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to Benjamin Lincoln

Written from Granby, likely in southern Massachusetts, near Springfield. Writes on behalf of the town of Granby that the prospect of war is causing severe anxiety among the townspeople, despite the fact that they have a lot of faith and confidence...

GLC02437.03435

[Account of payment made by Thomas Flucker to John Homer]

Includes account information from 29 August 1772. Appears to be signed on verso by Homer. Flucker pays Homer for tomb stones, fire stones, and hearth stones.

GLC02437.09474

[An account of the yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia]

Top half of this document is dated 11 October from Philadelphia. The bottom half is dated 14 October from New York. The Philadelphia report gives a grim account of the yellow fever outbreak. The New York report says 137 were officially buried in...

GLC02437.05942

to Isaac Winslow

Apologizes for not writing sooner but says the sickness, then death, of his youngest child prevented him from doing so. Says that his wife (Lucy Knox) and eldest daughter have also been sick. Discusses submitting a complaint to a committee to...

GLC02437.03642

to Henry Knox

Writes, "The melancholy misfortune which has lately befel [sic] our family in the death of Mr Isaac Winslow Senr will in some measure retard the business of the patent, but only for a short time as my brother Samuel Winslow who is now here is...

GLC02437.05299

Report

Docket reads that this document is a report "given by Robt Houston...of the murder of a Mr. Winslow a resident near Portland."

GLC02437.07444

to Henry Knox

Isaac Winslow, a relation of Knox's through his wife, Lucy, discusses a variety of business propositions with Knox. Mentions that he wishes he could have had time to visit with Knox. Describes ways to get the Court to accept a resolve. Discusses...

GLC02437.03173

to Henry Knox

Both he and his wife send their sympathies to Knox and Mrs. [Lucy] Knox possibly over the death of one Knox's children. States, "We, also, have only three children left." Discusses the lime business and its fluctuating price. Mentions he can...

GLC02437.07715

to Henry Knox

Asks whether Invalid Regiments and heirs of those killed in battle or who died from sickness are entitled to army lands according to an Ordinance of Congress. Writes, "The Spirit of emigration to the western country is dayly increasing in the N...

GLC02437.03864