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to Henry Knox

Discusses his family, stating "My feelings are more flattered by domestic duties than public bustle." Comments on credit being given to George Washington (and himself) for service during the Revolutionary War, noting "there are others no less...

GLC02437.02971

to Edward Grant

Knox writes to Grant, "I have received your favor of the 4th instant, and accordingly we shall rely entirely upon you that the garrison [at West Point] are not out of provisions." Notes that Daniel Parker & Co., a firm that provided the troops with...

GLC02437.02921

to William Hull

Knox writes to Hull, commandant of West Point. Reports he has not received word from Congress regarding Hull's prior question about the engineers who remain in service at West Point. Discusses other military matters, including Hull's disagreement...

GLC02437.02990

to Henry Knox

Reverend Moore asks Knox to pay his brother John twenty five pounds. Countersigned by John Moore, who acknowledges receipt of the sum.

GLC02437.03062

[Pertains to the Muscongus patent]

Date added later in pencil. Author noted, apparently in the hand of Henry Knox, as Francis Waldo. Contains information on the Muscongus patent, its history of ownership, and its boundaries. Also contains an account of the value of the lands.

GLC02437.09113

Receipt for Henry Knox

Receipt of Henry Knox's account with Stephen Badlam. Notes that £3.6.0 was paid in full.

GLC02437.08569

to George Washington

Expresses his mortification at arriving in Annapolis the day Washington left. Reports that "...all the necessary business will not be finished before Congress adjourns." Discusses a matter pertaining to the recommendation "of the Gentlemen of...

GLC02437.03004

to Isaac Sears, George Clinton, Samuel Broome, and Robert Livingston

Knox writes to Colonel Sears, Chancellor Livingston, Governor Clinton, and Broome, a merchant and bookseller. Recommends Colonel Stevens, possibly Ebenezer Stevens, to the recipients' acquaintance. Relates that Stevens will be taking up residence...

GLC02437.02924

[Certification regarding Reuben Chace, former soldier in the 7th Massachusetts Regiment]

Certifies that Chace served during the war in the 7th Massachusetts Regiment. Cosigned by Colonel Henry Jackson, who attests to the veracity of Tucker's claim.

GLC02437.02994

to Henry Knox

Responds to a letter from Knox (GLC02437.02992) discussing the Waldo Estate, Flucker's inheritance. Instructs Knox to sell the portion that was not seized during the war as soon as possible. Notes that his Uncle Waldo recently died, bequeathing his...

GLC02437.03029

to Henry Knox

Encloses the monthly military returns for October. Doughty gives a detailed report on matters at West Point and the surrounding areas. Discusses stores, arrangements to be made for winter, and other topics.

GLC02437.03065

to Timothy Pickering

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...

GLC02437.02894

to Henry Knox

Pickering, Quartermaster General, discusses the details of transporting officers and their luggage from West Point (many of the discharged soldiers had difficulty arranging transportation home). Mentions the transport of Knox's luggage to Boston.

GLC02437.02927

to Henry Knox

Major Colerus seeks to obtain four months pay for his service in 1776 and 1777. Notes that his wife has died, and "with her all my Happiness is Vanished."

GLC02437.02997

Monthly return of the corps of artillery

Lists numbers of officers present and fit for duty. Signed by Major Doughty.

GLC02437.03033

[Letters to Captain Thomas and Mrs. Flucker]

Consists of two letters, both written by Knox at Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, 3 August 1784. The first letter is from Knox to Mrs. Flucker and consists of pages one and two. Discusses matters pertaining to the Waldo estate (Waldo was...

GLC02437.03036

to James Webber

Thanks Webber, a London merchant, for his kind treatment of his brother William, who suffered from mental illness. About William, writes "I was flattered with the hope, that 'ere this he would have emerged from his unhappy despondency, and have...

GLC02437.03068

to Alexander McDougall

Knox informs General McDougall of the death of Doctor [Hagan], who worked at the West Point hospital. Hagan was entitled to join the Society of the Cincinnati, and left behind a wife and young son, who are unable to afford "subsistence or protection...

GLC02437.02897

[Receipt for a tombstone for Knox's daughter Julia]

Knox orders William Neilson to pay on his behalf for a "marble tomb stone six feet in length and three feet wide for his Daughter Deceased." Signed by Dr. Samuel Adams. Adams also signs verso 16 June 1784 confirming receipt of payment for the...

GLC02437.02932

[Expression of gratitude from the president and fellows of Harvard College]

Willard, President of Harvard College, expresses thanks on behalf of Harvard for Henry Knox's "kind present to this University, of a number of valuable books on folio."

GLC02437.03001

to Samuel Hardy

Knox informs Hardy, Chairman of the Congressional Committee of the States, that William Hull's mission to Canada failed. Hull had attempted to ascertain when Frederick Haldimand, Governor of the Province of Quebec, intends to withdraw British troops...

GLC02437.03039

to Henry Knox

Webber, a London merchant and friend of William Knox, responds to a letter from Henry Knox (GLC02437.03068). Expresses happiness at William's recovery from an episode of mental illness. Reports that William will soon sail from London to Boston....

GLC02437.03071

to David Brooks

Gives Brooks, assistant clothier general, instructions regarding the reduction in troops and the corresponding issue of clothing. Instructs Brooks to reduce the size of his department.

GLC02437.02900

[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

[Resolution and order regarding sending an officer to Canada to negotiate the withdrawal of British troops from the United States]

Signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress. Includes a resolution from 24 May 1784 that "Congress approve of the proposition of Major General Knox to send a field officer into Canada for the purpose of ascertaining... the time when the posts...

GLC02437.03005