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[Financial note]

Promises to pay Benjamin Lincoln $120 on demand with interest.

GLC02437.08698

[Note]

Note for Benjamin Lincoln from Henry Knox to pay Henry Jackson $5,000 on his account. Signature has been clipped.

GLC02437.08739

to Benjamin Lincoln

Written from military Headquarters in New York. Washington, Commander in Chief of Continental forces, writes to Lincoln, Secretary at War. Discusses extra allowances requested by General Henry Knox, declaring the allowances "perfectly reasonable...

GLC02437.09310

to Henry Knox

Responds to a letter sent by Knox enclosing instructions issued by the Secretary at War (Benjamin Lincoln) regarding the construction of an arsenal and magazines at West Point. Calls the plan "an eligible one." Relates that as soon as he is...

GLC02437.09388

to Henry Knox

Expresses gratitude for Knox's praise of Washington in the context of Congress's resolution "That an equestrian statue of General Washington, be erected at the place where the residence of Congress shall be established," passed on 7 August 1783 (and...

GLC02437.09401

to Henry Knox

Mentions the return of General Benjamin Lincoln. Hopes the transition to a peacetime military establishment will commence without further delay. Does not think Congress intends to abolish the Office of Secretary at War (which Lincoln held from 1781...

GLC02437.09402

to Benjamin Lincoln

Written by Hazen as commander of prisoners at Lancaster, Pennsylvania during the Huddy-Asgill Affair to Lincoln as Secretary of War. References letters of General Washington from May 4 and 18, 1782, which he received on May 25, 1782. Writes that lots...

GLC01147

to Henry Knox

Marked "Duplicate" at the top by George Washington. Mentions the return of General Benjamin Lincoln. Hopes the transition to a peacetime military establishment will commence without further delay. Does not think Congress intends to abolish the...

GLC02437.09403

to Henry Knox

Thanks Knox for several letters, which put his mind at ease regarding General Benjamin Lincoln's military operations (Lincoln led the Massachusetts state militia in Shays' Rebellion) and the dignity of Government. Congratulates Knox on the recent...

GLC02437.09411

to Esek Hopkins

Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut, informs Commodore Hopkins, Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy, of a letter he previously transmitted discussing naval operations. States that he recently received letters from Generals George Washington and...

GLC02511.01

to John Bryant

General Lincoln sends Captain Bryant a congressional resolution (not included) "relative to the department of military stores." Asks Bryant to fire the commissary of general stores and his clerk at the armory in Springfield and to take over the...

GLC03432.034

to John Bryant

General Lincoln discusses selling certain items from the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Comments on the operations of mechanical and chemical stores. Notes that he has put Captain Hawes in charge of the artificers and that he desires Captain...

GLC03432.035

Engraving of Benjamin Lincoln

One undated engraving of Benjamin Lincoln. Standing portrait of Lincoln based on a painting by Henry Sargent.

GLC08878.0374

Engraving of Benjamin Lincoln

One engraving of Benjamin Lincoln dated 1862. Standing portrait of Lincoln based on a painting by Alonzo Chappel.

GLC08878.0375

The British surrendering their arms to Gen, Washington after their defeat at Yorktown Virginia October 1781

One engraving entitled The British surrendering their arms to Gen, Washington after their defeat at Yorktown Virginia October 1781 dated circa 1819. Features British officers on the right, with Cornwallis presenting his sword, and French and American...

GLC08878.1309

to Benjamin Lincoln

Reports to Continental General Lincoln about receiving a letter from George Washington concerning his (untrue) opinion that British Commander William Howe had gone to South Carolina, and adds his own hopes that New York will soon be in American...

GLC05564

to Benjamin Lincoln

One of General Pulaski's last letters to Major General Lincoln as commander of the Southern Department. Possibly endorsed by William Washington (1752-1810), a relative of George Washington who served with Lincoln. Discusses events at the end of the...

GLC06419

[Importation certificate for the port of Marblehead, Massachusetts]

Partially printed document signed as collector and countersigned by J. Prentiss as Collector. Numbered 14976. Certifies that Thomas Meek imported one cask of wine.

GLC00307.04

to Benjamin Lincoln

Written by Walton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Colonel in the First Georgia Battalion who was severely wounded and captured during the Battle of Savannah in December 1778, to Lincoln as commander of the Southern Department. Walton...

GLC01019

to Benjamin Lincoln

Written by Howe as a Major General to Major General Lincoln as commander of the Southern Department. Lincoln had replaced Howe as department commander in September 1778. Says he is desirous of beginning a correspondence. He hopes any information he...

GLC01140

[Resolution of preparedness and list of committee members who approved from several Massachusetts towns]

Plan agreed to by the Selectmen, Committees of Correspondence and military officers of the towns of Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Cohasset, Marshfield and Pembrook to spread word of any "appearance of an Invasion of the Enemy." Provides details on...

GLC01401

[Certificate of appointment to rank of major general]

Partially printed document appointing William Heath to Major General in the Continental Army (Heath was previously a Major General of only Massachusetts troops and Brigadier General in the Continental Army). Signed by John Hanson as President of the...

GLC01412.08

To: Benjamin Lincoln.

Inserting advertisement into a Gazette of Lincoln's choosing seeking tenants for his western lands.

GLC08019

to Jonathan Trumbull

Informs Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut, that "We join with you most fervently in your prayer that America may not be lost, or fall a Victim to the rage of a merciless tyranny. On the contrary we trust there is virtue & spirit enough in the United...

GLC04947

to Benjamin Lincoln

Later copy. Previous catalog record noted that this is a copy. Knox had planned to travel to New England by way of Albany, New York, so he could see Lincoln and Benedict Arnold, but his late departure will prevent him from taking that route....

GLC02437.00691