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[Request]

Requests 12 pounds of bread and 20 pounds of beef for General Henry Knox's family. Contains a note on page two from Jacob Johnson who confirms receipt of rations. Directed to William Bell.

GLC02437.09764

[Provision return]

Signed by Lieutenant Wright. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox. Provision returns for three men employed in the Ordinance Department and two women, for a total of 26 rations.

GLC02437.02270

[General Benjamin Lincoln's orders]

General orders which congratulate troops on the successful capture of a large number of insurgents. This document is probably one of the enclosures that accompanied Lincoln's 5 February 1787 letter to Knox (GLC02437.03444).

GLC02437.03442

[to Henry Jackson, Current prices of public securities]

Lists the prices for public securities, including those from the loan office, those issued by Colonel Timothy Pickering and the Massachusetts state office. Originally enclosed with GLC02437.03626. Docketed by Henry Knox.

GLC02437.03622

[Ordnance return for Captain Treadwell's Company]

Notes that Treadwell's company is annexed to General Lincoln's Division. Created at an artillery park. Refers to General Benjamin Lincoln. Docket written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp.

GLC02437.00976

to Phineas Bruce

Marked "Copy." Asks Bruce to procure information on the soil, timber, and waters within the two purchases in Maine made for William Duer and Knox, each of which contains a million acres. Says expenses and "a consideration for your Service" will be...

GLC02437.05144

[Discussing proposal regarding settlers on Waldo patent]

Regarding the terms on which the settlers on the Waldo patent can continue to live on their lands. There was an ongoing debate between Knox and these settlers over who these lands belonged to.

GLC02437.09300

to Mr. Forsyth

Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox. Orders provisions for one sergeant and seven men belonging to General von Steuben's barge. A docket note regarding rations is signed by John Prescott.

GLC02437.02255

USS Memphis journal: Memorys and Incidents of My Last 60(?) Days in the United States Navy

Diary of Quartermaster Second Class Thomas Barwiss Hagstog Askin, Jr. containing a countdown of days until his relief day. Askin's diary describes day-to-day experiences aboard the USS Memphis. Includes entries regarding correspondence, entertainment...

GLC09555.01

[Provision return]

Signed by William Price and countersigned by Fort Major John Doughty by orders of General Knox. Provision ration for four discharged men for six days. A receipt note below the docket is signed by William Burrows.

GLC02437.02251