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[Request]
21 October 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
Requests 12 pounds of beef for General Henry Knox's family. Contains a note on page two from Jacob Johnson who confirms receipt of rations. Directed to William Bell.
GLC02437.09799
27 October 1783
Requests 48 pounds of beef for General Henry Knox's family. Contains a note on page two from Jacob Johnson who confirms receipt of rations. Directed to William Bell.
GLC02437.09805
28 October 1783
GLC02437.09806
30 October 1783
GLC02437.09808
[Memo]
circa 1784-1817
Hichborn, Benjamin, 1746-1817
Memo discussing Samuel Waldo's estate.
GLC02437.09919
20 August 1783
Requests eight pounds of bread for General Henry Knox's family. Includes "M G Knox" on the verso.
GLC02437.09753
to unknown
1783-1815
Havering, Caroline, fl. 1923
Discusses the benefits and tribulations of friendship, mentioning two specific friends, Amelia and Matilda. A continuation of this letter is contained on the verso of GLC02437.04401. Address and docket are from GLC02437.04401.
GLC02437.04402
[Receipt]
4 August 1788-June 1789
Receipt detailing a financial interaction between Henry Knox, a Mr. [possibly Michael] Hillegas, and several other parties, including Knox's brother William, John Stagg, and Caleb Swan.
GLC02437.04266
[Financial settlement]
February 13, 1789-July 10, 1789
Compson, Thomas, fl. 1789
Marked "copy." Written from several different locations. The first letter, dated 13 February 1789, from Worcester Shire, England, from Thomas Compson, asks his brother Joseph to pay Samuel Ogden a sum of money due Ogden from a debt owed by their...
GLC02437.04111
to Sarah Lyons Flucker
8 October 1788
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Lucy writes to her sister-in-law in Antigua. Notes that the Thybou family, now in New York, are returning to Antigua. Lucy transmits this letter with the Thybous, along with a barrel of beef, "being told that good beef cannot be purchased in your...
GLC02437.03991
[Receipt of a settlement note]
26 November 1788
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
"Received of my friend Henry Knox one of Peirces final settlement notes..."
GLC02437.04035
[to Lucy Flucker Knox]
December 1, 1788
Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801
Recipient inferred. Beaumez writes to her "sister," likely Lucy Knox, her sister-in-law. Worries that her daughter, Harriett, has consumption. Thanks Lucy for sending barrels of beef, noting her plans to save the choice cuts for Christmas....
GLC02437.04042
[Statement regarding the Constitution]
1788
Date added later in pencil. Author writes, "'The new federal Constitution in its principal Articles meets my Ideas & I wish it may be adopted.' We do hereby certify that the honble. A Lee Esq. read the above Paragraph to us containd in a letter...
GLC02437.04065
[Claims on Thomas Flucker's estate]
February 14, 1789
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Document includes calculations of debts owed to the estate of Thomas Flucker, Knox's deceased father-in-law, as well as monies the estate owes to various individuals.
GLC02437.04112
[Monthly list]
March 1789-3 July 1789
Unsigned, but handwriting suggests author is Henry Knox. List of names, organized by date, during March-June 1789.
GLC02437.04142
to Henry Knox
15 June 1788
Greene, Catharine L., 1755-1814
Original from which GLC02437.03897 was copied. Expresses gratitude for recent arrangements Knox made for her son George Washington Greene to travel to France for his education. Writes, "…your goodness particularly to my little boy has filled me...
GLC02437.03898
[A report from the Board of Treasury regarding foreign and domestic debt]
28 September 1787
Board of Treasury
Report presented to Congress by the Board of Treasury detailing foreign and domestic debt. Includes lists of amounts on requisition by state, year and purpose. Dated in print on page 7. Signed in print on page 10 by Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston...
GLC02437.03668
[Receipt of money paid by Henry Knox]
January 25, 1788
McNeill, Mary, fl. 1787-1791
Countersigned by Henry Jackson as a witness. McNeill acknowledges receipt of a certificate for $2091.54, "the ballance of an Account between the United States & my late husband Hector McNeill." Appears to be written in the hand of Henry Jackson...
GLC02437.03773
[Copy of a receipt related to army warrants]
16 April 1788- 9 May 1789
Knox's signature is struck. Knox, Secretary at War, notes receipt of ten warrants from John Pierce drawn by the Board of Treasury "in favor of Michael Hillegas." Intends to forward the warrants to Jeremiah Wadsworth and to issue warrants for the...
GLC02437.03842
1 June 1788
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804
Introduces Pierpont Edwards, who is in New York to take his seat in Congress.
GLC02437.03883
Extract from the diary of W. S.
13 July 1788
Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820
The diarist gives news of a Chippewa or Ottawa Indian attack on General [Josiah] Harmar's regiment, which was "stationed up the Muskingum River." Both sides suffered casualties. Writes, "This most flagitious insult seems to have been conducted with...
GLC02437.03933
24 July 1788
Parkman, Samuel, 1752-1824
Transmits Mr. Peck's conditions under which he will agree to build a ship. Notes that he [Parkman] and Knox are to "consider if twill be for Mr [Samuel] Shaws Intrest to employ Mr Peck."
GLC02437.03947
[Receipt of warrants from General Henry Knox]
2 August 1788
Audebert, Philip, fl. 1788-1796
Audebert, possibly a clerk in the War Office, signs twice.
GLC02437.03954
5 January 1800
Knox writes that from William Sullivan he has heard that "Winthrop, and MacKay say they are not concerned respecting my plea of usery...." Knox says that they must all use the same defense "at least to induce the enemy to compromise." Knox mentions...
GLC02437.07352
to Lucy Flucker Knox
01 May 1800
Swan, Christiana, fl. 1799-1804
Christiana Swan writes a long letter to her friend Lucy Flucker Knox (Henry Knox's daughter). Miss Swan talks about her sister's wedding and why she has been delayed in writing Lucy. Swan fills Lucy in her trips and gossip.
GLC02437.07398
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