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Receipt of wheat from Peter Rode for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04654

Receipt of wheat from William Patrick for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04655

Receipt of wheat from John Kilmer for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04656

Receipt of wheat from John Strepel for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04657

Receipt of wheat from Hendrick Shauer for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04658

Receipt of wheat from John Silvernail for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04659

Receipt of wheat from Adam Cunn for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04660

Receipt of wheat from Johanas van Duesen for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04661

Receipt of wheat from Baurent Pister for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04662

Receipt of wheat from Adam Kings for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04663

Receipt of wheat from William Link for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04664

Receipt of wheat from George Kallerhouse for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04665

Receipt of wheat from Peter Pulfer for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04666

Receipt of wheat from James Karl for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04667

Receipt of wheat from William Wafer for rent due Walter, Robert, John, & Henry Livingston

GLC03107.04668

to Mason Wheaton

Knox had been in correspondence with Wheaton, who was handling matters related to the division of the Waldo Patent among Samuel Waldo's heirs. Encourages Colonel Wheaton to "come up to this place as soon as possible, that we may finally agree upon...

GLC02437.03077

to Mason Wheaton

Writes that the bearer, Captain Thomas Vose, has arranged with Knox to occupy and apparently rent farmland belonging to Knox. Asks Wheaton to deliver him to the territory at a time he and Vose can agree upon.

GLC02437.04082

William Duers receipt for stock of the United States 28th April 1791

Lists stocks received of Henry Knox on 26 April 1791 transferred to Messrs Le Roy and Bayard. Title from docket.

GLC02437.04930

[Land purchase instructions for Henry Jackson and other agents]

Document is apparently written in Duer's hand and signed by both Knox and Duer. Docket is in Knox's hand. Document provides instructions to their agents for the purchase of a tract of land in Maine. Docket suggests General Henry Jackson was one of...

GLC02437.04970

[Notes on his accounts with William Duer]

Chronicles financial transactions between Henry Knox and William Duer from December 1791 to mid-February 1792. Information on page 2 indicates that a Francis Ingraham is willing to "take up Mr. Duer's note."

GLC02437.05322

to Henry Knox

Money order to pay fifty dollars to a Peter Hasenfrats.

GLC02437.05455

[Indenture between Henry Knox and William Duer]

An important land transaction of Knox's involving more than one million acres of land. Agreement of indenture between Henry Knox and William Duer. Signed by Richard Harrison and [Benjamin] Walker. Henry Knox signature has been crossed out.

GLC02437.05492

[Obligation between Henry Knox, Samuel Ogden and William Duer]

Knox signs with his initials. Outlines a financial transaction between Knox, Ogden and Duer regarding their purchase of townships (in Maine).

GLC02437.05495

[Obligation between Henry Knox, Samuel Ogden and William Duer]

Copy of GLC02437.05495. Includes a note written and signed by William Duer authorizing delivery of "the deed within mentioned to Benjamin Walker in his own name." On page two, contains a note written and signed by Benjamin Walker authorizing...

GLC02437.05496

[Proposition for Henry Knox]

Duer signs in text as "Mr. Duer." Presents a proposal for Knox to relinquish to Duer "his Right in the Pre Emption of Two million acres of land made of the State of Massachusetts of by Henry Jackson and Royal Flint..." Discusses in detail seven...

GLC02437.05524

to Mason Wheaton

Replies to Wheaton's request for money owed him by the late Mr. Flucker, Knox's father-in-law. States that while he would like to help Wheaton, he is only responsible for affairs under his control and refers him to someone in Boston.

GLC02437.05639

For Major [Henry] Jackson: Papers to be obtained from [William] Duer or Col. Walker.

Title taken from docket. Lists various contracts and agreements that Jackson or Walker is suppose to obtain from Duer; most dealing with land agreements.

GLC02437.05748

to the president and directors of the Boston branch of the Bank of the United States

Asks for a discount of an enclosed note (not included).

GLC02437.06512

[Formal request]

Requests Henry Knox to send in a plan for a plantation and mentions submitting resolves to the office of the commonwealth of Massachusetts.

GLC02437.06540

to Henry Knox

Signed by several members of the Standing Committee of the 20 Associates. Committee writes to ask Knox for a complete survey of the entirety of their territory. The committee explains the nature of the survey they want, the boundaries of what they...

GLC02437.06803

to Henry Knox

Writes on behalf of 20 associates discussing a possible adjustment in the terms of settlement between Knox and settlers.

GLC02437.07004

to [the Board of the United States Bank]

Expresses concern over his ability to pay back a loan and suggests mortgaging the house of his land agent George Ulmer as collateral.

GLC02437.07194

to James Brown

Knox is upset that the Senate did not approve his son's promotion and asks Brown to have his son, Henry Jackson, serve as an acting Lieutenant with midshipman's pay. Letter is written on very fine tissue paper with very faded writing.

GLC02437.07381

[Receipt]

Receipt from Henry Knox for money for accommodation.

GLC02437.08632

[Note]

Note of receipt of Henry Knox for two notes of $2,500 each.

GLC02437.08642

[Note]

Promissory note to pay Henry Knox $1,000.

GLC02437.08648

[Note]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Promissory note to pay Henry Knox $3,000.

GLC02437.08651

[Receipt]

Receipt of Henry Knox for $350.

GLC02437.08687

Account of Sales at Grean leafs Auctions

List of account sales for Henry Knox. Includes paper, books, and a trunk. Title taken from docket. Circa date based on other similar documents in the collection.

GLC02437.09916

[Memorandum of conversation with Edmond-Charles Genêt]

Initialled by Knox. Reports on a conversation with French Minister Genet. Mentions news about Guadalupe and Martinique. Says Admiral Gardener made an appearance there and was told that the defenders were in need of muskets, cannon, and ammunition...

GLC02437.05897

to unknown

Relates the concerns of the President, George Washington, regarding the "present hostile state of Europe," and the consequences it may have for the United States. Writes, "It is acknowledged by all who reflect upon the course of human events that a...

GLC02437.09950

To: Gov. Thomas Hicks.

Regarding Garrett's conversation with Lincoln: "Gentlemen, the salvation of the union depends upon your state. If Maryland...secedes, civil war is inevitable."

GLC07968

To: Samuel Huntington

Forwarding proposed Bill of Rights for ratification to Governor of CT. with Huntington docket on verso.

GLC07973

to Joseph Conn Guild

"It is true in politics as in morals, that those who are not for us are against ... I have long believed, that it was only by preserving the identity of the Republican party, as embodied and chracterised by the principles of Mr. Jefferson that the...

GLC07986

To: Irwin McDowell

Plans to visit montana, hostile situation with Indians at Fort Lapwai, Idaho.

GLC08004

Defeat of McClellan on the Peninsula [VA] during the Seven Days Battles.

Confidential report about defeat of McClellan on the Peninsula [VA] during the Seven Days Battles. The assesment is blunt but still hopeful, and Smith expresses his strong desire for his comments to not be leaked as they may cause wide-spread alarm.

GLC08006

To: Freedman's Aid

Address to President Lincoln regarding the Freedman's Bureau.

GLC08008

[Notes on a conversation with John Morgan]

Recounts a conversation he had with Morgan that day, about a letter Morgan wrote regarding an incident in the Northwest Territories. Writes that he informed Morgan he must take action and have the matter investigated, due to his office. The...

GLC02437.05327

[Bond for Shaw & Randall]

Several documents detailing financial arrangements between the firm of Samuel Shaw and Thomas Randall, and a firm called Philips, Cramond & Co. of Philadelphia. A copy of the original, including the signatures. See GLC02437.05375 for the letter...

GLC02437.05374

[Account between Henry Jackson and Henry Knox]

Authorship is unclear, but Henry Jackson's signature appears to be at the bottom of page 4. Account for May-October 1792 between Henry Knox and Henry Jackson [in a secretarial hand], to which Jackson adds his handwritten and signed commentary on...

GLC02437.05457