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Discusses the need to capture the villains who broke open the public store at Springfield Writes, In all cases of the kind the most vigorous search ought to be made to find out the culprits and to bring them to condign punishment... Notes he has transmitted a certificate from the paymaster stating that Captain Bryant never received the commutation and that you were never entitled to it... Also indicates he has ordered Ralph Pomeroy to transport two hundred tons of shot and shells from Salisbury furnace to the armory at Springfield, Massachusetts and asks Bryant to provide itemized receipts for the transfer. Instructs Bryant to have the shot and shells regularly piled by themselves in the public buildings and kept under lock and key. Discusses administrative matters related to Bryant's back pay. Written from the War Office. Free frank signed by Knox and stamped Free on address leaf.
Mentions the transfer of munitions from the Salisbury furnace to the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and his expectation that the operation is complete. Asks Captain Bryant to be very exact in his accounting (in both weight and number) of the shot and shells received. Also asks Bryant to send him the returns. Written from the War Office.
Discusses accounts and a transfer of munitions related to the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Also discusses Captain Bryant's pay, indicating that forty dollars per month is all that will be allowed by the public. Written from the War Office. Signed by Knox at close, followed by additional Knox autograph note signed below.
Discusses administrative matters relating to Captain Bryant's pay. Notes he forwarded a certificate related to Bryant's failure to receive his commutation and says it is now out of Knox's hands. Comments he did not forward Bryant's certificate of his appointment as Deputy of Commissary of Military Stores as he did not think it was relevant. Bryant claimed to have never received any benefit from the State related to his commutation. Asks Bryant if has contracted anyone to clean the arms on the terms Bryant had previously written about. Written from the War Office.
Notes his receipt of the return of Ordnance and military Stores for February. Indicates he sent [Dollar sign]240 for Captain Bryant's pay for 1789 and [Dollar sign]480 for 1790. Instructs Bryant to maintain the revenues from the sale of damaged ordnance stores as a contingent fund for public service which may be used for the purchase of oil for the arms. Written from the War Department.
Reiterates his request for a perfectly accurate return for the shot and shells sent from the Salisbury furnace to the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Advises Captain Bryant to be explicit in your orders when requesting payment or they will not be paid. Written from the War Office.
Writes he has enclosed an order (not included) on Colonel [Jeremiah] Wadsworth's for six months pay owed to Captain Bryant for his service in 1787. Hopes Bryant will receive his pay for 1788 in a few months. He will write more about his difficulties settling Bryant's account when he goes abroad. Indicates he was confined to his house for the past month with rheumatism. Written from the War Office.
Written and signed for Knox in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aid-de-camp. States he is sorry to hear that Captain Bryant's company is weak but says it is out of my power to add to it, except by ordering such men of the artillery to it, who are unable to do field duty. Approves of Bryant sending samples of fuzes, rockets and tubes of Bryant's making. Asks Bryant to inform Colonel David Mason that Knox applied to Colonel Timothy Pickering for an order on the quarter master in Springfield. Bryant was a member of Colonel Mason's corps of Artillery artificers stationed at Springfield. Public Service written on address leaf with no signature.
Orders Captain Bryant to immediately send him a return of every article taken by General Shepard [from the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts]...noting particularly the state they were in at the time they were taken, and at the time they were returned. Indicates he expects Captain Bryant to improve his accuracy and attention. General William Shepard, commander of the troops at Springfield, protected the Armory from participants in Shays' Rebellion in January 1787. The following month he helped capture the rebels. Written from the War Office.
Indicates that he is sending monies for the incidental expenses of the ordnance department and Captain Bryant's pay. Asks Bryant to send him a voucher for disbursement estimates and advises him to expedite the mounting of the Artillery, and transmit me monthly, an account of your proceedings. Also indicates that he will visit the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts soon and hopes to see everything in the utmost state of progression. Written from the War Department.