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Return of Military Stores in the Magazine at Williamsburg.

Contemporary copy of GLC02437.01267. Lists quanties of ordnance. Compiled shortly after the siege of Yorktown. Jones was a Deputy Field Commissary of Military Stores under the command of Colonel Edward Carrington.

GLC02437.01266

Return of the boards & plank issued for the use of the artillery barracks antecedent to the last order

Return listing boards and planks, sorted according to who ordered their delivery and the date of delivery.

GLC02437.01720

[Ordnance return from Kings Ferry]

Lists stores and arms by type, weight and amount.

GLC02437.01966

[Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered from 1 August 1781 to 1 January 1782 for the Southern Department in Virginia. Items listed by type, weight and current condition. Date from docket.

GLC02437.10689

A General return of military Stores State [of] Virginia.

Chart enumerating various types of ordnance held in Irvins Store, Charlottesville, Staunton, New London, Richmond and West Ham. The ordnance was needed for the siege of Yorktown, which began later that month. O'Hannan's name is signed in a...

GLC02437.01171

[Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered during the month of January of 1781. Items listed by type, weight and current condition.

GLC02437.10672

[Bill]

Account for boarding and teaching.

GLC02437.06902

[Account]

Lists transactions regarding the amount of beef killed at Montpelier farm in Thomaston, Maine by weight of the cattle, person who gave the meat, the rate received and amount.

GLC02437.08730

Return of plank & boards on hand

A chart of planks and boards. A note reads, "Major [Samuel] Shaw has had a number, for which no order has been given, & are to be deducted from the above Quantity."

GLC02437.01708

Return of Military Stores in the Magazine at Williamsburg.

Lists quanties of ordnance. Compiled shortly after the siege of Yorktown. Jones was a Deputy Field Commissary of Military Stores under the command of Colonel Edward Carrington.

GLC02437.01267

[Plan of land]

"This Plan of Land lying Warren, on the Westerly Side of St. Georges River above the great falls (so called) surveyed for Mr. Robert Baggs contains 110 acres and 67 pearches." Plan was drawn by James Malcom.

GLC02437.07289

[List of goods to be purchased for the Creek Indians]

An estimate of goods to be purchased for the Creek Indians. The list includes items such as blankets, tailor's thread, saddles, and rifles with an estimated cost of $8.915.

GLC02437.06233

to unknown

Discusses the benefits and tribulations of friendship, mentioning two specific friends, Amelia and Matilda. A continuation of this letter is contained on the verso of GLC02437.04401. Address and docket are from GLC02437.04401.

GLC02437.04402

Extracts from the Queries laid before a Board of General Officers by General S Clair for His Excellency Genl Washington.

Discusses the case of Captain Gerlach, deputy quartermaster of the Brunswick troops. Suggests that [Heinrich] Gerlach be required to provide an inventory for stores that were supposed to be shipped to the Convention Troops, and that he complete the...

GLC02437.01283

[Abstract of pay for Captain John Popkin's company]

Abstract of pay for commissioned officers in John Popkin's company. Lists men by rank. Docketed in pencil.

GLC02437.09505

[Biographical sketch of Samuel B. Webb]

Later copy. Initialed [H.P.J.] Pertains to GLC02437.00682.

GLC02437.00681

[The adjourned meeting of the old governors on the west side of the Medumack river]

Noted as a "true copy" and signed by John Rynier. Results from the committee's meeting concerning the German settlers in Broad Bay (present day Waldoboro, Maine). The Committee voted to have the German proclamation translated into English and to...

GLC02437.07680

[Report pertaining to the payment of mortgages by various residents]

Contains information regarding the payments made by various residents of their mortgages and other bills.

GLC02437.07834

[Insurance policy for the passage of thirty-eight horses from Maine to Antigua]

Titled "policy of assurance." Partially printed. Contains the signatures of Homer and six other insurers and their corresponding sums at the bottom of the page. Insures passage of the horses aboard the schooner Harmon from St. George, Maine, to...

GLC02437.10347

[Bill from carpenter]

Costs relating to repairs to the shop on State Street in Boston. Includes costs for boards, nails, shelves, brackets, locks, etc. Total cost comes to £20.16.9. Signed by Clement that he received payment.

GLC02437.08434

[Certificate]

Certificate relating to a kiln. Signed by William H. Wiggins.

GLC02437.08819

[Payment]

Note to pay $30.

GLC02437.08823

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Ensign Jaques Harmon]

Major Wright recommends Harmon, of the Third Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783.

GLC02437.09638

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Corporal John Heath]

Captain O'Reily recommends Heath for a leave of absence for twenty days. Written at Constitution Island.

GLC02437.09659

[Certificate concerning Ephraim Dayton]

Captain Reed certifies that Dayton was mustered in Captain [Drigg's?] company of artillery from 1777 through three years.

GLC02437.09551

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Thomas Dakin]

Recommendation consists of two parts. In the first part, Major Runals, Foreman of Blacksmiths, recommends Dakin for a five day leave of absence. In the second part, Lieutenant Campbell signs, noting that Dakin, from the corps of invalids and...

GLC02437.09676

[Return]

Return for ordnance and military stores available, received and delivered during the month of February of 1781. Items listed by type, weight and current condition.

GLC02437.10675

[Return of stores at Albany]

Return of small arms, accoutrements, etc. on hand at Albany as of last return of April 1781.

GLC02437.10021

A treatise of artillery.

First American edition of this work, based on the second London edition. This copy was owned by Paul Revere, but not marked as such. Dedication reads: "To his Excellency George Washington...General Henry Knox...and the Officers of the Continental...

GLC05306.02

Invoice of Stores at Trebell's Landing.

Lists quantities of ordnance intended for the siege of Yorktown. Frothingham was a Deputy and Principal Field Commissary of Military Stores in Knox's artillery train. Notes appear on the list that associate the items with instructions in a letter...

GLC02437.01238

Provision return for a lieutenant officer police...

Written by William Price, Officer Police and countersigned by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.. A provision return for one lieutenant officer police for the garrison of West Point. States that ninety three rations (three rations per day for thirty...

GLC02437.02211

[Articles issued by West Point commissary]

List of articles received from James Forsyth as the Commissary of West Point. Compiled by Major Shaw as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. List includes: 588 pounds flour, 12 pounds bread, 318 pounds beef, 36 pounds soap, 1 quart of spirits, 19 1/2...

GLC02437.02354

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Provision return for four men in Lieutenant Wright's company employed in the ordinance department from 23-31 August. Also includes three women. Those seven people were issued 81 rations over the nine days. Signed by Lieutenant Wright and Captain...

GLC02437.02408

[Report on the insurgents in the Waldo Patent]

Reports on the plans and whereabouts of the insurgents on the Waldo patent who have attacked and threatened Henry Knox's surveyors. The report was written for the surveyors, in order to help them avoid attack. A number of names are written on the...

GLC02437.09279

[Order for extra rations]

Order asking for the issue of provisions for 2 days for 1 corporal and 8 men belonging to Commandant(?) Baige. A total of 18 rations were issued from 9 March to 11 March. Has several signatures approving the rations, Jonathan Lillie an aide-de-camp...

GLC02437.01992

[Rations for Major Wellfranche]

Document requesting six days of rations for Major Wellfrache [possibly meaning Villefranche]. Signed by Captain Joseph C. Dellezenn and countersigned by Major General Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, Samuel Shaw. Note by Shaw says these rations are "to be...

GLC02437.01998

[Provision request for Thomas Nelson]

Written by Major Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, to West Point Commissary James Forsyth to issue ten days provisions to Thomas Nelson, his wife, and two children. Nelson was late of the artillery and was detained by the sickness of his wife...

GLC02437.02357

[Order to issue provisions]

Signed by Lillie. Written and signed by Captain Ebenezer Smith of the main guard and Lillie. Order from Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, telling Commissary Bell to issue one day's provisions for one prisoner, later of the 1st New...

GLC02437.02456

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Edward Blake, a quartermaster with the artillery, and countersigned by Major Samuel Shaw as Knox's aide-de-camp. Provision return for rations issued to one man, one woman and two children from 1-6 July. A total of 18 rations were issued...

GLC02437.02244

[Survey notes]

Packet of notes which appear to be from a survey describing various plots of land, including the Washington Plantation, Knox Plantation and Penobscot Plantation. Also includes three diagrams, one of the "Boneport Plantation" on the 11th page, one of...

GLC02437.08280

Speech of Mr. Cabell, of Florida, on the Mexican War

Discusses Polk's failure to consult Congress about the question of Texas' western boundary, the negotiation therein to settle the border dispute, and the order to send the army into Mexico.

GLC00267.125

[Receipt]

Receipt for a box of 60 bottles.

GLC02437.08634

[Proposal for establishing the Society of Cincinnati and founding records]

Copy of a report on deliberations on "proposals for establishing a Society, upon principals therein mentioned, whose members shall be Officers of the American Army" during the cantonment of the army on the Hudson River. Includes a copy of the...

GLC04379.23

Surrender of Cornwallis

Hand-colored lithograph showing Lord Cornwallis surrendering to George Washington at Yorktown on 19 October 1781. Several other American and British military leaders also appear. Names printed under lithrograph read: "Kosciuzko," "Steuben," "Laurens...

GLC02918.02

[Provision return of rations issued to light infantry]

Provision return for 12 men of the light infantry commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Hull for 3 days from 1 July to 3 July. A total of 36 rations were issued. This document was signed by S. Spring, a quartermaster, and Major Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp...

GLC02437.02227

[Provision return for masons hired by the engineers department]

Provision return for the superintendent of the Masons; employed by the engineers department. One man was hired for four days from 1 - 4 July 1783 for a total of six rations issued. Signed by Joseph Cheesman, a superintendent, and countersigned by...

GLC02437.02232

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Provision return for three men from Lieutenant Wright's company of artificers in the ordinance department as well as two women from 25-28 July. The five people were issued 26 rations over the four days. Signed by Lieutenant Wright and countersigned...

GLC02437.02327

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Lieutenant Wright and Major Samuel Shaw as an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Provision return for rations issued to three men from Lieutenant Wright's artillery artificer company employed in the ordinance department from 1-6 August. Return...

GLC02437.02356

[Notes]

Copy of three different notes. The first, by Colonel Darke, discusses the condition of arms and gunpowder. The second, by Major [Gunther?] discusses the condition of equipment, arms and horses. The third, by Mr. Bines, mentions clothing and shoes...

GLC02437.05713