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5 May 1781
Bryant, John, 1742-1816
A return of stores in the laboratory at Springfield
Lists numbers of cylinders, cartridges, hammers, case shot, and bullet molds, among other items.
GLC02437.10488
13 June 1781
Tharp, John, 1751-1819
[Stores received of Anthony Post by order of General Henry Knox]
Marked as a copy. Original written in Fredericksburgh, New York. Copied by Samuel Shaw, who was likely with Henry Knox at New Windsor, New York. Lists hammers, irons, anvils, and axes, among other items.
GLC02437.00969
18 July 1781
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
to Timothy Pickering
Asks Pickering, Quartermaster General, to send carts and oxen to an officer at Tarrytown, New York, for the transport of guns to Dobbs Ferry.
GLC02437.01058
19 July 1781
[Orders for Sergeant Torrey]
Instructs Torrey to take carriages with spare wheels and lumber to West Point via either Kings Ferry (by land), or Peekskill (by water).
GLC02437.01061
26 July 1781
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
[Invoice of military stores forwarded to Richard Frothingham]
Hodgdon signs as Deputy Commissary General. Pertains to Frothingham, field commissary of military stores.
GLC02437.01090
30 June 1781
Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819
[Return of spare amunition with the brigades]
For 30 June 1781. Frothingham signs as Field Commissary of Military Stores. Directed to Brigadier General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.00997
Strachan, William, 1752-1798
to Henry Knox
Lieutenant Strachan encloses a return (GLC02437.00996).
GLC02437.00998
6 July 1781
Lincoln, Freeman, fl. 1781
[List of items received from Major William Perkins]
Lists items such as powder, cartridges, and fuzes, among others received from William Perkins of the artillery. Lincoln was an ox team contractor.
GLC02437.01025
18 January 1945
Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988
to Sylvia Weiner
Moe says he drooled over the list of food she brought back from a Chinese restaurant. He doesn't understand why her supervisor called her "fresh." He also says he received two packages.
GLC09414.1312
27 January 1945
Moe says he avoiding inspection, and went to the fights. He woke up to find it had snowed a lot, and learned that Zas has been discharged.
GLC09414.1320
28 February 1945
Moe was able to stay awake the whole night of his detail, and reports he had to receive more shots.
GLC09414.1339
8 March 1945
Moe tells Sylvia that she did well on her exam and any errors were out of carelessness not a lack of intelligence. He also talks about the time he took the examiner's exam.
GLC09414.1346
16 March 1945
Moe responds to Sylvia's letters by assuring her that time and distance have not distorted his picture of her. He mentions David's (her nephew) recent antics and compares it to things Marge did as an infant. He also wonders what Ada's new job is.
GLC09414.1354
17 March 1945
Moe notes that it is St. Patrick's Day. He says he knows that any praise Sylvia gives him is biased, and that he is not so eloquent as she thinks. Sylvia has complained about a pen, in a recent letter and he asks which pen she has been complaining...
GLC09414.1355
22 March 1945
Moe reacts to the news that they have to move again. He tells Sylvia that they just have to go with the flow and the only thing constant in life is change.
GLC09414.1359
3 April 1945
Moe answers Sylvia's question in regard to what word was deleted in a previous letter. Apparently he made a reference to how slow the mail can be and how one might sneak in or get through the blockade, someone actually censored the word "blockade."
GLC09414.1371
10 April 1945
Moe says he played ping pong, and reminds Sylvia to take the ping pong table when she moves. He also acknowledges how hard it is, no matter what the circumstances.
GLC09414.1378
21 April 1945
Moe says he passed inspection, so he went looking for a cafe with good champagne. He also discusses Plum Paint with her.
GLC09414.1383
22 April 1945
Moe writes at great length of the difficulty of getting ping pong balls. He also says that the weather has also changed (it has suddenly become chilly).
GLC09414.1384
23 April 1945
Moe writes that they've eating eggs at every meal and he doesn't know why, perhaps there is a meat shortage. He also reminds Sylvia to tell him her moving date in ample time so he can begin addressing her letters to her mother's.
GLC09414.1385
1 May 1945
Moe heard from Eddie who told him Chris is getting a job as a Treasury Dept. representative. He hopes he can get a similar job.
GLC09414.1393
13 May 1945
Moe went to visit the new H.E.F Club near the outskirts of town by a champagne factory. He writes that he may have been too unhopeful regarding the future, and that it's possible he could come on home on furlough before being shipped anywhere else.
GLC09414.1405
6 June 1945
Moe is now in London. He continues the story he began earlier. He also called Alvin and found he's been transferred, so he asked Alvin to come to London.
GLC09414.1426
18 June 1945
Moe describes an uncomfortable train ride to Paris on the way back home. While they stopped in Paris for a while, he was too tired to enjoy it and they were only allowed to eat in the station restaurant.
GLC09414.1431
23 June 1945
Moe failed inspection, but doesn't mind because it gives him a chance to write more letters. He notes that it is the first anniversary of his arrival in France. He also agrees that the separation has been good for them in many ways.
GLC09414.1437
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