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31 January 1783
Platt, Richard, 1755-1830
to [Robert] Forsythe
Request to issue one day's worth of rations for a month to a Jonathan Miller. Endorsement by Jonathan Miller.
GLC02437.01878
25 January 1783
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[Provision return for the department of masons]
Lists men by regiment and company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with endorsement signed by a man surnamed Hayden.
GLC02437.01879
7 February 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Provision return for one man of Captain Thomas Patten's Company]
Lists men by company and includes rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with endorsement signed by Dudley Mercer.
GLC02437.01880
13 February 1783
[Provision return for one man of captain Thomas Patten's Company]
Lists men by company with rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with endorsement by Dudley Mercer. Date from note.
GLC02437.01883
1 February 1783
Banks, John, fl. 1783
[Request for provisions]
Request for seven days' worth of provisions for a man from the "Core of the Invalides." Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with endorsement by Joseph Freeman.
GLC02437.01884
3 February 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
to John Ruddock
Request that Ruddock "enter on the duties of [his] office or face a court martial."
GLC02437.01888
7 July 1783
Wells, Benjamin, fl. 1783
[Provision return for army rations issued]
Signed by Lieutenant Major B. Wells and countersigned by Fort Major of West Point Doughty. Provision return for four men from Captain Dustin's(?) Company of the New Hampshire line for one day. The unit had been "on command at Dobbs Ferry." A total of...
GLC02437.02248
8 July 1783
Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800
[Provision return]
Signed by Edward Blake, quarter master, and countersigned by Samuel Shaw as aide-de-camp to Henry Knox. Eight rations issued to one man to carry him to Boston from the first to the eighth of July 1783. A receipt note on the verso is signed by John...
GLC02437.02252
9 July 1783
Fairlie, James, 1757-1830
to Mr. Forsyth
Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox. Orders provisions for one sergeant and seven men belonging to General von Steuben's barge. A docket note regarding rations is signed by John Prescott.
GLC02437.02255
Heart, Jonathan, 1748-1791
Signed by Colonel Swift and countersigned by John Doughty. Provision returns for three men of the late First Connecticut Regiment. A docket note regarding rations is signed by Sergeant Cook.
GLC02437.02256
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