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[Receipt]

Receipt for a sum of £13 and change. Also includes a date of February 1772 and March 17 1772 on the verso.

GLC02437.08270

[Note]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Note of exchange for £100 to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08286

[Note]

Note of exchange for £150 to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08292

[Note]

Note of exchange for £150 to Henry Knox

GLC02437.08298

[Note]

Note of exchange for £100 to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08314

to Henry Knox

Bill for various items including 35 chests of arms, ammunition and accoutrements. Date inferred from similar document in the National Archives (cited by the Papers of the War Dept. project).

GLC02437.08317

[Note]

Note of exchange for £200 to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08325

[Receipt]

Note of receipt from Boston.

GLC02437.08329

[Note]

Note of exchange for £400 to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08334

[Account]

List of goods Henry Knox bought from the firm Breck & Hammat. Items include sugar, chocolate, coffee, brandy and others.

GLC02437.08341

[Receipt]

Receipt stating that Henry Knox bought half a barrel of flour from Daniel Bell.

GLC02437.08343

[List]

List of various items, including cloth, blankets, hose, and others.

GLC02437.08345

[List]

List of 25 men, by name, who are to be discharged along with "sums due" and amounts "to be paid."

GLC02437.08347

[Note]

Bill or receipt stating that Knox bought several kitchen items from Jeremiah Allen.

GLC02437.08351

[Note]

Bill or receipt stating that Henry Knox bought paper from David Black. Signed by a David [Lawion ?].

GLC02437.08352

[List]

List of various weapons and ammunition "for a siege." Includes poundage and amounts.

GLC02437.08354

[Account]

List of goods received by George Bell on account of Samuel Shaw. Items mainly include various types of tea. Includes an illegible signature in the bottom right corner.

GLC02437.08359

[Bill to Henry Knox]

Bill for goods purchased by Knox. These items include salt, 6 china coffee cups, a china slop bowl, and a cream pot. The total cost was £10.7.0. Signed "Recd. the Above Jno. Adams." This document is not related to President John Adams.

GLC02437.08361

[Robert Bell's account with Henry Knox]

Knox sent Bell 42 copies of Viand's "Voyage with Falconers Shipwreck," 24 copies of Cappipina's "Letters," and 11 copies of "Letters to Blackstone." The total bill comes to £19.8.6 in Pennsylvania currency. Assumed to be Henry Knox's handwriting.

GLC02437.08377

[Receipt for money received from Henry Knox]

Bliss notes that he received £40 from Knox at sundry times.

GLC02437.08380

[Bill sent to William Knox]

Thomas Clement sent a bill to William Knox for £4.6.3. This seems to have been for work at Henry Knox's bookshop and includes costs for nails, boards, hinges, boxes, and fixing a window.

GLC02437.08386

Book of Accounts - Regiment of Artillery Commanded by Colo. Henry Knox 1776

Account book is written in two hands, one unknown, and the other Samuel Shaw. Relates to officers serving under Knox in the artillery in 1776. Each entry is accompanied by Shaw's notes as to whether the account was settled, adjusted, etc. Many of...

GLC02437.08393

[Debts due to John Chapman]

Notes that Knox owed Chapman £12.12.6 for keeping 4 horses for 2 weeks and boarding Knox, Monsieur Colerus, Samuel Shaw, and a servant named John. Boarding included 140 meals. Also paid for an old pair of saddle bags. Chapman signed the document...

GLC02437.08396

[Bill to William Knox]

William Knox purchased 70 reams of paper, some colored. The total bill was for £116.12. It is noted on the bottom "Rec'd payment Josh Loring."

GLC02437.08397

[Bill sent to Henry Knox]

Knox bought 2 loaves of sugar with a total weight of 21 pounds, 15 ounces for £2.14.10. Jonathan Davis signed as the agent for Bowdoin and Read, claiming he received payment.

GLC02437.08403

[William Knox's payment to a contractor]

Appears to be in William Knox's hand. William Knox paid the contractor Thomas Clement £1.19.6 for boards, screws, hooks, clasps, and labor. Clement signed the bottom noting he received full payment.

GLC02437.08406

[Expenses for recruiting]

Written in Knox's hand. List of expenses for the recruiting service. Goods and services include clothing, transportation, bounties, rations, medicine and pay to recruiters. Tens of thousands of dollars was allocated and spent. Page 4 has a...

GLC02437.08413

[Bill for repairs made to Henry Knox's chaise]

Noted that Henry Knox paid Thomas Bumstead in full for work on his chaise. Total cost was £22.12.2. Payments were for chains, springs, rivets, seats, lace, buckles, a head rail, and labor for repairs. The work was done March-September 1777, but it...

GLC02437.08415

[Overview of army payments]

Mentions that pay is current up to 31 March, although no year is given. Pay was noted as $55,000. Some other expenses include: $55,000 toward bounties, $35,000 to the Quartermaster's Department, $4,000 to the Hospital Department, and $22,000 to the...

GLC02437.08419

[Bill to Henry Knox]

General Henry Knox's bill from Joseph Billings. It appears that Billings was a tailor. The bill is for various pieces of clothing including coats, waistcoats, and breeches. Also has payments due for various lengths of cloth as well as buttons...

GLC02437.08421

[Receipt for William Knox]

William Knox bought 20 dictionaries, a dozen memorandum books, and a dozen small memorandum books. The total is £34.15.4.

GLC02437.08428

[Receipt to Henry Knox]

Carter notes he received two looking glasses with a value of £100, and 3 tables, which he promises to return on demand. If there is a fire or they are destroyed by accident, Carter agrees to pay for the goods.

GLC02437.08429

[Memorandum on a copper mine]

Lists costs associated with a copper mine. Includes £6,000 is capital. If 100 tons of ore are extracted at £80 per ton, Knox excepts an annual profit of £2,720. In Knox's hand.

GLC02437.08433

[Receipt to William Knox for a suit]

Total for a suit for William Knox is £9.10.0.

GLC02437.08435

Expense of Survey for a Navign from Connecticut river to Charles river

Total expenses for travel were £28.0.6 and "Expence of an examination without a Survey" were £12.

GLC02437.08438

[Bill for William Knox]

Receipt for the purchase of Bibles from John Armory, Jr. The total cost comes to £39.4.

GLC02437.08441

[Document on the French Navy] [in French]

Document on the French fleet.

GLC02437.08442

[Estimates on purchasing bank stock]

Calculations to buy bank stock add up to $57,937 made in several payments. There are many calculations based on varying interest rates. Not dated, but third payment was slated for 1 July 1792 and the fourth payment on 1 January 1793.

GLC02437.08447

[William Knox's account]

Payment for Callender making jacket and breeches. Knox was also charged for silk thread and buttons. The total was £6.

GLC02437.08449

[Receipt for William Knox]

Receipt given to William Knox after he paid three months rent to John Amory, Jr. The total was for £12.10.

GLC02437.08450

The present number of troops

Notes the number of troops stationed in Ohio, Florida, the North Carolina frontier, Georgia. Troop totals add up to 1,680. Lists reasons for the proposed troop augmentation. These reasons include: to awe the Wabash and Creek Indians, to draw "a...

GLC02437.08454

[Bill to William Knox]

William Knox bought 6 silver spoons and a sword for £2.14.0. The items were bought from Lech Brigden. Nathaniel Emmons, apparently an agent for Brigden, signed the bill stating payment was made.

GLC02437.08456

[Receipt]

Receipt of items William Knox bought from Jonathan Amory. Items include bibles and knifes.

GLC02437.08465

[Bill for William Knox]

Bill for making a coat and to mend another coat and a pair breeches. Also bills William for buttons, silk, and thread. The total is £7.16. Signed by Callender stating he received payment.

GLC02437.08474

[Receipt]

Lists transactions of William Knox.

GLC02437.10387

[Booklist]

A long list of books that Henry Knox purchased possibly from Eben Battelle. Date was added later in pencil. Henry Knox signed he received the books.

GLC02437.10612

[Return]

Return for a New Hampshire battalion commanded by James Carr. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. The year 1782 was noted on the docket at later date in pencil.

GLC02437.10613

[Table of stock]

Table showing the relative value of American stock. Categories include marked value of stock, deferred, various indents, and reference.

GLC02437.10614

to George Washington

Discusses the appointment of either Mr. [Thomas] Pinckney or [David] Humphreys as the minister to the Republic of France. Mentions Mr. Pinckney might transfer to France as long it is not disagreeable to him. Also notes Mr. Humphreys has not voiced...

GLC02437.06098

to George Washington

Secretary of War Knox informs the president of his arrival in Philadelphia, and also for permission to join Washington in Carlisle, Pennsylvania "until the painful task upon which you are, shall be settled."

The "painful task" was the suppression of...

GLC02437.06219