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8 September 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
[Request for goods]
Request for four pounds of soap for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Jacob Johnson.
GLC02437.02477
circa January-June 1787
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Memorandum of accounts]
List of accounts dealing with corn, rye, and other supplies. Date added later in pencil.
GLC02437.03597
14 February 1789
A list of bonds from sundry persons to the late Thomas Flucker Received from Mrs. Hannah Urquhart in the year 1787
Lists bonds by person and date with amounts. Includes totals for every page and a separate section for "Notes of Hand." Signed twice by Knox, on pages one and nine.
GLC02437.03749
12 February 1789
Leroy, Thomas, fl. 1789
[Receipt for tax on John Stevens's house, paid by Henry Knox]
Denotes the taxes paid by Henry Knox on John Stevens's house on Broad Way for the year 1788.
GLC02437.04107
1794
Clifford, John, fl. 1793-1794
[Receipt for Henry Knox's contribution to the Philadelphia Dispensary]
Partially printed receipt stating that Knox "is entitled to all the Privileges of a Contributor to the Philadelphia Dispensary, having paid his Subscription for the present Year." Has an engraved image of the Good Samaritan at the top of the...
GLC02437.06016
18 March 1794
to Henry Simpson
Writes his mason regarding the construction of his house (his future estate, Montpelier, in Maine). Requests Mr. [Henry] Simpson to provide General [Henry] Jackson with an estimate of the supplies that will be needed. Reminds him he wants a well...
GLC02437.06064
6 November 1806
Chamberlain, Jason, 1783-1821
to Aaron Hobart
Informs Hobart that he is fine and enjoying himself in Thomaston, Maine. But notes that the town has lost its charm since General Henry Knox died. Mentions he has recommended Aaron to work as a clerk for Samuel Thatcher and Thatcher has agreed to...
GLC06313.04.007
1 January 1781
Moodie, Andrew, ?-1787
A Return of Ordinances & Stores in Garrison at Fort Schuyler Jany. 1st 1781
Lists ordnance by caliber and type of shot. Noted as being from the garrison at Fort Schuyler.
GLC02437.00869
March-July 1780
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Summary return of all the men employed in the service of the artillery and corps of the engineers...
Lists number of men by rank and profession.
GLC02437.00826
22 March 1781
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Recommendation for the discharge of John Adams, an artillery artificer]
Captain Patten recommends Adams, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an honorable discharge. Notes that Adams enlisted 8 February 1777. Directed to Brigadier General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.00914
6 October 1780
Estimate of Ordnance Stores for an Army of 30,000 men and for a siege of 60 days deliverence w/General Greene
Title from docket. Lists artillery by weight, number required, number available, number deficient and amount of powder needed.
GLC02437.00845
4 October 1776
Horton, James, ?-1783
[List of expenses created by the committee for building the Fort and Plum Island]
Lists expenses for material such as timber, wooden boxes, wood, and an iron pot, among various other items. Includes the cost of employing persons (such as John Britt, Joseph Pilsbury, Enoch Coffin, and Daniel Horton, among others) in different...
GLC01450.459.07
24 February 1783
Jones, Joseph, fl. 1775-1783
[Reciept of son's wages]
Jones acknowledges receipt of a sum of money from Captain Morgan Lewis towards his "soons wages for serving as a Solder at Cambridge in the year 1775."
GLC01450.603.13
circa 1775
Larrabee, Benjamin, 1740-1829
[Muster roll for Captain Benjamin Larrabee's Company]
Larrabee's company belonged to Colonel Reuben Fogg's regiment of militia. Includes a list of soldiers with either the notation "found himself" or "was found." One notation states "from ye 13 of November 1775."
GLC03983.02.02
1779-1780
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
Estimate of ship carpenter's. & smith's toolds necessary for an army of 30,000 infantry for 1 year. no: 12
Main page is a list counting the necessary amounts of various ship carpenter's and smith's tools, where they are required, their cost in 1775, and the total cost in 1775 of all these items. Second page contains the title and a note stating this list...
GLC00634.01.09
Estimate of the wages & subsistence of all the persons employed on salary in the q. m. general's department, except the waggon branch. 1780 no. 11
List estimating the wages to be paid to the employees of the quarter master general's department. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General, Nathanael Greene, for the budget of 1780.
GLC00634.02.04
6 September 1775
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807
[Receipt for the payment of Uriah Bingham]
To Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Cosigned by Thomas Seymour. Requests payment from the Colony of Connecticut to Bingham "for victualling & other necessaries supplied sundry Companies of the Riflemen on their march thru' this Colony to Camp...
GLC01450.609.03
16 October 1776
Dodd, William, fl. 1776
[Receipt for a mare, bridle, and saddle]
Dodd indicates the mare, received from Benjamin Dodd (spelled "Dod") will be used to "ride to Boston and from thence to Providence and from thence Home to Hartford as an Express on an Account of the Continental Congress from Philadelphia."
GLC01450.609.07
7 December 1776
Tomlinson, Curtis, fl. 1776-1790
[To the Committee of Inspection of the Sound of Wallingford]
Tomlinson requests that the committee pay Thomas Murring for the use of a horse for an express, by order of General David Wooster. Caleb Hall signs, certifying that "the Above Horse was Impressed for I could not Git a Horse any other way for the man...
GLC01450.609.08
13 December 1780 - 10 May 1781
[Enlistment roster]
Enlisting for twelve months, from 1781 to 1782, in the Artillery company of Captain William Van Deursen, guarding New Haven. Each man enlisting signed his own name.
GLC02542.32.06
1 January 1781 - 24 January 1781
[Enlistment roll]
Enlisting for twelve months, from 1781 to 1782, in the Artillery company of Captain William Van Deursen, guarding New Haven. States the enlistment will be invalid if they are not paid "equal to Hard Money." Each man enlisting signed his own name.
GLC02542.32.07
13 January 1781
Enlisting for twelve months, from 1781 to 1782, in the Artillery company of Captain William Van Deursen, guarding New Haven. States the enlistment will be invalid if they are not paid "equal to Hard Money." Each man enlisting signed his own name....
GLC02542.32.08
1781
GLC02542.32.10
13 January 1782
Penderson, Daniel, fl. 1782
[Enlistment under William Van Dueren]
Enlisting for twelve months in the Artillery company of Captain William Van Deursen, guarding New Haven. States the enlistment will be invalid if they are not paid "equal to Hard Money."
GLC02542.32.11
9 May 1782
Warner, John, fl. 1782
[Certificate of enlistment for Jonah Attwater]
Lieutenant John Warner signs and certifies that Attwater served "in the company of guards...under Capt Van Deursen" in 1781. John Whitney, justice of the peace, certifies that Warner's statement is true
GLC02542.32.12
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