted as received on verso.
GLC02437.02694
24 October 1783
Grant, Edward, fl. 1783-1789
to Henry Knox
Discusses the unnecessary need for an inspector to come by and inspect the beef, since "this is a season in which there is very little or no bad Beef to be purchased in the Country; & Mr. [Oliver] Phelps, the Beef Contractor has determined to get...
GLC02437.02707
26 October 1783
Tupper, Anselm, 1763-1808
List of the names of the men discharged from the 20th Massachusetts Regiment
Lists names of men by rank.
GLC02437.02710
Benson, Joshua, fl. 1775-1783
Request for one day's worth of provisions for four prisoners. Countersigned by John Lillie.
GLC02437.02711
27 October 1783
Alden, J., fl. 1783
Provision return for five prisoners of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment.
GLC02437.02715
28 October 1783
Provision return for five prisoners of the 4th Massachusetts regiment. Lists men by company and rations issued.
GLC02437.02720
29 October 1783
[Certificate for Major Stephen Rochefontaine]
Certifies Major Stephen Rochefontaine as a member of the Corps of Engineers. Noted as a copy on the docket.
GLC02437.02721
30 October 1783
Rochefontaine, Stephen, 1755-1814
[Recommendation]
Recommends two men to General Henry Knox as they still have several more months of service left. Signed by Rochefontaine as Major of Engineers, bearing an approval countersignature of Villefranche, Lt. Col. of Engineers.
GLC02437.02729
1 October 1783
Brown, Zephaniah, 1739-1810
Return of provisions for Baron von Steuben's steward. Lists items such as soap, salt and vinegar. Date from docket. Includes a note of receipt on the verso signed by Sergeant Samuel Cranston.
GLC02437.02731
[Provision return for the Rhode Island Battalion]
Provision return of rations for a carpenter in the Rhode Island Battalion. Date from docket. Includes a note of receipt on the verso signed by Samuel Cranston.
GLC02437.02733
31 October 1783
[Army rations issued to detachments]
Requests for ten days' worth of provisions for four men in the 4th Massachusetts regiment. Note of receipt on the verso signed by a Mr. Ford (first name is illegible).
GLC02437.02736
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