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[Provision return of Captain Thomas Patten's Company of Artificers]

Also signed by Captain Patten. Lists captains, amount of rations, and number days receiving rations. Shaw signs as aide-de-camp to Henry Knox at West Point. Patten signs a note on verso listing absentees. Also contains a note written by Dudley...

GLC02437.10094

[Promissory note]

Dunham promises to pay Samuel Shaw, aide-de-camp to Henry Knox, $2,860.60. Shaw signs on verso 18 March 1780, noting, "Please to pay within to Capt. Finley." Shaw also signs 29 June 1780, with a note that states "Please to pay the within to the...

GLC02437.00797

Facts and calculations respecting the population and territory of the United States of America.

Consists of three sections: "Of the population of the United States;" "Of the territory of the United States;" and "Of the value of Lands." Last page separated from booklet. Bound with thread. Final page is separated from binding. In a secretarial...

GLC02437.09439

[Outline of proposed treaty with the Creek Indians]

Draft of portions of a treaty between the United States and the Creek nation. Makes Creek chief Alexander McGillivray the U.S. representative to the Creeks. Mentions compensation to various Creek groups. Contains some of the same content as...

GLC02437.04678

[Provision return for Captain Thomas Patten's company of artillery artificers]

Also signed by Captain Patten. Lists captains, amount of rations, and number of days receiving rations. Shaw signs as aide-de-camp to Henry Knox at West Point. Patten signs a note on verso listing absentees. Covers March 13-16. Sergeant George...

GLC02437.10104

[Provision return for members of Colonel Willet's regiment]

Provision return signed by Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to Major General Knox, for one sargent and three privates of Colonel Marinus Willet's regiment for four days of provisions. A total of sixteen rations were issued. Docket signed by a Sargent...

GLC02437.02468

[Provision return]

Signed by Edward Blake, quarter master, and countersigned by Samuel Shaw as aide-de-camp to Henry Knox. Eight rations issued to one man to carry him to Boston from the first to the eighth of July 1783. A receipt note on the verso is signed by John...

GLC02437.02252

to George Weedon

Informs Weedon that there is a ship with 20 soldiers and artillery stores caught on a shoal in the Wicomico River. Discusses how to get the stores off the ship and suggests he may want to "continue this" with Genl Washington. The Continental Army...

GLC02437.01189

to Artemas Ward

Gives a military report provided by Thomas Mayfield. Describes ship activities in Boston Harbor, mentioning workers and loading occurring at "the Castle," in reference to the military garrison on Castle Island in the harbor. Written in Dorchester...

GLC02437.00257