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18 March 1784
Return of ordnance, ammunition &c. in the City of New York
Lists numbers of iron and brass cannon, ammunition, muskets, and harnesses. Docket notes 17 March 1784.
GLC02437.02977
19 March 1784 - 10 May 1784
Clinton, George, 1739-1812
[Correspondence between George Clinton and Frederick Haldimand]
Governor Clinton writes to Haldimand, Governor of the Province of Quebec 19 March 1784. Transmits "the Copy of a Proclamation of the United States in Congress assembled, announcing the Ratification of the Definitive Treaty of Peace between these...
GLC02437.02978
24 March 1780
Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803
to Henry Knox
Responds to a letter from Knox regarding a disagreement between Bauman, an artillery officer, and William Hull, commandant at West Point. Pertains to an order Hull gave that created a conflict in command between infantry and artillery.
GLC02437.02981
24 March 1784
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Joseph Carleton
Discusses the engineers still in service. Asks Carleton, acting Secretary at War, about Congress' intentions regarding renewal of the contract with Daniel Parker & Co. to provide troops with supplies. Expresses concern that Robert Morris...
GLC02437.02982
3 April 1784
Encloses a copy of a return of clothing wanted by troops. Asks Carleton, acting Secretary at War, if Congress has made progress toward approving the application: "If you can have the clothing obtained, and forwarded to the troops you will render...
GLC02437.02989
15 April 1784
United States. Continental Congress.
[Congressional resolution approving the appointment of Major William North as inspector to the troops]
Signed by Joseph Carleton 23 April 1784. Carleton authorizes this as a true copy from the original remaining in the war office. Location inferred by based on the site of Congress.
GLC02437.02993
13 June 1784
Informs Carleton, acting Secretary at War, of the arrangements he has made in response to the Congressional resolve of 2 June 1784 ordering the reduction of Continental troops.
GLC02437.03017
2 July 1784
to Francois Marie, comte de Aboville
Reflects on his friendship with Aboville and relations between France and America: "... I wish those connections may be strongly cemented and that the two nations may remain in a perpetual alliance strengthened by all possible good offices."...
GLC02437.03024
28 July 1784
[Certificate of the service of Lieutenant Colonel Carrington]
Knox certifies that [Edward] Carrington sold cannon to defray expenses of transporting arms and stores to establish a magazine near Richmond, Virginia, for the Southern states. Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
GLC02437.03032
31 July 1784
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Monthly return of the corps of artillery
Lists numbers of officers present and fit for duty. Signed by Major Doughty.
GLC02437.03033
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