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to Henry Knox

Informs Knox he shipped him the articles Knox requested. Comments he has been ill at home for several days. Also discusses several business transactions.

GLC02437.07630

to Joseph Peirce

Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Informs Peirce he received the rum, crackers, and a receipt for $800. Discusses various business dealings including his troubling situation with the low price of lime. States, "the low...

GLC02437.07634

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox he received his letter and the $1200. Mentions Mr. Brown is in the country and he will call on Brown once he returns. Also discusses the quantity of lime he has sold for Knox.

GLC02437.07639

to Henry Knox

Discusses business transactions involving Henry Knox and a Mr. Brown. Informs Knox that Brown endorsed Knox's note for $999.

GLC02437.07643

to Joseph Peirce

Recommends Lieutenant Humphrey [Hooh] to Peirce. States Peirce would be wise to sell the land to Hooh. Says Hooh is a valuable settler and citizen and vouches for his character.

GLC02437.07660

to Joseph Peirce

Discusses his lime production, noting the various orders and quantity sold. Also describes which bills and people to pay with the proceeds from the lime.

GLC02437.07744

to Joseph Peirce

Continues to discuss his lime business. Mentions the amount of lime they should produce and ship and how to finance it all. Also discusses other business dealings appearing to pertain to land deals.

GLC02437.07745

to Joseph Peirce

Speaks of his troubling affairs over his debt and the humiliation he has sustained from not being able to pay his notes as promised. States, "This circumstance has embittered my existence." Mentions making any type of payment is out of his hand right...

GLC02437.07776

to Henry Knox

Responds to Knox's letter (see GLC02437.07776) regarding lack of payment. Apologizes to Knox for pressing him for a payment but stresses that his "commercial existence" depends on the immediate payment of some papers. Notes he will wait for Knox's...

GLC02437.07777

to Henry Knox

Discusses his management of Knox's financial relationships with Mr. J[onathan] D. Robins, Mr. Samuel Brown, Mr. William Marston, and others.

GLC02437.07832

to Joseph Peirce

Discusses account information regarding [the late] Mr. [Thomas?] Flucker's estate. Requests Pierce has General [Henry] Jackson pay the creditors first then draw upon Knox for any differences.

GLC02437.09840

to unknown

Discusses information about a bond and that he has "since heard that they have ordered the bond to be put into suit." Feels anxious about this and wants to be informed as soon as possible about it. Goes on to discuss arguments concerning the bond....

GLC02437.10290

to Joseph Peirce

Discusses proprietors and states that "it must be defered as soon as possible in order to give time to obtain an aqcuitable [sic] decision or compromise with the state." Mentions issues with taxes and employment of new people. Waterstained in the...

GLC02437.10291

to Joseph Peirce

Writes about continuing to receive supplies from France. Seems annoyed about changes in the arrangements, stating "[t]his therefore had better be the course of the business that is to descend upon the agreements ... in Paris." Discusses Mr. Dunton...

GLC02437.10294

to Joseph Peirce

Discusses the situation with the construction of the house and states that "I am making great exertions to endevor [sic] to be arrange my business in such a manner, as to set [out for] the province of Maine in the in the course of the next month ......

GLC02437.10301

to Joseph Peirce [incomplete]

Discusses money for a payment and concerns about the house. Letterpress copy.

GLC02437.10320

to John Peirce

Discusses the printing of certificates of account balances for officers. He writes that the officers wish their certificates to be printed "either with common type or copper plated". Knox agrees with the officers and suggests that the certificates...

GLC02437.02304

to Joseph Peirce [incomplete?]

Discusses debts and payments.

GLC02437.08148

to Joseph Peirce

Hoping to sell the portion of the Waldo Patent that previously belonged to Thomas Flucker as soon as possible. Worries that the lands will soon be made worthless by the number of people who have settled there illegally without paying. For this...

GLC02437.09233

to Henry Knox

Updates Knox on Thomas and Francis Flucker's accounts. Notes he has enclosed (not included) their accounts and receipts for the winter term.

GLC02437.09851

to Henry Knox

References several of Knox's letters, the last one from 4 July 1783 which had pamphlets to distribute. Says they have been printed, along with General Washington's letter, and distributed. Says Washington's letter has been in some of the newspapers...

GLC02437.02351

to Henry Knox

Asks for his decision regarding a house in Dorchester and forwards a letter for Lucy Knox from a Mrs. Howard of London, the daughter of a Sheriff Stephen Greenleaf, and a letter for Knox from his brother. Mentions that he heard from a Mr. Samuel...

GLC02437.02385

to Henry Knox

Peirce references Knox's letter of 27 August. Says he has signed an agreement for a house for Knox "for one quarter certain to commence the 15th of this month at £45." Reports the farm can be rented with the house next year.

GLC02437.02469

to Henry Knox

Discusses obtaining information regarding certain unspecified business matters dealing with the Flucker estate.

GLC02437.02530

to Henry Knox

Discusses a petition in Congress "to postpone the sale of absentees estates till further orders of the court, and to enable agents to lease as heretofore," which would affect Knox's claim to the Waldo patent. Also discusses the issue of commutation...

GLC02437.02627