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

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

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

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

27 July 1773

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of books, including Ovid's Metamorphoses, Dunlop's Greek Grammar, Seneca's Epistles in English, and others.

GLC02437.08327

12 August 1773

Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

Manuscript document

Title: [Invoice of goods]

Lists books on a variety of subjects to be shipped to Boston for Henry Knox. Includes books on poetry, animals, "heathen gods," biographies, histories and others.

GLC02437.08331

September 1774

Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783

Manuscript document

Title: to John Semple

List of items by date, starting from 16 May to September of 1774. Items include stockings, thread, mitts, books, gloves, various types of cloth and others. Date from docket.

GLC02437.08340

20 June 1774

Perkins, Elizabeth, fl. 1774

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of goods Lucy Knox bought from Elizabeth Perkins. Items include plates, dishes, glasses, chamber pots, tea and coffee pots, cups and others.

GLC02437.08342

circa 1774-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of items that Lucy Knox bought from a S.P. Items include caps, butter, wine, apron tape, thread, and others.

GLC02437.08350

10 September 1800

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt]

Notes Henry Knox's receipt of cord, boards and timber from a Captain Libby, possibly Hatevil Libby.

GLC02437.08771

10 September 1800

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt]

Note of receipt stating that Henry Knox has received various items, mostly relating to lumber and cord, from Captain Libby.

GLC02437.08774

25-30 October 1800

Jackson, Jonathon, 1743-1810

Manuscript document

Title: [Notes]

Notes concerning timber and fortifications of Fort Independence and Castle Island. Noted as a copy and includes two notes dated 30 October from Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08775

9-10 October 1800

Jackson, Jonathon, 1743-1810

Manuscript document

Title: [Fortifications]

Notes on the fortifications, particularly regarding building material. Includes a note of certification and receipt, both from Henry Knox. The note of receipt is dated 10 October.

GLC02437.08776

5 March 1803

Archibald, A., fl. 1803

Manuscript document

Title: [Bill]

Bill for a desk that Henry Knox ordered.

GLC02437.08809

5 July 1803

Libby, Nathan, fl. 1803

Manuscript document

Title: [Note]

Note of an order of 865 feet of 2 inch blankets from Henry Knox. Includes a note of receipt from Nathan Libby dated 23 September.

GLC02437.08813

10 October 1803

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of transactions between Mathius [Sturrer ?] and Henry Knox, mainly relating to building materials.

GLC02437.08815

22 June 1804

Vose, Thomas, 1753-1810

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

States that John Butler has delivered some items. Includes a note of receipt for payment on the verso, signed by Butler. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08831

12 March 1805

Manuscript document signed

Title: Sales of Woollens for account and risk of Henry Knox

Lists sales transactions by date. Signed by a J. [Buggl ?].

GLC02437.08843

25 July 1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account]

Lists accounts between Henry Knox and Thomas Vose for articles in a store. Signed by Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08845

September 18, 1864

Williams, W.F., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: Letter regarding arrest of traders, and list of confiscated goods [Decimalized .01-.02]

Williams informs George Wortham that he has captured men who were trading across the lines and encloses a list of the articles seized and men captured.

GLC02233.55

27 November 1864

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alida Roca McParlin

McParlin sends news of himself and asks for more letters from his wife. Writes about life and work at the hospital in Annapolis, Maryland. Comments on religion, friends, and food. Has been so cold that he has been using his "buffalo robe." Troops and officers received apples from the "patriotic merchants" of New York and turkey as well for Thanksgiving. There is text loss where the year was written and elsewhere along the edges of the paper.

GLC02649.39

February 20, 1864-February 21, 1864

Low, William W., 1823-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John B. Marchand

Relays a message from "the Admiral" asking Marchand to forward certain mails and discusses a trading ship that is overcharging for its goods. Docket notes "Reporting the 'Pelican States' violation of Revenue law." Written on board the U.S.S. Octorara, which Low commanded during the Union blockade of Mobile, Alabama.

GLC02680.20

11 March 1783

Mercer, John F., 1759-1821

Autograph letter

Title: to George Weedon

Discusses waiting for news of a peace treaty to end the American Revolution. Indicates that no major breakdowns in negotiations are anticipated. The British desire "a kind of naturalization for their merchants" and free trade to their islands in the West Indies, which is likely to be conceded. A note on the verso states that he will relay the official communication as soon as it arrives.

GLC06491.01