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[Receipt for Ordnance for the siege of Yorktown].

Colonel Carrington, on behalf of QMG Colonel Thomas Pickering, acknowledges the receipt of four horses from General Henry Knox which were furnished by Governor of Maryland Thomas S. Lee. The Continental Army began invading Yorktown on 28 September...

GLC02437.01201

[Issue of rations]

Issue of rations for Captain Vincent and four Indians for five days. Signed by William Forsyth and Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox. A docket acknowledging receipt from the contractors for New York and New Jersey is signed by "Joe...

GLC02437.02333

[Grievances of the Light Infantry of the Massachusetts Line]

Directed to General Henry Knox and others chosen to present grievances of the Massachusetts Line before Congress. Signed by Whitwell, B. River, and B. Bradford, of the Light Infantry. They cite lack of pay, among other grievances. Possibly created...

GLC02437.10061

Provision return

Provision return for four men belonging to the Connecticut regiment under Captain John Buchanan from 17 to 20 July 1783. A docket acknowledging receipt is signed by David Watteson. The return is also signed by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General...

GLC02437.02308

[Application and petition on behalf of the officers and soldiers of the Massachusetts regiments of the Continental Army for compensation as a result of their services during the American Revolution]

Written by a Committee appointed "by the Officers of the Massachusetts line of the late army to attend to and prosecute their memorial to the Congress of the United States, on the subject of compensation for the losses sustained by them and the...

GLC02437.10244

to Captain Hunter

Noted as a copy. Reports on conversation he had with an old acquaintance regarding the settlers' opinions about Knox's lands being surveyed. His friend says the settlers are determined to butcher the Ulmer's, Houston, and Wilson with bayonets....

GLC02437.07616

[Proclamation to dissolve the army]

Signed secretarially for Elias Boudinot and Charles Thomson. Congress's resolution to dissolve Continental Army. This resolve was originally enclosed with a letter from George Washington to Henry Knox dated 23 October 1783, GLC02437.09394. Penned in...

GLC02437.02676

[Journal entry on the survey for a canal]

Describes his journey to surrounding land to connect a canal with the upper part of the Connecticut River. Signed in text at top of first page. Originally enclosed with GLC02437.05726. See GLC02437.05578 for a shorter version of this manuscript sent...

GLC02437.05542

[Provision return]

Countersigned by Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to General Henry Knox.Provision return for four men employed in the ordnance department. Four men and two women were issued one and a half rations a day for four days. Docket note regarding rations signed...

GLC02437.02254

[Bill for cloth and carpet]

Bill for items bought at Greenleaf's auction by Henry Knox: four yards of broad cloth for £13.4 and one Persian carpet for £23, for a total of £36.4. Note at bottom says Chapman acknowledges receipt of payment on behalf of William Greenleaf. Docket...

GLC02437.08373