Collection
42,880 items

Clothing for the Southern Army
01/22/1783 LetterClothing purchased for the Southern Army by General Greene. Greene has advised that he has drawn bills on the Superintendant of Finance for the amount of the purchase. This purchase will allow Lincoln …
Second Congress: Transcribed Reports and Other Communications Transmitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of the Treasury, 1st Vol.
Certification on Greene's Conduct
01/03/1783 LetterBanks certifies that Major General Greene never had nor did hold any commercial connection with him and that Greene never expressed an interest or desire for such a connection.
Second Congress: Transcribed Reports and Other Communications Transmitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of the Treasury, 1st Vol.
Application for Pay
11/10/1783 Autograph Letter SignedDiscusses his application for payment of arrears in his pay for service in the Revolutionary War
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Accounts of French and American Engineers
01/12/1783 LetterPickering sends accounts of issues charged to the department of engineers. Mentions extra articles furnished to the French gentlemen by special order.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Work on arms
03/24/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyEstimate for work on arms.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Woodruff's claim
09/16/1784 Autograph LetterDiscusses Woodruff's claim for pay from the United States.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Western forts
07/13/1784 Contemporary Copy of LetterDiscusses the British occupation and evacuation of army posts within the western territory of the United States. General Haldiman informs Knox that he has received no orders from the British King to …
Charles Thomson Papers, Mm73042861.
West Point Officers' Statement to Congress on Extralegal Financial Matters
06/21/1784 Autograph Letter SignedA signed statement from the officers of the garrison of West Point who were being discharged from the army as to their reasons for appropriating, without legal authorization, monies intended for the …
Letterbook No. 1, West Point 1784-1786.
Warrant for Transfer of Pay from White to Pierce
01/05/1784 Autograph Letter SignedWarrant to transfer one month's pay from Col. White's account to the South Carolina State Association of the Cincinnati.
Horton Collection
War office salaries
03/24/1784 Autograph LetterDiscusses the salary of the gentlemen in the war office. Also discusses family matters.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)- No image
Virginia: Cession of Western Land Claims.
03/01/1784 Printed transcription/modern copy of DocumentVirginia Cession of Western Land Claims in the Ohio Territory based on Act of Congress which recommended to the several states having claims to waste and unappropriated lands in the Western Country a …
Printed Versions 
Verifying pay, position, and service
05/20/1784 Autograph Letter / Autograph Document SignedRichard Varick sends to John Pierce a letter requesting a certificate verifying his pay, position, and service.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Verification of position as Deputy Muster Master General
05/27/1784 LetterRichard Varick sends to John Pierce a third letter requesting verification of his former position as Deputy Muster Master General.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Various Pay Office Affairs
01/20/1784 Autograph Letter SignedSettlement of debt from the sales of a confiscated store at Yorktown. Exoneration of debts through commissions. Pay of officers.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Various Business of the Pay Office
01/06/1784 Autograph LetterDiscusses settlement of accounts, the pay of a regiment, and an issue regarding the officers' subsistence allowance.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Unqualified for half-pay
09/06/1784 Draft Letter / Draft DocumentJohn Pierce informs Captain Florat Florimont that he is unqualified for half-pay.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Unable to exchange notes
02/24/1784 Autograph Letter SignedLack of ability to exchange notes for cash.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
U.S. military stores in South Carolina
03/15/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyRequests information on the status of the United States military stores in South Carolina.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
True copy of an account
05/24/1784 Autograph Letter / Autograph Document SignedSamuel Hodgdon sends to the Superintendant of Finance a letter inclosed with a true copy of an account which had been addressed to Congress.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Treaty of Fort Stanwix with Six Nations
10/22/1784 Printed or published documentTreaty of peace between the United States and Six Nations. Promises return of hostages. Describes boundary lines and possession of land. Promises supply of goods to the Six Nations for their use and …
Samuel Kirkland Papers
Transportation of Rolling Screen
12/30/1784 Autograph Letter SignedTimothy Pickering sends to Benjamin Lincoln a letter that indicates difficulties in shipping items due to ice on the river. This problem will bring operations at Lincoln's mill to a standstill as …
Robert Goodloe Harper
Transportation of Miller and Supplies, Mill Stones Made in U.S.
05/21/1784 Autograph Letter/Document SignedNotification that Hodgdon sent a man to perform milling operations previously employed by Messrs. Lewis & Jones, he travels under Capt. Lane on the brig bound for Boston. Mill stores with "whole iron …
Robert Goodloe Harper
Transport of Mill Stones
09/21/1784 Autograph Letter SignedSamuel Hodgdon sends to Benjamin Lincoln a letter informing him of the shipment of mill stones. Hodgdon has not sent forward flour, save the two barrels of superfine flour. He will be in Boston in …
Robert Goodloe Harper
Transmission of Certificate Paper
09/16/1784 Contemporary Copy of Letter made from Author's FilesJohn Pierce sends to John White additional certificate paper. Pierce also discusses recordkeeping practices with White.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Transfer of pay
02/23/1784 Autograph Letter SignedAuthorizes transfer of pay due Hatton to an officer.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
