20 March 1799

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Secretary of the Navy

Writes to the Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, concerning two new U.S. Navy vessels and their construction as he has timber he believes would be good to use for the construction of ships.

GLC02437.07108

23 April 1798

MacDonogh, Thomas, fl. 1798-1799

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Certificate]

Certifies that Thomas and a George Francis Waldo Flucker, the sons of Thomas Flucker Esq. are now living in Boston, Massachusetts. George Francis Waldo is most likely Francis Flucker.

GLC02437.07118

28 June 1798

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Lincoln

Letterpress copy. Discusses the expiration of a note, and stresses the fact that he needs the money which is due.

GLC02437.07155

12 August 1798

Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks for Knox's help in possibly obtaining a position in the revenue department as he is having difficulty supporting himself and his family in his current situation.

GLC02437.07162

11 October 1786

Autograph letter

Title: to unknown

Discusses finances, perhaps concerning an inheritance or estate.

GLC02437.07179

14 August 1783

Flint, Royal, 1754-1797

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Knox's account with Daniel Parker]

Includes account information from 3 April 1783 - 13 August 1783. Docket indicates that this document pertains to Daniel Parker & Co., a trading company.

GLC02437.10127

7 September 1783

Eustis, William, 1753-1825

Autograph document signed

Title: Report of patients in the General Hospital at New Windsor recommended to be discharged from the service of the United States.

Directed to Major General Henry Knox. Eustis signs as hospital surgeon. Lists names of 17 patients and their corresponding regiment, company, disease, and time to serve. A note on same page as docket lists the details regarding two more discharged patients.

GLC02437.10133

27 September 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Miscellaneous return of artillery]

Lists numbers of officers and their status ("fit for duty, sick present, sick absent, on duty, etc.) for regiments from several states. Docket indicates "scale artillery."

GLC02437.10145

4 October 1783

Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of the non-commissioned officers and matrosses in the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery whose time of service expires at different periods

Burbeck signs as captain. Samuel Cooper signs as adjutant. Lists numbers of non-commissioned officers and matrosses on a chart that spans the time period between October 1783 and March 1786.

GLC02437.10159

7 October 1783

Brooks, David, 1756-1838

Autograph document signed

Title: Return of the principal articles of clothing in the magazine at Newburgh

List of clothing at the magazine in Newburgh, New York. Includes 300 coats, 500 woolen breeches, 350 shirts, 6000 pairs of shoes (noted as both good and bad), 3000 blankets (also noted good and bad) and others. Watermarked with three fleur-de-lis in a crest. Originally enclosed with GLC02437.10161.

GLC02437.10162

11 October 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Returns Infantry]

Lists number of men according to rank, regiment and status. Docketed as "Scale Artillery."

GLC02437.10166

18 October 1783

Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840

Manuscript document signed

Title: Weekly return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery

List of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery. Lists people present in corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the four captains, one is present for duty, another is also present but sick, and the rest are on the staff. Signed by "Sam. Cooper Adjutant" and "Henry Burbeck Capt. Command."

GLC02437.10171

18 October 1783

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: Weekly return of the New York Corps of Artillery - commanded by Major Sebastian Bauman.

Lists men in the New York artillery corps by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the thirteen commissioned officers, one is a major (present and fit for duty), two captains (one fit and the other on staff), etc. Includes totals and number of those returning and discharged. Watermarked with three fleur-de-lis inside a seal and "EUL (?) 1780" underneath.

GLC02437.10172

25 October 1783

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: Monthly return of the New York Corps of Artillery

List of the New York Corps of Artillery. Lists people present in corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the four captains, two are present for duty and two on the staff. Noted that alterations since last return are included. Watermarked with three fleur-de-lis inside a seal, and "ELIL (?) 1780" underneath.

GLC02437.10176

28 October 1783

Swartwout, Cornelius, fl. 1776-1783

Manuscript document

Title: Return of ordinance, ordinance stores, apparatus &c. &c. at the garrisons of Stoney & Verplanks Points- Kingsferry

Lists ammunition according to type of gun and other ordnance apparatuses. Noted on the lower left that "the Barge Went a Drift...in Last Storm." Signed by Swartwout, Captain-Lieutenant of Artillery of Kings Ferry.

GLC02437.10178

18 November 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript letter

Title: to Captain Dustan

Instructs Captain Dustan to bring all the cannon and stores from Kings Ferry to West Point based on the orders of General Knox. States that Dustan is required to assist Knox. Instructs him to leave men in each work "with strict orders to suffer no injury to be done to them," after which Dustan should join the corps from which he has been detached. Watermarked.

GLC02437.10190

circa 1783

Tenney, Samuel, 1748-1816

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deposition of Samuel Tenney]

Deposition by doctor Tenney, signed as "Sam. Tenny", describing the duties of an officer in relation to Mr. Pratt's arrest. Writes, "[A] commanding officer of a company having the temporary command of a battalion or garrison had no right or pretence, on that account, to divest himself of his proper command & to impose his duty on a subordinate officer." Mr. Wheaton, supposedly broke this rule in ordering Mr. Pratt to take over Wheaton's command, though Wheaton repeatedly denies this. Mentions that Baron Steuben hopes the dispute might be settled peacefully. Watermarked.

GLC02437.10197

10 May 1785

Manuscript letter

Title: to [Congress]

Proposing the establishment of permanent arsenals and magazines throughout the country and a means of controlling them. Given the content, the date (two months after Knox was made Secretary of War), and the docket in Knox's hand, Henry Knox is most likely the author. The letter itself is in a secretarial hand. Followed by a 16 May 1785 order of Congress, in a secretarial hand, that "the Secretary at War devise a plan for the general regulation of the militia of the United States in such manner as to render it most respectful and least expensive to the respective States in order to ground…

GLC02437.10204

January 16, 1790

Bourne, Sylvanus, 1761-1817

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to assist in furthering his cause in application for a consul or secretary position dealing with commerce and foreign affairs. Believes that the greatness of the nation is "intimately connected with the extension of her Commerce with other Powers, & having guaranteed by explicit Contract & no longer subject to the precarious tenure of legislative decrees." Goes on to state that he trusts Knox with handling this business and encloses references. Watermarked with a hunting horn inside a crest and the letters "G R" underneath.

GLC02437.10224

11 June 1790

Freeman, Ezekiel, fl. 1790

Manuscript document signed

Title: Henry Knox, Secretary at War in account current with the United States

Accounts for General Knox as of 1789, most likely for his time thus far as Secretary of War. Includes "Accounts opened in Treasury Books for sundry warrants in his favor from the 26th May 1785 to Jan 1789..." deductions from the Ordnance Department, charges to the Hospital Department, Clothing Department, Indian Department and others. Noted in the docket that the "Balance due from [Knox]" amounts to $15,517.34 ½. Created in the Auditors Office, which most likely travelled with Congress. Congress at this time was in New York City. Sewn binding. Watermarked "J Buttanshaw" and with a fleur…

GLC02437.10225

circa 4 April 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Extracts from the instructions to Major General St. Clair] [Incomplete]

Explains duties for General St. Clair under the employ of the United States government concerning conflict with the Indians. States that "[t]he great policy therefore of the general government is to establish a just and liberal peace with all the Indian tribes within the limits and in the vicinity of the [territory ?] of the United States." Describes details of future campaigns and orders. Despite the goal of peace, "[i]t is hardly possible if the Indians continue hostile, that [you] will be suffered quietly to establish a post at the Miami village." Extracts date from March 21, 1791 to…

GLC02437.10228

1 July 1791

Phillips, Samuel, 1752-1802

Manuscript document

Title: [Articles of agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts]

Articles of agreement between Phillips, Leonard Jarvis and John Read for the state of Massachusetts and Henry Jackson and associates for the sale of two million acres "of unappropriated lands in the Eastern parts of [the] Commonwealth..." There are thirteen articles in all. Noted as a copy in the docket. Appears to be held together with sealing wax. Watermarked "Budgen" and with hunting horn inside a crest with "G R" underneath. Docketed by Jackson, "Copy of Contract July 1 1791-2,0000.00 acres at 10 cents."

GLC02437.10230

12 July - 1 September 1791

Manuscript document

Title: [Orders concerning troops in the Ohio]

Header states that "[t]roops should immediately defend the Ohio. I depend upon your executing the transportation of them, as fast as possible; and that you make the arrangements for calling out the Generals for the COunties, as mentioned in my former letters." Noted as extracts. Pages numbered from 27-36 in the upper left corner. Writing is very blurred on many pages, possibly as a result of water damage. Sewn binding. Letterpress copy.

GLC02437.10233

1 November 1791

United States. Congress. House

Manuscript document

Title: [Resolves regarding St. Clair's expedition]

Five House resolutions discussing St. Clair's failed expedition against the Indians in Ohio. Absolves St. Clair from the blame of the failure of the expedition. It was not a "consequence of any defective qualitites, or insufficient quatities of arms, accoutrements, or powder or other military stores furnished for the said expedition." Previously estimated date as 1 November. Writing is faded and pages are stained with four water stains. Letterpress copy.

GLC02437.10238

27 August-14 November 1792

Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798

Manuscript document

Title: [Four unrelated military documents from 1791-1792]

Four separate documents combined. First document lists month pay due to officers, listed by rank as of 4 November 1791. Dated 14 November 1791. Noted as B. No. 12 in the upper left corner. Second document discusses "Money received from W. Howell in my capacity of Pay Master to the troops and the state of the account on the fifth day of November 1792." Dated 5 November 1791. Lists amounts due by date and the balance. Noted as "a true copy of the orginial on file in the War-Office of the United States." Noted as No. 13 at the top of the page. Third document discusses "Recruiting…

GLC02437.10240