2 November 1886

Coleman, George W., fl. 1857-1886

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Letter addressed "Dear Cousin." Informs he has been transferred to the "South Kansas Conference." Inquires about the cost of a train ticket. Says wife and children will not move with him initially, but may follow later. Asks about people's health. Letterhead has emblem "Grand Division Sons of Temperance of Tennessee."

GLC03523.10.205

2 August 1890

Ovus, George M., fl. 1890

Printed document

Title: Declaration for Invalid Pension

Soldier's application for pension due to chronic illness as a result of war injuries. Appoints Joseph M. Maitland as his attorney to prosecute his claim. Signed by E. B. [Cundiff] and S.M. Woods as witnesses and a Mr. Ellis from Com[mon] Pleas Court (first name illegible).

GLC03523.10.207

19 May 1890

Maitland, Joseph M., 1836-1918

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George E. Lemon

Writes to attorney George E. Lemon to discuss legal fees associated with Nellie C. Maitland's minor pension claim. Written on stationery from the Clerk's Office, Champaign County. Docket notes that this letter is a copy.

GLC03523.10.209

9 August 1890

Coleman, Daniel, fl. 1884-1890

Printed document signed

Title: Declaration for Invalid Pension

Claims he is partially unable to earn a living due to "sciatic rheumatism." Appoints Joseph M. Maitland as his attorney to prosecute his claim. Signed by H.C. Moyer and A.L. Alford as witnesses, as well as E. W. Crum as notary public.

GLC03523.10.210

February 6, 1818

Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Writes first to report on Knox's daughter (in law) Eliza's travels to and from Boston, and correspondence related to her (Eliza married Lucy's son Henry Jackson Knox). Next, discusses President [John] Adams's recent preoccupation with the idea of an American Navy. Adams believes that when he was Vice President under Washington, they discussed the establishment of a Navy; [Thomas] Jefferson and [Henry] Knox supported the idea, but [Alexander] Hamilton and the Attorney General did not. Writes that President Adams would like to know whether Lucy remembers any debates on this subject.…

GLC02437.08066

circa 11 August 1790

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Manuscript document

Title: [Draft of address to the U.S. Senate]

A complete draft, in the hand of Henry Knox, and with the addition of the word "Senate" in the hand of Alexander Hamilton, of Washington's August 11, 1790 address to the Senate regarding the Treaty with the Creeks.

GLC02437.08080

16 May 1793

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: to George Washington [incomplete]

Letterpress copy. Opinions of governmental heads related to Genet's use of privateers manned and equipped by American citizens to capture British prizes and bring them into U.S. ports. Discussing whether British prizes taken by French privateers manned by Americans should be delivered to the British Minister: "The Secretary of State and the Attorney General were against the restoration and the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War were for it." Notes that the privateers were commissioned in Charleston, South Carolina by French Minister Edmond Charles Genet (referred to here as…

GLC02437.10355

1790-1791

Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Various documents related to Arthur St. Clair's 1791 Western expedition]

Copies of documents written by various persons related to Arthur St. Clair's failed 1791 Western expedition. Pages 1-5 contain the copy of a report written 10 January 1793 by Joseph Nourse, Register of the Treasury. Discusses the enlistment of levies and the debts and rations owed to officers who participated in the "March of the Army from Fort Washington into the Indian Country." Pages 6-7 contain letters from General Arthur St. Clair and Josiah Harmar to Henry Knox, Secretary of War. Page 6 contains a preface to the correspondence: "The report states the delay of furnishing the…

GLC02437.10357

21 May 1792

Fleming, George, 1748-1822

Manuscript document

Title: [Copies of documents related to Arthur St. Clair's 1791 Western expedition]

Pages one and two consist of a letter written by Fleming to Henry Knox 21 May from West Point. Defends his management of stores sent from West Point (a Congressional report recently cited mismanagement of the quartermaster and military stores departments as the main reason for the failure of St. Clair's Western expedition). Contains John Stagg's 14 January 1793 verification of Fleming's letter and an oath related to the same matter. Page 3 contains an "Abstract of the militia in the service of the United States on the frontiers of the State of Pennsylvania... May 1791" and an "Abstract of…

GLC02437.10358

1830

Stone, W. J., fl. 1830

Map

Title: [Map of Northern Maine]

Map of northern Maine and adjacent British Provinces. Includes Great Britain's claims. Boundary lines between the United States, Great Britain, and the arbiter are color coded. Noted, "Reduced from the official Map A with latest surveys by S.L. Dashiell Washington 1830."

GLC02437.10609

1864

Johnson, Fry, & Co., fl. 1825-1873

Print

Title: Andrew Johnson

Seated left-facing portrait of Johnson. Behind his chair is a small covered table with a book and piece of paper. Engraving based on a painting by Alonzo Chappel, who in turn used a photograph. By the lower left corner "Painted by" and on the lower right "Alonzo Chappel." Printed signature below image with "Likeness from a recent Photgraph from life." Noted at the bottom of the page as "Entered according to act of Congress A. D. 1864 by Johnson Fry & Co - in the clerks office of the district court of the souther district of N.Y."

GLC00496.261.02

29 July 1805

Scales, William, fl. 1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes that he did not pick a side during the war, and was against the war entirely. Now regrets that he is being made to suffer the repercussions of a war he did not support. Discusses importing clergy members from Britain, as well as belief in the supernatural in rural Maine. Explains his belief in religion. Apparently is recommending that Knox ensures that a new clergy member from Britain, a Mr. Chillea, enjoys the approval of local churchgoers before Knox finalizes his employment.

GLC02437.07955

1 August 1804

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Agreement between Henry Knox and Ebenezer Thatcher]

Agreement between Knox and his son-in-law Ebenezer Thatcher (married to Knox's daughter Lucy). Indicates that certain grist mills and logging mills will be kept operational from 1 August [1804]-1 July 1805. Provides instructions for the operation of the mills.

GLC02437.07957

19 October 1805

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Letter about shipping lime] [fragment]

Date added later in pencil. Handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox, but item is a fragment of a longer document. Appears to be a portion of a letter about Knox's lime business, and shipments being sent via Captains Benjamin and Edward Kelleran.

GLC02437.07975

18 November 1805

Cushing, Charles, fl. 1805

Printed document signed

Title: [Receipt for payment between George Storer and Henry Knox, Benjamin Lincoln, and Henry Jackson]

Partially printed. Receipt acknowledging that Knox, Lincoln and Jackson paid George Storer the money they owed from a previous lawsuit. Signed by Charles Cushing, as Clerk. Note on verso signed by George Storer acknowledging receipt of the funds in full by 1 August 1806.

GLC02437.07984

19 November 1805

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Financial agreement]

Declares that Knox is bound to Israel Thorndike and William Prescott for the sum of thirty thousand dollars. Also includes information on lands Knox owns, possibly included as collateral in case of his inability to pay.

GLC02437.07985

1 December 1805

Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

Printed document signed

Title: Establishment of the United States Military Philosophical Society

Partially printed. Letter discusses the establishment of the United States Military Philosophical Society, a scientific society. Informs Knox that the group has elected him a member. Signed by Jonathan Williams as President, and Alexander Macomb as Secretary. Includes the Constitution of the group.

GLC02437.07989

8 January 1806

Houston, Robert, 1765-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Provides information on the quality of land and water on Brigadier's Island in Maine.

GLC02437.07995

6 March 1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: to George Storer

The first page, written and signed by Knox, contains calculations of monies due George Storer. Verso contains two notes, written in an unknown hand, regarding balances due.

GLC02437.08011

24 April 1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Gleason

Discusses a letter Gleason sent him, with news of the malicious behavior of a third party (possibly the firm of Bicknel & Simmons). Comments on his relationship with Bicknel and Simmons, as well as their financial arrangements.

GLC02437.08022

29 April 1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Gleason

Provides information about a carpenter and several other workmen whom he has employed. Has enclosed their employment agreement (not present). Explains the tasks he would like each to perform. Also reports that he sent General [David] Cobb summonses regarding the dispute Knox is having with Mr. Bicknel, and asks for Gleason's help with contacting Mr. Waldo or Colonel Thatcher on the subject.

GLC02437.08023

9 June 1806

Gilman, Jonathan, fl. 1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Gleason

Written from a place titled "Grean Plantacion." Asks Gleason to ask General [Henry] Knox about the fate of a lot of land he is interested in purchasing.

GLC02437.08028

26 June 1806

Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832

Manuscript document signed

Title: to David Sears

Writes to suggest they bargain on the purchase of land belonging to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08031

18 July 1806

Gleason, John, fl. 1796-1811

Manuscript document signed

Title: List of laborers in Genl Knox's employ

List of employees of Henry Knox, sorted by their specialty.

GLC02437.08034

12 August 1806

Taylor, William, fl. 1793-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed pertaining to William Taylor and Henry Knox]

Agreement stating that Knox purchased a particular tract of land from Taylor and that Taylor was paid a sum of money for it. Signed by William Taylor and Joseph Waldron as witness, and William Stevenson as Justice of the Peace.

GLC02437.08035