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to David Fales

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. However, the author mentions Knox in the third person, so it is unclear whether it is Knox writing about himself in the third person, or Knox copied a letter written by another party....

GLC02437.09118

to John Ulmer

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Discusses the value of lands in the Waldo patent.

GLC02437.09119

[Note regarding money owed by Mason Wheaton to the estate of Thomas Flucker]

No signature on the document, but signature of Henry Knox in the docket; both appear to be written in the same hand. Apparently certifies that Mason Wheaton will pay the estate of the late Thomas Flucker a particular sum of money owed to the estate.

GLC02437.09120

to John Mills

Writes to request that Mills travel to the St. George's River area and examine streams for usefulness as mills. Written by Knox in his capacity as attorney for Hannah Flucker, his mother-in-law.

GLC02437.09122

to John Moriarty

Responds to a letter of Moriarty's and provides price information about lands in part of the Waldo patent.

GLC02437.09123

to George R. Minot

Thanks him for his kind letter regarding the report on the Muscongus patent. Offers his services to Minot whenever he may need them.

GLC02437.09124

to Henry Knox

Discusses business relating to the Waldo patent. Mentions cousin[s] Isaac Winslow and Samuel Winslow, as well as attorney Benjamin Hichborn.

GLC02437.09132

[Bond to Thomas Ivers]

Marked "copy." Bond to Thomas Ivers, the treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for a sum of money to be paid by the heirs of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo. Jackson signs on behalf of Henry Knox. Also signed by Isaac Winslow, Samuel...

GLC02437.09139

[Extracts from tax acts]

Contains extracts from three tax acts, passed 22 March 1786, 25 March 1788, and 14 February 1789. Each act pertains to the heirs of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo and the lands they inherited.

GLC02437.09146

[Extract from Tax Act passed March 22nd 1786]

Extract from a tax act passed by the Massachusetts General Court pertaining to the Waldo patent lands.

GLC02437.09147

to Isaac Winslow, Sr.

Has received from a Mr. Sullivan certain bonds (not present) relating to the Flucker estate. Writes that he told Mr. Sullivan he could not sign the bonds until he asked Winslow questions as to their history, particularly how the bonds originally came...

GLC02437.09163

[Notes from a conversation between John Anstey and Henry Knox]

Notes from a conversation between Anstey and Knox on the subject of property loss in America by Loyalists due to the Revolutionary War. Specifically addresses losses by those who stood to inherit from Brigadier General Samuel Waldo and Thomas and...

GLC02437.09177

to Hannah Flucker Urquhart Harwood

Long letter with great detail on financial issues over properties inherited by Knox's wife and her family. The arguments revolve around difficulties with Samuel Waldo's estate. Includes a few calculations regarding family finance. Knox also...

GLC02437.09216

to William Frost

Requesting "an abstract of conveyance reflecting" the Waldo Patent, a large tract of land that belonged to his wife's grandfather. This abstract should contain all transactions relating to the property. Frost was the "Register of deeds for the...

GLC02437.09218

[Queries regarding Waldo patent]

A list of questions regarding the Waldo patent, a large tract of land Knox inherited from his mother's father. The queries are written to Benjamin Hichborn. The questions regard his financial obligations and possible sale of the estate. An answer...

GLC02437.09220

to Henry Jackson

Writes regarding his wife's estate, sending related papers for Jackson to examine and to show to others.

GLC02437.09229

to Henry Jackson

Long statement listing the properties belonging to the late Thomas Flucker, Knox's father in law. Notes lands belonging to Flucker, lands sold off, debts, and other transactions affecting the value of his estate. Pages are bound together with...

GLC02437.09230

[Notice of the auction of the estate of Thomas Flucker]

Copy of a printed adverstisement stating the Thomas Flucker's estate is to be auctioned off. TheSupreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has ordered that the estate be auctioned off, and Knox, as the estate's agent, is promoting this auction.

GLC02437.09235

to Henry Knox

Writing on behalf of his relative James Wendell, asking Knox to purchase a piece of land Wendell owns adjoining the Waldo patent. James Wendell claims to own about two thousand five hundred acres adjoining the Waldo patent which he wishes Knox to...

GLC02437.09240

to Henry Knox [fragment]

Telling Knox that Isaac Winslow and other family members who are attempting to sell Knox a large share of the Waldo patent cannot give Knox "a clear title" to the land at present. This is because of two issues. The first concerns difficulties...

GLC02437.09244

[An article of Francis Waldo's will]

Document pertains to issues regarding the division of the estate once belonging to Francis Waldo. Knox hopes to secure the portion of the Waldo patent left to Hannah Harwood. Believes he is entitled to it because Harwood once deprived Lucy Knox of...

GLC02437.09245

to Samuel Thatcher

Inquiring whether is it better "to bring the action in the right of" Lucy Knox or Henry Knox for the purposes of ejecting an intruder from the Waldo patent. Also explains how he and Lucy came to be in possession of the Waldo patent.

GLC02437.09273

[History of recent ownership of the Waldo Patent]

Statement detailing the history of how Knox came to be in possesion of the Waldo patent.

GLC02437.09284

A statement of the property of the late Thomas Flucker Esq as far as has come to the knowledge of the subscriber [Fragment]

Lists the properties owned by Thomas Flucker at the time of his death, and their appraised values. Also discusses the taxes and debts on the estate. Written after October 1788. The last pages of the document are missing.

GLC02437.09295

[Notes on Winslow family claims on Waldo patent]

Discussing the claims of the Winslow family on the Waldo patent. Written after 1785.

GLC02437.09304

to Lucy Knox [incomplete]

Possibly by Hannah Flucker Urquhart to her sister, Lucy Knox. Discusses the death of her husband (possibly James Urquhart) writing, "Know your superior happiness in having a Dear and good husband to sympathize with you, you have still a comforter...

GLC02437.09453

[An inventory of Thomas Flucker's estate]

"1790" is written at the top of page one and struck. Mentions General Samuel Waldo's Muscongus Patent, a patent granting Waldo trade with Native Americans in present-day Maine. Flucker, who was married to Waldo's daughter Hannah, was granted 2/5 of...

GLC02437.09454

[Legal document pertaining to the estate of Hannah Waldo Flucker]

Grants full power of attorney to Thomas Longman of Paternoster Row, London, to recover a bond from Hannah Harwood, one of the executors of the late Hannah Waldo Flucker's estate. Indicates that the bond was given to Francis Waldo in March 1774 by...

GLC02437.09458

Estate of the late Isaac Gridley

Lists account information and transactions relating to the estate of the late Isaac Gridley by date from 1 October 1772 to 21 March 1775.

GLC02437.09476

[Information related to the estate of Samuel Waldo]

Docket notes that this document is from papers belonging to Thomas Flucker. Heading indicates, "The following Estates, belonging to the Estate of the Late Brigadier Samuel Waldo Esqr. remains undisposed of besides the Muscongus Patent so called & a...

GLC02437.09483

to Henry Knox

Appears to discuss a financial agreement. States, "the preposition he [Lloyd] made this last summer for the liquidation of the debt due from him to the estate of the late [F Lonsman] of London will be acceded to." Letter is possibly written by J...

GLC02437.09872

to Henry Knox

Continues to discuss a land negotiation [appears to be part of the Muscongus patent lands in Maine] between Henry Knox and himself. Informs Knox of other heirs from the Cook Line and says he will only quit claim his and his mother's portion of the...

GLC02437.07767

to Henry Knox

Notes the land owned by the "late Mrs. [Hannah?] Flucker." Lists the amount of land and who either currently owns or resides on the land.

GLC02437.07775

to Henry Knox

Received his recent letter. Discusses issues of land ownership in Maine, as well as laws regarding the Flucker estate and inheritance.

GLC02437.07857

to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to pay to a Mr. Eastburn the money Knox owes to the estate of Thomas Longman, Thomas Norton Longman's father.

GLC02437.07866

[Opinion on the inheritence of Mrs. Hannah Flucker's estate]

Written in two hands. The first section, apparently in Knox's hand, outlines the lines of ownership and inheritance related to Mrs. Hannah Flucker's estate: declares that upon the death of Mrs. Hannah Flucker (the mother of Lucy Knox), half of the...

GLC02437.07868

Indenture

Indenture between Lucy Knox, as "widow and executrix" of Henry Knox's estate, and Thomas Vose. Agreement relates to the Knox limeworks; apparently Lucy agrees to let Vose use the limeworks and manufacture and sell a particular portion of the lime....

GLC02437.08053

to Lucy Knox

Sears, writing also on behalf of Israel Thorndike and William Prescott, writes to Lucy about financial and land dealings they had with her husband, the recently deceased General [Henry] Knox.

GLC02437.08061

[Lucy Knox's will]

Will of Lucy Knox, leaving the majority of her property to her children, Henry Jackson Knox, Lucy Flucker Knox Thatcher, and Caroline Fisher Knox Swan. Certified as a true copy by John H. Sheppard, Registrar. Signatures of Lucy Knox, and the...

GLC02437.08064

[to Mrs. Thatcher] [incomplete]

Addressee and author are unknown, but previous research indicates that the author is Henry Dearborn and the addressee is Mrs. Lucy Flucker Knox Thatcher. Largely illegible, but apparently discusses plans he made with the late General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08070

[Certificate]

Certifies that commissioners have been appointed by the Judge of Probate for the county in order to examine some claims regarding the Flucker estate.

GLC02437.08119

A state of Mr. Fluckers affairs

Discusses the Flucker estate, particularly debts. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08123

[Regarding the Waldo estate] [incomplete]

Discusses business in relation to the Waldo estate and appears to give an account of the heirs and perhaps who should inherit what.

GLC02437.08241

List of papers relative to Mr. Flucker

Lists papers relating to Thomas Flucker's estates by the estate number. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08322

[Account from the Thomas Flucker estate]

Lists accounts to the Thomas Flucker estate from 1746-1774, including land as well as notes, bonds, and mortgages owed to Flucker. The real estate was valued at £4947.9.7 1/2. The other items in the estate brought the full value to £5806.19.7 1/2....

GLC02437.08371

Deeds an[d] other papers related to the patent estate

Lists the deeds and other paperwork from the Flucker estate. Interspersed are Knox's notes, many of them on the margins. The notes relate how valuable the property is in his eyes and also mentions any legal updates on specific pieces of property....

GLC02437.08372

[Thomas Longman's account with Henry Knox]

Longman's original bill to Knox on 31 March 1775 came to £2035.6.6 1/2. It appears that Knox paid it in several installments over 1792-1794. Payment of interest from January 1794 to July 1804 was £345.9.0. There is an additional note by James...

GLC02437.08379

Bill to Henry Knox

Henry Knox's bill to the estate of John Jones for £142.10.0.

GLC02437.08572

[List]

List for sundry medication and various other items by date. Noted as for Henry Knox in regards to the estate of Joseph Gardner.

GLC02437.08595

[Note]

Note regarding the personal tax and estate of the lately deceased Henry Guerney.

GLC02437.08661

[Memo]

A memo regarding the inventory conducted in 1748 on James Bowdoin's estate in Suffolk County, [Massachusetts]. The inventory includes "warehouse goods & the whole."

GLC02437.09908

[Inventory]

List of the real estate and personal effects of the late Henry Knox. Items include land plots, their acreage, to whom mortgaged (Artemas Ward, for one), and everything on them. Household effects, listed in detail room-by-room, include furniture...

GLC02437.10405

[Account]

A statement of Thomas Flucker's account, which was directed to the estate of Brigadier General [Samuel] Waldo. Lists expenses ranging from May 1754 to July 1759.

GLC02437.10640

[Account]

Appears to be a list of money received and paid by Thomas Flucker on the accounts of the late Brigadier [General] Samuel Waldo's estate. Date ranges from July 1759 to 22 June 1767. Docket notes Francis Waldo settled the account on 22 June 1767....

GLC02437.10643

[Account]

Appears to be a list of debits and credits on accounts involving Francis Waldo and Thomas Flucker. Dates range from October 1761 to September 1771. Document is partially torn in the middle of the page.

GLC02437.10644

to the Sherriff of Lincoln County

Partially printed document with information written in by hand. A tax collection on the heirs of Brigadier General [Samuel] Waldo in the amount of £94 and 15 shillings and 10 pence.

GLC02437.10647

[Accounts]

Two parts. First part lists the transactions of Henry Knox as agent for the estate of the late Thomas Flucker, by date, starting from April 1785 to 20 October 1788. Dated 21 July 1791 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Knox's signature is written in...

GLC02437.10729

to Henry Knox

Written by Peirce to Brigadier General Knox. Peirce seems to be sending along information on lands that Knox has an interest in in Massachusetts (including Maine). Says he could not get "ye petition" brought forward this session. Says the Committee...

GLC02437.01361

[Copy of a codirect and the last will and testament of George Dawson]

The codirect bequeaths his plates, furniture, and books to his wife Anna Maria Dawson and appoints his friend, George Ralston, his new executor (to replace his deceased son-in-law, James Coleman). The will leaves his property in England and America...

GLC01450.610.06

To Thomas Noyes

Letter from Arthur Fenner to Thomas Noyes appointing Noyes Second Major of the Senior Class Regiment of Washington County, Rhode Island. Includes the seal of Rhode Island.
Co-signed by Henry Ward.

GLC02150.09

To Thomas Noyes

Letter from Arthur Fenner to Thomas Noyes appointing Noyes First Major of the Senior Class Regiment of Washington County, Rhode Island. Includes the seal of Rhode Island.
Co-signed by Henry Ward.

GLC02150.10

To Thomas Noyes

Letter from Arthur Fenner to Thomas Noyes appointing Noyes Lieutenant Colonel Commander of the Senior Class Regiment of Washington County, Rhode Island. Includes the seal of Rhode Island.
Co-signed by Henry Ward.

GLC02150.11

[Letter certifying the service of a Billings Burch in the Revolutionary War]

Letter from Thomas Noyes and Nicholas Clark certifying that they were acquainted with a Billings Burch of Stonington, Connecticut during their Revolutionary War service. They say that Burch served under Colonel Lippet, Colonel Babcock, and General...

GLC02150.18

Declaration for Invalid Pension

Form for a declaration of invalid pension that has been filled out by a Deputy County Clerk in Washington, Vermont. It says that William Noyes was wounded in action near St. Petersburg on April 2, 1865, when he was shot in his lower right leg. This...

GLC02150.41.02

War Department: Adjutant General's Office

Letter from the War Department outlining the injuries William Noyes suffered during the war. It claims to have no record of the cause or nature of the injury that ultimately sent him home.

GLC02150.41.03

[Questionnaire from the Bureau of Pensions]

Official form from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions. It is addressed to William Noyes and asks him to please answer several questions pertaining to his family. These questions include whether he is married, who his wife is and where...

GLC02150.41.05

Drop Order and Report

Form from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions order the Bureau to drop William Wallace Noyes frin their registry, because he is deceased. The top is crossed out with an X, and the word "Accrued" is scribbled above it.

GLC02150.41.09

[Letter regarding a final financial settlement]

Letter from an executor whose name is unclear but may have been B. T. Spaulding. It is regarding a final financial settlement with a woman named Eliza Kendall. It includes a $.02 stamp with George Washington's picture on it.

GLC02150.43

[Letter regarding a final financial settlement]

Letter indicating the receipt of funds totaling one dollar and eighty three cents. The letter is signed, but the name is difficult to distinguish. It includes a $.02 stamp with George Washington on it.

GLC02150.44

to William A. Winston

Sending "the three Negro men belonging to the estate of G. W. P. Custis, viz: Reuben, Parks & Edward, whom I wish you to hire in Virginia... for the year or a term of years, not exceeding 31 Decr 1862...." Lee asks that the men be kept in the...

GLC03214

[Authorization for the transfer of property]

Lomax, Forrest, and Jordan sign as witnesses. Brent, Justice of the Peace for Washington, D.C., signs separately as a witness. In his absence, Tayloe authorizes Lomax, his attorney, to act as a trustee of the estate of the deceased Ralph Wormeley....

GLC03436.13

[Authorization for the sale of property]

Lomax, Forrest, and Jordan sign as witnesses. Brent, Justice of the Peace for Washington, D.C., signs separately as a witness. Tayloe authorizes Lomax, his attorney, to act as a trustee of the estate of the deceased Ralph Wormeley. As trustees...

GLC03436.14

[John Tayloe Lomax authorized to act as trustee of an Estate]

Lomax, Forrest, and Jordan sign as witnesses. Brent, Justice of the Peace for Washington, D.C., and George Healy sign separately as a witnesses. Tayloe authorizes Lomax, his attorney, to act as a trustee of the estate of the deceased Ralph Wormeley...

GLC03436.15

to Nettie C. Maitland

Legal document sent to Nettie C. Maitland from George Lemon's law offices in Washington D.C. Refers to her pension claim as a surviving minor of soldier Samuel Hill.

GLC03523.10.191

to Francis P. Blair

Informs his father that he is leaving for Helena tonight to meet up with his command. Discusses the disposition of his property in case he is killed in battle. Provides for his wife and children. States, "I do not look forward with any...

GLC03209.06

Middlesex County Virginia documents [Decimalized: .01-.85]

A collection of eighty seven documents, many regarding the slave trade in Middlesex County Virginia. Includes by-laws for Colored Ladies Lincoln Association and a document regarding a freeman emancipating an enslaved woman he intended to marry....

GLC03434

[Manumission of Charlotte Robinson]

Emancipating Charlotte Robinson, as ordered in the will of Dr. George D. Spatt. Signed by Thomas M. Locke and Carter B. Berkeley, executors of the will of George Spratt. Also signed by George D. Nicolson, John Minor, Thomas Muse and Mr. Chew.

GLC03434.05

[Ordering the appraisal of slaves]

Ordering list of men to appraise the enslaved people and personal estate of Edmund Berkeley of Prince William County. Court copy. The men ordered to perform the appraisal are Charles Carter, Charles Tyler, Richard Alexander and Matthew Whiting.

GLC03434.07

[Ordering the appraisal of slaves]

Ordering list of men to appraise the enslaved people and personal estate of John Humphries. Court copy. The men ordered to perform the appraisal are Staige Davis, Peter Robinson, David Palmer and Gabriel Jones. Court copy.

GLC03434.08

[Receipt from William Hackney]

A receipt from William Hackney for Patrick Pursell's account.

GLC03434.10

[Regarding two debts of Patrick Pursell's estate]

Attesting that two debts have not been paid from Patrick Pursell's estate, with account information. Docket indicates the debt was paid in 1740.

GLC03434.12

[List of goods sold from the estate of Patrick Pursell]

Listing items from the estate of Patrick Pursell that were sold, value totalling twenty pounds. Also lists debt records owed to Pursell with blank amounts.

GLC03434.13

[Attesting to a debt owed by the Pursell estate]

Attesting that Joseph Small is owed ten schillings by the estate of Patrick Pursell.

GLC03434.14

[Reciept relating to the administration of Patrick Pursell's estate.]

A receipt for one hundred and fifty pounds, relating to the administration of Patrick Pursell's estate.

GLC03434.15

[Will of Thomas O'Neal]

The will of Thomas O'Neal. Lists how his possessions, including a feather bed, fish plate, looking glass, tankard, great chest, smoothing iron, etc., should be divided between his daughters, Sarah O'Neal and Mary Atwood.

GLC03434.19

[Inventory of the estate of John Bullman]

An inventory listing the possessions of the deceased John Bullman. Also signed James Williamson and Richard Sloobons

GLC03434.20

[Last will and testament of Henry W. Tabb]

Last will of Henry W. Tabb, making provisions for his lands, children and enslaved people. Provides two hundred dollars per year for the education of each younger child. Wants his main plantation maintained, "for the support and education of my...

GLC03434.22

[Account for the estate of Thomas Winn]

Listing bills and payments due to the estate of Thomas Winn, administered by John Winn. Entries range from 1829 to 1837. Court docketing dated 10 June 1837.

GLC03434.28

Reciept and two slave lists [Decimalized .01-.03]

Receipt for payment for boarding an enslaved person in jail, and two lists with names and values of the enslaved people.

GLC03434.30

[Reciept for boarding a slave in jail]

A receipt to John Winn for payment of charges from the boarding of an enslaved person in jail for twenty one days. The enslaved person belonged to the estate of Thomas Winn.

GLC03434.30.01

to John Winn

Recalling, at her brother Winn's request, a conversation she had with their father when Diley, an enslaved person, first came to live with her. The conversation was regarding ownership of Diley, whose name appears on later slave value and hire...

GLC03434.31

[Reciept for Thomas Winn]

Receipt from the "Administrator of Thomas Winn to Wills & Watkins."

GLC03434.33

"Terms of hiring negroes belonging of T. Winn Est. & Drummond for 1833"

One document stating the terms by which people enslaved by John Winn would be hired out for work. Lists their names and amount charged, and names of the people requesting their labor. Document also states that they would be given winter clothes and...

GLC03434.35

[Terms for hiring out slaves from the estates of Thomas Winn and Thomas Drummond]

One document stating the terms by which people enslaved by John Winn would be hired out for work. Lists their names and amount charged, and names of the people requesting their labor. Document also states that they would be given winter clothes and...

GLC03434.36

[Receipt for belonging to John Winn for hired-labor of enslaved people]

One undated receipt belonging to John Winn acknowledging that the estate of Thomas Winn had paid one dollar and fifty cents for the transport of an enslaved person's belongings in 1830 and 1832.

GLC03434.37

Hiring of Negroes

Advertising the terms under which his slaves may be hired out for the upcoming year. Some of the slaves belong to General J. H. Cocke, the others to the estate of Thomas Winn. Signed twice by John Winn. Docket lists the names and prices of the...

GLC03434.39

[Court copy of testimony regarding division of slaves among heirs]

Court testimony requesting a court of equity to divide the slaves of a deceased woman among many heirs. The slaves, who once belonged to Mary Barclay, now number almost two hundred. William Gilliam is among those mentioned. Testimony given by...

GLC03434.40

[Receipt belonging to George Winn]

Receipt stating George Winn, the administrator of Mildred Bradshaw's estate, had paid a seventy five dollar debt owed by the estate. An enslaved person from the estate was being held as collateral until the debt was paid. Creasy signs with his mark....

GLC03434.41

[Reciept for medical services performed on a slave]

Receipt for fourteen dollars "for medical services rendered negro woman Maria." The receipt is made out to George Winn, who acted as administrator for the estate of Mildred Bradshaw. Maria belonged to Bradshaw's estate, and had gotten sick while...

GLC03434.42

Account of sales and hiring negroes of Mildred Bradshaws estate, by J Winn for G Winn

Lists property sold and enslaved people outsourced for labor on Mildred Bradshaw's estate, for which George Winn is the agent. Also lists who the names of enslaved people who were sent out with the price paid for them, and the quality of their work...

GLC03434.43