December 21, 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: For Major [Henry] Jackson: Papers to be obtained from [William] Duer or Col. Walker.

Title taken from docket. Lists various contracts and agreements that Jackson or Walker is suppose to obtain from Duer; most dealing with land agreements.

GLC02437.05748

February 3, 1795

Wheaton, Joseph, 1755-1828

Autograph letter

Title: to Mason Wheaton

Is happy to hear that his uncle, Mason Wheaton, is doing well and expresses his warm feelings for him. Heard that Henry Knox is going to be Mason Wheaton's neighbor soon and writes, "it is a satisfaction which requires energy to express that so great a character and so able and good a man (Genl Knox) is I am informed to be a near neighbour to you." Feels this will be a great advantage to the area if Knox is able to use his "active genius, and republican perseverance." He states of Knox, "If this great general could but have had his plans executed by our legislature, I could have [proposed?]…

GLC02437.06339

20 April 1795

Lewis, William, fl. 1784-1800

Manuscript letter

Title: to William Duer

Discusses land business and Duer's upcoming trial regarding land speculation and deals. Noted as a copy of a letter William Lewis wrote to William Duer. Copied in Knox's hand, including Lewis's signature.

GLC02437.06399

7 December 1795

Bingham, William, 1752-1804

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Answers given to William Duer]

List of interrogation answers for William Duer's trial listed by date.

GLC02437.06577

January 27, 1796

Drinkwater, Samuel, fl. 1796

Manuscript document

Title: [Petition]

Petition from the citizens of Ducktrap, Maine regarding land rights. Signed by Samuel Drinkwater, among others.

GLC02437.06603

26 November 1796

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Agreement with inhabitants of Ducktrap, Canaan and North Port]

Asks the inhabitants of Ducktrap, Canaan and North Port to deliver to George or Philip Ulmer any lumber they have, in order to pay money they owe for land they inhabit.

GLC02437.06871

February 26, 1797

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Duer

Replies to Duer's letter and apologizes for not being able to come immediately to his aid, but gives his own financial difficulties as an excuse.

GLC02437.06919

17 March 1797

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Duer

Tries to make arrangements to travel to New York, which have so far been unsuccessful. Also discusses his difficulty in selling his property in the Eastern lands and his want of funds as a result.

GLC02437.06934

circa 1789-1796

Duer, William, 1747-1799

Manuscript document

Title: [Answers to Madame de Leval]

Lists questions that Madame de Leval has posed on the left side of the paper and William Duer's answers next to the respective questions. Discusses mainly contracts and payments.

GLC02437.08247

circa 1784-1799

Manuscript document

Title: [Agreement] [incomplete]

States the terms of an agreement between William Duer and Henry Knox relating to land purchases.

GLC02437.08249

29 July 1791

Duer, William, 1747-1799

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

Note of receipt of Henry Knox for two notes of $2,500 each.

GLC02437.08642

17 December 1791

Duer, William, 1747-1799

Manuscript note signed

Title: [Note]

Promissory note to pay Henry Knox $1,000.

GLC02437.08648

February 13, 1792

Duer, William, 1747-1799

Document signed

Title: [Note]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Promissory note to pay Henry Knox $3,000.

GLC02437.08651

circa 1783

Kirby, Ephraim, ?-1804

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Testimony of Ephraim Kirby]

Testifies concerning the accusation against Lieutenant Wheaton for illegally turning over his command to Sergeant Pratt, a subordinate officer. States that Mr. Pratt, in "compliance with the Baron's [Steuben] wishes he would acknowledge that he ought not to have treated the order in the manner he did, and expect that Mr. Wheaton would concede on his part that the order was unmilitary - Mr. Wheaton refused." Watermarked.

GLC02437.10198

27 August 1791

Duer, William, 1747-1799

Manuscript document

Title: [Statement concerning the Scioto Company in Ohio]

Discusses the problem with the Scotia company, the uncertainty of the emigrants who thought they had bought land, and the possibility of obtaining actual acreage versus merely a land option. Divided into eleven parts. Sewn binding.

GLC02437.10236

16 September 1783

Sherburne, Benjamin, fl. 1777-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Testimony related to Lieutenant Joseph Wheaton]

Testimony of Lieutenant Sherburne of the Rhode Island troops in the trial of Lieutenant Joseph Wheaton. Wheaton, while in command of the garrison at Saratoga, sold sundry items and rum to the soldiers for profit. John Thompson, Justice of the Peace, took his deposition. Note on verso states this is a sealed deposition to be opened in court.

GLC02437.10521

January 18, 1801

Ulmer, George, 1756-1825

Autograph document signed

Title: [List]

Noted as a "true copy" by George Ulmer on the second page. Lists settlers who have agreed to George Ulmer's (Henry Knox's land agent) terms in Ducktrap, Maine and possibly various other towns. Includes the settlers names, amount of acres, price per acre, and total purchase price.

GLC02437.10603

1 July 1792

Duer, William, 1747-1799

Manuscript document

Title: [Contract]

Contract regarding the purchase of land by William Duer and Royal Flint from Samuel Philips, Leonard Jarvis and John Read. Authorizes the sale of the lands in Maine and grants Duer and Flint all of the rightful legal claims to it. Noted that Henrys Knox and Jackson have signed as witnesses. Appears to be a copy. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.10724

4 November 1782

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Darby

Writes, "We have at West Point, one Bigelow belonging to the 7th Massachusetts regt. a limeburner, a man of eminent consequence to the public service at that place. I have requested to his Excellency the Commander in Chief [General George Washington] to retain him in his present occupation untill we can provide another person equally good in his profession. His Excellency has [consented?] and I write you this note to give you the information."

GLC02437.01700

December 31, 1782

Baron, Asa, fl. 1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Three letters regarding the furlough of Seth Warren, requested so he can settle his father's estate]

Baron writes 31 December 1782 on behalf of the heirs of the estate of Samuel Warren, a "shaking quaker," to ask that Warren's eldest son, Seth, a soldier, receive a furlough to return to the estate to help settle his inheritance. On page two, in an autograph note signed 4 January 1783, John Doughty replies that General Henry Knox has no objection to Seth Warren taking a furlough, but since many men from the Corps of Invalids have already taken furloughs and left, he has referred the case to the Commander in Chief. Also on page two, in an autograph note signed 5 January 1783, David Humphreys…

GLC02437.01792

December 1, 1787

Doughty, John, 1754-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs that he has debts in Jersey and is willing to have his pay applied to discharge the debt. Writes about the new constitution and the western territory, "I am much obliged to you for the new constitution & for the plan of Government for the Western Territory, they are both much wanted - it is hoped some kind of order will be introduced in this country by the latter, I never saw a country in which Licentiousness political & religious so much prevailed as in the Infant Settlements in this western World ... it wants a Government peculiarly adopted to the circumstances of the…

GLC02437.03718

4 March 1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to John Doughty

With the approval of President George Washington and the "advice of the Senate," Knox writes to Doughty that he has been appointed "Lieutenant Colonel Commander of an additional regiment, of Infantry...immediately raised." This includes "1 company in [South] Carolina, 1 in Delaware, 1 Rhode Island, 1 New Hampshire, Six in Massachusetts, and two in Connecticut." The officers and Major General have also been appointed on this day. Docketed by Knox.

GLC02437.04869

18 April 1791

Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes Knox about his assessment of what will be the "Federal City," referring to Washington D.C. "It is so planned," Williams writes, as to make the River a diagonal line through the Square, leaving a right angled triangle on each side of it...taking in the greatest Quantity of tide water." Williams calls the location "judicious." Williams is concerned that purchasers of "Lotts" in the Federal City might not get reimbursed. He declares that "every purchaser on the Condition of the City being built must have a right to reimbursement in failure of the Condition." President George Washington "…

GLC02437.04917

1 April 1801

Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox the harbour in New York, New York and Boston, Massachusetts are the only two place that contract lime. Discusses the cost of building new sites and the cost of lime [stone?].

GLC02437.07518

17 July 1782

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Manuscript document

Title: Extract of a letter from Samuel Hodgdon Esqr. C.G.M.S. to Henry Demler at the QM Genls. office

Samuel Hodgdon, the Commissary General Military Stores, writes, "Inclosed you have an order on Mr. [John] Ruddock for a Load of Muskets, to be brought by a returning waggon which getts out from this city to day - and as arms can never come amiss, should be glad to have a load as often as circumstances will permit - and for the delivery when opportunities present, you will produce this Letter which Shall be confidenced as a Standing order until revoked."

GLC02437.01492