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8 January 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Provision return for masons covering eight days]
Also signed by Joseph Cheesman, Superintendent [of Masons;]. A note written on verso, signed by [?] Hayden, confirms receipt of rations.
GLC02437.10078
4 August 1781
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Return of ordnance & part of the military stores on hand at Philadelphia Augt. 4, 1781
Consists of a return of artillery ammunition and supplies on hand at Philadelphia and of "Muskets &c delivered for the use of the undermention'd states & Troops" from 1 January to 4 August 1781. Signed by Hodgdon, Commissary General of Military...
GLC02437.01115
30 September 1781
Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810
[Receipt for Ordnance for the siege of Yorktown].
Colonel Carrington, on behalf of QMG Colonel Thomas Pickering, acknowledges the receipt of four horses from General Henry Knox which were furnished by Governor of Maryland Thomas S. Lee. The Continental Army began invading Yorktown on 28 September...
GLC02437.01201
4 December 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to George Clinton
Writes on behalf of a Mr. Parker who is "sollicitous [sic] to open an account in this City for the sale of merchandise." Introduces him to Governor Clinton and gives a character recommendation. Body of letter in the hand of Knox. Signed for Knox in...
GLC02437.02817
circa January 10, 1783
Heart, Jonathan, 1748-1791
[Provision return for the Carpenters Department
Lists carpenters (4 men, named) by regiment and includes rations issued. Countersigned by Samuel Blatchley Webb and Samuel Shaw. Endorsed by Elijah Royce.
GLC02437.01820
27 January 1783
[Return of rations issued to thirty-one prisoners]
Covers five days. Includes information for some regiments from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, and New York. Signed by Shaw as aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox, commander at West Point. Also signed by Captain Richard Douglass. Sergeant...
GLC02437.10085
18 March 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Return of plank wanted for carriages]
Clerically signed for Henry Knox by Patten. Lists planks by number of carriages with estimates by plank length.
GLC02437.02015
12 May 1783
Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796
Return of Ordnance & Military Stores at Several Places
Lists amounts of shot, balls, cartridges, carriages, muskets, bayonets, etc at Danbury, Fishkill Landing, and Poughkeepsie. Says there is around three tons of lead at Poughkeepsie.
GLC02437.02123
1 April 1783
Guion, Isaac, fl. 1776-1823
[Return of ordance and stores in the Northern Department]
Includes returns from posts along the Mohawk River including Fort Rensselaer, Fort Herkimer, Fort Dayton, and from Albany and Schenectady. Guion signed as Captain Lieutenant, 2nd Regiment Artillery.
GLC02437.10518
27 October 1783
Pettengill, Joseph, 1753-1833
List of men's names-for discharge of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment
List of fifty-three men discharged from the first Massachusetts Regiment. Noted that men are "entitled by cuting [sic] two cords of Wood each." Watermarked with a crest with three fleur-de-lis.
GLC02437.10177
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