circa 1770-1775

Granton, V., fl. 1770-1775

Autograph document

Title: [Groton, Massachusetts land sale to Nathaniel Lakin, Benjamin Whitney Roberton Lakin, and James Lakin]

Describes location and price of 105.5 acres of land near the Squannacook River in Groton Massachusetts sold to Nathaniel Lakin, Benjamin Whitney Roberton Lakin, and James Lakin by Granton.

GLC02437.00039

11 March 1773

Hopkins, David, fl. 1773

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Places an order on Francis Dana, drawn by George Buckmaster. Also orders books.

GLC02437.00040

9 March 1773

Oliver, Andrew, 1731-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Places a book order for the "six Vol's of Doddridge on the New Testament." Requests that it be sent to the Reverend Asa Dunbar. Oliver was one of the founders of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society.

GLC02437.00041

18 March 1773

Preble, Jedidiah, 1707-1784

Autograph document signed

Title: [Maine land indenture for Thomas Goldthwait]

Also signed by Jonathan Lowder. Agreement outlining the renting of the land in Lincoln County by Goldthwait from Preble and Lowder. Indicates indenture will last approximately three years and permit building on the land. Discusses rent and payment scheme.

GLC02437.00042

19 March 1773

Putnam, James, 1756-1838

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Places a book order. Putnam was among the Massachusetts merchants stigmatized for signing addresses to British Governor Thomas Hutchinson when he departed from Massachusetts in 1774.

GLC02437.00043

22 March 1773

Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 1746-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Apologizes for not settling his bill sooner. Knox was then a bookseller in Boston.

GLC02437.00044

22 March 1773

Clarke, Joseph, fl. 1773-1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Places an order for books and magazines, and inquires about inventory and prices. He also inquired about some of these books, including Goldsmith's Deserted Village, in an earlier letter (see GLC02437.00021).

GLC02437.00045

28 March 1773

Oliver, Andrew, 1731-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Returns a copy of the Nautical Almanac for 1774 because it is missing pages containing calculations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites for the month of May. He wishes to exchange it for a complete one. Oliver one of the founders of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society. He published an "Essay on Comets" the previous year.

GLC02437.00046

30 March 1773

Parsons, Elijah, 1747-1827

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Reverend Parsons requests a subscription to the London Magazine, and inquires about arrivals of other books.

GLC02437.00047

5 April 1773

Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 1746-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Sends the payment owed to Knox (see GLC02437.00044) and a requests a copy of Shebbear's Practice of Physick.

GLC02437.00048

11 March 1773

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Indicates that he has sent six pounds to settle his account and lists books and periodicals he would like to purchase.

GLC02437.00049

8 April 1773

Clarke, Joseph, fl. 1773-1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Understands that Knox has not received works by Goldsmith that Clarke has requested (see GLC02437.00021 and GLC02437.00045). Makes a new request for Hume's Essays. Asks for his books to be packed and delivered carefully and discretely, because the "bigoted attachment of the people in this part of the Country to the particular principles in Religion they have been educated in" would bring "infamy...upon a man who differed from them in so material a point as they would readily conclude he did were he known to be possessed of books of Theism."

GLC02437.00050

9 April 1773

Wright, & Gill, fl. 1753-1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Confirms receipt of payment. Wright & Gill was a London stationery company operated by Thomas Wright and William Gill.

GLC02437.00051

12 April 1773

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Lists books he would like to purchase and indicates that he has sent twelve dollars to be credited to his account. Asks to be informed of books that come in from London in the Spring.

GLC02437.00052

19 April 1773

Oliver, Andrew, 1731-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Written on same sheet as Knox's reply to Oliver's last letter (see GLC02437.00046), in which Oliver requested a new copy of the Nautical Almanac for 1774 because pages were missing. Knox promises to return Oliver's Almanac to him with a fixed page. Oliver acknowledges Knox's response and requests some additional books. Among them are the annual registers for 1771 and 1772, "A Treatise of Artificial Magnets," "Tables of Time," "Pilgrim's Progress," and the 5th volume in "A General Dictionary Historical and Critical," which Oliver lost in a house fire in 1760. Oliver one of the founders of…

GLC02437.00053

20 April 1773

Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

An invoice listing books and magazines shipped to Knox aboard the Dartmouth appears on the top of the page. The bottom of the page discusses the settling of bills and placement of additional book orders. Longman was a London bookseller.

GLC02437.00054

25 April 1773

Miller, William, fl. 1773

Autograph note signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to edit a magazine subscription so that it is sent to William Morland instead of himself, William Miller.

GLC02437.00055

23 April 1773

Burdett, Charles, 1728-1803

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Places an order for books, and expresses desire to settle account next week in Boston.

GLC02437.00056

3 May 1773

Flagg, Henry C., 1742-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to bind a copy of Chamber's Dictionary that Flagg will send to him. Advises Knox to pay attention to the moisture in the air, and its effect on book binding. Also informs Knox that he will send him some sugar or molasses. Dr. Flagg later became chief of General Nathanael Green's medical staff in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

GLC02437.00057

3 May 1773

Clarke, Joseph, fl. 1773-1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Inquiries about a book order, giving some delivery instructions.

GLC02437.00058

15 May 1773

Miller, William, fl. 1773

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to send the London Magazine or the Town and Country Magazine. Asks about prices for binding. Orders marble covered notebooks.

GLC02437.00059

15 May 1773

Warner & McIntrye, fl. 1773

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that the bearer of this letter, Dr. James Bradish, should be allowed to select any books he wishes, and the cost charged to Warner & McIntyre's account. The cost can be subtracted from the money Knox owes Warner & McIntyre.

GLC02437.00060

13 May 1773

Hopkins, David, fl. 1773

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Orders stationary.

GLC02437.00061

15 May 1773

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Explains that during a visit with Col. Oliver, Mr. Quincy, and Mr. Williams, Knox's name came up as a potential business contact in Boston. Proposes to have Knox advertise some medicine and books that Rivington would like to sell. An inventory of the items appears on the second page. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760.

GLC02437.00062

21 May 1773

West, Benjamin, 1738-1820

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Explains that he has recently gone bankrupt. Explains that his creditors seized all the assets in his shop and "scarce left me the necessities of life." Asks Knox for leniency in regard to the money he owes him.

GLC02437.00063