24 May 1782

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document

Title: [Bill to Henry Knox]

Bill for 3 dinners, grog, and 8 horses to hay. Total came to £13.4. In Samuel Shaw's hand is written "Morristown Paid."

GLC02437.08555

26 May 1782

Setter, John, fl. 1782

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Henry's Knox's wagon being left in the care of John Setter]

Note by Setter says a white man left Henry Knox's wagon in his care.

GLC02437.08556

16 May 1782

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Autograph document signed

Title: [Samuel Hodgson's bill to Henry Knox]

Knox paid for 2 weeks and 6 days of keeping 2 horses, another 6 days and nights of keeping 2 horses, and 1 day for keeping a horse. Total came to £9.11.0. Signed by Hodgson stating the bill was paid in full. Docket in Samuel Shaw's hand.

GLC02437.08557

May 1782

Kean, John, fl. 1782

Printed document signed

Title: [Receipt from a tailor]

Someone purchased around 100 yards of various types of cloth for a total of £22.17.6. Kean's shop was at the corner of Market and Third Streets in Philadelphia.

GLC02437.08558

May 1782

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document

Title: [Payment for board in Burlington, New Jersey]

Payment to Elizabeth Peck for board in Burlington, New Jersey. Purchases include butter, milk, cream, asparagus, and eggs. Total came to £1.13. In Samuel Shaw's hand is written "Burlington Paid." Docket also in Shaw's hand.

GLC02437.08559

May 1782

Manuscript document

Title: Wanting for Mrs. Ritchie

List of articles to be replaced at "Mrs. Ritchie's." Items include coffee pots, wine glasses, plates, etc.

GLC02437.08561

13 November circa 1780-1789

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Lists items bought by William Knox from a Nathaniel [Byd. Lyd ?]. Items include pillows and pillowcases, rugs, beds, and other bedding.

GLC02437.08593

2 August 1774

Manuscript document

Title: [Bill for items purchased]

List of items purchased. These include a card table, a pot, a baking pan, 1 case of gin, 2 house bells, a tureen, a chest, a set of knives, among other things. The total comes to £97.16.6. Signed on verso saying "Recd. for Mr. Jos. Russell S. Clap." Possibly written by Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.08368

18 October 1774

Autograph document

Title: [Bill for wine]

Notes that 1 quarter cask of Lisbon win cost £7.

GLC02437.08370

September 1771-December 1774

Manuscript document

Title: The hon. Mr. Flucker to Ziphion Thayer

Lists various household items and services and their cost. Includes such things as altering a sofa, making of mattress and pillows, various lengths of lace and duck fabric, and various amounts of rope and twine. The total cost or expense comes to £20.3.6 1/2. Docket might be unrelated. It has a list of names with what appears to be payment amounts next to each. This amounts to £181.9.4.

GLC02437.08376

17 December 1775

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [List of cannons and shells]

Notes that twelve 4-pound and two 6-pound cannon and 5-10 tons of each size of various shot and shell were ordered on 27 November 1775. Several hundred more shells were ordered on 17 December.

GLC02437.08382

December 10, 1775 - January 13, 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: An inventory of cannon &c brought from Ticonderoga

Evidently a working document, with entries added at various times; possibly part of a longer journal. The first page comprises a detailed inventory of 16 mortars and howitzers, and 43 cannon, with a total weight of 119,900 pounds, "brought from Ticonderoga December 10th 1775." Information includes composition (iron or brass), bore size and weight. Subsequent annotations amend figures and cite which armaments have been "Carr[ie]d." Pages two through three include a template of information to be kept regarding the transportation of the arms. The name of one carrier, Herman [Fort], has been…

GLC02437.08383

February 11, 1776

Harrod, Benjamin, 1741-1793

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for rent from William Knox]

Harrod asks that William Knox pay £10 for the quarterly rent to his agent Joseph Bliss. The rent was due on 25 January. This could possibly be rent on Henry Knox's bookstore, which William was watching while Henry was fighting.

GLC02437.08385

1 January 1777

Neil, Daniel, 1745-1777

Autograph document signed

Title: [Note that blankets were received]

Captain Neil notes that he received 20 blankets from Colonel David Mason for the use of his company. Neil died two days after this was written at the Battle of Princeton.

GLC02437.08394

circa 1780-1790

Manuscript document

Title: Debt due for stores rec'd from 5 May to 15 Octr

Dated between 5 May-15 October, although no year is noted. Lists names and amounts paid to them. Undated.

GLC02437.08395

29 March 1777

Nesbitt, Samuel, fl. 1776-1777

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bill sent to Lucy Knox]

Bill for medicine and attendance by Dr. Nesbitt on Lucy's baby (probably Lucy Knox). The total was £1.3.0. It is signed by Nesbitt who states he "Received the Contents In full of all Demands."

GLC02437.08400

14 March 1778-25 November 1778

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Account book of Henry Knox]

Written in Samuel Shaw's hand. Includes expenses for goods, services and travel. On 30 April [1778] Knox receives money for the travel expense of a journey from New England and for the expense of moving his and General [Nathanael] Greene's baggage last year to Morris Town. On 11 May paid Samuel Holt's travel expenses to Allentown & Lebanon which included mending, shoe repairs, food, etc. Listed expenses also include food: on 12 & 20 May and the 2 June notes food expenses for General [John Peter Gabriel] Muhlenberg's Brigade (Muhlenberg and his troops spent the winter of 1777 at…

GLC02437.08402

April 1777

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Autograph document signed

Title: [William Knox's payment to a contractor]

Document appears to be in William Knox's hand. This is a bill that William owed to his contractor Thomas Clement. Bill includes boards, nails, locks, staples, and various amounts for labor. The total is for £8.11.9. Bill states that £7.8.9 was for "your Brothers House." Bottom is signed by Clement stating he was paid in full.

GLC02437.08405

14 April 1777

Conant, Samuel, 1722-1788

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bill from Livingston & Turnbull to William Knox]

William Knox bought cloth, hose, ruffled shirts, and leather breeches from the merchant house of Livingston and Turnbull. The total was for £19.7. Signed by Samuel Conant as receiving payment. Bottom also says "Examd & Enter'd."

GLC02437.08407

May 3, 1777-January 16, 1779

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: [Listing of Henry Knox's accounts]

Written in Samuel Shaw's hand. Costs for Knox during the war. It is noted that all accounts are kept "in Currency of 7/6 to the Dollar." Most of it is for sundries, clothing, loans to various people, and room and board. Some interesting items include: a purchase of a saddle by Benjamin Lincoln from Knox on 1 July 1777, a notation that "Lt. Col. Hamilton R'd C. to the Commander in Chief" on 3 August 1777, a note that Lucy Knox was given $500 on 20 November 1777, and a note on the expenses of Lucy Knox's travels from Fredericksburgh, New York to Booneton [Boonton], New Jersey.

GLC02437.08408

2 July 1777

Maud, John, fl. 1777

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bill for William Knox's regimental uniform]

Maud billed William Knox for his regimental "suit." The total cost was £7.3.9. Bill includes costs for thread, silk, buttons, hooks, eyes, canvas, and labor for tailoring. Signed by Maud that he received payment.

GLC02437.08409

8 July 1777

Moore, R., fl. 1777

Autograph document signed

Title: [William Knox's payment for a horse]

William Knox paid £45 for a horse.

GLC02437.08410

8 July 1777

Chandry, John M., fl. 1777

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt of William Knox]

Noted that William Knox delivered 3 trunks and 8 boxes of books and stationery.

GLC02437.08412

9 August 1777-13 September 1777

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [List of accounts]

9 August received 200 dollars from General Nathanael Greene. Most of the list is for payment of room and board. Also was keeping track of money borrowed.

GLC02437.08418

13 March 1778-14 March 1778

Billings, Joseph, fl. 1778

Document signed

Title: [Bill to Henry Knox]

Bill to Henry Knox from Joseph Billings. It appears that Billings was a tailor. Billings carried over the £86.3.3 from the bill at GLC02437.08421. After doing additional work for Knox, the total comes to £106.7.3. After making partial payments, Knox still owed £4.7.3.

GLC02437.08422