18 October 1773

Russell, Joseph D., fl. 1773

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Requests a copy of Hume's "History of England."

GLC02437.00093

2 November 1773

Brown, Christopher, fl. 1772-1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Reports shipment of publications to Knox from Thomas Longman, with Brown writing on Longman's behalf. Notes that this is the last shipment until after Christmas. Longman was a London bookseller.

GLC02437.00094

13 November 1773

Putnam, James, 1756-1838

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox [incomplete]

Discusses a book order and settlement of his account. A note at the bottom addressed to Clark Chandler asks if Chandler has a team going to Boston this week and, if so, asks if he could transport a box. Putnam was among the Massachusetts merchants stigmatized as Hutchinson "Addresses" for signing addresses to British Governor Hutchinson when he departed from Massachusetts in 1774. Some words are missing from paper loss at the edges of the document.

GLC02437.00095

4 November 1773

Sherburne, Henry, 1748-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Places an order for books, listing the titles at the bottom. Sherburne was a merchant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Titles include, "Bathcelor of Salamanca," "Anacreon," Dicky Gotham & Doll Clod," "Tristan Shandy," "Peregrine Pickle," "Collection of Stories," and "Dodsley's Collection of Letters."

GLC02437.00096

5 November 1773

Fowle, Robert Luist, 1743-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses an unpaid debt to Knox. States that he was away during the previous summer and left the business in the care of his "late Partner, which he was to settle--and is in fact his own Debt." But Fowle's name is linked to the debt and he promises to pay, requesting that Knox be patient. Fowle's kinsman, Daniel Fowle, wrote to Knox about this debt on 21 May 1773 (see GLC02437.00064). Robert Fowle worked as a printer and publisher in Portsmouth and Exeter, New Hampshire until 1777.

GLC02437.00097

20 November 1773

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Manuscript letter

Title: to Henry Knox

Written and signed by G. Welbank for Rivington. Adds names to the list of newspaper subscribers Rivington supplied earlier. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00098

25 November 1773

Hopkins, David, fl. 1773

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Expresses desire for a new tea date, since he could not make the last one. Promises to settle his account.

GLC02437.00099

20 November 1773

Nickolls, R.B., fl. 1773

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Reverend Nickolls places a book order and inquires about new books from London.

GLC02437.00100

29 November 1773

Merrill, Hezekiah, 1752-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Places a book order and requests that Knox forward several enclosed letters to London (not included).

GLC02437.00101

9 December 1773

Fowle, Daniel, 1715-1787

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Also signed by Robert Fowle. They regret the delay of settling their account and promise to pay when they receive some money they are owed. Request notification when Knox obtains printing paper. For previous discussions of their debt see GLC02437.00064 and GLC02437.00097. Robert Fowle worked as a printer and publisher in Portsmouth and Exeter, New Hampshire until 1777.

GLC02437.00102

14 December 1773

Rogers, Daniel, 1749-1803

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Requests that Knox bind the book he has sent.

GLC02437.00103

17 December 1773

Whipple, Oliver, 1744-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses activity in trying to settle a debt owed to Knox by Robert Fowle and Daniel Fowle. Mentions the possibility of holding "them to Bail at our next Court." Whipple was serving as Robert Fowle's lawyer, but a post script indicates that he is no longer empowered to transact business for Fowle. For previous discussions of their debt see GLC02437.00064, GLC02437.00097, and GLC02437.00102. Robert Fowle worked as a printer and publisher in Portsmouth and Exeter, New Hampshire until 1777.

GLC02437.00105

19 December 1773

Pope, Joseph, 1746-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox [incomplete]

Places and order for a book. Some words are missing from paper loss at the edges of the document. Pope was a pastor of a church in Spencer and later a chaplain in the Revolutionary War.

GLC02437.00106

20 December 1773

Merrill, Hezekiah, 1752-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Places a book order and requests that Knox forward several enclosed letters (not included).

GLC02437.00107

December 21, 1773

Bayley, Daniel, 1755-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Expresses regret that he cannot send the book that Knox requested since he has been out of paper, though he expects to get some soon. Bayley was a printer, publisher, and composer.

GLC02437.00108

23 December 1773

Clarke, Joseph, fl. 1773-1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Requests that Knox send him some books, and promises to settle his account.

GLC02437.00109

December 1773

Fayerweather, Samuel, 1725-1781

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Reverend Fayerweather pays the balance owed for a book purchase he made for Judge Peterson at the Dummer Academy.

GLC02437.00111

January 17, 1821

Hobart, Thomas, fl. 1821-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Discusses the postal service. Mentions that the delivery days for the mail might change. Asks Aaron to write to the Postmaster General and inform him that they do not want the change. Also states that he wants Hobart to "attend to the Interest of the manufactors," and discusses related matters.

GLC06313.04.095

January 3, 1774

Merrill, Hezekiah, 1752-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Requests that Knox forward a letter to London for him.

GLC02437.00112

4 January 1774

Lee, Michael, fl. 1773-1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Orders Harwood's translation of the New Testament and asks that it be sent with the binding of the "Master Key to Popery."

GLC02437.00113

4 January 1774

Bayley, Daniel, 1755-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Sends two dozen books. Orders paper. Bayley was a printer, publisher, and composer.

GLC02437.00114

9 January 1774

Oliver, Andrew, 1731-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Inquires about the state of his book order, and the page missing from the Nautical Almanac for 1774, which he previously ordered (see GLC02437.00046 and GLC02437.00053). Reiterates that no one who uses the Nautical Almanac would purchase it with such important information missing. Oliver one of the founders of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society. He published an "Essay on Comets" the previous year.

GLC02437.00115

20 March 1777

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Mentions his plan to "enter the Service" once he raises a certain sum, which he is confident he will have soon. He has bought two hundred pounds worth of quills, paper, and similar articles from Newburry, and thinks they will be easy to turn a profit on since they are scarce in Boston. William and Lucy Knox had reopened the bookshop that Henry had operated before the war, and tried to sell these items there. States that he ran into Joshua Wentworth of Portsmouth, who informed him of the arrival of a French vessel carrying a large cargo of arms for the Continental Army. French officers…

GLC02437.00555

18 March 1777

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Badly misses Henry and hopes to hear from him, her only comfort being her young baby, Lucy Flucker Knox. Hopes that he cries when thinking of her hardships. Reports that William Knox, who she calls Billy, has set out for Newburg, in order to purchase stationery which he hopes to sell. Lucy and William Knox reopened the Boston bookstore that Knox had operated before the war began. They tried to sell other stationery items, but were not very successful. Notes that a shipping embargo may begin soon, but feels that it is "privateering" to take the goods of those "innocent people" who are not…

GLC02437.00553

25 March 1777

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Continues the discussion about raising money from his last letter, GLC02437.00555. Still believes that he will soon have raised the necessary funds, and will then be free to join the army. Hopes to receive the quills, wax, etc. that day. A French General has arrived and met with General Heath, and more French ships are expected. The General is most likely Phillipe Charles Jean Baptiste Tronson du Coudray.

GLC02437.00558