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15 January 1772

Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of books on a variety of subjects to ship from London to Boston. Noted as a copy in the docket.

GLC02437.08276

circa 1771-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of books and prices covering a variety of topics. Items include bibles, Greek mythology and philosophy, Aesop's fables, and dictionaries.

GLC02437.08278

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt for wine, rum, cider, etc.]

List of items and their costs. Includes wine, rum, cider, oats, hay, and other goods.

GLC02437.08281

1775

Manuscript document

Title: [Estimate]

List of building materials for a four story building, not including the basement, and their prices. Items include bricks, shingles, boards, timber and paint. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08282

12 April 1773

Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Account]

List of transactions for various items, including wine and linen, by date, starting in what appears to be February of 1772 to April of the same year.

GLC02437.08283

29 April-1 May 1772

Wright, & Gill, fl. 1753-1798

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Invoice of goods]

Appears to be the original of GLC02437.08284. List of "sundry Stationary [sic] shipped on Board the John, John White" going to Boston. Items are all various types of paper. Includes a note dated 1 May, stating that Wright & Gill have shipped the order.

GLC02437.08285

11 May 1772

Boylston, Thomas, 1721-1798

Autograph document signed

Title: [Note]

Note of exchange for £100 to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08287

27 May 1772

Boylston, Thomas, 1721-1798

Autograph document signed

Title: [Note]

Note of exchange for £50 to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08288

1-23 July 1772

Bell, Daniel, fl. 1772-1779

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipts]

Four receipts. The first dated 1July from Daniel Bell. The second dated 10 July from William Winthrop, the third dated 14 July from James and William Cunningham and the last dated 23 July from John White, all of Henry Knox for varying amounts of money.

GLC02437.08290

circa 1776-1825

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of transactions from June to December (year unknown) for various items and their prices including brushes, cotton, belts, ribbons, and others. Appears to be an order for Hepzibah Swan and a Nancy Fuller. Circa date based on Mrs. Swan's life span, beginning with her marriage to James Swan.

GLC02437.08291

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 include dictionaries, a history of duelling, devotionals and military dictionaries.

GLC02437.08295

19 October 1772-9 January 1773

Fowle, Daniel, 1715-1787

Autograph note signed

Title: to Thomas Flucker

Note to pay Hugh McLean £10. Written, signed and dated 9 January 1773 as received by McLean on the verso.

GLC02437.08300

30 October 1772

Boylston, Thomas, 1721-1798

Autograph document signed

Title: [Note]

Note of exchange for £200 to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08301

circa 1780-1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Memoranda]

List of cannons and mortars that need to be transported from West Point to use against New York city. Includes the type of artillery and its poundage. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08302

1773

Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

Manuscript document

Title: [Magazine list]

List of magazines forwarded to Henry Knox for the year 1772. Includes magazines for gentlemen, ladies, a monthly review, a political register and a belle catalogue. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08307

1 January 1773

Waldo, Francis, fl. 1728-1784

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Accounts]

Lists transactions between Thomas Flucker and Francis Waldo. Most likely written by Waldo. Includes a note of receipt and signed by Flucker.

GLC02437.08308

17 February 1773

Manuscript note

Title: [Receipt]

Appears to be a bill for 50 yards of Irish linen and 8 yards of baize that Thomas Flucker bought from Joseph Palmer & Sons.

GLC02437.08311

February 22 - March 5, 1773

Fowle, Daniel, 1715-1787

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Agreement of purchase]

States that he has received from Robert Luist Fowle a printing press, a set of type face, and other items which Robert Fowle had bought from him in August of 1764. Includes a note on the verso signed and dated Boston 5 March by Robert Fowle asking to have some items delivered to Thomas Flucker.

GLC02437.08313