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15 February 1783

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Burbeck]

Colonel Crane recommends Burbeck for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09648

20 February 1783

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Jackson]

Colonel Crane recommends Jackson for a leave of absence until 1 May 1783. In a post script, recommends Jackson for furlough until 15 April if 1 May is unacceptable. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09651

22 February 1783

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Captain Lieutenant Freeman]

Colonel Crane recommends Freeman for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09653

2 March 1783

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Doctor Duffield]

Recommends Duffield for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09670

11 March 1783

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Manuscript letter

Title: to Henry Knox

Consists of two letters written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp. In the first, which composes the top half of the page, Colonel Crane and Lieutenant Colonel Stevens inform Major General Knox that upon inspection, a quantity of salted beef in the contractor's store has been found "unmerchantable and unfit for use." The bottom half of the page consists of a letter from Knox to [Daniel] Parker and [William] Duer. Knox informs them that the beef is putrefied and "grows worse and worse, so that I have been obliged to order the inspection."

GLC02437.09684

24 March 1783

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of 640 dozen coat buttons]

Colonel Crane notes that the buttons are needed "to repair the coats of the Massachusetts Artillery."

GLC02437.09699

22 June 1783

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Manuscript letter

Title: to Henry Knox

Duplicate of GLC02437.02174. Discusses orders for officers to hand in returns in a timely manner concerning the "number of Officers ... and privates who will remain in service from the different corps at this post ... " Explains the return was created before all of the officers choosing to remain in service were accounted for, and since there were more officers who chose to stay than were expected, he needs to issue a new return.

GLC02437.02175

22 June 1783

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Duplicate of GLC02437.02175. Discusses orders for officers to hand in returns in a timely manner concerning the "number of Officers ... and privates who will remain in service from the different corps at this post ... " Explains the return was created before all of the officers choosing to remain in service were accounted for, and since there were more officers who chose to stay than were expected, he needs to issue a new return.

GLC02437.02174

27 July 1783

Allen, N. C. (fl. 1782)

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Provision return for one man belonging to Captain Bushnell's Company of Sappers and Miners. The return is signed by Captain N.C. Allen, Train Guard and Colonel John Crane. A docket acknowledging receipt of the contractors of New York and New Jersey is signed by Samuel [Camuel].

GLC02437.02334

8 August 1783

Blake, Edward (ca. 1753-1800)

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for men discharged from the Massachusetts artillery. Countersigned by John Crane and Samuel Shaw, with the docket signed by Jesse Jordan.

GLC02437.02377

8 August 1783

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Colonel Crane asks Captain Bryant to sign a duplicate receipt for recruitment money Crane had given him in 1777, so he could settle his accounts. Crane had lost the original.

GLC03432.103

17 August 1783-24 August 1783

Blake, Edward (ca. 1753-1800)

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for men discharged from the Massachusetts artillery. Countersigned by John Crane and John Lillie with the docket signed by Jesse Jordan and F. Brandy.

GLC02437.02413

24 August 1783

Blake, Edward (ca. 1753-1800)

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by Edward Blake as a quartermaster of the artillery and addressed to Colonel John Crane. Provision return for a man discharged from the Massachusetts Artillery from 24-31 August 1783. The man received 7 rations over the 7 days. Docket is signed by a Jesse Jordan stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02443

26 August 1783

Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794)

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Journal of Revolutionary War military officers and other staff]

Hierarchical lists of (named) officers serving under Colonels [John] Lamb, [John] Crane, [Lewis] Nicola (Invalid Corps), [Benjamin] Tupper (10th Mass.), Butler (1st Conn.) and [Samuel] Webb (3rd Conn.), and Engineers and Sappers under Major [Jean Louis] Villefranche. Lists names cited every day from September 1, 1782 through August 25, 1783. The individuals are primarily American military officers (low- and high-ranking), but also include French officers, aides, doctors, civilians, etc.

GLC02437.02419

10 November 1783

Knox, Henry (1750-1806)

Manuscript letter

Title: to John Crane

Sends a brevet for the rank of Brigadier General and asks him to deliver the enclosed additional brevets (not present) to four named officers. Noted as a copy.

GLC02437.02766

3 March 1784

Knox, Henry (1750-1806)

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certification regarding John Dewman's injuries]

Knox certifies that Captain John [Dewman] received a wound in the Battle of Germantown, 4 October 1777. Attests that the wound has incapacitated Dewman, causing dizziness, general sickness, and at times insanity.

GLC02437.02969

1786

Howell, Joseph (1750-1798)

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of officers under Colonel John Crane]

Date added later in pencil. Lists officers who have partially settled their recruiting accounts, who served in Colonel John Crane's regiment of artillery.

GLC02437.03399

25 July 1786

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Pierce

Writes, "Please to pay into the hands of General Henry Knox all the certificates which may be found due to me on settlement of my accounts lodg'd in your Office, and his receipt will be your sufficient voucher."

GLC02437.03283

25 July 1786

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox if he will help him request a settlement of his accounts. So far he has been unsuccessful, and the Paymaster General's office, headed by Mr. [John] Pierce, has not been authorized by Congress to perform the necessary actions.

GLC02437.03284

24 December 1787

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses the settlement of his accounts. Mentions being afraid that Mr. Peirce lost his accounts with the "certificates from My Officer and the accounts attested on Oath, [since] it will be very cruel to keep me out of my interest, it will be impossible for me now to procure the certificates again - " Says he does not owe money to the public and that if his troops at the Rhode Island expedition had not been paid, it would have become known by now. Noted as written in Passamaquady, which is most likely by Passamaquoddy Bay, in present-day Maine.

GLC02437.03738

17 June 1788 - 19 June 1788

Swan, Caleb (1758-1809)

Manuscript document signed

Title: Statement of Colonel John Crane's old emission accounts

Signed by Caleb Swan for John Pierce, Paymaster General, 17 June 1788 in the Pay Office at New York (front cover). Signed 19 June 1788 by Joseph Howell, [Junior] Assistant Commissary, in the Office of Army Accounts at New York (page 13). Includes details of John Crane's account with the United States from 1776-1779. Pertains to recruiting accounts.

GLC02437.03900

circa 1 March 1789

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bill]

List of items Henry Knox bought from the firm Watson Willet & Co. listed by date from 1 December 1788 to 28 February 1789. Noted by John Crane as having received the contents on behalf of the firm.

GLC02437.08625

3 October 1789

Crane, John (1744-1805)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses settling his account with the Paymasters Office. Mentions having written to Knox several times and has yet to receive a reply. Describes current financial difficulties, including suffering the loss of a saw mill in a fire. Noted as written in Passamaquady, which is most likely in the vicinity of Passamaquoddy Bay in present-day Maine.

GLC02437.04377

26 January 1790

Howell, Joseph (1750-1798)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses the account of Colonel [John] Crane, stating that "[t]he principal objection to a close of the accounts of Colo.

GLC02437.04482

5 October 1790

Knox, Henry (1750-1806)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Crane

Insists on commenting on accounts General Crane had left for him. Knox had the paymaster go over Crane's account with great care so that it would be satisfactory to both Crane and the public. Knox writes that "the result doe not leave any balance in your favor." Knox is currently not in possession of the statements, but will take care of the matters as soon as he returns [to New York] so that "the difficulties will be removed."

GLC02437.04744

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