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8 March 1783
Andrews, Asa, fl. 1783
[Army Rations issued to Prisoners and Detachment]
Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Countersigned by John Doughty and an illegible signature with a note from Eli King.
GLC02437.01989
March 9, 1783 circa
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Army rations issued to Engineer's Department]
Document specifying the number of persons, days, and rations issued for the engineers at West Point from 1 March to 8 March. A total of 16 persons (from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Connecticut Regiments and the 3rd Artillery - as well as 1 hired mason)...
GLC02437.01991
March 14, 1783 circa
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Victualing return
Return issued for the rations for 8 men over 4 days, from 10 March to 13 March. A total of 32 rations were issued. Appears to be for "ye Andrew CMarshal." Signed by Captain John Howell of the main guard and John Doughty as fort major of West Point...
GLC02437.01993
10 March 1783
to the Officers of the Army [The Newburgh Conspiracy]
Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, this is Henry Knox's copy, and is docketed by Knox. An anonymous address to the officers of the Army, along with a call for a general meeting of officers. This particular copy was sent to the officers at West...
GLC02437.01994
17 March 1783
[Army Rations issued to Artificers and Prisoners]
Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw and Captain [S. Butts] with a note from Matthew Geesen on verso. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.02002
circa March 16, 1783
[Army rations issued to prisoners]
Partially printed document detailing number or rations given to members of the [engineering] department from 9 March - 16 March. All in all, 18 persons from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Connecticut Regiments and the 3rd Regiment of Artillery, along with 1...
GLC02437.02006
Dellezenne, Joseph, fl. 1783
[Army rations issued to Major Watters]
Document providing 6 days of rations to Major Watters of the sappers. Authorized and signed by Captain Joseph C. Dellezenn and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw, Major General Henry Knox's aide-de-camp. Shaw noted that these rations were "chargeable...
GLC02437.02010
18 March 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Return of plank wanted for carriages]
Clerically signed for Henry Knox by Patten. Lists planks by number of carriages with estimates by plank length.
GLC02437.02015
16 March 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 issued rations. Countersigned by John Doughty with note from Jacob Gillet. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.02025
March 27, 1783 circa
[Victualing return of rations issued to a prisoner]
Return of rations issued to a prisoner from 27 March to 30 March. The prisoner appears to have been with the 1st Connecticut Regiment and was given a total of four rations. Countersigned by John Lillie and Sergeant James Bradley, stating that...
GLC02437.02033
28 March 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Certificate to John Durham Alvey]
Certifies John Alvey's resignation from the position of Post Master of the American Army and gives a good character recommendation. Written and signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.
GLC02437.02036
29 March 1783
[Army Rations issued to Prisoners and Artificers]
Lists men by company with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from George Groom.
GLC02437.02037
Byers, James, fl. 1767-1784
to Henry Knox
Discusses the casting of new cannon and artillery, particulary the howitzers in regards to size and length and placement of "the dolphins."
GLC02437.02039
1 March 1783
Price, William, ?-1790
[Army Rations issued to Detachment]
Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note on verso from Johnathan [Carley]. Lists provisions with issued rations.
GLC02437.02050
1 April 1783
[Request for rations]
Request to issue two days' worth of provisions for two deserters from the British. Includes a note on verso from [Rueben Beach].
GLC02437.02052
Batten, Thomas, fl. 1783
[Army Rations issued to Detachments]
Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note on verso from George Groom. Lists men by Regiment with rations issued.
GLC02437.02053
[Army Rations issued to Artificers]
Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from George Groom. Lists men by company with issued rations.
GLC02437.02055
5 April 1783
Sears, Peter, fl. 1783
Countersigned by John Lillie with a note on verso by Dudley Mercer. Lists men by company with issued rations.
GLC02437.02065
[Army Rations issued to the Artificers and Engineer's Department]
Countersigned by John Lillie with a note on verso from Jacob Wight. Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Date and place writ from note.
GLC02437.02069
9 April 1783
[Provision return for Artificers]
Lists men by regiment with issued rations. Countersigned by John Lillie with a note from Dudley Mercer.
GLC02437.02076
10 April 1783
Mitchel, John, fl. 1783
[Army rations issued to the Water Guard]
Return for the provisions provided for nine men belonging to the Water Guard for two days under the command of Captain Pray(?). Signed by "Comd John Mitchel." Countersigned by John Lillie, aide de camp, that the rations were issued. Mitchel (or...
GLC02437.02079
13 April 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
[Army Rations issued to Jonathan Kidney and artificers]
Written by Lillie as an aide-de-camp asking Forsyth to deliver one day of provisions to Jonathan Kidney, who had just come out of captivity. Docket signed by Kidney that he received the provisions from a contractor.
GLC02437.02082
April 15, 1783 circa
[Copy of Knox's draft on the formation of the Society of the Cincinnati]
Later copy of GLC02437.02090, which is the original. This copy is easier to read than the original. Says the Society was created to perpetuate "the remembrance of this great event [victory in the Revolution], as the mutual friendships which have been...
GLC02437.02089
Denniston, George J., fl. 1782
[Request for Army rations]
Request for sixteen rations for William Bigelow. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with a note from Bigelow.
GLC02437.02097
April 17, 1783 circa
[Army Rations issued to artificier]
Return for rations for one member of the engineering department beginning 9 April and ending 17 April. It appears that the person came from the 8 Massachusetts Regiment. A total of 12 rations were issued over the eight days. Signed by Superintendent...
GLC02437.02099
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