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[Magazine list]

List of magazines forwarded to Henry Knox for the year 1772. Includes magazines for gentlemen, ladies, a monthly review, a political register and a belle catalogue. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08307

[Receipt]

Appears to be a bill for 50 yards of Irish linen and 8 yards of baize that Thomas Flucker bought from Joseph Palmer & Sons.

GLC02437.08311

[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

[Receipt for William Knox]

Receipt for painting and gilding sign boards for William Knox. The total cost was £2.0.0. Rea & Johnson noted that payment was received.

GLC02437.08431

[Recepit for horse]

Hovey notes he received £75 from William Knox for a horse. Hovey signed the document stating the amount was paid in full.

GLC02437.08432

[Bill from carpenter]

Costs relating to repairs to the shop on State Street in Boston. Includes costs for boards, nails, shelves, brackets, locks, etc. Total cost comes to £20.16.9. Signed by Clement that he received payment.

GLC02437.08434

[Bill for William Knox]

Receipt for items bought from "W. & Jno. Molineux." Items purchased include knives, pocket books, clasps, and razors. Total came to £100.14.4.

GLC02437.08437

[Bill for William Knox]

Receipt for tooth brushes and ink pots bought from "W. & Jno Molineux." The total came to £7.13.

GLC02437.08439

[Receipt for William Knox]

William Knox bought 1/4 of a ream of sheathing paper from Paschal N. Smith. The total came to £10.

GLC02437.08448

[Bill to William Knox]

Bill for purchases by William Knox from "Wm & Jno Molineux." William bought super fine broad cloth, silk hose, and shoes. The total came to £46.10. It is noted that Knox paid for the goods and signed by Jonas Clark, who seems to be an agent for...

GLC02437.08451

[Bill from DuBois]

Receipt for clothing and making shirts. Total came to £45.2.12.

GLC02437.08452

[Bill of William Knox]

William bought 13 lamb skins for £7.3.0. Wadsworth signed it noting that payment had been made.

GLC02437.08453.01

[Bill to William Knox]

Bill for two hats. One appears to have been for William. The other was "1 Beaver hat for the Genl. Delivered to Colo Jackson." The total for the hats came to £13. Signed by Sturgis, who notes payment was made.

GLC02437.08455