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27 June 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Captain Brewster
General Knox requests a loan from Captain Brewster in the amount of one thousand dollars for the term of one year.
GLC02437.02193
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Issue of rum to boat men]
Shaw requests that a quart of rum be issued to eight boatmen on fatigue duty. Two other illegible signatures appear on the document. Noted "Genl Ordr No. 5" on verso.
GLC02437.02194
28 June 1783
Billings, Andrew, 1743-1808
[Receipt for cannon]
Receipt of two brass cannons from General Knox by the hand of Captain Buchanan for engraving.
GLC02437.02196
to Henry Knox
Written by Captain Major Billings to Major General Knox. References a previous letter from Knox that arrived with 2 brass cannons -- says he will "set about them as soon as the directions arrive, and will finish them as soon as possible." Billings is...
GLC02437.02198
July 1, 1783
Price, William, ?-1790
Provision return for a lieutenant officer police...
Written by William Price, Officer Police and countersigned by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.. A provision return for one lieutenant officer police for the garrison of West Point. States that ninety three rations (three rations per day for thirty...
GLC02437.02211
2 July 1783
Antill, Edward, 1742-1789
Requests that the bearer of the letter, Joseph Dyer, and two other men (John Lenen and James Kendall) be given enough provisions to return home on furlough. Explains that the men are from Boston and that Dyer is a man "distinguished with honor and...
GLC02437.02222
[Provision returns for Thomas Clews]
Written and signed by General Knox's aide-de-camp Samuel Shaw. Thomas Clews, of the Corps of Invalids, is given 107 complete rations by order of General Knox. A note of receipt from the contractors for the states of New York and New Jersey is...
GLC02437.02223
3 July 1783 circa
[Provision return of rations issued to light infantry]
Provision return for 12 men of the light infantry commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Hull for 3 days from 1 July to 3 July. A total of 36 rations were issued. This document was signed by S. Spring, a quartermaster, and Major Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp...
GLC02437.02227
4 July 1783 circa
Cheesman, Joseph, fl. 1783
[Provision return for masons hired by the engineers department]
Provision return for the superintendent of the Masons; employed by the engineers department. One man was hired for four days from 1 - 4 July 1783 for a total of six rations issued. Signed by Joseph Cheesman, a superintendent, and countersigned by...
GLC02437.02232
6 July 1783 circa
Hillyer, David, fl. 1783
[Provision return for army rations issued]
Signed by David Hillyer, a quartermaster. Countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as Henry Knox's aide-de-camp. Provision return sent to James Forsyth, the commissary at West Point, for non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to Captain McGowan's...
GLC02437.02242
16 July 1783 circa
Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800
Signed by Edward Blake, a quartermaster with the artillery, and countersigned by Fort Major of West Point John Doughty. Provision return for rations issued to two men, one woman, and two children for ten days from 7-16 July. A total of 40 rations...
GLC02437.02246
7 July 1783
to Edward Antill
Written by Major General Knox to Lieutenant Colonel Antill. Encloses a return for provisions for his family (not included here). Apologizes for initially giving him conditional paperwork, but says he was unfamiliar with the resolve of Congress which...
GLC02437.02247
Written by Lieutenant Colonel Antill to Major General Knox. Returns an enclosed provision order (not included) for rations for his family. Asks him to sign and return it by the bearer of this letter. Says "this form I made has been purused ever since...
GLC02437.02249
[Army rations issued]
Marked "Copy." Top half of the document is a copy of Lt. Col. Antill's request for provisions for 31 days for "five canadian refugees." Asks for 155 rations. Bottom half of the document says that the "above provision" is for his family. Knox gives...
GLC02437.02250
8 July 1783
[Provision return]
Signed by William Price and countersigned by Fort Major John Doughty by orders of General Knox. Provision ration for four discharged men for six days. A receipt note below the docket is signed by William Burrows.
GLC02437.02251
9 July 1783
Wright, J., fl. 1783
Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox.Provision return for four men employed in the ordnance department. Four men and two women were issued one and a half rations a day for four days. Docket note regarding rations signed...
GLC02437.02254
22 November 1778
[Army expenses of various regiments]
Contains instructions to Mr. Richards to deliver articles and collect receipts for them. The receipts are included on the following pages. Written at or near Fredericksburg (present-day Patterson, New York).
GLC02437.02263
12 July 1783
Bushnell, David, 1740-1826
Provision returns for noncommissioned and privates belonging to the Corps of Sappers and Miners.
GLC02437.02266
14 July 1783
Signed by David Hillyer as quarter master and countersigned by John Doughty as Fort Major. Provisions return for twenty men of the Invalid Regiment, three women, and six children. States that the twenty men were detained on account of the Board of...
GLC02437.02269
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
[Order to supply rations to John Mundin]
Order of 27 rations to Sergeant John Mundin of the Invalid Regiment discharged and on his way to Albany, New York. The order for 27 rations also includes Mundin's wife and five children.
GLC02437.02271
circa 16 July 1783
Provision return for rations issued to the superitendant of the Masons; employed by the engineers department from 13-16 July. A total of 6 rations were issued over the four days for one person. Countersigned by Joseph Cheesman, superintendant. Docket...
GLC02437.02292
17 July 1783
Provision return for one man of the late 2nd Connecticut Regiment. He was issued 10 rations for 10 days. Signed by R. Sanderson as a quartermaster and Colonel H. Luith(?). Also signed by Major Shaw as Knox's aide-de-camp. Docket signed by an Ezekiel...
GLC02437.02295
Bliss, Daniel, fl. 1783
Written by Bliss to Major General Knox. Wants to renew his acquaintance with Knox in hopes that Knox will perform an act of kindness for him. Bliss has included a letter to his mother as well as some money for her, and hopes Knox will forward the...
GLC02437.02298
16 July 1783
[Army rations issued to Thomas Nelson and his family]
Asks the commissary, James Forsyth, to issue rations for Thomas Nelson, his wife, and 2 children from 16-31 of July. Says that Nelson is a furloughed man from the Massachusetts artillery who was detained by the sickness of his wife. Nelson signed...
GLC02437.02300
18 July 1783
[Provision return for a man employed in the Ordinance Dept.]
A provision return for one man employed by the Ordinance Department, 4th Massachusetts Regiment, Captain Blanchard's Company. A total of three rations are to be provided commencing 18 July 1783 to 20 July 1783. The order is also signed by Samuel...
GLC02437.02302
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