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[A proposal on a principle of finance & oeconomy]

Discusses a transaction involving large quantities of wood, and another involving a "contract for copper coin." Reference to contract with [James] Jarvis used to establish circa date.

GLC02437.08158

to a friend

Discusses supplies. Largely illegible. Written on thin tissue paper; ink is faded.

GLC02437.10352

[Receipt]

Documents that he received from John Norton ninety dollars worth of a building material of some kind [illegible word; possibly "spar"], which amounts to one third of a contract Norton made with Henry Knox.

GLC02437.06802

to Henry Knox

Discusses the arrival of a schooner carrying items Knox was sending to Hodgdon, including spars. Mentions their plans for shipping items by vessel, such as corn, and comments extensively on the shipping industry.

GLC02437.06852

[Agreement with Miles Cobb]

Copy of GLC02437.06856.

GLC02437.06857

to Orvis Paine

Discusses a delivery. Noted as a copy.

GLC02437.06951

to the Secretary of the Navy

Writes to the Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, concerning two new U.S. Navy vessels and their construction as he has timber he believes would be good to use for the construction of ships.

GLC02437.07108

[Knox's account with Daniel Parker]

Includes account information from 3 April 1783 - 13 August 1783. Docket indicates that this document pertains to Daniel Parker & Co., a trading company.

GLC02437.10127

to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to assist in furthering his cause in application for a consul or secretary position dealing with commerce and foreign affairs. Believes that the greatness of the nation is "intimately connected with the extension of her Commerce with other...

GLC02437.10224

[Roll of inhabitants living near West Point]

Roll for the inhabitants living in and nearby the garrison. People listed by name (33 cited), occupation, length of stay and related remarks. A note at bottom state that 20 of them are sutlers.

GLC02437.10690

[Indenture]

Agreement between Robins and Knox that Knox will consign lime to Robins and ship it to Robins in Boston. Robins, in turn, agrees to sell the lime. Signed by both Robins and Knox, as well as a witness, William [Clap].

GLC02437.07794

[Insurance policy for the passage of thirty-eight horses from Maine to Antigua]

Titled "policy of assurance." Partially printed. Contains the signatures of Homer and six other insurers and their corresponding sums at the bottom of the page. Insures passage of the horses aboard the schooner Harmon from St. George, Maine, to...

GLC02437.10347

[List]

List of books, including Ovid's Metamorphoses, Dunlop's Greek Grammar, Seneca's Epistles in English, and others.

GLC02437.08327

[Invoice of goods]

Lists books on a variety of subjects to be shipped to Boston for Henry Knox. Includes books on poetry, animals, "heathen gods," biographies, histories and others.

GLC02437.08331

to John Semple

List of items by date, starting from 16 May to September of 1774. Items include stockings, thread, mitts, books, gloves, various types of cloth and others. Date from docket.

GLC02437.08340

[Account]

List of goods Lucy Knox bought from Elizabeth Perkins. Items include plates, dishes, glasses, chamber pots, tea and coffee pots, cups and others.

GLC02437.08342

[List]

List of items that Lucy Knox bought from a S.P. Items include caps, butter, wine, apron tape, thread, and others.

GLC02437.08350

[Bill for items purchased]

List of items purchased. These include a card table, a pot, a baking pan, 1 case of gin, 2 house bells, a tureen, a chest, a set of knives, among other things. The total comes to £97.16.6. Signed on verso saying "Recd. for Mr. Jos. Russell S. Clap...

GLC02437.08368

[Bill for wine]

Notes that 1 quarter cask of Lisbon win cost £7.

GLC02437.08370

The hon. Mr. Flucker to Ziphion Thayer

Lists various household items and services and their cost. Includes such things as altering a sofa, making of mattress and pillows, various lengths of lace and duck fabric, and various amounts of rope and twine. The total cost or expense comes to...

GLC02437.08376

[Request for rent from William Knox]

Harrod asks that William Knox pay £10 for the quarterly rent to his agent Joseph Bliss. The rent was due on 25 January. This could possibly be rent on Henry Knox's bookstore, which William was watching while Henry was fighting.

GLC02437.08385

[William Knox's payment to a contractor]

Document appears to be in William Knox's hand. This is a bill that William owed to his contractor Thomas Clement. Bill includes boards, nails, locks, staples, and various amounts for labor. The total is for £8.11.9. Bill states that £7.8.9 was...

GLC02437.08405

[Bill from Livingston & Turnbull to William Knox]

William Knox bought cloth, hose, ruffled shirts, and leather breeches from the merchant house of Livingston and Turnbull. The total was for £19.7. Signed by Samuel Conant as receiving payment. Bottom also says "Examd & Enter'd."

GLC02437.08407

[Receipt of William Knox]

Noted that William Knox delivered 3 trunks and 8 boxes of books and stationery.

GLC02437.08412

[Bill to William Knox]

Bill for 39 slate memorandum books. The total was for £13.10. Sigourney signed the bill stating he received payment.

GLC02437.08423