Henry Knox to Timothy Pickering Regarding the Discharge of Officers and Their Subsequent Need for Transport, 1 January 1784

Henry Knox to Timothy Pickering Regarding the Discharge of Officers and Their Subsequent Need for Transport, 1 January 1784
Author: Henry Knox
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Knox writes to Pickering, Quartermaster General: The officers in this vicinity, being discharged in the middle of an inclement season, without pay and in some instances without the subsistence money for the last month, are in general destitute of the means to transport themselves... to the place of their respective abode. Asks Pickering to grant them an allowance for transportation of their baggage.

Timothy Pickering to Henry Knox Asking Him to Write an Official Request to Justify the Allowance for the Transportation of Discharged Officers' Baggage, 31 January 1784

Timothy Pickering to Henry Knox Asking Him to Write an Official Request to Justify the Allowance for the Transportation of Discharged Officers' Baggage, 31 January 1784
Author: Timothy Pickering
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Pickering, Quartermaster General, asks Knox to write an official request to justify the allowance Pickering granted for the transportation of discharged officers' baggage (after they were discharged, many officers had difficulty traveling home). In a post script, suggests Knox assigns an earlier date to his official certificate.

Henry Knox to Timothy Pickering Discussing Transport and Supplies, 2 July 1781

Henry Knox to Timothy Pickering Discussing Transport and Supplies, 2 July 1781
Author: Henry Knox
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Release: 1781
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Knox writes to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General. Discusses the transport of lead, pistols, and other items to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Refers to shot, shells, and other ordnance gathered at various posts (New Windsor and Fishkill, New York; Hibernia, Mount Hope, and Pompton, New Jersey). Most of text on second page and docket appear to be written by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.