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31 May 1784
Price, William, ?-1790
[Return]
Return of ordnance and military stores at West Point, New York. Items listed by type, weight and length. Also includes a list of ordnance received and delivered since the last return.
GLC02437.10717
31 July 1784
GLC02437.10718
July 1, 1784
Jefferds, Samuel, 1752-1804
Return of ordnance and military stores in the Northern department for the month of July 1784. Items listed by type and location. Also includes a list of ordnance delivered since the last return. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.
GLC02437.10719
15 October 1783
Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801
[Certificate to Lewis Campbell]
Certificate verifying the admission of Lewis Campbell, a soldier in the first New Jersey Regiment guarding George Washington, to the hospital "for the cure of a wound received thro' his body ..." Lewis was wounded at King's Bridge and sent to the...
GLC02437.02657
29 September 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to George Washington
Knox, Commander at West Point, informs Washington (and Congress) that expenses of his charge at West Point exceeded his expectations, and he has used a considerable amount of his personal money to maintain the post. Hopes to be granted the same...
GLC02437.10150
1 October 1783
Thanks Washington for writing to General Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary of War, on his behalf, requesting "an extra allowance from the public as head of the ordnance and during the time I have been in the command of these posts." Refers to a journey...
GLC02437.10153
2 October 1783
Knox, Commander at West Point, reports that he did not receive Washington's two most recent dispatches. Plans to continue to "discharge the invalids and those whose times of service may shortly expire." Requires Washington's instructions regarding...
GLC02437.10155
8 October 1783
Lets Washington know that he received his message concerning clothing for the troops over the winter and the resolves of Congress thanking General [Robert] Howe and his detachment. Notes that he enclosed a weekly return of the troops. Discusses the...
GLC02437.10163
Informs General George Washington that he "shall set to work to procure...wood for the Garrison who will probably return here During the winter." Suggests someone whose term of service will soon expire to be in charge of receiving the discharges....
GLC02437.10168
27 September 1783
Williams, A., fl. 1783
[Army return]
First page hand written. Lists absent officers by status, rank, name and regiment. Also includes remarks for each person. Second and third pages partially printed form, with information filled in by hand. Return for the 2nd Massachusetts Foot...
GLC02437.02570
Bradford, James, ?-1791
Monthly return for the New York Corp of artillery. Verso includes the absentees. Countersigned by Sebastian Bauman.
GLC02437.02571
28 September 1783
Dodge, Levi, fl. 1777-1783
[Provision return]
Return for a detachment of men travelling to West Point, New York.
GLC02437.02579
30 September 1783
Connolly, Michael, fl. 1783
Request to issue ten days' worth of provisions for a man from the second New York regiment. Countersigned by Edward Hand with a note on the verso.
GLC02437.02586
September 1783
Merlet, H., fl. 1783
[Provision return for the Canadian Refugees]
Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.
GLC02437.02588
Huntington, Ebenezer, 1754-1834
[Army Return of Connecticut troops]
Lists men by the month in which their terms of service expire. Countersigned by Libbeus Loomis.
GLC02437.02594
[Abstract of extra rations of provision issued at the garrison of West Point by William Bell]
Lists men by regiment or corps, purpose and issued rations.
GLC02437.02595
[Provisions]
Lists provisions such as beef, soap, rum, bread and salt with the amount.
GLC02437.02596
circa 27 September 1783
Arrickson, Samuel, fl. 1783
[Testimony of Samuel Arrickson]
Samuel Arrickson's [also spelled Arrixson] testimony for the trial of Lieutenant Wheaton. Relates an incident where Wheaton had ordered boots and shoes to be made and refused to pay for them. See GLC02437.02597. Noted as "Taken & Sealed -/On the...
GLC02437.02598
Tearse, Peter Bailey, fl. 1776-1783
Lists when and how many rations were issued to Captain James Livingston. Noted as received by Livingston.
GLC02437.02601
Lists issued rations. Includes a note on the verso.
GLC02437.02603
to Captain Allen
Informs Allen that he has received his return of the prisoners who returned from captivity and requests that he also sends his returns frequently to the adjutant generals.
GLC02437.02607
3 October 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
[Request for provisions]
Request for six days' worth of provisions.
GLC02437.02613
6 October 1783
Johnston, W., fl. 1783
Lists provisions with amounts. Items include bread, vinegar, and beef.
GLC02437.02617
4 October 1783
Smith, Ebenezer, ?-1824
[Return of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment]
Lists men by month in which their term of service expires.
GLC02437.02620
[Weekly return of the New York Corps of Artillery]
Lists men by status and office. Includes a table of absentees on the verso.
GLC02437.02621
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