31 October 1793

Tyler, John Steele, 1752-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson

Reports that the cold and marching has made Mr. Vesey ill. Tells of their travels in Maine and their high expenses thus far. Says "the Inhabitants are extravigent [sic] in their demands, they take ever[y] advantage of us knowing that we must submit, for we cannot proceed on without their assistance - from this state of act please to inform me, must I proceed on at this great expence of more than 4 Dolls pr day when on business, and as much when detaind by Mr Vesey Ill health." Continues letter on 1 November and says Vesey is still weak, but believes he can procure a horse today.

GLC02437.05955

6 November 1793

Tyler, John Steele, 1752-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson

Reports on Mr. Vesey's health. Says Vesey was so ill that they took a small craft to Thomaston and that Captain Vose thought it best for them to remain a few days. Continues letter on 8 November and says Vesey is better. Reports he has spent 70 dollars thus far. Says it will take 20 fair days to complete "the business," which appears to be something to do with squatters on Knox's Maine lands. Believes he will need another 50 dollars. Notes he is "disagreeably situated not knowing what to do."

GLC02437.05961

9 November 1793

Tyler, John Steele, 1752-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson

Reports that Mr. Vesey is so well that they traveled 16 miles yesterday. Briefly mentions the places he has gone. Is worried he will run out of cash in ten days. Asks for 50 dollars.

GLC02437.05963

13 November 1793

Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Flucker Knox

Tells his mother he left New York the morning after her and arrived in Newport 22 hours later. He dined in Providence, spent the night there, and then went to Boston and stayed with Henry Jackson. He is currently staying with his uncle William Knox until he gets to Hingham for school. There has been a head wind and no packets leaving, but he will leave on the first available transport. Wants his mother to write to General Jackson about his books and to remind his father about the gun. Reports his good health. Continued the letter on 18 November and apologized for the poor writing as he…

GLC02437.05973

November 1793

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Manuscript document

Title: to unknown

Letterpress copy. Written at the behest of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Requests that the state governments keep the district attorneys informed of ships captured within three miles of the coast. Goes into details of this situation. (See GLC02437.05965, .05966, .05967, and .05969 for related documents.) See GLC02437.05983 for a duplicate copy.

GLC02437.05982

circa 27 November 1775

Quincy, Josiah, 1710-1784

Autograph document

Title: [Diagram of a naval weapon]

Seems to describe a naval weapon. Accompanies GLC02437.00213, a letter from Josiah Quincy in which Quincy discusses benefits of establishing an American naval force. Notes indicate that three "tier" of the structure depicted by the diagram "would provided the Timber was large, demolish the biggest Ship in the Navy." Includes further notes on construction of the weapon. Verso contains another diagram of a part of the weapon or a different weapon. Date added later in pencil

GLC02437.10000

15 June 1776

Anspach, Peter, fl. 1775-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Account between Henry Knox and Thomas Mifflin, Quartermaster General]

Lists account information, possibly for artillery regiments, from 1775 and 1776, including "sundries" payments made to about 150 named soldiers. Lieutenant Freeman is listed a few times. Signed by P. [Peter] Anspach, Paymaster to the Quartermaster General's Department .

GLC02437.10004

1 September 1777

Woodruff, Lewis, 1754-1816

Manuscript document signed

Title: Muster roll of the late Captain Samuel Hugg's Company of Artillery under the command of Brigadier Genral Henry Knox taken from the time of inlistment to the first of September 1777.

Marked as "an Exact Copy." Signed by Woodruff 1 September 1777. Lists sergeants, corporals, matrosses, gunners, bombardiers, and drum and fifes. Includes comments, time of enlistment, and place of appointment. On verso, contains "Proof of Effectives" chart, noting officers present and absent. Lieutenants Eli Elmor and David Moore sign, certifying the authenticity of the chart. Colonel Richard Humpton, commander of the Second Brigade of General Benjamin Lincoln's Division, signs 3 September 1777.

GLC02437.10465

1 September 1780

Anspach, Peter, fl. 1775-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account between Henry Knox and the Quartermaster General's Department for 1776]

Anspach signs, noting that he received from Samuel Hodgdon, field commissary of military stores, the amount due on Knox's account. Verso contains further account information.

GLC02437.10483

January 29, 1782

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Autograph document signed

Title: Return of the men commissioned officers and privates of my company that are absent belonging to the State of Connecticut

Lists names, occupation, term of time in service, state and town where the officers and privates are from, and deserters. Lists men from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York.

GLC02437.10499

26 April 1782

Lamb, John, 1735-1800

Printed document signed

Title: Monthly return of the 2nd regt of artillery commanded by Colonel John Lamb with the alterations since last return

Lists captains from companies in Lamb's regiment. Notes numbers of those present and fit for duty, indicates numbers of commissioned, staff, and non-commissioned officers, and cites total strength of each company. Verso notes absentees and persons on duty, command, and extra duty.

GLC02437.10500

6 December 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Notes]

Notes regarding various financial business, including a bond.

GLC02437.10592

1792

Pierpont, Joseph, fl. 1792

Map

Title: [Map of land]

Map of the land by the Penobscot River. Water is drawn with blue watercolor ink. Shows the division of land into different plots.

GLC02437.10593

31 July 1792

Manuscript document

Title: [Contract]

Serves as a receipt of sale for 2 million acres of land in Maine, from Henry Jackson and Royal Flint to Henry Knox and William Greene. States that Jackson and Flint had clear title, having originally purchased the land from Samuel Philips, Leonard Jarvis and John Read. Notes that a copy of this document was delivered to both Henry Knox and William Greene. Date previously inferred, written in pencil. Most likely written in Massachusetts.

GLC02437.10725

3 January 1865

Lafferty, Samuel, fl. 1840-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Writes from Camp Reynolds outside Pittsburgh. Says his health is good. Comments on his "last" holidays in the army: "...we had a splendid dinner...given to us by the U.S. Christian Commission..." Reports that New Years Eve was the most lonesome day he's experienced since being in the army. Discusses the marriages of several friends back home and hopes there will be women left for them when they return from the war. Does not expect to get a furlough. Informs Joseph that he goes on guard duty every third day.

GLC03523.10.153

January 13, 1865

Maitland, Ann, 1813-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Reports the sleighing is very good. Updates him on all the weddings. Says Grier is "pretty good at minding what I say indeed much more than I ever expected." Comments the prayer meetings are well attended. Expresses sorrow for "the neuralgia in his head." Advises him to avoid close confinement. Hopes he will continue to clerk in Memphis through the winter: "I don't feel quite as uneasy about you when you are clerking as when you are marching." Acknowledges the many temptations he must be facing, "but remember that out of them all the Lord is able to deliver you." Asks if he needs any money.

GLC03523.10.154

January 24, 1865

Maitland, William G., 1846-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Reports that "[t]he Baptists have their meeting in full blast at present with good success." Says they have established a "mourner's bench" with rules for conversion similar to those of their church. Lists the names of people who were baptised including "an unstable Methodist." Mentions two friends who enlisted in the army for one year and received a government bounty of five hundred and fifty dollars each. Does not expect the war to last more than another year. Discusses the family finances in great detail.

GLC03523.10.155

January 24, 1865

Maitland, Ann, 1813-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Expresses deep sorrow that one year ago "Your Dear Father lay suffering 'nigh onto death." Complains that due to all the parties and suppers this season she is often left home alone, but adds that "Grier says he is going to do better and stay at home more." Asks him not to tell Grier what she has written. Reports they are having the coldest winter in twenty years. States the Baptist meetings are still going on and prospering. Says that ten to twelve Methodists go by sleigh to a meeting almost every night. Grier continues the letter on 28 January 1865. Reports on a party he attended and lists…

GLC03523.10.156

February 4, 1865

Mast, Isaac W., 1828-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Writes to his cousin from camp near Louisville. Expects to go down the Tennessee River very soon but has been detained due to ice in the river. Informs him that six companies left yesterday. Comments his brother Joseph "has a great deal to say about our country becoming bankrupt, the suffering of widows and orphans and the unnecessary destruction of life, all for the abolition of slavery." Says he doesn't have much faith in the peace rumors, "the Rebel Army at Richmond will have to be subdued before the Rebel authorities are willing to come back into the Union."

GLC03523.10.157

10 February 1865

Maitland, Ann, 1813-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Expresses relief he is still in Memphis. Reports his regiment is suffering, with little to no food. Says the Baptist meeting is over and they "immersed" seventeen people. Comments she witnessed the immersion and "...became disgusted and went home thinking I had seen enough for one day." Mentions that Grier is at a party, but she intends to limit his socializing in the future. States she is glad that religion comforts him in all his trials.

GLC03523.10.158

February 12, 1865

Taylor, Simeon, 1839-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Addresses letter "Dear Friend," and asks forgiveness for his delay in writing. Informs he "...got a representative in the army to carry a musket in my place..." Says the township still needs twelve men for the draft and "...they are generally offering about four-hundred dollars local bounty for one year." Comments the papers are filled with peace rumors, but he is not optimistic.

GLC03523.10.159

12 August 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Jefferson

Secretary of War Knox informs Secretary of State Jefferson that President Washington wants to ratify the treaty with the Creeks the following day at noon.

GLC02437.04688

6 November 1790

Hardin, John, 1753-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Harrance

Discusses the conduct of his militia and Major [James] Paul, about whom he "cannot say too much in his favour for his Distinguished behavior as a valuable officer." Notes Major Paul from Uniontown, Pennsylvania formed a battalion of volunteers to help General Josiah Harmar fight Indians on the Pennsylvania/Ohio frontier. Written from Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

GLC02437.04771

circa 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Proceedings before the treaty with the Creek Nation]

Details the upstanding behavior of President George Washington in the treaty negotiations with the Creek Nation. Relates the past arrangements and relationships between the Creeks in Savannah, Georgia and the United States. Date listed in pencil at a later date.

GLC02437.04786

4 January 1791

Tracy, John, fl. 1789-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson

Tracy lays out his resume to General Henry Jackson as "the oldest inspecting Officer of the Militia" in Massachusetts as reason to appoint him "Inspector for the District of Massachusetts." He includes his "abilities and character" as well as the loss of property "in consequence of the late Revolution." Tracy would like Jackson to write Secretary of War Knox to recommend him to President Washington.

GLC02437.04817