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circa 1780-1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Memoranda]

List of cannons and mortars that need to be transported from West Point to use against New York city. Includes the type of artillery and its poundage. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08302

1773

Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

Manuscript document

Title: [Magazine list]

List of magazines forwarded to Henry Knox for the year 1772. Includes magazines for gentlemen, ladies, a monthly review, a political register and a belle catalogue. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08307

1 January 1773

Waldo, Francis, fl. 1728-1784

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Accounts]

Lists transactions between Thomas Flucker and Francis Waldo. Most likely written by Waldo. Includes a note of receipt and signed by Flucker.

GLC02437.08308

February 22 - March 5, 1773

Fowle, Daniel, 1715-1787

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Agreement of purchase]

States that he has received from Robert Luist Fowle a printing press, a set of type face, and other items which Robert Fowle had bought from him in August of 1764. Includes a note on the verso signed and dated Boston 5 March by Robert Fowle asking to have some items delivered to Thomas Flucker.

GLC02437.08313

20 February 1773

Boylston, Thomas, 1721-1798

Autograph document signed

Title: [Note]

Note of exchange for £150 to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08315

6 March 1773

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

Lists people from who deeds are expected.

GLC02437.08318

6 March 1773

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

Lists people from who deeds are expected.

GLC02437.08319

1785

Manuscript document

Title: List of papers relative to Mr. Flucker

Lists papers relating to Thomas Flucker's estates by the estate number. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08322

28 April 1773

Flagg, Gershom, fl. 1773

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt for Thomas Flucker]

Note of receipt of £40 from Thomas Flucker.

GLC02437.08324

4 May 1773

Boylston, Thomas, 1721-1798

Autograph document signed

Title: [Note]

Note of exchange for £100 to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08326

27 July 1773

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of books, including Ovid's Metamorphoses, Dunlop's Greek Grammar, Seneca's Epistles in English, and others.

GLC02437.08327

12 August 1773

Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

Manuscript document

Title: [Invoice of goods]

Lists books on a variety of subjects to be shipped to Boston for Henry Knox. Includes books on poetry, animals, "heathen gods," biographies, histories and others.

GLC02437.08331

1805

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Account]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and Israel Thorndike, David Sears, and William Prescott. Most of the transactions involve land. Date previously inferred, written in pencil. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08335

1805

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of calculations and transactions between Knox and the firm Kneeland and Davis, mostly concerning land. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08337

21 April 1774

Kneeland, & Davis, fl. 1774

Manuscript document

Title: [Note]

Note regarding borders for a plot of land. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08338

25 May 1774

Winslow, Isaac, 1743-1792

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

Lists transactions between Isaac Winslow and Thomas Flucker, mainly in relation to land.

GLC02437.08339

September 1774

Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783

Manuscript document

Title: to John Semple

List of items by date, starting from 16 May to September of 1774. Items include stockings, thread, mitts, books, gloves, various types of cloth and others. Date from docket.

GLC02437.08340