18 October 1788

Pottel, Daniel, fl. 1788-1798

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Ducktrap settlers' petition to Knox]

Signed by Pottel and fifteen others. Settlers on Knox's Ducktrap lands (in present-day Maine) apply to him for relief "as children to a Parent." Recently signed a contract requiring them to pay for the land. Complain they did not have time to consider the details of the contract. Attest that they previously paid for the land, and should not have to pay again. Express worry that they have little or no provision to support their families through the winter. Threaten to seek the protection of the General Court if Knox refuses to give them relief.

GLC02437.04002

30 October 1788

Minot, George Richards, 1758-1802

Autograph document signed

Title: [Order assigning Henry Knox a chair in the Massachusetts House of Representatives]

Minot, clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, notes that Knox may sit in "whenever he may incline to attend the debates of the House."

GLC02437.04019

26 November 1788

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Henry Knox's account with Henry Jackson]

Contains account information from 1786 and 1787, apparently related to military expenses.

GLC02437.04036

13 December 1788

Staples, William, fl. 1788-1798

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account between Henry Knox and James Rivington]

Includes account information from April and August 1788. Staples confirms his receipt of the sum in full for James Rivington. Knox bought 4 volumes of Machiavelli, a traveling trunk, a compass, and one other item.

GLC02437.04051

January 23, 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Acknowledgment of receipt of gift]

Henry Knox writes about himself in the third person. Although he already has a set of the Federalist, he gratefully accepts a set given as a gift by Mr. William [illegible, but possibly Lennox], who has created a "beautiful specimen of the great advancement he has made in noble art of printing, and in the business of book binding."

GLC02437.04095

February 12, 1789

Leroy, Thomas, fl. 1789

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for tax on John Stevens's house, paid by Henry Knox]

Denotes the taxes paid by Henry Knox on John Stevens's house on Broad Way for the year 1788.

GLC02437.04107

20 April 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for thirty dollars from the Board of Treasury for John Adams' reception]

Notes that he received thirty dollars from the Board of Treasury on this day while at the Hiats Tavern, to reimburse him for expenses incurred for the reception festivities for the Vice President of the United States [John Adams].

GLC02437.04185

30 June 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Memorandum]

List of several names, such as "His Excellency the Vice President [John Adams] & Lady," and "Mr. Morris and family," accompanied by a number. Format suggests this might be a list of how many guests each person is bringing to a party or outing.

GLC02437.04264

25 August 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Account between Colonel Wadsworth and Henry Knox]

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Account of monies exchanged between Colonel [Jeremiah] Wadsworth and Henry Knox between February and August 1789.

GLC02437.04336

29 August 1789-14 December 1789

Smith & Wyckoff

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt for rations]

Unsigned, but handwriting for at least part of the receipt is in the hand of Henry Knox. A signature apparently for the firm Smith & Wyckoff has been struck at the bottom of the note. Note declares that two hundred dollars was given, by Henry Knox, to Captain [Henry] Burbeck for rations for his detachment on 29 August 1789. Another note at the bottom of the page declares the money was repaid 14 December 1789. The note also includes a possibly unrelated list of names.

GLC02437.04340

31 August 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Signed in text by Knox "Genl Knox." Also signed by William Hull. Notes that Knox gave $540.74 to William Hill "on account of supplies furnished the indian commissioners." Half the page contains a list of names and sums of money that may be unrelated.

GLC02437.04344

1 September 1789

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Receipt for 350 dollars given by Henry Knox to Sebastian Bauman for supplies furnished to the commissioners for negotiations with the Southern Indians. A possibly unrelated list appears at the top of the page in a different hand (perhaps that of Henry Knox).

GLC02437.04347

3 November 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Certificates as payment for Knox's services]

Lists "certificates given me for my services by J. Peirce Esqr, & which I have in possession this day [3] Novr 1789." Includes the number of each certificate, the dollar amount, and the interest paid.

GLC02437.04403

7 November 1789

Moore, John, fl. 1789

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Payment for board and tuition]

Lists the cost of board and tuition for Knox's sons, Henry and Marcus, along with the dates they were in school. Most of the document appears to have been written by Thomas Lambert Moore, rector of St. George's Church at Hempstead, Long Island 1785-1799. Contains a note written and signed by John Moore, stating that Knox paid the balance of the account 7 November 1789.

GLC02437.04406

December 1789

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Manuscript document

Title: [Knox's account]

Lists charges for books to the account by date, 30 September 1789 - 2 December 1789. Books include "Clarke's Vigetius," probably John Clarke's translation of Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus's book, Epitoma rei militaris. Also includes James Hampton's translation of Polybius's History; Charles Forster Smith's translation of Thucydides; one Marine Dictionary; "Lloyd on War" (likely Henry Lloyd's book, The history of the late war in Germany...); and "Fergusons Society," likely Adam Ferguson's Essay on the…

GLC02437.04424

12 December 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for warrants received from Jeremiah Wadsworth]

Confirms the receipt of warrants from Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth. Noted as a copy. Signature is struck.

GLC02437.04436

16 December 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Memorandum regarding the cancellation of warrants]

Memorandum stating that on 16 December "delivered the honourable Alexander Hamilton Secretary of the Treasury five warrants issued by the late board of Treasury of the United States on William Imlay Esq, receiver of Continental Taxes for the state of Connecticut and dated the 14th day of April 1788 -" The warrants are being delivered to Hamilton in order to be canceled.

GLC02437.04440

1 April 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Minutes, whereby to give information and opinions to a Committee of the Senate] [incomplete]

Starts with the third point, which is to "prevent intrigues, and depredations of the cunning and lawless [whites] and to carry into effect the decisions of Congress from [time] to [time] relative to the frontiers. Discusses "unauthorized expeditions in to the Indian Country," and the "late sale of Georgia..." Continues to list goals such as preventing the "usurpations" of the public lands, surveying land to sell for the purpose of relieving public debt, and the use of troops to keep order. Point five discusses methods of promoting friendly relations with the Chickasaw & Choctaw Indians…

GLC02437.04572

2 April 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Minutes respecting the North Carolina session taken from Doctor H. Williamson]

Records the minutes of the North Carolina legislative session. Lists amounts for John Armstrong's and General [Nathanael] Greene's office. Provides instructions for ordering and recording land surveys and obtaining patents. Title taken from docket.

GLC02437.04574

6 April 1790

Manuscript document

Title: [Memorandum]

Appears to be a list of the guests invited to attend some sort of function.

GLC02437.04577

12 April 1790

Moor, William, ?-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: [Money order for Henry Knox]

"Please to pay to General Knox or order all my subsistence as it shall become due commencing from the first of Januy. 1790 - & charge to account of ... " Countersigned by Joseph Howell.

GLC02437.04582

8-10 April 1784

Manuscript document

Title: Expense account

Expenses for the "Farm and Garden...at Dorchester." List includes vegetable "bought of Ebenezer Oliver."

GLC02437.08563

27 July 1784

Druitt, John, fl. 1784

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account bill

Account bill for Henry Knox's daughter's schooling, books and shoes.

GLC02437.08566

August 1784

Withington, Phillip, fl. 1784

Printed document

Title: to Henry Knox

Henry Knox's tax bill.

GLC02437.08567

27 March 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Receipt

Document opens with "Received of Henry Knox one Consolodated note of this Commonwealth...for the sum of three hundred and eighty eight pounds, 14/6." Docket says this is a Henry Jackson's receipt "for notes put in to the Bank."

GLC02437.08571