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19 July 1783
Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796
Certificate of account settlement
Certifies that Mr. John Banks, Conductor of Military Stores, has settled his public accounts and delivered his books and vouchers.
GLC02437.02305
17 July 1783
Bushnell, David, 1740-1826
Provision return
Provision return for non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the Corps of Sappers and Miners. A total of 68 rations for four days was provided to the officers and privates. The docket acknowledging receipt is signed by Sergeant J...
GLC02437.02309
22 July 1783
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
[Receipt for Knox's donation to the Society of the Cincinnati]
Written in a secretarial hand and signed by Colonel Jackson in his capacity as the Treasurer of the Massachusetts branch of the Society of the Cincinnati. This receipt acknowledges that Knox gave one month's pay to be used for the establishment of a...
GLC02437.02313
23 July 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Order to issue army rations to three British deserters]
Order issued by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw for West Point Commissary James Forsyth to issue seven days worth of rations for three British deserters "to carry them to Philadelphia." It appears that Shaw was reusing paper, as a few lines of...
GLC02437.02316
28 June 1783
Swartwout, Cornelius, fl. 1776-1783
Return of ordnance... & stores, apparatus & c. & c. at the Garrison of Stoney & Verplanks Points- Kingsferry
Signed by Swartwout, Captain Lieutenant Commanding Artillery at Kings Ferry.
GLC02437.10113
June 1783
Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848
A return of the officers which remain in service with the three years men
Captain Henry Burbeck signs. Contains a list of named of officers and their respective rank.
GLC02437.10114
1 July 1783
Pierce, John, ?-1788
[Account information pertaining to General Henry Knox and the United States]
Account information is written by Samuel Shaw. Includes regimental expenses from December 1775 - February 1779. Pierce, Paymaster General, attests that Knox "produced vouchers... for the within sum of forty five thousand seven hundred forty five...
GLC02437.10115
Includes regimental expenses from December 1775 - February 1779. Pierce, Paymaster General, attests that Knox "produced vouchers... for the within sum of forty five thousand seven hundred forty five dollars received by him from the United States..."...
GLC02437.10116
14 July 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to John Bryant
Discusses the furloughs of two soldiers who served under Bryant (refer to GLC02437.10122). The men have to obtain blank discharge forms from army headquarters which must be filled out by Bryant before they can receive their furloughs. Expresses his...
GLC02437.10123
9 January 1784
to George Washington
Knox reports that he has made all the necessary arrangements to leave West Point "and in a few [hours]... shall set out for Boston. The public interest has been my actuating principle in the cause of this business and I flatter myself will meet your...
GLC02437.02931
14 February 1784
Carleton, Joseph, 1754-1812
to Henry Jackson
Carleton signs as "executing the business of the War Department by authority from Congress." Requests information regarding returns of engineers who remain in service. Reports that the remaining engineers were assured by George Washington that "...
GLC02437.02954
21 February 1784
Knox reflects on the Revolutionary War: "Your calm retreat to Mount Vernon must be a source of ineffable delight to you. You can from there take a retrospective view of the critical exigencies of the War, and see a thousand ways by which the issue...
GLC02437.02960
18 May 1784
to John Adams
Knox writes a letter of introduction for Colonel David Humphreys, George Washington's former aide-de-camp.
GLC02437.03000
24 May 1784
Expresses his mortification at arriving in Annapolis the day Washington left. Reports that "...all the necessary business will not be finished before Congress adjourns." Discusses a matter pertaining to the recommendation "of the Gentlemen of...
GLC02437.03004
3 July 1784
Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794
Ideas upon the association of the Cincinnati
Written in Knox's hand. Docketed 13 July 1784. Contains reforms and resolutions in response to public reaction against the Society of the Cincinnati.
GLC02437.03027
26 July 1784
Responds to a 2 June 1784 letter from Washington. Discusses a recent Congressional order requiring Frederick Haldimand, Governor of the Province of Quebec, to give the United States information as to when British troops will completely evacuate...
GLC02437.03031
5 January 1784
Haskell, Elnathan, 1755-1825
to David Brooks
Marked as a duplicate. Major Haskell and Captain J. Bliss write to Brooks, assistant clothier general. They give Brooks a report on their inspection of 499 hats in the clothing store: "... in our judgment the whole unfit to be issued to the Troops-...
GLC02437.02914
6 January 1784
Knox gives orders regarding the receipt and distribution of stores to Bryant, Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at the Springfield, Massachusetts Armory. The stores will be delivered by Daniel Parker & Co., contractors who provided the army with...
GLC02437.02917
to Henry Knox
Major Haskell and Captain J. Bliss report that they assessed the clothing stores, as ordered, and rejected a number of hats.
GLC02437.02922
21 January 1784
[Miscellaneous garrison orders]
Orders that a field officer will be appointed each Thursday to visit the works and redoubts in the vicinity of West Point. Adds that as the weather becomes more severe, duties of the grand parade will be dispensed with. Includes several other...
GLC02437.02934
27 January 1784
Barber, William, fl. 1783-1784
Place name is illegible. Possibly written in New Jersey. Barber answers Knox's request, enclosing "the Act respecting the sales of the confiscated property in this State." Discusses monetary inflation of soldiers' notes. Mentions that estates in...
GLC02437.02937
4 February 1784
Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803
to William Hull
Marked as a "coppy," by Major Bauman. Bauman, commanding the artillery at West Point, writes to Hull, commandant of West Point. Bauman expresses his "surprise and grief" at Hull's order requiring captains to be detailed by an adjutant, thus placing...
GLC02437.02941
5 February 1784
Major Bauman, commanding the artillery at West Point, writes to Hull, commandant of West Point. Refuses to comply with orders issued by Hull requiring artillery to engage in "the common duty of the Garrison" under the adjutant. Anticipates his...
GLC02437.02943
6 February 1784
Major Bauman, commanding the artillery at West Point, writes to Hull, commandant of West Point. In response to Hull's orders requiring artillery to perform common garrison duties under direction of the adjutant, Bauman had previously requested...
GLC02437.02944
7 February 1784
Hull, William, 1753-1825
to Sebastian Bauman
Hull, commandant at West Point, complies with Bauman's request for a suspension (Bauman was commander of artillery at West Point and objected to Hull's orders placing artillery on regular garrison duty under direction of the commandant). Bauman's...
GLC02437.02945
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