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[Receipt]
10 September 1789
Lane, Matthew, fl. 1789
Receipt for various items directed to Matthew Lane from Henry Knox. Items include payment for masonry work, bricks, lime and other related materials.
GLC02437.08628
March 24, 1790
Stuart, James, fl. 1790
Receipt for twelve candles Henry Knox bought from James Stuart.
GLC02437.08629
28 April 1790
Poggi, Anthony C., fl. 1790-1791
Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Note of receipt to Henry Knox for three guineas for the subscription of two prints, one of the battle at Bunker Hill and the other of the death of General Richard Montgomery...
GLC02437.08633
10 August 1790
Jacob L., May, & Son, fl. 1790
Receipt for a box of 60 bottles.
GLC02437.08634
[Note]
11 October 1790
Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828
Note of receipt of Henry Knox for about £13.
GLC02437.08638
11 November 1790
unknown, fl. 1790
Receipt for medication from Henry Knox to Mr. Bayley. Signed by Edmund [Ludlow ?] for Mr. Bayley. Date from docket.
GLC02437.08639
January 18, 1791
Fenno, John, 1751-1798
Receipt of items Henry Knox bought from the firm Thomas & Andrews. Also includes a note of receipt for payment on behalf of the firm from John Fenno.
GLC02437.08640
15 June 1791
Gordon, John, fl. 1775-1791
Receipt for two hats Henry Knox bought from John Gordon, with a note of receipt from Gordon.
GLC02437.08643
[Land agreement]
2 October 1788
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Document is signed by Henry Knox and various other people. A land agreement between Henry Knox and the inhabitants of Owls Head, Maine. Knox agrees to supply the inhabitants who agree to his terms with warranty deeds. The land is being sold for...
GLC02437.09199
3 January 1785
Cox, William, fl. 1785
Two receipts are included on the same page. The first receipt is signed by William Cox for receiving two pounds and eight shillings from Henry Knox on 1 January 1785 for eight loads of goods. The second receipt is signed by William Mackintosh for...
GLC02437.09814
[Auditor's report]
11 June 1790 - November 1792
Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841
Discusses Henry Knox's accounts and lists his transactions by date. Noted as written from the Auditor's office in the Treasury Department.
GLC02437.10443
[Report]
10 May 1790
Cover letter of Knox's report regarding troops furnished by various states for each year of the Revolutionary War as well as conjectural estimates of militia. On April 23, 1790, Congress instructed Secretary of War Knox to "to lay before the House an...
GLC02437.10586
[Account]
circa January 31, 1791
Abstract of the accounts of the United States regarding expenditures from 1 January 1790 - 31 January 1791.
GLC02437.10588
to James Wilkinson
29 September 1791
Marked "Private." Besides receiving a copy of Wilkinson's report to Arthur St. Clair, he also received a private letter of 26 August. Says the volunteer expeditions under Wilkinson and [General Charles] Scott "reflect great honor on the commander...
GLC02437.05175
to Henry Knox
January 24, 1792
Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825
Written from Fort Washington, near present-day Cincinnati, Ohio. Writes to Knox about a disagreement between Major Hodgson and Major Zeigler. Offered to mediate their disagreement, but was denied. Asks Knox to step in, as the Majors are...
GLC02437.05298
February 12, 1792
Written from Fort Washington, present-day Cincinnati, Ohio. Marked "Private, Personal & Confidential." Provides his opinion that [Winthrop] Sargent should be kept on as Adjutant General, but only if the appointment is sanctioned with a rank....
GLC02437.05318
February 14, 1792
Written from Fort Washington, present-day Cincinnati, Ohio. Marked "Private, Personal & Confidential." Tells Knox that "a most lawless outrage was committed by a party of the soldiers on the person of a civil magistrate in the village of Cincinnati...
GLC02437.05321
[Officers' petition to Henry Knox regarding inadequate wages]
circa September 1776
Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820
Signed by Sargent, William Treadwell, Benjamin Frothingham, Jotham Horton, David Allen, John Johnston, Thomas Seward, and Benajah Carpenter. All sign as Captain Lieutenant, and present a moving request for livable wages. "...We the subscribers...
GLC02437.10008
to Lieutenant [M.] Wetzell
19 August 1781
Orders Wetzell to take his two howitzers to West Point to coordinate with Colonel John Crane. Crane is to then transport the cannon to the West side of Kings Ferry, where Colonel John Lamb will receive them. Knox stipulates, "Not a moments delay to...
GLC02437.01140
18 October 1784
Wheaton, Mason, fl. 1784-1798
Colonel Wheaton discusses "the subject of the Waldo Patent and more particularly of the part of it which belonged to Mr. [Thomas] Flucker." Reports that the Patent was divided in four sections between Thomas Flucker, Francis Waldo, Samuel Waldo, and...
GLC02437.03058
28 October 1784
Discusses his interest in "burning lime," or lime manufacture for use in masonry. Comments on "lime kilem," possibly lime kiln, in the area. Recommends a cooper, Mr. Marse, who "will make a thousand hogsheads yearly."
GLC02437.03063
to Isaac Winslow
22 July 1787
Discusses the claims to the Waldo Patent, particularly that of William Wetmore, the husband of Sarah, Lucy Knox's cousin. Makes arrangements with Winslow for a trip to Boston to discuss the claims. Asks Winslow to attend an upcoming meeting of the...
GLC02437.03612
to Bennett Wheeler
14 August 1790
Secretary of War Knox responds to a claim Wheeler made to Knox in a previous letter that the "present naval officer of Providence had obtained this office through the influence of the mechanics of Providence." Knox insists no one had "reason or...
GLC02437.04692
14 October 1790
Williams, Otho Holland, 1749-1794
Williams informs Secretary of War Knox that William's brother is writing Knox regarding their contract. Williams's brother and a Mr. Eliot are interested in continuing to supply rations and hope to both remain employed in "the department of the...
GLC02437.04754
9 August 1792
Asks for Knox to pay off an old Flucker family debt. Explains that he moved to Flucker land before the war, and through his own "Industry, Care & Labour," he saved a sum of money. He lent the money to Mr. Flucker, who already owed him a substantial...
GLC02437.05576
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