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12 September 1785
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Receipt for goods received from the firm of Broome & Platt]
Copy of GLC02437.03192. Unsigned, but identical to GLC02437.03192 and written in the same hand, that of Samuel Shaw.
GLC02437.03193
30 September 1785
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to James Webber
Draft of GLC02437.03204, written in the hand of Samuel Shaw.
GLC02437.03205
2 November 1785
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825
to Marquis de Lafayette [in French]
Written by Major L'Enfant to Lafayette. Probably in reference to the problems he was having with payments owed to Parisian jewelers for badges made for the Society of the Cincinnati. The eagle insignias did not sell well among American officers...
GLC02437.03212
12 November 1785-2 June 1789
Milton, John, fl. 1740-1804
[Articles of two treaties, concluded at Galphinton and Shoulderbone Creek between Georgia and the Creek Nation]
Clerical copies of treaties concluded at Galphinton between "commissioners appointed on the part of the state of Georgia" and the Creek Nation. Verified as a true copy by the Secretary of the State of Georgia, John Milton. Apparently establishes...
GLC02437.03216
20 November 1785
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
to Henry Knox
Writes that in Knox's letter from 14 November, Knox had reported that his brother William Knox had not yet arrived from England, but believes Knox is mistaken since he heard that the ship had in fact arrived. Discusses the political prospects of Mr...
GLC02437.03218
1 November 1783
Milton, John, fl. 1870-1880
[Articles of a convention held at Augusta between the Creek Indians and the state of Georgia]
Copy with clerical signatures of several individuals on both sides of the treaty, including John Twigg, Elijah Clark, Tallessee King, and Tallessee Warrior. See GLC02437.03216 (probably originally another component of the same document) for copies of...
GLC02437.03222
25 December 1785
Lamb, John, 1735-1800
[Appraisal of arms imported for William Knox]
Document has two parts. Top part features an evaluation by a John Goeld[?], which reads, "Having viewed twenty four fire arms imported in a case address'd to William Knox Esqr. I hereby certify that upon an average I suppose them to be valued at...
GLC02437.03228
October 1783
Abstract of extra issues
Lists number of rations and for what purpose they were issued.
GLC02437.02741
[Abstract of rations for West Point]
Lists men by regiment with rations issued.
GLC02437.02742
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Discusses a travelling forge made at the Springfield armory in Massachusetts, which he will be sending to West Point. He is very impressed by how well made it is.
GLC02437.02744
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