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to William Sullivan

Informs Sullivan he received his note along with the mortgage for Mr. [Thomas?] Winthrop. Thanks Sullivan for his services and promises him a satisfactory compensation.

GLC02437.07600

to Benjamin Shute

Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Requests Shute informs the people that Knox will remain in Thomaston, Maine until the first of August to provide the settlers with their deeds. A portion of the letter, including Knox's...

GLC02437.07601

to Henry Knox

Discusses a complicated land deal likely located in Maine. Requests Knox provides him with a deed for a disputed lot of land. A note signed by Ana Peabody signing over her interest in the land to Stephen Peabody is included on page two of the...

GLC02437.07627

to General [Stevens]

Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Knox explains the financial difficulties he is having. Describes his limestone business and boasts over its quality. Requests Steven's takes Knox's limestone under his protection and...

GLC02437.07637

[Receipt of cancelled bond]

First page signed by John Rynier and David [Fales] as witnesses to the original agreement. Page two includes the receipt which is signed by James McCullison, Samuel Tilton (possibly a witness) and John Gleason as a witness. Appears to be a receipt...

GLC02437.07647

[Land sale]

First page signed by John Gleason, David [Fales] and Henry Knox. Page two includes a note signed by Samuel Russell and Benjamin Russell. Appears to be a note for a lot of land in Hancock Country, Maine. The note gives Benjamin Russell 100 acres of...

GLC02437.07663

[Contract]

Signed by John Gleason as a witness. A contract and receipt by Ulmer for land deals involving Henry Knox, Henry Jackson, and Benjamin Lincoln. Ulmer acknowledges and swears he received $443.50 from Henry Knox for his and his brother's (Phillip Ulmer...

GLC02437.07689

[Land agreement]

A land agreement between Henry Knox, Lucy Knox, Henry Jackson, Benjamin Lincoln, James Bridge, and Isaac Thorndike for 28,000 acres of land likely located in Maine.

GLC02437.07717

to Henry Knox

Dane discusses a proposition Knox offered him the day before. Dane details the provisions of the propositions of "Mr. Thorndike." Dane lists the finances and land purchase opportunities related to this matter, mentioning Henry Jackson and Benjamin...

GLC02437.07230

Deed

Deed of land sale from Bryant Morton, Jr. to Edward Payson.

GLC02437.07240

to Samuel Smith

Legal document stipulating an agreement that Knox, Jackson, and Lincoln agree to pay Samuel Smith $2,180 and $1,090 before October 23, 1800. Docket of the document recounts Knox's balances as of 1802.

GLC02437.07258

to Henry Knox

Pratt agrees to "serve Henry Knox at St. Georges River." Knox will pay for Pratt's passage back and forth between St. Georges River and Boston.

GLC02437.07264

[Mortgage agreement]

Agreement between Henry Knox and John Peck for mortgage of Knox's land. Henry Jackson is also stipulated to guarantee "the said John Peck, his heirs and assigns...the aforesaid note and mortgage."
Docket notes "cancelled."

GLC02437.07266

to Joseph Peirce

Knox writes, "I have the goodness to deliver Mr. John Davis the deed of relinquishment to the State of other lands, and receive from him the deed of Mr. Thomas Davis to me in behalf of the State." Knox also sends his wife's signature on a paper...

GLC02437.07300

[Agreement with Abijah Cheever]

Agreement with Henry Knox and Abijah Cheever about notes and mortgages.

GLC02437.07303

to Henry Knox

Mrs. Swan tells Knox that the time has come for him to pay heed to the agreement he made with her to "purchase of me the twenty five thousand acres of land which you formerly sold to Genl. Jackson." Mrs. Swan is in great need of the money. She says...

GLC02437.07329

to Henry Knox

Davis has received Knox's letter regarding "Trucky" and "Johnson." Davis believes he will have to work with Truky "as the receipt...expressly recognizes that he is to have a deed." Davis will insist "upon the whole money in hand, according to the...

GLC02437.07345

to Henry Knox

Gray renews his request that Knox "send to Mr. Jos. Peirce yr Deed to Mrs. Waldo who has been long anxiously waiting."

GLC02437.07346

[Quit claim deed]

Partially printed quit claim deed whereby David Watson hands over "a certain tract of land lyin in said Thomaston" to Henry Knox. John Gleason and David Fales signed the document as witnesses and Fales as justice of the peace.

GLC02437.07359

[Deed of release]

Sarah Waldo's deed of release to Henry Knox first signed the "first Tuesday of January A.D." 1791 with subsequent additions in 1793 and 1800. Edward Gray and George Erving signed as witnesses.

GLC02437.07403

[Quit Claim Deed]

David Bogs releases to Henry Knox "a certain Tract of land lying in Warren aforesaid at the Bank end of the lot now in my possession." Josiah Reed and John Gleason sign as witnesses. Partially printed document.

GLC02437.07416

Deed

Deed of land sale from James Ridley to George Sherburne. T.S. Sparhawk signed as a witness, Jonathan Breck as Justice of the Peace, and Joseph Perkins as Registrar.

GLC02437.07422

Quit Claim Deed

Partially printed deed releasing a "certain tract of Land lying within the Waldo Patent in the county of Hancock" from Benjamin Lincoln and Henry Jackson to Benjamin Joy. James Lovell and William Stevenson sign as witnesses.

GLC02437.07435

Agreement

Copy of an agreement between Henry Knox, Benjamin Lincoln, Henry Jackson, and Thomas Lindall Winthrop. Knox, Lincoln, and Jackson agree to pay Winthrop debts due from land sales. Payment is preferred "in specie to the said Land." A postscript...

GLC02437.07439

to Benjamin M. Stoddert

Knox repeats an offer that he made to the Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, to build "a vessel on St. Georges River near Penobscot on account of the U.S."

GLC02437.07260