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to Benjamin Lincoln

Later copy. Discusses the lack of funds for supplies and the large expenses incurred due to lack of stores. Plans to apply for more aid to see if "I cannot obtain the same compensation as those who have gone before me. Certainly I have expended as...

GLC02437.02592

to Benjamin Lincoln

Discusses a dispute regarding two officers of the artillery, Majors Perkins and Bauman, concerning the differences in rank within the artillery as compared to that of the general army.

GLC02437.02723

to Benjamin Lincoln

Later copy. Discusses a meeting in Philadelphia, and writes "You will have found that Congress have recommended a convention to meet in Philadelphia in May. I hope and pray that you may be at it, either on the part of the State or the Cincinnati."

GLC02437.03483

to Benjamin Lincoln

Later copy. Letter reads, "Although I do not conceive the office of Collector to the Port of Boston adequate to the merits of my friend, yet as it is the best thing that can be offered at present, I sincerely congratulate you on the appointment."

GLC02437.04316

to Benjamin Lincoln

Later copy. Secretary of War Knox reports that he "was happy to have had the opportunity of complying with your wishes relative to young Mr. [William] Balch." Knox mentions some vacant land that "seems mortgaged."

GLC02437.04918

to Benjamin Lincoln

This document seems to be the last page of a few sentences of a longer letter that has been separated.

GLC02437.07222

to Benjamin Lincoln

Discusses buttons needed to repair the clothing of the two artillery regiments stationed at West Point. Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp.

GLC02437.09700

to Benjamin Lincoln

Mentions that among the stores taken from the enemy at the battle of Yorktown are "a number of copper hoops that had been attached to the casks of powder consumed during the siege, which according to the customs of War invariably appertain to the...

GLC02437.01312

to Benjamin Lincoln

Discusses the deficiency of supplies in the ordnance. Comments on the amount of horses necessary for the wagons in the field. Also discusses the supplies necessary for the ordnance, including cannon, howitzers, and ammunition, and the amount of...

GLC02437.01337

to Benjamin Lincoln

Discusses the importance of establishing laboratories for artillery stores in the field. Comments on the work being performed by officers and enlisted men, as well as the pay scale they receive.

GLC02437.01413