4 November 1796

Cobb, David, 1748-1830

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Received Knox's recent letter, and again refers to Cobb's recent near-death by drowning. Relates that he is pleased to hear Knox is happy with his business ventures. Reports that he has heard citizens of the town of Warren, on Knox's land, are unhappy with Knox's rules related to fishing, and urges Knox appease them. Discusses his desire to build a comfortable house to live in at Gouldsboro and the difficulties he is having while constructing it. Comments on their business accounts.

GLC02437.06862

13 December 1796

Cobb, David, 1748-1830

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Mentions the difficulties in getting letters to Knox, because of the unpredictable post and also because of the frequency of Knox's travel. Comments on Knox's vessel being stuck in the St. George's River due to winter weather. Teases Knox about his unwillingness to reside permanently at Montpelier, and his desire to participate in the social life of the city. Discusses his frustration with Mr. [William] Bingham, as he has not heard from Bingham in several months and thus has been unable to receive answers to questions he posed about his financial status.

GLC02437.06882

15 August 1797

Cobb, David, 1748-1830

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Offers Knox advice on how to deal with his unruly settlers.

GLC02437.07015

1 October 1797

Cobb, David, 1748-1830

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Responds to Knox's letter of 16 September 1797 with an apology for his "abrupt deportation from Montpelier." States that he has met with disappointments while participating in running the nation, commenting that "the inattention of our friends to this Country & me is unpardonable." Comments on Alexander Hamilton's recently exposed affair with Maria Reynolds. Possibly in reference to the Quasi War with France, General Cobb expresses a cynical hope for peace in regard to European affairs, claiming that the Old World is "too numerous and vicious to exist as Governments." Also comments on…

GLC02437.07035

22 June 1798

Codman, J., fl. 1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses bills.

GLC02437.07153

30 March 1803

Coburn, Isaac, fl. 1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Contract for carpentry]

Signed by both Isaac Coburn and Henry Knox, as well as a witness, a William [Clap]. Agreement in which Henry Knox engages Coburn to work as a carpenter for his estate at the St. George's River (in Maine).

GLC02437.07793

6 March 1805

Coffin, David, fl. 1805

Manuscript letter

Title: to Enoch Titcomb

Recommends the bearer, a Nathan[iel] C. Little, for the position of Justice of the Peace in Bangor, Maine.

GLC02437.07920

22 September 1789

Collister, Thomas, fl. 1789

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

Note of receipt of Henry Knox for £2, 17s. for rector fees and other items.

GLC02437.08624

1 August 1797

Cobb, Miles, fl. 1796-1797

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Receipt for timber from Henry Knox to Miles Cobb.

GLC02437.08723

January 18, 1783

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Recommendation for a leave of absence for Stephen Savage]

Captain Patten recommends Savage for a twenty-five day leave of absence to visit his family. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09613

4 January 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: To the United States in Congress assembled, the address and petition of the officers of their Army, most humbly sheweth,

Written by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Last page contains text written in another hand. Appears to be a draft of Knox's petition to Congress on behalf of the Massachusetts officers, regarding their grievances. Similar to GLC02437.10074. Closes with, "[The officers] therefore intreat that, to obviate any ill consequences which may arise from a dependence on the future forbearance of the Army, to convince the soldiery & the world that the Independence of America shall not be placed on the ruin of any particular Class of her Citizens, some mode may be pointed out for immediate redress."

GLC02437.10077

23 October 1786

Lewis, Joseph, 1748-1814

Manuscript document

Title: [Certification regarding Doctors Isaac Stafford and Jonathan Horton]

Joseph Lewis, clerk at Morristown, New Jersey, authorizes this document as a true copy of the original certificates presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions in September 1779. Includes the copied signature and statement of Henry Knox, who certifies that he authorized Stafford to appoint Horton as his assistant in 1777 at Mendham, New Jersey. Attests that Horton was paid "one dollar and two thirds p day," and died in the service of the United States. Also includes the copied statement and signature of Surgeon John Cochran, who attests to the veracity of Knox's statement, noting that he…

GLC02437.10454

1 November 1789

Crocker, Joseph, 1749-1797

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Relates details of George Washington's visit to Boston in October 1789, and praises the Triumphal Arch that was erected to honor the occasion: "The Reception of the President in this Town, was beyond discription [sic] superb: you will see Accounts of it in our Papers but they are vastly short of the real pomp & parade. The Assemblee at Concert Hall, I am enformed by several Gentlemen, was superb beyond description. The Triumphal Arch adjoining the State House is yet standing, & does [g]reat Honor to the Inventors." Mentions an illness sweeping town, noting that it is called the "…

GLC02437.04401

7 January 1783

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Written by Colonel Crane of the Continental Artillery to Major General Knox. Says the dispute between Captain Lieutenant Kemper and Lieutenant Crawley has been presented to a board of officers and their opinion presented to him. Says he does not know how to proceed and would like Knox's advice.

GLC02437.01808

22 June 1783

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Duplicate of GLC02437.02175. Discusses orders for officers to hand in returns in a timely manner concerning the "number of Officers ... and privates who will remain in service from the different corps at this post ... " Explains the return was created before all of the officers choosing to remain in service were accounted for, and since there were more officers who chose to stay than were expected, he needs to issue a new return. Had asked the officers to decide among themselves who would remain since "I do not think that I can with propriety derange any officer without his consent. If…

GLC02437.02174

12 July 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Certificate of service for Florence Crowley]

Written and signed for Knox in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Certifies that retiring Lieutenant Florence Crowley served in the Corps of Artillery under General Knox from 1777 to 1783. Praises Crowley for being an "attentive, brave, and intelligent officer."

GLC02437.02268

22 November 1783

Townsend, David, 1753-1829

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate of illness]

Countersigned by Samuel Adams, a hospital surgeon. Certifies that soldiers in the general hospital are "so reduced by Sickness as totally to disqualify them for any Kind of military Duty & in our Opinion they will continue in that situation thro' the Winter. we do therefore recommend them as proper Subjects for a Discharge."

GLC02437.02793

16 December 1785

Winter, V., fl. 1785

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes, "Your accepted draught in favor of Peter Webbers is deposited on my hands with Instructions to put the same in suit unless forthwith discharged I thought proper to give you this previous notice before any Legal Steps were taken for the recovery of the amount thereof. As it appears to me this Bill cannot be Subject to a controversy in the hands of the present holder I could [work?] an amicable settlement to avoid the expense that must attend a litigation."

GLC02437.03225

25 July 1786

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Pierce

Writes, "Please to pay into the hands of General Henry Knox all the certificates which may be found due to me on settlement of my accounts lodg'd in your Office, and his receipt will be your sufficient voucher."

GLC02437.03283

1786

Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return of officers under Colonel John Crane]

Date added later in pencil. Lists officers who have partially settled their recruiting accounts, who served in Colonel John Crane's regiment of artillery.

GLC02437.03399

26 May 1787

Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hannah Flucker Urquhart Harwood

Winslow informs his cousin of the difficulty he has had in obtaining a confirmation of the Muscongus (Waldo) Patent. Writes that he and his brother have been corresponding with Henry Knox, and they trust him with the business of their deceased aunt's estate.

GLC02437.03554

24 December 1787

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses the settlement of his accounts. Mentions being afraid that Mr. Peirce lost his accounts with the "certificates from My Officer and the accounts attested on Oath, [since] it will be very cruel to keep me out of my interest, it will be impossible for me now to procure the certificates again - " Says he does not owe money to the public and that if his troops at the Rhode Island expedition had not been paid, it would have become known by now. Noted as written in Passamaquady, which is most likely by Passamaquoddy Bay, in present-day Maine.

GLC02437.03738

17 June 1788 - 19 June 1788

Swan, Caleb, 1758-1809

Manuscript document signed

Title: Statement of Colonel John Crane's old emission accounts

Signed by Caleb Swan for John Pierce, Paymaster General, 17 June 1788 in the Pay Office at New York (front cover). Signed 19 June 1788 by Joseph Howell, [Junior] Assistant Commissary, in the Office of Army Accounts at New York (page 13). Includes details of John Crane's account with the United States from 1776-1779. Pertains to recruiting accounts.

GLC02437.03900

16 August 1788

Woods, John, fl. 1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Thanks Knox for a favor recently granted. Plans to embark for Europe soon, and asks Knox for a copy of papers he will need to conduct business there. Signed as Jno. Woods.

GLC02437.03963

20 August 1788

Winthrop, William, 1753-1825

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Winthrop informs Knox he has examined county records regarding the estate of the late Thomas Flucker and Flucker's father. Encloses minutes pertaining to the records (GLC02437.03967). Instructs Knox to pay D. Rand.

GLC02437.03966