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to Silas Talbot

This is a copy of a certificate sent to Captain Talbot by Major General Gates. Says when he was in command of the troops in the Eastern Department in 1779, there were many small British cruisers harrasing American shipping from Long Island to...

GLC02437.02297

to Henry Knox

Makes a proposal for producing wines from Madeira. Notes he has contacted several societies in America regarding his proposition. Proposes to pay $4 on every pipe of wine he ships to the United States for the next two years. Notes the money will be...

GLC02437.06271

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that he is talking with a surveyor about getting a survey for land. Writes about a six year old mare he sent to a friend and mentions a treaty, most likely the Jay Treaty (signed in Nov. 1794). Also mentions British and Bermudian...

GLC02437.06459

to George Washington [incomplete]

Letterpress copy. Opinions of governmental heads related to Genet's use of privateers manned and equipped by American citizens to capture British prizes and bring them into U.S. ports. Discussing whether British prizes taken by French privateers...

GLC02437.10355

to Thomas Jefferson

Informs Jefferson that "General Stewart declines accepting the appointment of Inspector for the port of Philadelphia and would have done the same with the naval office had it been offered to him. He says that he made the application at the influnce...

GLC02437.10285

[Policy of assurance]

Signed by various underwriters. A policy of assurance for Henry Knox. Insures various amounts of money for cargos shipped between Thomastown [Thomaston, Maine?] to Bermuda. The vessel is insured for risk of "capture & condemnation" only, cargo is...

GLC02437.10600

to Henry Knox

Written by Knox's former aide-de-camp Lillie. Written on the ship "Eliza" bound for Savannah, Georgia. Says he previously wrote Knox a letter before he left Gibraltar in which he gave a sketch of the character of the Emperor of Morocco. The day...

GLC02437.05116

to unknown

Letterpress copy. Written at the behest of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Requests that the state governments keep the district attorneys informed of ships captured within three miles of the coast. Goes into details of this situation. (See...

GLC02437.05982

to Abraham Ogden

Letterpress copy. Discusses the distance a nation's power and protection extends from the sea coast. Notes that "belligerent" European powers have frequently appealed to President George Washington for protection in waters along the United States...

GLC02437.05965

to George Read, Jr.

Letterpress copy, but signed by Jefferson. Discusses the distance a nation's power and protection extends from the sea coast. Notes that "belligerent" European powers have frequently appealed to President George Washington for protection in waters...

GLC02437.05969