1 November 1793

Hills, John, fl. 1771-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

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

GLC02437.08699

21 June 1796

Joy, Benjamin, 1758-1830

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and Benjamin Joy by date.

GLC02437.08703

27 July 1796

Manuscript document

Title: [Orders]

List of items wanted for a frigate, including spruce spars, booms, mizzen yards, poles and others. Noted as written in the Navy yard.

GLC02437.08704

1795-1796

Vose, Spencer, fl. 1795-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bills]

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

GLC02437.08706

17 April 1794

Way, George, fl. 1794-1797

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bill]

List of items Henry Knox bought from George Way, including a coach.

GLC02437.08710

31 May 1797

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Receipt]

Sends various articles of bedding to his nephew Francis Flucker in Billerica, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.08711

3 July 1797

Sigourney, Elisha, fl. 1778-1797

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Note of receipt for $150 from Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08715

circa 1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

Account of various items for Sarah Lyons Flucker paid by the late Henry Knox. Items listed by date.

GLC02437.08727

19 May 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [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

25 May 1795

Meade, George, 1741-1808

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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

February 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [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

circa 1785-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: to unknown

Noted as a copy. Discusses Sarah Lyons Flucker Beaumez's children's hereditary rights to the Waldo patent. Provides a thorough background on the late Mrs. Hannah Flucker's estate and her will. Mrs. [Lucy] Knox is mentioned as the rightful heir to Flucker's estate in the United States. It is also noted that it was always Lucy Knox's intention to provide her nephew's (Francis and Thomas Flucker) with a portion of her mother's (Hannah Flucker) estate. Mentions the various legal issues and land claims on the estate and asks if Mrs. Knox can legally assign a portion of the land to the Flucker…

GLC02437.09879

circa 1797-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [List]

List of money delivered to his nephew, Thomas Flucker, for various reasons.

GLC02437.09951

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Sale of land]

Discusses the sale of land by Thomas Flucker's heirs to a Thomas Warson.

GLC02437.09970

February 1795

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of deeds with Joseph Peirce.

GLC02437.09976

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Mortgage deeds]

List of mortgage deeds and who has them for what amount.

GLC02437.09995

February 4, 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [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 erroneous surveys of the land and his right as proprietor. Notes that he "is aware of the prejudices entertained against possessions of large tracts of land, but he considers the Justice of his Country is superior to the passion of Prejudice." Cites "the liberality and humanity of the proprietors to the people who have in hundreds of Instances…

GLC02437.10322

January 19, 1795

Hills, John, fl. 1771-1796

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

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

GLC02437.10396

25 May 1795

Manuscript document

Title: [Acceptances]

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

GLC02437.10397

circa 25 July 1797

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of transactions between John Jones and Henry Knox by date from 1 June to 25 July 1797.

GLC02437.10398

1795

Gleason, John, fl. 1796-1811

Map

Title: [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 information written in hand. Also has a partially colored border.

GLC02437.10598

30 March 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Booklist]

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

GLC02437.10599

15 June 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [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

15 August 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [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

May 1905

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Typed document

Title: 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 undermining effect on the characters of the wives and mothers of our land that we fear." With autograph corrections and interlinear insertions.

GLC08000