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to [Joseph] Brant and Clement Biddle

Contains two sections. The first section is directed to Captain [Joseph] Brant and informs him that he will have fifty guineas to defray his travel expenses to and from Philadelphia. In the second section, Knox asks Clement Biddle to deliver the...

GLC02437.05518

to Henry Knox

Discusses the situation of Joseph Brant [spelled Brandt] of the Six Nations. Writes in full, "You know [sic] doubt have been informed of the Insult offered Brandt in New York - I find he left New York with his feelings very much wounded. Would it not...

GLC02437.05545

to Lucy Knox [incomplete]

Writes to his wife saying that he did indeed write to her before, but that he later found out his letter was not delivered: "As I staid at Randalls I entrusted it to his black man, and it is now pretty evident he deceived me and did not carry it to...

GLC02437.05509

to Henry Knox

Explains that Knox was supposed to receive information on the Indians but may not have, due to a postal error. Instead he is writing to discuss it with him. Mentions that "Brandt, and the Chiefs of the Six Nations, will meet you in Philadelphia"...

GLC02437.05326

to Joseph Brant

Introduces his son, Thomas Morris, and asks Brant to help negotiate the purchase of land owned by the Seneca Indians

GLC03731