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[Account]

List of items sent to John Witherspoon from John Rynier. Items listed by date, type and amount, including beef, tea, rum, butter, and molasses.

GLC02437.08754

[Bill]

List of transactions between Benjamin Wilson and James Head, mostly relating to rum.

GLC02437.08799

[Account]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and Thomas Dennie, listed by date. Signed by James Dennie. Most transactions are regarding wine and other alcohol.

GLC02437.08824

Provisions drawn for Genl Knox's family 1780-1-2-3

Booklet containing accounts of stores drawn from commissaries (includes commissaries' names and lists of supplies). Stores acquired by the Knox family are presented in chart form (includes flour, beef, candles, rum, salt, rice, pork, and peas)....

GLC02437.09440

[Document pertaining to Knox family provisions]

Contains account information noting the purchase of fowls, "cyder", cabbage, candles, apples, butter, chocolate, rum, and other goods. Appears to be signed by Kip, who attests that the account is settled in full. Text on verso is unrelated to...

GLC02437.09441

[Return for military provision and supplies]

Lieutenant Price signs this return for cannon cartridge, ten pounds of twine, and twenty gallons of wine for the laboratory at West Point.

GLC02437.09686

to Benjamin Lincoln

Knox requests ordnance supplies for West Point from Lincoln, Secretary at War. Requests fifty pounds of twine and thirty gallons of "spirits of wine of the best quality." Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp.

GLC02437.09693

[Request]

Requests half a gallon of rum for General Henry Knox. Contains a note on page two noting rations were received. Directed to William Bell.

GLC02437.09791

[Request]

Requests two quarts of country rum for General Henry Knox's family. Contains a note on page two from Jacob Johnson who confirms receipt of rations. Directed to William Bell.

GLC02437.09803

to David Packard

Appears to be an order concerning $30 and possibly some rum for Henry Knox. Spencer Drake noted on 28 August 1805 the order was shipped in full.

GLC02437.09871

to Henry Knox

Reports on recent shipments and sales of lime and lumber. Discusses problems he is having overseeing mill operation due to the dryness of the weather. Expects a shipment of rum, sugar and coffee. Mentions some financial transactions, and asks Knox...

GLC02437.07807

to John Gleason

Is sending, via Captain [Edward] Kelleran, a variety of cargo such as corn and rum, as well as some articles for Captain [Thomas] Vose. Discusses several shipping issues.

GLC02437.07859

to Caleb Strong

Tells about his terrible misfortunes, including a decadent, alcoholic son, a loss of property and money during the war, and the death of his wife as a consequence. Explains that his son, Colborn, was taken ill aboard an American naval vessel and...

GLC02437.07860

[Speech of a Chief of the Chipewas]

Discusses finding a way to live peaceably with the settlers. States that they are very poor and asks for clothing, guns, and liquor. Copy, written in the hand of Robert Pemberton, War Department Secretary.

GLC02437.08166

[Miscellaneous bills]

List of items and their costs in pounds. Items include dinners (with separate costs listed for children and servants), spirits, horses and hay and also children. Docket, in the hand of Henry Knox's aide Samuel Shaw, "Ringwood Paid."

GLC02437.08273

[Receipt for wine, rum, cider, etc.]

List of items and their costs. Includes wine, rum, cider, oats, hay, and other goods.

GLC02437.08281

[Account]

List of transactions for various items, including wine and linen, by date, starting in what appears to be February of 1772 to April of the same year.

GLC02437.08283

Memoranda of expenses from N York to Boston

Lists all of the expenses incurred travelling from New York City to Boston. Items include shoes, rye, ferry fare, shoeing for horses, the amount spent at each stop (Fairfield, Seabrook, New London, etc) and others. Date previously inferred, written...

GLC02437.08323

[Account]

List of goods Henry Knox bought from the firm Breck & Hammat. Items include sugar, chocolate, coffee, brandy and others.

GLC02437.08341

[List]

List of various items with prices. List includes things such as pork, flour, silver ornaments, wine, salt, and others. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08344

[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

[Recipe for medicine]

Recipe for medicine states bark and snake root should stand in a pint of brandy in a warm place. Should take a tablespoon a half hour before each meal. Also states that the opium and another illegible ingredient should be put in a jill of spirits....

GLC02437.08375

[Request to deliever one quart of wine]

William Knox asks that the bearer be given a quart of wine both on 24 April of an unknown year and another on Easter Monday of an unknown year. Signed twice by William.

GLC02437.08381