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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
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
24 February 1783
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
28 August 1783
Capron, Seth, fl. 1783
[Provision return]
Request for provisions for eleven men belonging to George Washington's barge. Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by Gideon Buckingham. Addressed to a Mr. [Robert] Bell.
GLC02437.02438
4 September 1783
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Extract of a letter from General Washington to Timothy Pickering Quarter Master General, dated Rocky Hill, Sepr 4th 1783
Written in Timothy Pickering's hand. Signed in text by Pickering in the body of the document. Docket on verso is in Knox's hand. The extract says: "If it is well ascertained that the Chain can be preserved in perfect order for future use, I should...
GLC02437.02467
15 September 1783
Antill, Edward, 1742-1789
[Request for rations]
Request for provisions for Canadian refugees. Countersigned by Henry Knox certifying that it was the orders of the Commander in Chief, George Washington, that the family of Lieutenant Colonel Antill should draw provisions. Note on verso signed...
GLC02437.02518
24 September 1783
Sends a return of the troops (not included). Written and signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp. Retained copy.
GLC02437.02564
3 September 1783
Knox, Commander at West Point, confirms receipt of a letter from Washington in which Washington ordered "a suspension of the troops and stores destined to the Western posts." Reports that there are French refugees in the vicinity of West Point under...
GLC02437.10132
10 September 1783
Knox, Commander at West Point, transmits a weekly return of troops to Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. Discusses illness among soldiers in the West Point vicinity: "The troops having been uncommonly sickly for this place, and...
GLC02437.10136
14 September 1783
to Edward Antill
Includes copies of three letters. The first, dated September 1783, is from Lieutenant Colonel Antill to Knox. In the letter, Antill asks Knox to issue provisions to five Canadian refugees. The second letter, undated, is from Knox to an unspecified...
GLC02437.10137
17 September 1783
Knox, Commander at West Point, writes, "I cannot refrain from communicating the joy I feel, and the pleasure manifested by the officers in general, upon the noble testimony of gratitude exhibited by Congress in their resolve concerning the equestrian...
GLC02437.10138
King, Zebulon, fl. 1777-1783
Return for a prisoner for one day. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell and countersigned by John Lillie.
GLC02437.02430
30 August 1783
Finck, Andrew, 1751-1820
Countersigned with a note by Pirum Ripley. Request for rations for British deserters from Oswego, New York. Noted as written at Fort Rensselaer, near present-day Rensselaer, New York.
GLC02437.02434
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