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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02903 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0071] January-March 1784 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Congress giving an account of the state of West Point |
| Date | 3 January 1784 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Additional authors | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Knox gives a report on the state of West Point soon before his intended departure for Boston. Notes the dissolution of several companies/corps. Gives status of hospital, cannon, ammunition and supplies, and ordnance. Writes, "I hope it may not be thought presumptuous or impertinent to indulge the rapture which fills my mind upon so interesting a contrast, so honorable and so highly flattering to my country- especially when so great a part of the cannon are trophies, wrested by the hand of virtue from the arm outstretched to oppress it." Discusses circumstances of the Canadian refugees around West Point. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Military Camp Continental Army Continental Congress Congress Government and Civics Muster Rolls and Returns West Point (US Military Academy) Hospital Artillery Ammunition Military Supplies Health and Medical Global History and Civics Canada Refugees |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Place written | West Point, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs; Health & Medicine; 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 |