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to Samuel Breck
31 July 1787
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Recommends John Anstey to Breck and other friends. Notes Anstey was assigned to "ascertain the losses of the loyalists during the late revolution."
GLC02437.03630
to John Hancock
Letter of introduction for John Anstey, who is investigating the "actual Losses sustained by the loyalists during the late revolution." Noted as private.
GLC02437.03631
to Henry Knox
21 July 1784
Troutbeck, John, fl. 1755-1784
Expresses his feelings of friendship to Knox: "An age of absence can never obliterate from the Mind, Friendship, which has once been formerly rooted; from that principal I seek no apology for addressing this to my Old & much esteem'd Friend; who...
GLC02437.03030
18 October 1784
Wheaton, Mason, fl. 1784-1798
Colonel Wheaton discusses "the subject of the Waldo Patent and more particularly of the part of it which belonged to Mr. [Thomas] Flucker." Reports that the Patent was divided in four sections between Thomas Flucker, Francis Waldo, Samuel Waldo, and...
GLC02437.03058
21 April 1785
Gibbs, Caleb, fl. 1748-1818
Gibbs transmits a newspaper to Knox in New York. Discusses "the turbulent news of the day," referring to Bostonians' recent decision not to buy goods from resident British "factors," or agents (newspaper not included). Notes that Knox's wife, Lucy...
GLC02437.03130
27 June 1785
King, Rufus, 1755-1827
King, a Continental Congressman, discusses Knox's eastern [land] claim: "I am uninformed of the merits of your eastern claim, but presume they are such as sufficiently warrant the report of the committee on your applications, and therefore am...
GLC02437.03159
February 19, 1793
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Reports he recently met with Mr. Williamson and Mr. Wadsworth about lands in the "Gennessee Country" of upstate New York. Says farms of 300-500 acres are going for $1.50 per acre. Makes reference to lands that would eventually become Cooperstown...
GLC02437.05824
20 July 1793
Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828
References Knox's letter of 29 June. Waited to respond until after the sitting of the Committee of the Sale of Eastern Lands. Met with John White of Charlestown, Massachusetts who is indebted to the Flucker Estate through a bond and a mortgage....
GLC02437.05905
to Hannah Urquhart
circa April 1777
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Lucy writes to her sister Hannah, she mentions writing to her mother, Hannah Flucker, during the siege of Boston but never hearing back from her or her family. Begs her sister to write. Mentions she and Henry Knox had a baby girl. Says the...
GLC02437.09891
[Legal Document on confiscation of slaves]
March 28, 1785
Walton, George, 1740-1804
Written by the Declaration of Independence signer George Walton. Was written while Walton was the Chief Justice of Georgia. Legal document in the case Hancock v. Jack. Document declares that three negroes had been delivered by the "Commissioners of...
GLC04337
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