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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01103 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0031] July 1781 |
| Title | Thomas Patten to Henry Knox completion of work at New Windsor and lack of pay for soldiers |
| Date | 31 July 1781 |
| Author | Patten, Thomas (fl. 1777-1785) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Patten, Captain of Artillery Artificers, reports details of work completed at New Windsor, including the building of wagon carriages, wooden bottoms (for artillery) and mortar carriages. Writes, "My Men are Very unease for want of Money, and more Unease about the men are absent and never been sent for, they think if they go that they never will be sent for, and say they Have as good write [sic] to be absent as others- whitch makes me thinks they will desert soon if something is Not done, about the Matter of geting the Deserters in that Belongs to the Company..." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Military Supplies Continental Army Artillery Artisans Soldier's Pay Military Law Desertion Finance |
| People | Patten, Thomas (fl. 1777-1785) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | New Windsor, New York |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |