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19 August 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
to Thomas Cogswell
Orders to travel to Fort Putnam and await further orders.
GLC02437.02400
22 August 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
[Order to issue army rations]
Order telling a Mr. Bell to provide 2 days of provisions for 10 men "Belonging to the Commander in Chief." The rations were for 22-23 August. A total of 30 rations were issued. Signed by Captain Lillie as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Docket...
GLC02437.02409
17 August 1783-24 August 1783
Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800
[Provision return]
Return for men discharged from the Massachusetts artillery. Countersigned by John Crane and John Lillie with the docket signed by Jesse Jordan and F. Brandy.
GLC02437.02413
24 August 1783
[Request for provisions]
Request to issue rum for men employed in repairing boats. Docket signed by John Buchanan.
GLC02437.02414
25 August 1783
to Richard Frothingham
Informs Frothingham that William Richards, the deputy field commissary of military stores, has been discharged and wishes to have his accounts settled. Noted as a duplicate.
GLC02437.02416
Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801
to John Lillie
Requests fourteen days leave for the bearer of the letter (whose name is not given), as the bearer's father had died. Encloses a letter (not present) confirming this information.
GLC02437.02417
Gilbert, Benjamin, fl. 1783
to Michael Jackson
Asks to allow the bearer, [Horris] Olds, to see his mother as she is unwell. Countersigned by Michael Jackson.
GLC02437.02418
Capron, Seth, fl. 1783
[Request for rations]
Request for four days' worth of provisions for men "belonging to the Comdr in Chiefs Barge ... " Countersigned by Samuel Shaw.
GLC02437.02422
27 August 1783
Douglass, Richard, fl. 1783
Return for a man from the first New York regiment. Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by Henry Booth.
GLC02437.02424
29 August 1783
Dix, Nathan, fl. 1783
Countersigned by John Lillie with the docket signed by Joseph Libbey. Return for a prisoner for one day.
GLC02437.02431
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