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[Account]

Bill or receipt stating that Henry Knox bought a set of cups and saucers from Joseph Peirce. Includes a signed note of receipt by Isaac Peirce.

GLC02437.08360

[Account]

Lists transactions by date between Thomas Cobb and William Bingham. Docket signed by Henry Knox stating that Joseph Peirce made a payment on behalf of Cobb.

GLC02437.08680

to Henry Knox

Praises Knox and congratulates him on his recent commission to colonel and his successful operation retrieving artillery from Fort Ticonderoga. Discusses his own ill health as well as his desire to get well and return to military service. Comments...

GLC02437.00252

to Henry Knox

Discusses land deals in the eastern lands. Mentions dealings with James Wendell and Joseph Peirce.

GLC02437.06140

[Certificate of financial transaction between Henry Knox, Nathaniel Barrett, and William Davis]

Receipt written by Knox and signed by him in text. Nathaniel Barrett signs at the close. "Received of Henry Knox, a certificate No. 93.945. dated the sixth of May 1786, signed by John Peirce, Commissioner, and issued to Wm Davis, for one hundred &...

GLC02437.03264

[Receipt of payment on Thomas Flucker's estate]

A receipt to Henry Jackson for 2 pounds and 14 shillings releasing all rights and demands by Daniel Reas against Thomas Flucker's estate. There is a note at the bottom of the document stating, "received this of Mr. [Joseph?] Peirce."

GLC02437.06266

[Receipt of payment on Thomas Flucker's estate]

A receipt to Henry Jackson for 91 pounds one shilling and 4 pence halfpenny releasing all dividends and demands by Samuel Henley against Thomas Flucker's estate. Signed by Joseph Peirce as a witness. There is a note at the bottom of the document...

GLC02437.06268

[Power of attorney]

Copy of a document officially giving Joseph Peirce the power of attorney.

GLC02437.06390

to Henry Jackson

Informs Jackson that Joseph Peirce has agreed to purchase shares for Knox.

GLC02437.06447

to Henry Knox

Discusses a business transaction involving [Thomas?] Goldthwait, [Thomas?] Edwards, Mr. [John] Bacon, and [Joseph] Peirce. Also mentions the amount of [bank?] notes paid out to various parties. Writes there is a gentleman here from the [Waldo]...

GLC02437.06230

[Account]

List of transactions between Henry Knox and Joseph Peirce by date from 29 September 1794 to 19 June 1795.

GLC02437.10395

to Ebenezer Nutting

Knox tells Nutting that Nutting has "on board the Schooner Dove 302 casks of Lime...and thirty eight tones of oak lumber." Knox says Nutting has to go to Boston to see Knox's agents Jonathan Jackson and Joseph Peirce regarding this business....

GLC02437.07431

to Thomas Flucker

Copy of a letter Henry sent to his nephew Thomas Flucker instructing Flucker that he will meet Captain Talbot. Talbot will give Flucker money and clothing. Knox demands that Flucker return to Thomaston "immediately" if Flucker does not get on the...

GLC02437.07471

to Henry Knox

Gray tells Knox, "On application to General Lincoln, he informs me that Mrs. Knox is Proprietor in her own right of one fifth of the land you conveyed to Mrs. Waldo." Gray has enclosed "a deed...to be executed by Mrs. Knox and yourself and...

GLC02437.07407

to Henry Knox

Jackson acknowledges receipt of Knox's letter of 27 March 1791 along with two other letters from James Swan. Jackson feared the letters may have been intercepted. Jackson reports that Joseph Peirce has been "very attentive to the directions which he...

GLC02437.04914

to John Hills

Written by Knox as Secretary of War to Captain Hills who was surveying a potential route for a canal from the Connecticut River to Boston. References Hills's letter of 29 June. Tells him if he needs money to go to Joseph Peirce near "the Town house...

GLC02437.05054

[List]

List of deeds with Joseph Peirce.

GLC02437.09976

to Henry Knox

Went to the bank and put his name down to subscribe to 67 shares in the National Bank at 25 dollars a share for a total investment of $1,675. Fully expects that Alexander Hamilton will forward "a further quantity of shares" and as soon as he does he...

GLC02437.05040

to Henry Knox

References Knox's letter of 26 June. Knows that Joseph Peirce wrote him about the sale of the patent and hopes Knox has no fears about it. Reports that "it was well conducted, and Mr. Smith had a right to buy. - he was the highest bider [sic], and...

GLC02437.05048

[Deed regarding sale of Flucker estate]

Signed by Knox in the text of the docket. Outlines how he, Henry Knox, as agent and administrator of the estate of his late father-in-law Thomas Flucker, has arranged with the Massachusetts General Court to sell the estate at auction to pay off his...

GLC02437.05463

to Benjamin Lincoln

Later copy. Asks Lincoln whether he might be able to employ the son of Knox's friend, Mr. [Joseph] Peirce. Declares that if he is able to, Knox "should consider it the same mark of your friendship as given to my own son."

GLC02437.05289

to Ebenezer Stevens

Writes that he is shipping lime to Colonel Stevens and asks that he sell the lime for cash at a particular price. Also mentions a shipment of lumber which he is sending to another business associate.

GLC02437.06783

[Petition for Falmouth lands in Maine]

Previous research suggests the document was written in May 1796; that date was added in pen on page one at a later time. A petition on behalf of several members of the Waldo and Winslow families for a portion of the Falmouth lands in Maine. A note...

GLC02437.06758