circa 1799

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: to Ebenezer Pemberton

Appears to be a statement on Henry Knox's accounts for Thomas and Francis Flucker dated 5 September 1798 and 15 January 1799.

GLC02437.09852

circa 1799

Pemberton, Ebenezer, fl. 1747-1810

Manuscript note signed

Title: [Receipt]

Appears to be a statement on Thomas Flucker's account and a tuition bill with Ebenezer Pemberton from 26 July 1798 to 9 November 1799. Pemberton signed he received payment at the bottom of the document.

GLC02437.09854

10 November 1798

Pemberton, Ebenezer, fl. 1747-1810

Manuscript note signed

Title: [Order]

Requests two pairs of winter shoes for Thomas Flucker.

GLC02437.09856

25 March 1799

Pemberton, Ebenezer, fl. 1747-1810

Manuscript note signed

Title: [Order]

Requests a pair of strong shoes for Thomas Flucker.

GLC02437.09858

February 2, 1799

Hager, Martha, fl. 1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Flucker Knox

Writes a sad letter to Lucy Knox about the recent deaths in her family. Says her father and two brothers have died and her only remaining brother is sick. Writes she fears he will not make it and does not believe her mother will be around much longer either. Asks for Knox prayers and wishes her family well. Letter is addressed to "Miss Knox," likely referring to Lucy Flucker Knox, daughter of Henry and Lucy Knox. Written from North Santee, present day Santee, South Carolina.

GLC02437.09859

22 April 1799

Hager, Martha, fl. 1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Flucker Knox

Complains about Knox not writing her. Mentions how isolated they are from everyone. Speaks of mutual acquaintances of theirs. Also discusses the recent deaths and sicknesses in her family. Letter is addressed to "Miss Knox," likely referring to Lucy Flucker Knox, daughter of Henry and Lucy Knox. Written from North Santee, present day Santee, South Carolina.

GLC02437.09860

30 April 1799

Foster, Joseph, fl. 1797-1799

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Appears to be a statement on Thomas Flucker's account with Joseph and Samuel Foster through 20 November 1798 to 27 March 1799. The Fosters signed they received payment from Henry Knox on 30 April 1799 at the bottom of the document.

GLC02437.09861

6 June 1799

Hager, Martha, fl. 1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Flucker Knox

Discusses the hard times her family is experiencing. Mentions her mother is still ill and is expected to die soon. Notes her brother's (the only remaining brother out of three) health is still precarious and all of her sisters have had fevers this summer. Discusses her options if she loses both her brother and mother and appears to hint at her wish to live alone if she cannot remain with her sisters. Written from North Santee, present day Santee, South Carolina.

GLC02437.09863

8 October 1803

Hager, Martha, fl. 1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Writes to Lucy Knox, the daughter of Henry and Lucy Knox. Appears to discuss a situation Knox had previously written about. Also describes Knox's family reputation and wealth, and comments spectators will always talk. Describes how much she misses Knox and another friend of hers. Written from North Island, near Georgetown, South Carolina.

GLC02437.09868

30 September 1805

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph note signed

Title: to Samuel Packard

A short note regarding a financial matter involving Knox, Packard, and Benjamin Webb. There is a note written in another hand on the second page.

GLC02437.09874

18 September 1806

Kendall, Cheever, fl. 1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Statement]

A statement of Knox's account with Kendall.

GLC02437.09876

4 September 1839

Sprague & Gray, fl. 1839

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Holmes

Appears to be discussing a financial matter involving discharging a debt. Docket is written in blue pen likely at a later date.

GLC02437.09878

circa 1789-1794

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

Autograph document

Title: [Notes]

Notes dealing with the United States relationship and treaties with the Indians. A portion of the documents states, "Instead of acknowledging the Indians to be the proper owners, may it not be as well to change the idea, so as to say, that the U.S. have no right to take their lands without a contract with them." Creator inferred from content and handwriting.

GLC02437.09880

circa 1773-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Land claims]

A sketch of the claims and titles of several claimants under the original ten proprietors of the Muscongus patent. A list of names and the amount of acres is also included.

GLC02437.09881

circa 1779

Manuscript document

Title: to unknown

Appears to be a document describing the estate of the late General Brigadier Samuel Waldo. Notes the estate was divided into parts; two shares went to Samuel Waldo, the eldest son; one share went to Frances Waldo; once share to Hannah Waldo Flucker; and one share went to Lucy Waldo Winslow. Thomas Flucker, who married Hannah Waldo, then purchased Samuel Waldo's two shares of the estate. Discusses in further detail the line of the Waldo estate.

GLC02437.09882

April 30, 1818

Manuscript document

Title: [Note]

Appears to be a note about Lucy Knox, wife of the late Henry Knox. Describing her life and character, the note was possibly written as a retrospect after her death. Author and date is not listed. A circa date of 1806-1824 was taken from the death dates of Henry and Lucy Knox; states "late Gen Henry Knox," he died in 1806, Lucy Knox died in 1824. It is possible the note was written at a later date.

GLC02437.09883

circa 1773

Autograph document signed

Title: [Inventory]

Inventory of sundry tracts of land from the estate of Thomas Flucker in the counties of Cumberland and York, [Maine?]. Includes land that was released to Flucker from Frances Waldo along with other detailed listings. Document is signed by [S.W.]. The date of the letter was not listed, however, 1773 was mentioned in the text of the letter.

GLC02437.09884

circa August 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: [List]

"Ordnance & stores necessary for the intended operations Southward, to be provided immediately at Philadelphia by the Commissary General of Military Stores." List includes 25 cannon, two mortars, one howitzer, tens of thousands of shells, shot, etc., and 140,000 pounds of powder. "Omitted-slow match" is written at the end of page two in Henry Knox's hand. See GLC02437.01156 and .01160-.01163 for related documents.

GLC02437.09885

circa 1790-1792

Manuscript document

Title: to the Senate and House of Representatives

Discusses Congress's resolution recommending several states provide payment for troops raised and for their services through 1780. Says the payment due date has expired and the states have not paid the notes. Further describes the terms which the payments were suppose to be made along with the hardships the troops have suffered and the sacrifices they have made.

GLC02437.09887

circa 1784-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Introduces Col. John Nelson, who is soliciting donations from gentlemen of "benevolence and piety" in Boston to rebuild the meeting house in New Brunswick, New Jersey which was damaged during the "late war." Knox notes that the town was "almost erased by the malignancy of our enemies in 76 and 77."

GLC02437.09890

circa April 1777

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hannah Urquhart

Lucy writes to her sister Hannah, she mentions writing to her mother, Hannah Flucker, during the siege of Boston but never hearing back from her or her family. Begs her sister to write. Mentions she and Henry Knox had a baby girl. Says the [Revolutionary] War is tearing families apart. States, "how horror is the war, Brother against Brother, and the parent against the child." Date added later in pencil.

GLC02437.09891

8 August 1861

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amanda Wilkinson

Sends Dr. Fuller to his wife to explain to her what occurred at the Battle of Bull Run. Explains that Dr. Fuller is a good friend and she should ask him any questions she has. Writes that he has been in the hospital for a day or so. Tells his wife that much of the regiment will return home, however, he wants to re-enlist, which could last as long as three years. Says it will depend somewhat on her wishes.

GLC03523.13.009

18 April 1862

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amanda Wilkinson

Written on board the [schooner] Donelson, Chesapeake Bay. Writes that he is lonely because he has been thinking of her and the baby so much. He was delayed for a while in Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, Virginia. Thinks that he will be sent into action soon and that the Michigan Regiment will begin the attack. Believes that they will have a "good victory" and that the rebels' days are numbered. As he is writing the letter he arrives near Yorktown, Virginia and states that he can hear the roar of the cannon. States that General George B. McClellan has "things fixed so that they [the…

GLC03523.13.038

30 March 1796

Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Book list and inventory]

Date inferred from a pencil note that states, "With letter of W Sargent 30 March 1796" (GLC02437.06682). Apparently continued from another page. Contains sections 3, 4, and 5, each referring to inventories of trunks or boxes. No. 3 is a book list indicating the number of copies of "More's France, Domestic Memoirs, Roman's Floridas, Stewarts political Economy, Franklin's polil Works... Principles of Taxation, Anderson's Institute's, Mirabeau's Portrait," and others. No. 4 notes uncataloged books and swords. No. 5 lists sconces and papers from the right and left hand side of the bookcase…

GLC02437.10325

4 September 1797

Manuscript document

Title: ["References made to Commissioners" relating to the Waldo Patent]

Includes a list of "referees" with their corresponding acreage and township.

GLC02437.10327