December 1775

Document

Title: [Account between Henry Knox and Thomas Mifflin]

Appears to be payments made by Knox to Mifflin, Quarter Master General of the Continental Army.

GLC02437.09488

10 May 1780

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Account]

Lists transactions of Henry Knox regarding the estate of the late Captain [Samuel ?] Treat by date.

GLC02437.10386

17 November 1775

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Printed document signed

Title: [Henry Knox's Congressional appointment as colonel of artillery in the Continental Army]

Congress represents the "United Colonies." Hancock signs as President of Congress. Also signed by Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress. Extremely fragile, and torn in several creases.

GLC02437.10435

19 August 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant [M.] Wetzell

Orders Wetzell to take his two howitzers to West Point to coordinate with Colonel John Crane. Crane is to then transport the cannon to the West side of Kings Ferry, where Colonel John Lamb will receive them. Knox stipulates, "Not a moments delay to be made in the execution of this order."

GLC02437.01140

circa 1771-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Memorandum]

List of items, including books on geography, grammar, electricity, Pilgrim's Progress, copy books, Aesop's fables, and others.

GLC02437.08262

7 September 1771-20 March 1772

Russell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796

Manuscript document

Title: [Account with Henry Knox]

Lists transactions with Henry Knox by date, ranging from 7 September 1771 to 20 March 1772.

GLC02437.08263

18 October 1770

Stanton, John, fl. 1770

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipts]

Lists receipts for money.

GLC02437.08268

January 15, 1772

Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

Manuscript document

Title: [Bills of goods]

Bill for a shipment of what seems to be books going to Boston, covering a variety of subjects.

GLC02437.08271

20 November 1771

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

Note of exchange for Henry Knox for the amount of £100 sterling.

GLC02437.08272

circa 1776-1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Miscellaneous bills]

List of items and their costs in pounds. Items include dinners (with separate costs listed for children and servants), spirits, horses and hay and also children. Docket, in the hand of Henry Knox's aide Samuel Shaw, "Ringwood Paid."

GLC02437.08273

December 26, 1777-January 22, 1778

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Autograph document signed

Title: [Journal]

Diary covers a variety of subjects, listed by date, including a report of General William Smallwood's capture of a British brig in Wilmington Delaware, local observations (including Moravian customs), the amount of snowfall, merchant shops, dining with Clinton, etc. Includes travels through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. Prior to setting out on this journey, William had been staying with his brother Henry Knox at the Valley Forge encampment. Year inferred from content.

GLC02437.08279

13-20 June 1772

Bliss, Theodore, fl. 1772-1790

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipts]

Three receipts. The first dated 13 June from Theodore Bliss. The second dated 17 June from Samuel Clarke, and the last dated 20 June from Joseph Hood, all of Henry Knox for varying amounts of money.

GLC02437.08289

15 June 1772

Edes & Gill, fl. 1772

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of transactions between Henry Knox and the firm Eades & Gill dating from 29 July 1771-15 June 1772. Items include books, printing letters and paper.

GLC02437.08293

16 September 1772

Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

Manuscript document

Title: [Invoice of goods]

List of books on a variety of subjects sent from London to Boston. Items also include pamphlets on criminal law and arts and science. Noted as a copy in the docket.

GLC02437.08294

19 October 1772

Fowle, Daniel, 1715-1787

Autograph note signed

Title: [Memorandum]

Note to pay John Lowell £20. Written as received on behalf of Lowell by Thomas Flucker on the verso and signed by Leonard Jarvis.

GLC02437.08297

1772

Manuscript document

Title: [Memoranda]

List of stationery and their prices. Includes items such as paper, quills and sealing wax. Date previously inferred, written in blue.

GLC02437.08303

7-18 November 1772

Lowell, John, 1743-1802

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipts]

Two receipts. The first is dated 7 November and signed by John Lowell. The second is dated 18 November and signed by Benjamin Callender. Both are regarding money Henry Knox has sent them. Also includes a signature of a John Oliver [Johnnot ?].

GLC02437.08304

April 1772

Henderson, Benjamin, fl. 1769-1772

Document signed

Title: [Tax bill]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Tax bill for Henry Knox indicating how much he owes to the state.

GLC02437.08305

22 April 1771-31 December 1772

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of transactions between Henry Knox and Thomas Longman dating from 22 April 1771 to 31 December 1772.

GLC02437.08306

January 15, 1773

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: [Memoranda]

List of expenses from Mrs. Lucy Knox by date. Items include satin, wages of various servants, green tea, cloth, buttons and a pig.

GLC02437.08309

February 15, 1773

Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

Manuscript document

Title: [Invoice of goods]

List of books on various topics to be shipped to Boston for Henry Knox. Items include sermons, lectures, memoirs, travel diaries and others.

GLC02437.08310

6 March 1773

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

Lists people from who deeds are expected.

GLC02437.08316

April 1773

Webb, Samuel Blachley, 1753-1807

Manuscript document

Title: [Bill]

List of transactions by date between Henry Knox and Samuel Webb.

GLC02437.08320

1773

Manuscript document

Title: Memoranda of expenses from N York to Boston

Lists all of the expenses incurred travelling from New York City to Boston. Items include shoes, rye, ferry fare, shoeing for horses, the amount spent at each stop (Fairfield, Seabrook, New London, etc) and others. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08323

10 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 architecture, animals, spelling books, letters, dictionaries, novels, lectures and others.

GLC02437.08330