circa 1790-1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: The present number of troops

Notes the number of troops stationed in Ohio, Florida, the North Carolina frontier, Georgia. Troop totals add up to 1,680. Lists reasons for the proposed troop augmentation. These reasons include: to awe the Wabash and Creek Indians, to draw "a line of posts around them [the Creeks]," and to protect frontier settlements. Writes on "The situation, Temper, and views of the frontier people to be stated - and the general policy considered of protecting and regulating them - or of suffering them to protect themselves and of the immediate and ultimate consequences of such a measure." Makes…

GLC02437.08454

1778

Emmons, Nathaniel, fl. 1778

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bill to William Knox]

William Knox bought 6 silver spoons and a sword for £2.14.0. The items were bought from Lech Brigden. Nathaniel Emmons, apparently an agent for Brigden, signed the bill stating payment was made.

GLC02437.08456

10 February 1779

Amory, Jonathan, fl. 1778-1779

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt]

Receipt of items William Knox bought from Jonathan Amory. Items include bibles and knifes.

GLC02437.08465

February 1779

Callender, Benjamin, fl. 1772-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bill for William Knox]

Bill for making a coat and to mend another coat and a pair breeches. Also bills William for buttons, silk, and thread. The total is £7.16. Signed by Callender stating he received payment.

GLC02437.08474

2 April 1779

Callender, Benjamin, fl. 1772-1785

Manuscript document

Title: [Bill for William Knox]

Bill for making a jacket. Also for thread and mending a coat and a pair of breeches. Total came to £5.8.

GLC02437.08479

26 April 1779

Bird, Nathaniel, fl. 1774-1790

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bill for William Knox]

William Knox bought 15 dozen shoe brushes and 3 dozen scrubbing brushes. The total was £167.2. Bird signed the document noting that full payment was made.

GLC02437.08485

28 April 1779

Callender, Benjamin, fl. 1772-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bill for William Knox]

Bill for making breeches as well as buttons and silk. The total came to £5.1. Signed by Callender stating payment was received.

GLC02437.08486

18 May 1779

Clement, Thomas, fl. 1778-1779

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for payment from William Knox]

Signed by Clement stating he received £200 from William Knox. The money was "sound & free from all Blemishes whatever."

GLC02437.08487

16 June 1779

Bell, Daniel, fl. 1772-1779

Manuscript document signed

Title: [William Knox's account with Daniel Bell]

William bought 10 hogsheads of tobacco. The total came to £3787. Bell signed off that he received payment.

GLC02437.08491

28 September 1779

Manuscript document

Title: [William Knox's account with Beckes] [in French]

William Knox purchased various items for a total of £167.2.

GLC02437.08496

22 December 1779

Burford, William, fl. 1779

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt

Partially printed receipt for hosiery purchased from William Burford at the Golden Fleece for Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08513

23 December 1779

Bidwell, William, fl. 1779

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt

Receipt for material bought from Thomas Bowen for Mrs. John Timmins. Signed by William Bidwell.

GLC02437.08518

27 January 1780

Bell, John, 1745-1831

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Books bought of John Bell]

Bought a copy of Halley's Astronomical Tables, a copy of the court calender, a copy of the list of the army, and a lead pencil. Total came to £1.3.

GLC02437.08527

12 September 1778

Brimmer, Martin, 1742-1804

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Lists transactions of William Knox.

GLC02437.10387

circa 1771

Battelle, Ebenezer, fl. 1771

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Booklist]

A long list of books that Henry Knox purchased possibly from Eben Battelle. Date was added later in pencil. Henry Knox signed he received the books.

GLC02437.10612

circa 1782

Carr, James, fl. 1775-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Return]

Return for a New Hampshire battalion commanded by James Carr. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. The year 1782 was noted on the docket at later date in pencil.

GLC02437.10613

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Table of stock]

Table showing the relative value of American stock. Categories include marked value of stock, deferred, various indents, and reference.

GLC02437.10614

21 December 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: to George Washington

Writes, "The insurgents who were assembled at Worcester in Massachusetts have disbanded- The people at Boston seem to be glad at this event and say it was the effect of fear- But the fact is that the insurgents effected their object, which was to prevent the Court of Common Pleas from proceeding to business. It is probable that the seizing some of the insurgents at Middlesex occasioned a greater number of them to assemble at Worcester than otherwise would have assembled merely on Account of preventing the common Pleas." Adds that it appears that the government planned to bring the…

GLC02437.03385

14 January 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Washington

Knox updates Washington on various state conventions meeting to decide on ratification of the United States Constitution. Writes, "The new Constitution has hitherto been as well received as could have been expected considering the various existing opinions prejudices and parties in the respective states." Reports that Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut have all voted in favor of ratification. Mentions Jeremiah and James Wadsworth, both part of the Connecticut convention. Thinks Connecticut's decision to ratify will influence the Massachusetts convention (Massachusetts…

GLC02437.03762

14 February 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to George Washington

Reports on Massachusetts' adoption of the Constitution of the United States. Writes, "It may with great truth be asserted that no subject was ever more candidly debated- Many of the minority express their determination, of inculcating the principle of union among their constituents." Categorizes those who oppose the Constitution into three groups: the "insurgent interest," the "desperate debtors," and "honest men, without information whose minds are apprehensive of danger to their Liberties." Encloses a paper "containing a description of the demonstration of Joy by the Boston people on the…

GLC02437.03797

11 March 1788

Grasse, Alexandre-Francois Auguste, Marquis de, 1765-1845

Manuscript letter

Title: to George Washington [in French]

Extract from a letter (in French) from Augustus de Grasse to George Washington to be presented before the Society of the Cincinnati, regarding Augustus's father, Admiral Francois De Grasse. The younger de Grasse asks Washington's permission to wear his late father's Society of the Cincinnati eagle medallion.

GLC02437.03820

13 December 1786

Bruce, Stephen, ?-1801

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Bruce, apparently a merchant, writes to Knox to discuss a contract for supplying the troops in the Boston area. Has been working with General [Henry] Jackson and Colonel [Benjamin] Hichborn, providing them with necessary supplies. Includes terms for a potential contract to work as an official supplier.

GLC02437.03374

14 December 1786

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790

Manuscript letter

Title: to William Shepard

Thanks him for the intelligence provided by his last two letters. Says that the last of the letters was received by "your confidential Friend Major Shepard," and he has talked with him extensively about the matters contained therein. Writes that the Council will meet on 20 December, "when the means of effectually suppressing the Insurgents will be taken into serious consideration." Will hear from him on the subject as Shepard may have an active part in the situation. Asks for his ideas on the best plan for that purpose, from start to finish: "Beginning with the support of the Worcester…

GLC02437.03378

15 December 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to James Bowdoin

Writes, "Major [Winthrop] Sargent will have the honor to deliver your Excellency this letter. Although his dispositions are military, yet he finds himself constrained on consideration of his former rank to decline the appointment to a company of Artillery with which your Excellency lately favored him. But as it is possible that the commotions which now exist in Massachusetts may demand the services of every friend of good governt he will with great zeal render every service in his power to check the progress of rebellion." Recommends him as an excellent officer.

GLC02437.03380

26 December 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stephen Bruce

Written from the War Office, likely located in New York City in this period (also see GLC02437.03393 for a letter written on the same date from Knox in New York City). Explains that the Treasury Board has been, for some time, making plans for paying and acquiring supplies for the troops. They have generally agreed about the supplies they need, but not necessarily how they would execute the plans. Discusses some of the options with Bruce, a merchant in talks with the Treasury Board about obtaining the contract to supply the troops.

GLC02437.03392