13 June 1799

Sheafe, Jacob, fl. 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Sheafe encloses bills for the planks and informs Knox of other balances and payments regarding his planks. He also tells Knox that he does not need more shipped.

GLC02437.07273

17 April 1798

Stodder, David, fl. 1791-1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes to Knox concerning the market for various types of lumber.

GLC02437.07116

1 November 1796

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Agreement with Miles Cobb]

Contract between Cobb and Knox stating that Cobb must deliver to Knox a supply of oak timber for Knox to sell in Europe. Specifies the price and terms of the deal. The arrangement also mentions Henry Jackson and David Fales. Signed by both Cobb and Knox.

GLC02437.06856

March 1798

Rynier, John, fl. 1797-1802

Manuscript document

Title: [Agreement]

Agreement between Rynier on behalf of Henry Knox and Zenas Lothrop regarding Lothrop's employment with Knox to cut and transport lumber.

GLC02437.07113

18 March 1799

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to Samuel Smith

Knox goes over the prices of the oak plank. He says that William Smith will obtain grey and yellow oak plank "at the vicinity of Boston...."

GLC02437.07246

October 1799

Wilson, Life, fl. 1799-1800

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account log]

Life Wilson's "account of all the Lumber sawed in all the Mills from December the 6th 1797 up to October the first 1799 and distribution of the Same."

GLC02437.07311

4 November 1798

Gleason, John, fl. 1796-1811

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

Lists transactions regarding lumber sawed on a weekly basis at Henry Knox's mills for the month of October 1798. Transactions listed by week and location.

GLC02437.08750

24 May 1844

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

Printed letter

Title: To the persons who derive title from myself or my late father to land in Charlotte River and Byrne's Tracts, in the Counties of Delaware, Otsego, and Schoharie

Discusses the authenticity of land titles, possibly for land he previously gifted to African Americans in need. Suspects that Native Americans told residents that the land titles were inauthentic in order to obtain timber from the property.

GLC04717.69

December 25, 1863

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

The army celebrated Christmas with an artillery barrage on the city of Charleston. As a result a fire broke out in the city which burned for 11 hours. The rebels fired back, hit a gun boat and killed three people. He is applying for leave, but does not want to get his hopes up. His sawmill is running but needs a new boiler. He mentions the progress of the canal.

GLC04662.052

27 June 1800

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to Ebenezer Nutting

Knox tells Nutting that Nutting has "on board the Schooner Dove 302 casks of Lime...and thirty eight tones of oak lumber." Knox says Nutting has to go to Boston to see Knox's agents Jonathan Jackson and Joseph Peirce regarding this business. Jackson will pay Nutting the "amount of the freight, and a small balance" of $32.84.

GLC02437.07431

2 December 1796

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Reports of a possible business venture in a foreign island (name is illegible, but it may be "Curacao"). According to the Consul there, the island is in great need of lumber for spars and masts, which Knox is selling. Encourages him to pursue the opportunity.

GLC02437.06875

11 April 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Mills

Writes to request that Mills travel to the St. George's River area and examine streams for usefulness as mills. Written by Knox in his capacity as attorney for Hannah Flucker, his mother-in-law.

GLC02437.09122

25 October 1802

Olney, Jeremiah, 1749-1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Requests several orders of logs from Knox. Describes the type of wood and size of logs he needs. Also requests Knox deducts the advancement he provided Knox's son, Henry Jackson Knox, from the bill.

GLC02437.07762

13 October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Timothy Pickering

Signed "HK." Writes to Colonel Pickering about the transportation of wood. Mentions sending a regiment to Connecticut. Discusses the place where wood can be obtained with the greatest facility. There will be a regiment of men wintering at West Point so "[t]he roads shall be put into the best order for this purpose." Would like the wood to be transported by water as quickly as possible, since "[t]o put off this arrangement until the winter, and then to oblige the Men to hall it upon sleds, will be a herculean task, to which their strength will be fully unequal." Watermarked with three…

GLC02437.10167

18 October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: to Timothy Pickering

Informs Colonel Pickering there will be a sergeant and twelve men to cut wood for the department to send to Newbury and that "time grows more and more precious daily." Mentions that he has received complaints about soldiers cutting wood without permission and so he has "issued an order, that no wood be cut except at such places as shall be directed..." Noted as a copy in the bottom left hand corner. Watermarked with a crown.

GLC02437.10170

24 October 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Timothy Pickering

Talks about the on-coming winter and the scarcity of wood. Asks Colonel Pickering if it is possible to increase the means of supply to the garrison. Has directed the 4th Massachusetts to occupy the huts as winter quarters. Watermarked with three fleur-de-lis inside a seal.

GLC02437.10174

8 March 1800

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jonathan Jackson

Knox has sent Jonathan Jackson and the Boston Harbour "for the use of the United States" oak plank and lumber "at the rate of eight Dollars per hundred feet."

GLC02437.07374

30 September 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Martin

Asks Martin not to sell Musketo Island, Maine or to allow the removal of any of its resources such as the wood and improvements. Written from "Herring Gu[t?]" which is possibly in Maine.

GLC02437.09197

8 November 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Vose

An extensive summary of details concerning the Waldo Patent. Includes financial information, instructions on selling the land to settlers, and instructions on the administration of the land.

GLC02437.04774

29 August 1801

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to Unknown

Letter is not signed but appears to be Knox's handwriting. Discusses the lumber business. Assures that his people would not send damaged goods. Also notes the prices of lumber.

GLC02437.07596

22 October 1801

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: to unknown

Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Discusses business transactions involving timber. States he has a parcel of logs in a pond and needs them shipped to the mills before winter sets in. Provides further instructions and details concerning the logs.

GLC02437.07641

circa 1796

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to George Ulmer

Discusses the transport of lumber and related business.

GLC02437.08215

20 September 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to the Waldoborough inhabitants

A letter to the citizens of Waldoborough, Maine regarding supplying the citizens with written warrantee deeds. The letter describes the terms of the agreements including payment terms and resources on the land such as lumber and cattle. Written from St. Georges River, possibly present day Thomaston, Maine. A portion of another letter is pasted on the last page of the letter.

GLC02437.09186

30 August 1801

Witherspoon, John, fl. 1800-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Inquires about various issues concerning the care of Brigadiers Island (present day Sears Island, Maine). Asks about the quantity of wood Knox would like and if he should have it shipped to Boston, Massachusetts. Also discusses business transactions, quantity of hay, and labor issues.

GLC02437.07599

4 November 1801

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Witherspoon

Requests Witherspoon delivers Knox's oxen, colts, cows, and his other animals on the island (likely Brigadiers Island, present day Sears Island, Maine) to a Mr. [Cauldon]. Also request Witherspoon informs him the amount of wood he can supply this fall and in March.

GLC02437.07656