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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01420 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0042] May 1782 |
| Title | Henry Knox to unknown about the delivery of provisions |
| Date | 16 May - 17 May 1782 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Addressed to the "Contractor or Commissary for subsisting the troops at this post." Consists of working drafts of two letters, one on the front and one on the verso. The first, a signed letter dated 16 May 1782, tells the commissary that he must deliver to the artillery artificers the one and a half rations of provisions they were promised upon joining the army. Captain [Thomas] Patten will provide the commissary with a count of how many persons require rations. There is a note at the bottom which appears to be the beginning of another rough draft of the letter. On the verso is an unsigned letter, addressed to the same individual, dated 17 May 1782. Writes, "The men who work in the laboratory being under the same Circumstances as they who are drafted from the Brigade and annexed to the Artificers - are also entitled to the same Allowance of Provision." Requested the commissary to follow the orders of a Lieutenant [possibly William] Price, or any officer commanding the party, and treat the return signed by the officer as a warrant to issue the rations. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Artillery Artisans Military Provisions Muster Rolls and Returns |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Patten, Thomas (fl. 1777-1785) Price, William (d. 1790) |
| Place written | Burlington, New Jersey |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |