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"In Memoriam U.S. Grant." Black cloth ribbon

"In Memoriam U.S. Grant." Black cloth ribbon with silver lettering. Mounting inscribed: "Aug. 8, 1885 Worn at the Funeral of Genl. U.S. Grant New York City."

GLC04360.068

"In Memoriam G.A.R." Black cloth ribbon

"In Memoriam G.A.R." Black cloth ribbon with silver lettering. Mounting inscribed: "Worn at the Funeral of Genl. U.S. Grant Aug. 8, 1885."

GLC04360.069

"239." Black cloth ribbon

"239." Black cloth ribbon with silver lettering and G.A.R. emblem. Mounting inscribed: "Grant Memorial G.A.R.."

GLC04360.070

"Gen. U.S. Grant Commandery No. 28 K.G.E." Red cloth ribbon

"Gen. U.S. Grant Commandery No. 28 K.G.E." Red cloth ribbon with gold lettering. Mounting inscribed: Knights of the Golden Eagle. Philada. 1892."

GLC04360.071

Genl. U.S. Grant. G.A.R. Post 5. Black cloth ribbon

"Genl. U.S. Grant. G.A.R. Post 5. Philadelphia. Grant Memorial 1886." Black cloth ribbon with silver lettering. Mounting inscribed: "1886."

GLC04360.072

To: Churchill C. Cambreleng

Election Predictions for 1840 and the Whigs: " Their hard cider will ... be converted into sour vinegar before the end of the dog days."

GLC07991

To: Samuel Milligan

"I look upon secession as being the prolific mother of anarchy which is the next step to despotism. It is political heresy..." (Johnson wrote 1860 by mistake)

GLC07995

To: Ulysses S. Grant

Directing Grant to issue an order creating the Military Division of the Atlantic, to be commanded by William T. Sherman. (12 days before impeachment)

GLC07996

Affix the seal to the proclomation concerning the eight hours law

Affix the seal to the proclomation creating eight hour work day.

GLC07998

to John G. Bourke

"I hate to bring in any question of race origin into our politics, and I want to see us all act simply and purely as Americans."

GLC08001

To: Jean B. Gouvion

Lafayette informs Lt. Col. Gouvion that, despite his success, he will not be promoted within the French Army. [In French]

GLC08016.02

To: Benjamin Lincoln.

Inserting advertisement into a Gazette of Lincoln's choosing seeking tenants for his western lands.

GLC08019

To: Samuel Athawes

Declining to be exectutor of George W. Fairfax's estate following his death.

GLC08020

Farewell Address

Farewell Address, printed in "Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Together with the messages..."

GLC08021

[Assignment of land to Samuel Ogden]

Noted as a copy of the original. A legal agreement made by Henry Knox assigning property to Samuel Ogden and his heirs. The property includes all houses, land, and any other real estate associated with the said assignment. Docket notes 10,670...

GLC02437.06259

to unknown

Possibly a draft of a recommendation for a gentleman named John Hills. Discusses the survey and leveling work John Hills provided for him for the last four summers. Also mentions lands in Massachusetts, the Waldo patent lands, and canals.

GLC02437.06318

[Power of attorney]

Copy of a document officially giving Joseph Peirce the power of attorney.

GLC02437.06390

[Copy of receipts]

Lists transactions by date. Noted as a copy.

GLC02437.06422

[Copy of notes drawn]

Copy of several financial notes drawn by George Meade, listing transactions. Dates range from 13 to 25 May. Also includes a note of receipt dated 27 August and signed by Knox.

GLC02437.06426

[Bills of exchange to Henry Jackson]

Receipt stating that Jackson has received from Knox bills of exchange. Written in the hand of Knox and signed by Jackson.

GLC02437.06448

Agreement with J. Malcolm & J. Harkness

Agreement between Knox and James Malcom and John Harkness to survey land. Survey is for Lincolnshire land. Title from docket.

GLC02437.06451

[Receipt]

Receipt of taxes for the town of Cushing. Written in the hand of Knox and signed by Moses Robinson.

GLC02437.06453

[Articles of agreement]

Articles for an agreement drawn up between Knox and Henry Simpson of Boston, Massachusetts. Discusses issues with land and property.

GLC02437.06504

[Statement]

Official statement where Knox gives Henry Jackson promissory notes. Countersigned by Joseph Hall.

GLC02437.06519

[Memorandum]

Memorandum concerning a soldier.

GLC02437.06545

[Land deed]

Grants a land deed to Henry Jackson from Knox and his wife. Noted as a copy in the docket.

GLC02437.06552

[Agreement]

Agreement with a Zenas Lathrop regarding the occupation of Brigadier's Island.

GLC02437.06559

Directions to William MacIntosh [incomplete]

Gives directions to a William MacIntosh, who Knox has left in charge of taking care of his house. Bottom of the third and fourth pages are clipped.

GLC02437.06560

[Agreement to pay for work on a canal]

Receipt regarding work done on a canal and payment for the workers.

GLC02437.06571

[Administration of the Flucker Estate]

Discusses the distribution of the Flucker estate by Henry Knox. Noted as a copy.

GLC02437.06587

[Agreement with George Meade]

Agreement to sell 100,000 acres of land to George Meade for $50,000.

GLC02437.06589

[Obituary notices of children of Henry Knox]

Contains three items. The first, labeled "From the Centinel- April 27th, 1796," is an obituary for two of Knox's children, Augusta Henrietta and Marcus Bingham. The second, from 24 January 1798, is an obituary for Knox's fourteen-year-old daughter...

GLC02437.06724

[Invoice]

Invoice for a pipe and Madeira wine shipped by John Marsden Pintard for Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08678

[Bill of lading for the schooner Paulina]

Partially printed. Attests that Henry Jackson is shipping two trunks, five boxes, a keg and some cheese from Boston to Philadelphia. The goods are to be picked up in Philadelphia by Knox or his assigns.

GLC02437.08682

[List]

List of notes by date that Henry Knox endorsed.

GLC02437.08683

[Receipt]

Note of receipt from Henry Knox for $200 of rent. Signed by a John [Laurance ?].

GLC02437.08684

[Notes]

Notes regarding various business, listed by date. Includes a drawing of a pointing hand on the first page.

GLC02437.08685

[Receipt]

Receipt of Henry Knox for £100. Includes a signature from an E. Lawrence.

GLC02437.08686

[Receipt]

Receipt for items Henry Knox bought from Thomas Johnson, including a large bay mare for $250.

GLC02437.08688

[Receipt]

Bill of attendance for René Pillet, a French teacher, and includes fees for his services.

GLC02437.08689

[Money order]

Money order to pay Samuel Hodgdon $1,676. Countersigned by George Meade, though both signatures are struck.

GLC02437.08690

[Note]

A financial note for the sum of $1500.00 involving Henry Knox, George Meade, and Samuel Hodgdon.

GLC02437.08691

[Notes]

George Meade's signature has been struck. Financial notes drawn by George Meade for Henry Knox. Lists amounts, dates, and payment terms.

GLC02437.08695

[Memorandum of notes]

Notes given from Henry Knox to Henry Jackson. Lists dates and amounts.

GLC02437.08697

[Financial note]

Promises to pay Benjamin Lincoln $120 on demand with interest.

GLC02437.08698

[Receipt]

Receipt for $540.90 in cash and $55.49 in provisions paid by Henry Jackson on Henry Knox's account.

GLC02437.08699

[Bills]

List of tax items levied by Henry Knox for the town of Thomaston, Maine.

GLC02437.08706

[Receipt]

Note of receipt of $200 from Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08707

[Agreement with the 20 Associates]

Agreement between Knox and "the twenty associates" represented by Charles Barrett regarding lands in the Waldo patent. Establishes the boundaries of the lands owned by the associates, and lists other rules reragding this property. The twenty...

GLC02437.09253

[Agreement with James Swan for land sale]

Agreement granting 25,000 acres in the Waldo patent from Henry Knox to James Swan, also giving Knox the right to buy the land back at a fixed price.

GLC02437.09254

[Agreement between Henry Knox and George Meade for sale of land]

Articles of agreement between Henry Knox and George Meade regarding Knox selling Meade one hundred thousand acres in the Waldo patent. Part of the last page has been clipped.

GLC02437.09256

[Memorial to the Massachusetts Congress regarding the Waldo patent]

Petition by Henry Knox to the state of Massachusetts arguing that the state has not properly surveyed the Waldo patent and has not alloted enough land to Knox and his partners.

GLC02437.09260

[Resolution by the Massachusetts legislature regarding Henry Knox's petition]

Resolution by the Massachusetts legislature regarding Henry Knox's petition. Grants to Knox and his partners the land the petitioned for. Also with the name of John Bacon as if signed.

GLC02437.09261

to Henry Knox

Discusses Knox's division of the Ducktrap plantation and "beg[s] leave to acquiant [sic] you that we the said Subscribers would wish to have the said division incoporated into a Town and we would further respecfully intimate to you that it is the...

GLC02437.10313

[Indenture with Samuel Ogden]

Indenture in which Samuel Ogden will hold a certain amount of land in trust from Knox and his wife, Lucy Knox.

GLC02437.10316

[Plan of house]

Includes lists and plans for the house in addition to a penciled floor plan.

GLC02437.10319

[Statement related to the Waldo or Muscongus Patent]

Knox presents an argument to Congress for his share of the patent by relating its history and present state (according to him). Attests that the Patent was granted in 1629 extending "thirty miles square on each side of Penobscot river." Discusses...

GLC02437.10322

[Account]

List of transactions between Henry Knox and Henry Jackson from 14 September 1794 to 4 September 1795.

GLC02437.10394

[Account]

List of transactions between Henry Knox and Joseph Peirce by date from 29 September 1794 to 19 June 1795.

GLC02437.10395

[Account]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and John Hills by date from 10 July 1794 to 6 January 1795.

GLC02437.10396

[Acceptances]

List of transactions between George Mead and Henry Knox on behalf of Samuel Hodgden. Noted as a copy in the docket.

GLC02437.10397

[Map of land]

Map of surveyed land possibly located in Maine. Titled, "THE SOUTH LINE OF the 50000 Acres Run By John Gleason Junr 1795 No 1." Covers three miles and a half of land and includes notes on the quality of land. Document is partially printed with...

GLC02437.10598

[Booklist]

A catalogue of General Knox's books. Date was added later in pencil.

GLC02437.10599

[List]

An account of Henry Knox's with Henry Jackson. Appears to be a list of persons names Jackson paid on Knox's behalf from 14 September 1794 to 10 November 1794.

GLC02437.10621

[Account]

Noted as a copy. An account of Henry Knox's with Samuel Hodgdon from May 1795 to June 1795. Lists amounts paid to George Meade.

GLC02437.10623

[Account]

An account of Henry Knox's with Samuel Hodgdon from July 1795 to August 1795. Lists amounts paid for various items. Date taken from docket.

GLC02437.10625

to George M. Dallas

Buchana's Presidency and politics: " Does it not sound oddly enough to hear ... Douglas ... Question whether he is indeed in or out of the Democratic party? These early open divisions certainly do not argur well."

GLC07990

To: Jesse R. Grant

Embarking on a new career, concerns about Julia traveling into free states with a slave.

GLC07997

Draft of one of the opening sections of first State of the Union address.

Draft of one of the opening sections of first State of the Union address. With collateral G.L. Rives Als fowarding draft to his sister, stating " the rest of the draft wad torn up, - so this is all there is of it."

GLC07999

Draft of Ladies Home Journal article "Woman's Mission and Woman's Clubs."

Draft of Ladies Home Journal article "Woman's Mission and Woman's Clubs." Opposing women's suffrage." Let it be here distinctly understood that no sensible man has fears of injury to the country on account of such participation. It is its dangerous...

GLC08000

to Oscar King Davis

"I am pretty well disgusted with our government ... in a democracy like ours people will always do well or ill largely in proportion to their leadership. If Lincoln had acted after the firing on Fort Sumter in the way that Wilson did about the...

GLC08003

To: Sir William Johnson

Criticizing General Lyman's account of Johnson's 1755 campaign against Crown Point: "I was not so surprised to see the rest of us stripped as I was to see you."

GLC08014.02

To: Col. John Bradstreet

Military situation at Crown Point: "The brig and sloop are expected here this day, if they arrive our navy and part of the army proceed down the lake to...endeavor to burn and sink and destroy enemys vessels, and attempt what further may be done."

GLC08014.03

To: Caldwallader Colden.

Relaying information from Governor George Clarke during King George's War: "He says it was expected at home that Crown Point would be reduced by our troops, so that way be open to Montreal when the fleet and forces come over."

GLC08014.04

Bill of Expenses

Bill of expenses providing for soldiers who became ill on march to Crown Point charged to Massachusetts Bay Colony.

GLC08014.05

Detailed supply list of Colonel Fitch's Connecticut Regiment while at Ticonderoga

GLC08014.06

Receipt for payment of Moses Scott, a soldier in Barnard's Company.

Receipt for payment of Moses Scott, a soldier in Barnard's Company including cheese, sugar, and chocolate with a total of 16 shillings.

GLC08014.07

Partisan press in election of 1800

Partisan press in election of 1800: considering slander suit against anti-Federalists. "The plan adopted in the Aurora for exciting distrust as to management of our money concerns appears to me to require absolutely some check."

GLC08015

To: Jean B. Gouvion

Lays foundations for a reconnaissance by Lt. Col. Gouvion on the James River.

GLC08016.01

To: Jean B. Gouvion

An expedition to Egypt. [In French]

GLC08016.03

To: Persifor F. Smith

Plan of operations during 2nd Seminole War coordinating attacks with Indian allies. "...Genl. Jessup has a command in pursuit of Sam Jones who has fled towards that place and it is not impossible but that he may attempt to cross over to the West side...

GLC08017

To: Robert C. Wood

Health and safety concerns about his wife, Ann, and children, moving to a healthier place, his public image and possible presidency [1848]. If elected president, he will serve "Honestly and faithfully in accordance with the provisions of the...

GLC08018

to James William Paige

Updates his brother-in-law on his journey from Washington D.C. to Philadelphia, via Columbia, Pennsylvania. From Philadelphia, he plans to return to Washington while his wife Grace Webster continues to New York via Princeton.

GLC01946.01

to James William Paige

States that a rumor is circulating regarding Virginia Congressman John Randolph's challenge to duel Webster. Instructs his brother-in-law Paige to alleviate his wife Grace's concern if Randolph's challenge is printed in the newspapers. Assures...

GLC01946.03

to Cephas Brainerd

Discusses a disagreement over which group was responsible for booking Abraham Lincoln to speak at the Cooper Institute on 27 February 1860. Lincoln was invited by the Young Men's Republican Union. States that Mr. Bowen had no influence over the...

GLC04471.05

to Cephas Brainerd

Encloses President Abraham Lincoln's appointment of Brainerd as Arbitrator for the United States for the suppression of the African slave trade (not present). Asks Brainerd to acknowledge receipt and supply his place of birth. Also encloses an...

GLC04471.06

Scientific American. [Vol. 6, no. 4 (January 25, 1862)]

GLC00005.02

to his sister

Details Archer's life from his departure from London bound for Bermuda on June 13, 1864 to his return from Florida through the blockade on March 23, 1865. "...[I] made every narrow escape from, starving to death, and being eaten up by alligators..."...

GLC01896.079

[Albumen of Archer family]

Large family photograph, Archer's, Jeffery's, etc. Thirty-nine people posed on lawn with trees in front of house with porch. Edward R. Archer is seated on the left-center of the image. Photograph split in two.

GLC01896.200

to James William Paige

Informs his brother-in-law of his family's vacation to Niagara Falls. Refers to a visit from Massachusetts Governor Levi Lincoln Jr. and his wife. States that his wife Grace forgot "two white waistcoats and a pair of working pantaloons" for their...

GLC01946.02

to Henry Knox

Reports shipment of publications to Knox from Thomas Longman, with Brown writing on Longman's behalf. Longman was a London bookseller.

GLC02437.00014

to Henry Knox

Discusses a trip to western Pennsylvania, where McClure stopped at Fort Pitt before heading further west to serve as missionary to the Delaware Indians in a town on the Muskingum River in Ohio. Gives his thoughts on the regional geography, the fort...

GLC02437.00015

to Henry Knox

Notes that he has enclosed Thomas Boydston's bill for 150 pounds sterling against Champion & Dickason, and an order of books. Also indicates that he has shipped a trunk and case of books to Knox aboard the Lydia, under Captain Hall. Longman was a...

GLC02437.00016

to Henry Knox

Reports the shipment of the month's supply of magazines and review publications to Knox from Thomas Longman, with Brown writing on Longman's behalf. Explains that "The Grand Imperial" doesn't produce regular issues, but that he sent what had come in...

GLC02437.00017

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that the magazines sent are the same as in August, except that "The Grand Imperial" has been dropped because it will no longer be published. Post script confirms inclusion of "usual packet for Mr. Bowes." Longman was a London...

GLC02437.00018

[Renting the estate of Isaac Gridley]

As mortgagee of Gridley's estate, Thomas Flucker of Boston issues this official document renting out the estate to Admiral John Montagu for an annual sum of eighty pounds. Montagu was then Commander-in-Chief of the North American station. Flucker's...

GLC02437.00019

to Lucy Flucker

Later copy of the original letter made on 1 June 1858. Discusses being courted by Captain John Linzee, and her aunt interfering with their being able to see each other. Seeks advice from her friend Lucy, who became Lucy Knox in 1774. Inman married...

GLC02437.00020

to Henry Knox

Requests books from Knox and informs him to send the bill to Dr. Sheppard.

GLC02437.00021

[Medal of James A. Garfield]

Front of medal features James A. Garfield in relief profile with the words "James A. Garfield." Verso, designed by C.E. Barber, features a wreath with the following words inside: "Inaugurated President of the United States March 4 1881 -...

GLC02783.03

"Veteran Firemen's Association of Philadelphia." Black cloth ribbon

"Veteran Firemen's Association of Philadelphia." Black cloth ribbon with silver lettering. Mounting inscribed: "Funeral of Genl. U.S. Grant New York City."

GLC04360.073