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Sales of sundry equipment on William Knox's account from October 1781 to July 1782. Includes prayer books, spelling books, hinges, brass knob locks, and various other items.

GLC02437.10615

[Contract]

Signed by Samuel Waldo and Yardley Lewis. Edward [Setner] and Charles [Lamb] signed as witnesses. Indenture contract between Samuel Waldo and Yardley Lewis. Waldo agrees to sell 200 acres of land in Maine to Lewis. Terms and conditions of the...

GLC02437.10632

[List]

Signature is illegible. List of subscribers who have acknowledged receiving supplies from Isaac Winslow (Samuel Waldo's agent). List includes the number of bushels, value of bushels, and each subscriber's signatures. Date was added later in pencil.

GLC02437.10638

[Map of land]

A sketch of land surveyed by John Gleason. Cover 50,000 acres of land likely located in Maine. Shows a pond and various land marks in water colors and has a partially colored border.

GLC02437.10650

[Regarding land disputes on Waldo patent] [Fragment]

Document regarding the issues of land ownership between Henry Knox and settlers on the Waldo patent. Written on the verso of a printed land sale deed that was left blank. Both the beginning and end of the document are missing. Written some time after...

GLC02437.10651

[Abstract of pay due to the field and staff officers and nine companies of the regiment of artillery commanded by Colonel Henry Knox]

Includes travel expenses and billeting. Contains information from December 1775 and January 1776.

GLC02437.10656

[Abstract of Captain Thomas W. Foster's Company in the regiment of artillery commanded by Henry Knox]

Includes records of service and wages from December 1775 and January 1776.

GLC02437.10658

[Bond between Henry Knox, Henry Jackson, and Israel Thorndike]

Knox and Jackson promise to pay Thorndike six thousand dollars. Contains the details of their obligation. The signatures of Knox and Jackson are struck. Countersigned by Samuel Cooper and Charles Grinnell as witnesses. Docketed 16 October 1804:...

GLC02437.10337

[Thomas Henderson's declaration regarding a settlement in the Eastern part of Massachusetts Bay]

Henderson attests that he became a settler on the Eastern part of Massachusetts Bay in 1728. Took up a lot of land on St. George's, a colony of which Colonel [Samuel] Waldo was the proprietor, in 1735. Moved to Lincoln (present-day Maine) in 1736...

GLC02437.10409

[List]

List of names with amounts next to them in £s.

GLC02437.10451

[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...

GLC02437.10000

[Provision return of Captain Thomas Patten's Company of Artificers]

Also signed by Captain Patten. Lists captains, amount of rations, and number days receiving rations. Shaw signs as aide-de-camp to Henry Knox at West Point. Patten signs a note on verso listing absentees. Also contains a note written by Dudley...

GLC02437.10094

to Charles Claude Guillaume Lambert

Detailed description of what the United States owes France, which amounts to about 40 million livres. Discusses the political situation in the United States regarding this debt, the actions of Congress regarding the debt, and dealings with US agents...

GLC02437.10227

[Certificate for Jacob Rambo]

Partially printed certificate shows Jacob Rambo voluntarily enlisted at Fort Washington in the first regiment of levies to serve for six months. Also shows that Rambo swore an oath of allegiance. These levies were raised from a law signed by...

GLC02437.04981

to Henry Knox

Writes about the subject "of the Lands." Says Oliver Smith will attend to that business. General Brooks is going to write by this post. Hopes their mutual friend Dr. Eustis will obtain "the appointment of principal in the Medical line of the United...

GLC02437.04990

to Samuel Phillips

Marked "Copy." Was disappointed by the answer from the committee for the sale of lands respecting the mode of payment and quantity of lands. Wants to buy two million acres of unallocated land for specie payable at different installments with...

GLC02437.04991

to Henry Knox

Written by General Jackson to Secretary of War Knox. Says he is enclosing a copy of the correspondence he had with the committee on the sale of the eastern lands (not included). Says the committee declined to sell him 2 million acres. The...

GLC02437.05003

to Henry Knox

Says he has not slept "and if the Committe [sic] do not recind we have contractd for two Millions, at 10 Cents pr. Acre payable in eight annual installments."

GLC02437.05026

to Henry Knox

References Knox's letter of 26 June. Knows that Joseph Peirce wrote him about the sale of the patent and hopes Knox has no fears about it. Reports that "it was well conducted, and Mr. Smith had a right to buy. - he was the highest bider [sic], and...

GLC02437.05048

to Henry Knox

References Knox's letter of 26 June. After much difficulty and jealousy with the committee, the contract was signed, sealed, and delivered. Encloses a copy for Knox (see GLC02437.05043, a copy of this contract or a slightly earlier version of it)....

GLC02437.05049

to John Maunsell

Reports that nothing new has taken place in France since he left. Wishes him a pleasant and speedy trip and hopes he gets to see his friends and family in New York and Philadelphia. Asks him to send his regards. Wants Maunsell to report to him on...

GLC02437.05053

to Henry Knox

Notes he received this day from Captain Chessman a tin case containing the maps of the District of Maine. Hopes Knox receives them safely. Says he will see the advantage of purchasing Mount Desert by looking at the maps. Saw in the newspaper that...

GLC02437.05080

to Henry Knox

Encloses Phineas Bruce's report on the Maine lands around the Penobscot and Schoodie as well as the Kennebec Rivers (GLC02437.05087). After reading the report, Jackson says "I am decided to take one million in each situation." Has concluded the...

GLC02437.05090

to Henry Knox

Agreeable to his promise of 31 July, he is enclosing a copy of the agreement with Mr. Gregoire (not included). Notes he will move forward with the surveys. States he drew upon Duer for $200 payable at 20 days sight to pay the sums mentioned his...

GLC02437.05106

to Henry Knox

References Knox's letter of 29 July. Besides the 100,000 acres mentioned as his payment earlier, Jackson wants another 100,000 acres more "as a subordinate purchaser, but I will leave it with you to determine exactly as is most agreeable to your...

GLC02437.05107