9 February 1796

Dawes, Thomas, 1731-1809

Document signed

Title: [Resolution by the Massachusetts legislature regarding Henry Knox's petition]

Resolution by the Massachusetts legislature regarding Henry Knox's petition. Grants to Knox and his partners the land the petitioned for. Also with the name of John Bacon as if signed.

GLC02437.09261

circa 1785-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: to unknown

Noted as a copy. Discusses Sarah Lyons Flucker Beaumez's children's hereditary rights to the Waldo patent. Provides a thorough background on the late Mrs. Hannah Flucker's estate and her will. Mrs. [Lucy] Knox is mentioned as the rightful heir to Flucker's estate in the United States. It is also noted that it was always Lucy Knox's intention to provide her nephew's (Francis and Thomas Flucker) with a portion of her mother's (Hannah Flucker) estate. Mentions the various legal issues and land claims on the estate and asks if Mrs. Knox can legally assign a portion of the land to the Flucker…

GLC02437.09879

circa 1797-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [List]

List of money delivered to his nephew, Thomas Flucker, for various reasons.

GLC02437.09951

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Sale of land]

Discusses the sale of land by Thomas Flucker's heirs to a Thomas Warson.

GLC02437.09970

February 1795

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of deeds with Joseph Peirce.

GLC02437.09976

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Mortgage deeds]

List of mortgage deeds and who has them for what amount.

GLC02437.09995

February 4, 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Statement related to the Waldo or Muscongus Patent]

Knox presents an argument to Congress for his share of the patent by relating its history and present state (according to him). Attests that the Patent was granted in 1629 extending "thirty miles square on each side of Penobscot river." Discusses erroneous surveys of the land and his right as proprietor. Notes that he "is aware of the prejudices entertained against possessions of large tracts of land, but he considers the Justice of his Country is superior to the passion of Prejudice." Cites "the liberality and humanity of the proprietors to the people who have in hundreds of Instances…

GLC02437.10322

January 19, 1795

Hills, John, fl. 1771-1796

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and John Hills by date from 10 July 1794 to 6 January 1795.

GLC02437.10396

25 May 1795

Manuscript document

Title: [Acceptances]

List of transactions between George Mead and Henry Knox on behalf of Samuel Hodgden. Noted as a copy in the docket.

GLC02437.10397

circa 25 July 1797

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of transactions between John Jones and Henry Knox by date from 1 June to 25 July 1797.

GLC02437.10398

1795

Gleason, John, fl. 1796-1811

Map

Title: [Map of land]

Map of surveyed land possibly located in Maine. Titled, "THE SOUTH LINE OF the 50000 Acres Run By John Gleason Junr 1795 No 1." Covers three miles and a half of land and includes notes on the quality of land. Document is partially printed with information written in hand. Also has a partially colored border.

GLC02437.10598

30 March 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Booklist]

A catalogue of General Knox's books. Date was added later in pencil.

GLC02437.10599

15 June 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

Noted as a copy. An account of Henry Knox's with Samuel Hodgdon from May 1795 to June 1795. Lists amounts paid to George Meade.

GLC02437.10623

15 August 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

An account of Henry Knox's with Samuel Hodgdon from July 1795 to August 1795. Lists amounts paid for various items. Date taken from docket.

GLC02437.10625

1859/03/12

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Jesse R. Grant

Embarking on a new career, concerns about Julia traveling into free states with a slave.

GLC07997

1885/12/08

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph manuscript

Title: Draft of one of the opening sections of first State of the Union address.

Draft of one of the opening sections of first State of the Union address. With collateral G.L. Rives Als fowarding draft to his sister, stating " the rest of the draft wad torn up, - so this is all there is of it."

GLC07999

May 1905

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Typed document

Title: Draft of Ladies Home Journal article "Woman's Mission and Woman's Clubs."

Draft of Ladies Home Journal article "Woman's Mission and Woman's Clubs." Opposing women's suffrage." Let it be here distinctly understood that no sensible man has fears of injury to the country on account of such participation. It is its dangerous undermining effect on the characters of the wives and mothers of our land that we fear." With autograph corrections and interlinear insertions.

GLC08000

1915/06/23

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Oscar King Davis

"I am pretty well disgusted with our government ... in a democracy like ours people will always do well or ill largely in proportion to their leadership. If Lincoln had acted after the firing on Fort Sumter in the way that Wilson did about the sinking of the Lusitania, in one month the North would have been saying they were so glad he kept them out of the war ... and all hazards of fratricidal war must be averted. "

GLC08003

1763/01/16

Whitney, Joshua, fl. 1763

Autograph document signed

Title: Bill of Expenses

Bill of expenses providing for soldiers who became ill on march to Crown Point charged to Massachusetts Bay Colony.

GLC08014.05

1759/10/25

Williams, John, fl. 1749-1759

Autograph document signed

Title: Detailed supply list of Colonel Fitch's Connecticut Regiment while at Ticonderoga

GLC08014.06

1759/10/04

Barnard, Salah, fl. 1759

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt for payment of Moses Scott, a soldier in Barnard's Company.

Receipt for payment of Moses Scott, a soldier in Barnard's Company including cheese, sugar, and chocolate with a total of 16 shillings.

GLC08014.07

15 July 1800

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: Partisan press in election of 1800

Partisan press in election of 1800: considering slander suit against anti-Federalists. "The plan adopted in the Aurora for exciting distrust as to management of our money concerns appears to me to require absolutely some check."

GLC08015

26 February 1781

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Jean B. Gouvion

Lays foundations for a reconnaissance by Lt. Col. Gouvion on the James River.

GLC08016.01

13 June 1787

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Jean B. Gouvion

An expedition to Egypt. [In French]

GLC08016.03

01 April 1838

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Persifor F. Smith

Plan of operations during 2nd Seminole War coordinating attacks with Indian allies. "...Genl. Jessup has a command in pursuit of Sam Jones who has fled towards that place and it is not impossible but that he may attempt to cross over to the West side of Pai-hai-oku, if so, you may interceept him before you withdraw...I did not send Oulatoochu because he preferred going in a different direction & I though it advisable to gratify him." Written at Fort Basinger

GLC08017