1803-1804

Breck, Anna, fl. 1803-1804

Autograph letter

Title: to Lucy [incomplete]

Breck writes to her friend Lucy, likely Lucy Flucker Knox, daughter of Henry Knox. Discusses the marriage of Lucy's brother (possibly Henry Jackson Knox, who married in May 1803). Mentions the engagements of other friends, noting, "...all my friends are taking leave of the single state and I shall soon be quite a solitary member of it-" Continues writing 24 June. Expresses boredom regarding life in the country and living with her parents. Daydreams of distant lands and travel to exotic locales. Mentions memories of Boston, promising not to go to Boston without traveling to Maine to…

GLC02437.09445

circa 1794-1798

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Examination of a disagreement between Captain Nicholson and Colonel Claghorn]

Discussion of a disagreement between Captain Samuel Nicholson and Colonel George Claghorn. The creator notes, "It appears pretty evident that the secret and real cause of the difference has been a jealousy of power." Apparently Nicholson opposed the admittance of two gentleman and ladies to an unspecified location (possibly the ship). The group Nicholson refused was associated with Claghorn.

GLC02437.09455

20 August 1739

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Document signed

Title: [Promissory note between Bradshaw and Samuel Waldo]

Bradshaw promises to pay Samuel Waldo ten pounds in "well made, hard-burnt merchantable bricks" to be delivered at Waldo's house in Boston on or before 30 October [1739]. Also signed by Samuel Whittemore.

GLC02437.09460

January 11, 1754

Winslow, Isaac, 1709-1777

Document signed

Title: [Supplies for Samuel Waldo's estate made by Winslow and Thomas Flucker]

Based on a joint account between Winslow and Flucker, Waldo's son-in-law. Also signed by Flucker. A note at the bottom of page one, continuing to page two indicates this account information is pertinent to supplies sent to Waldo's eastern settlements.

GLC02437.09462

1754

Document

Title: [Account of supplies for James Beveridge at St. George (present-day Maine)]

By order of Samuel Waldo. Lists spinning wheels, wool, spades, flour, quilts, ledgers, and axes, among many other items.

GLC02437.09463

circa March 1776

Manuscript document

Title: [Abstract of Captain Edward Burbeck's company in Colonel Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Abstracts relating to Edward Burbeck's company for the months of January and February of 1776. Each abstract lists men by rank.

GLC02437.09493

January 1776

Perkins, William, 1742-1802

Document signed

Title: [Abstract of pay due for Captain Perkins's company in Colonel Henry Knox's regiment]

Lists the number of persons at specific positions in the regiment (one captain, three lieutenants, etc.).

GLC02437.09494

February- April 1776

Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Abstract of pay for officers and soldiers under the command of Henry Burbeck in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Abstracts of pay for officers and soldiers in Henry Burbeck's regiment of artillery for the months of February, March and April 1776. Lists men by rank with pay amounts.

GLC02437.09503

27 March 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Abstract of pay covering February 1776 for Captains Stephen Badlam and Ebenezer Steven's companies of artillery]

Abstract of pay due to Stephen Badlam and Ebenezer Steven's companies of artillery for the month of February 1776. Lists men by rank with pay amounts.

GLC02437.09507

1 April 1776

Badlam, Stephen, 1751-1815

Document

Title: [Abstract for five men discharged from Captain Stephen Badlam's Company in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Includes an abstract of pay for the months of February and March 1776.

GLC02437.09512

April 1776

Manuscript document signed

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

Lists the various posts (colonel, major, adjutant, etc.) and the pay for each.

GLC02437.09516

10 May 1776

Manuscript document

Title: [List of officers]

Marked as a copy. Lists officers and pay for an unspecified company for the month of March.

GLC02437.09522

16 May 1776

Document

Title: [Abstract of pay due to the field and staff officers and nine companies of the artillery regiment]

Marked as a copy. Covers the months of February and March 1776.

GLC02437.09523

April- June 1776

Burbeck, Edward, 1740-1783

Document

Title: [Abstract of Captain Edward Burbeck's company in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Covers the months of April, May, and June. Marked as a copy.

GLC02437.09524

1776

Manuscript document

Title: [Account information between Henry Knox and Captain Edward Burbeck]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and Edward Burbeck by date from 28 December 1773 to 15 March 1776. Includes amounts for the pay of Burbeck's men, "Blankett Money," and various unnamed articles.

GLC02437.10436

1775-1776

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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.

GLC02437.10654

January 1776

Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Abstract of men in a regiment of artillery commanded by Colonel Henry Knox]

Lists the names of men in the regiment.

GLC02437.10659

31 March 1776

Burbeck, Edward, 1740-1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Roll of men in Captain Edward Burbeck's Company, a regiment of artillery commanded by Colonel Henry Knox]

Lists the names of men and their ranks in the regiment.

GLC02437.10660

1 April 1776

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document

Title: [Roll of enlisted men in Captain [Sebastian] Bauman's artillery company for the Continental Service ordered to be raised in the colony of New York by the Provincial Congress]

Lists the names of men, date of enlistment, and place of birth.

GLC02437.10661

27 April 1776

Badlam, Stephen, 1751-1815

Autograph document signed

Title: [Return]

Return from Military Stores at Albany, New York. Lists current stock of articles and articles carried forward.

GLC02437.10662

26 May 1776

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

Manuscript document

Title: [Muster roll of Captain Bauman's company of artillery in the regiment commanded by Henry Knox]

Lists names of officers and soldiers. Covers the month of March, entered in April.

GLC02437.10663

February 21, 1778

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript letter

Title: to Henry Knox

Realizes that supplies are badly needed in many locations, but wishes to transport supplies as little as possible. Also mentions how well Knox has performed as superintendent of his division. Washington's signature has been clipped out of the letter.

GLC02437.09353

1 March 1781

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript letter

Title: to Henry Knox

Transmits a requisition from New York for ammunition and says to send only what stock is deficient to Fort Schuyler. Written at "Head Quarters." At bottom, a note in the hand of Samuel Shaw reads, "Answered and the papers returned to the man who brought them." Bottom of the letter clipped to remove Washington's signature. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aid-de-camp.

GLC02437.09354

28 May 1781

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript letter

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses the possible evacuation of New York and various issues regarding supplies. Requests an estimate of articles needed for Knox's department and asks Knox to attend to supplies needed by General Clinton and Captain Moodie. "I have only to request that you will be pleased to make all the necessary Estimates of Articles wanted in your Department, and also put the whole business for the Operation (so far as is within your reach) in the best train of execution, which our embarrassed circumstances will possibly admit." Washington's signature clipped out. Docketed by Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09355

1 May 1782

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript letter

Title: to Henry Knox

Does not yet know the route Colonel Lamb's regiment will take, and has ordered the sappers and miners to West Point. "I am so totally in the dark at this Time, respecting the scene of our operations for the ensuing Campaign, that I cannot at present, give you any directions respecting the Time and Rout that Colo. Lamb's Regiment shall march." Washington's signature has been clipped. Written at Head Quarters.

GLC02437.09356