12 September 1782

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Permission to Captain Gilliland to act as volunteer]

Date added later in pencil. Grants permission for Captain Gilliland, formerly of the Corps of Sappers and Miners, to act as a volunteer in the Artillery. Writes that he is persuaded of Captain Gilliland's good conduct in several instances.

GLC02437.01600

12 September 1782

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

Manuscript document

Title: [Copy of letter to John Jacob Faesch directed to Henry Knox]

Written from the War Office. Marked "copy." Addressee on verso is Henry Knox, but letter is apparently a copy of one Lincoln wrote to John Jacob Faesch, a metalworker in the army's employ, which he forwarded to Knox. Writes, "I have been honor'd with your Letter of the 8th Instant - the terms you offer to cast the shells upon are generous, and discover a Laudable zeal to serve the public, but under the present state of our finances - I dare not engage - Money is not to be had, and I am unwilling you should be disciev'd. Shall therefore give up further thoughts of the Contract for this…

GLC02437.01605

13 September 1782

Price, William, ?-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: Return of stores damaged on board the schooner Swallow

Lists items damaged, including 6-pounders, rockets, tubes, etc.

GLC02437.01606

14 September 1782

Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: Return of the present state of Capt Thos Patten's company of artillery artificers under the command of Major General Knox

List of number of company members sorted by rank and occupation (carpenters, shoemakers, goldsmiths, etc.). Records number on command, sick present, sick absent, and fit for duty.

GLC02437.01610

circa 1788-1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: Notes and explanations of Doctor Ramsays history respecting the Campaigns of 1777- the affairs of Trenton 1776

Title from docket. Pertains to Dr. David Ramsay's writing on the battles of Trenton and Princeton (26 December 1776 and 3 January 1777). Document begins with a list of numbered notes, which according to docket are a draft of rough minutes "delivered to Doctor Ramsay, who is writing the history of the late war..." (refers to Ramsay's book, The History of the American Revolution, first published in 1789). Circa date based on the first publication of Ramsay's book.

GLC02437.09438

1798

Manuscript document

Title: Facts and calculations respecting the population and territory of the United States of America.

Consists of three sections: "Of the population of the United States;" "Of the territory of the United States;" and "Of the value of Lands." Last page separated from booklet. Bound with thread. Final page is separated from binding. In a secretarial hand, with emendations in the hand of Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09439

26 November 1780

Kip, Nicholas, fl. 1780

Document signed

Title: [Document pertaining to Knox family provisions]

Contains account information noting the purchase of fowls, "cyder", cabbage, candles, apples, butter, chocolate, rum, and other goods. Appears to be signed by Kip, who attests that the account is settled in full. Text on verso is unrelated to account.

GLC02437.09441

8 February 1781

Lutterloh, Henry Emmanuel, 1731-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ebenezer Woodhull

Lutterloh, Commissary of Forage, writes to Woodhull, Assistant State Agent. Lutterloh writes, "I requested you some time ago to deliver to General Knox six Tuns of Hay, for the use of his Horses- I repeat the request, and wish you would deliver it directly- as the generals horses are in Want of Hay..." On verso, contains details of a hay delivery 8 and 9 February (no year cited). Also includes notes from 9 and 14 March indicating that receipts were given to the persons who delivered the hay for General Knox's horses. Verso signed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.

GLC02437.09442

circa 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Report on relations between the United States and Native Americans]

Circa date previously estimated. "The measure adopted by the general government, relative to the Indian tribes within the lands of the United States, are replete with moderation... and humanity. Philosophers and the intelligent part of humankind will approve the wisdom of such conduct... Instead of an oppressive system having for its object the extirpation of a race of men more sinned against, than sinning, it appears to be the design of the [general] government, to impart to the Indians, who were the original lords of the soil, all the blessings of Life of which their situation will admit…

GLC02437.09446

circa 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Report on relations between the United States and Native Americans]

Discusses the Creek Nation.

GLC02437.09450

1783-1815

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph letter

Title: to unknown [incomplete]

Possibly created by Colonel Henry Jackson (1747-1809) from Massachusetts. Asks the recipient to mention to an unspecified General any matters pertaining to him. Requests several orders by the next post. Threatens that if these orders are not sent, the recipient "shall have no part in the ship at Newberg, this you may depend on-" GLC02437.00591 and GLC02437.09451 were originally one document.

GLC02437.09451

19 August 1862

Bope, John, 1838-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Eliza Jane Bope

Bope writes to his sister from a camp in Battle Creek. Inquires about drafting in Ohio and complains of being sick. States he does not want to be discharged due to his lame arm unless he becomes totally disabled. Reports the troops are happy with the return of Colonel William Gibson.

GLC03523.03.08

25 October 1862

Bope, Conrad, 1839-1917

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bope Sr.

Bope writes to his father from a camp outside of Green River. Says they will go to Nashville next. Mentions that many soldiers from the Ohio 49th Infantry have deserted. Comments that there has been no fighting for him since Shiloh. Doesn't know where Confederate General Braxton Bragg and his troops are, but states that "...if they give us a chance at bragg we can whip them." Discusses the arrival of tents, and mentions the general good health of the 49th. Envelope has image and the slogan "Remember Ellsworth," who was a Union Colonel and the first casualty of the Civil War.

GLC03523.03.10

17 November 1862

Bope, John, 1838-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bope Sr.

Bope writes to his father mentioning that Union General William Rosencrans has taken over his division. Informs him of their march to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and the skirmishes along the way. Mentions that a member of Company "D" accidentally shot himself in the foot. Complains he cannot get boots large enough and goes barefoot much of the time. Asks him to send a pair along with apple butter and butter. Envelope has image of Union flag.

GLC03523.03.11

25 August 1863

Bope, Conrad, 1839-1917

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Eliza Jane Bope

Bope writes to his sister from camp at Bellefonte and complains of the march over the Cumberland mountains. He "fell out" of the march for the first time due to excessive heat. Comments on the "Copperheads" in Ohio. Expresses anger at a friend who joined the Copperheads.

GLC03523.03.12

12 August 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Jefferson

Secretary of War Knox informs Secretary of State Jefferson that President Washington wants to ratify the treaty with the Creeks the following day at noon.

GLC02437.04688

6 November 1790

Hardin, John, 1753-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Harrance

Discusses the conduct of his militia and Major [James] Paul, about whom he "cannot say too much in his favour for his Distinguished behavior as a valuable officer." Notes Major Paul from Uniontown, Pennsylvania formed a battalion of volunteers to help General Josiah Harmar fight Indians on the Pennsylvania/Ohio frontier. Written from Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

GLC02437.04771

circa 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Proceedings before the treaty with the Creek Nation]

Details the upstanding behavior of President George Washington in the treaty negotiations with the Creek Nation. Relates the past arrangements and relationships between the Creeks in Savannah, Georgia and the United States. Date listed in pencil at a later date.

GLC02437.04786

4 January 1791

Tracy, John, fl. 1789-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson

Tracy lays out his resume to General Henry Jackson as "the oldest inspecting Officer of the Militia" in Massachusetts as reason to appoint him "Inspector for the District of Massachusetts." He includes his "abilities and character" as well as the loss of property "in consequence of the late Revolution." Tracy would like Jackson to write Secretary of War Knox to recommend him to President Washington.

GLC02437.04817

5 December 1789

Waldo, Samuel, 1764-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses business related to the Waldo patent, specifically pertaining to Coopers claim. Expresses his wish that Knox "may tend to obtain a recovery of our claim, which is too valuable to be any longer neglected - it contains 1009 acres, and on computing the several sums my grandfather paid for title deeds, it appears to have cost him about 1230 [lbs] this currency." "Free" handwritten on address leaf with no signature.

GLC02437.04425

circa December 1789

Hazen, Moses, 1733-1803

Autograph note signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Signed in text as "Genl. Hazen." Discusses difficulties in reaching a final settlement for his military affairs and gives detailed information related to his struggle to reach a settlement. Mentions others involved, including [William] Duer and General [Jedediah] Huntington. Declares, "Is there an Executor in this nation or any one that represents it in the recess of the Legislater. If not what have we been fiting [sic] for these seven years." Related to GLC02437.04430; date and location inferred from content and from a note written on the document at a later date.

GLC02437.04431

circa 21 December 1789

Rutledge, Edward, 1749-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Refers to Knox's letter of 23 November (GLC02437.04420). Thinks an indemnification should be obtained in relation to Nathanael Greene's debts. Discusses Nathanael Greene's association with John Banks. For related documents refer to GLC02437.04447, GLC02437.04449, GLC02437.04497 and GLC02437.04498. Date previously inferred and written in pencil.

GLC02437.04448

circa 21 December 1789

Rutledge, Edward, 1749-1800

Manuscript document

Title: A list of debts due from the estate of the late General Greene

First two pages list of the amounts Nathanael Greene owed to specific individuals. Pages three and four provide a detailed summary of Greene's debts. Rutledge notes that Greene's debts can be divided into three classes: private debts, those relating to Cumberland Island, and debts incurred by Greene's involvement with John Banks. Prepared for Catharine Littlefield Greene by Rutledge.

GLC02437.04449

31 December 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to John Maunsell

Writes to Maunsell on behalf of Moses Hazen. Notes Hazen served in the last war and has been confined for several years to his bed from a stroke. Says Hazen's ill health has also caused embarrassment to Hazen's pecuniary affairs. Congress had promised Hazen indemnification for the loss of Hazen's British half pay. Knox asks Maunsell to apply to Mr. Brett for an official certificate from the British pay office. Noted as a copy on the docket.

GLC02437.04456

circa 1790

United States. Dept. of the Treasury

Manuscript document

Title: [Financial statement to the secretary of war]

Lists transactions between the United States government and Henry Knox during his tenure as the Secretary of War. Items include salaries for Knox, William Knox, John Stagg, Caleb Swan, and the messenger for the months of October through December 1790. Noted as a copy. Docket notes 1789 was recorded as a mistake.

GLC02437.04457