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1 March 1783
Banks, John, fl. 1783
[Request for rations]
Request for a week's worth of provisions for a man of the Core of the Invalides. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed (with an X) by Joseph Freeman.
GLC02437.01968
17 March 1783
Copeland, Asa, fl. 1781-1783
to Mr. Forsyth
Countersigned by Henry Knox's aide, John Lillie. Request for ten days' worth of provisions for a man from the Invalid Corps. Includes a note on verso signed with Joseph Freeman's mark.
GLC02437.02013
28 August 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
[Provision return]
Return for two men in George Washington's barge. Docket signed by Jesse [Rice].
GLC02437.02439
9 December 1782
Monson, Theophilus, 1747-1795
Return of number of men in the South Redoubt
Return of the number of men at the South Redoubt (at West Point?) compiled by Captain Monson of the 8th Connecticut Regiment and sent to Major James Doughty, the fort major of West Point. The docket is in Major General Knox's hand. The totals...
GLC02437.01732
27 June 1783
Finck, Andrew, 1751-1820
to the Contractors for the States of N. York & New Jersey
Finck, Major Commanding, New York State Regiment, issues one hundred and sixteen extra rations of provisions to an officer commanding a flag and his escort, from the British garrison at Oswego. Includes an endorsement signed by Immanuel Deake(?)...
GLC02437.02197
25 January 1783
[Request for provisions]
Request for a week's worth of provisions for one man detached from the core of Invalides. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with an endorsement signed (with an "X") by Joseph Freeman.
GLC02437.01860
1 February 1783
Request for seven days' worth of provisions for a man from the "Core of the Invalides." Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with endorsement by Joseph Freeman.
GLC02437.01884
20 July 1783
Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818
Issue of provisions
Orders to issue provisions to the "barge crew of the Commander in Chief" while he is absent. Includes the signature of Benjamin Walker, aide-de-camp.
GLC02437.02310
18 June 1787
Knox, William, 1756-1795
to [Henry Knox]
Addressee inferred from content. Informs Henry about the health of his children, particularly a daughter who had been ill but is now healthy (see GLC02437.03585), as are Henry's other children. Imagines that Henry's stay at the [Constitutional]...
GLC02437.03586
1 March 1787
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
[Remarks on the disfranchisement of the Massachusetts rebels]
Expresses views and thoughts about rebellions, in relation to the recent Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts. Writes, "The spirit of rebellion is now nearly crushed in this state, and the opposition to Government is hereby decreasing. This therefore is...
GLC02437.03477
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