February 21, 1788

United States. Congress

Manuscript document

Title: [Resolution]

Resolves regarding admission to the public audience at Congress scheduled for "Tuesday next" (February 26). In the hand of Congressional clerk Roger Alden. The event was the formal introduction of the new minister from France, the Comte de Moustier.

GLC02437.08104

14 December 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Draft]

Complete draft of Knox's cover letter to his December 14, 1792 report to the U.S. House of Representatives on invalid pension claims (printed in U.S. State Papers, Claims v.1, pp. 56-57.) Docket, in Knox's hand, reads: "This is to be copied out a wide Margin for corrections. - "

GLC02437.08234

1773

Conkling, Joseph, fl. 1773

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Invoice of goods]

List of items sold to Mrs. Lucy Knox. Items mainly consist of stationery, including ink, quills, nubs and paper. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08312

circa September 1782

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Notes]

Titled "details of the different guards & fatigue kept by the 2d. Connect. Regt." Locations are in the West Point area. Probably related to GLC02437.01559, .01577 and .01578.

GLC02437.08356

25 November 1804

Wiggins, William H., fl. 1804

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Certificate]

Certifies that E. Conner has made 1,200 casks for lime. Signed by John Gleason and William H. Wiggins.

GLC02437.08837

24 December 1804

Conner, E., fl. 1804

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and E[liphabet ?] Conner from 6 January to December of 1804.

GLC02437.08838

18 November 1783

Jackson, Michael, 1734-1801

Manuscript document

Title: to the Congress of the United States.

Noted as a copy. A memorial for Michael Jackson to receive a Brigadier General's salary or of equal value for his service to his counrty and for the wounds he recieved while fighting in the [Revolutionary] War.

GLC02437.09811

circa 1781-1791

Constable, William, 1721-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses the sale of land. A date of 1795 was previously inferred and written in pencil, but Constable died in 1791, indicating that the document must have been written prior.

GLC02437.09925

February 4, 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Statement related to the Waldo or Muscongus Patent]

Duplicate of GLC02437.10322. Written on fragile, transparent paper.

GLC02437.10324

1 July 1786

Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841

Printed document

Title: Schedule of requisitions on the several states by the United States in Congress assembled

Lists the requisitions and quotas, date, amount paid and balances due by state. Noted as taken from the Register's Office in the Department of the Treasury.

GLC02437.10584

9 June 1865

Livingston, De Grasse, 1833-1895

Document signed

Title: Claim to the J M Mothy Lode for mining purposes

GLC03107.04473

18 July 1865

Livingston, De Grasse, 1833-1895

Manuscript document

Title: Claim to the Georgiana Lode

The document states the claim of 16 individuals, including D.G. Livingston, to mining rights of the Georgiana Lode.

GLC03107.04474

21 July 1865

Masonic Fraternity

Document

Title: to DeGrass Livingston re: invitation to a social party given by the Masonic Fraternity

The invitation is for a social party to be given on 21 July 1865.

GLC03107.04475

circa 1783-1815

Livingston, Peter Robert, fl. 1765-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Wigram re: receipt of 2 fowls from Jacob Richter

GLC03107.04353

circa 1783-1815

Livingston, James Smith

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Wigram re: receipt of two days riding

GLC03107.04354

circa 1783-1815

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Manuscript document

Title: Authorization for John Wigram to distrain and appraise goods for overdue rent

GLC03107.04355

1775-1776

Livingston, Walter, 1740-1797

Manuscript document

Title: Account book of provisions purchased for the Continental Army

GLC03107.04356

ca. 1787-1788

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Hendrick Myndertse

Estate of Robert Livingston

GLC03107.04384

circa 1783-1815

Patterson, John, fl. 1777-1792

Manuscript document

Title: Bill in chancery against executors of Robert Livingston Jr.'s will

The document outlines Patterson's complaints against the executors of Robert Livingston, Jr.'s will.

GLC03107.04402

circa 1783-1815

Livingston, Peter Robert, fl. 1765-1790

Manuscript document

Title: Propositions concerning a petition to the legislature for a new County

GLC03107.04404

1709 - 1711

Livingston, Gilbert, 1718-1789

Manuscript document

Title: Record book of the land surveys of the Manor of Livingston

The book records measurements of various lots of land on the Manor of Livingston.

GLC03107.04405

February 14, 1782

Lamb, John, 1735-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Written from Burlington, likely in New Jersey. Writes that he was "informed by the Pay-Master that the Financier intended the officers should receive two months Pay, in certain Notes, payable on the 1st of August next." He and the other officers agreed that "our receiving Pay of any kind in which the Soldiers do not share, will have a tendency, to sour their minds, still more, - and, may involve consequences not only fatal to those who command them, but the Public." Is ready to travel to New York state and hopes to stop in Poughkeepsie and convince the legislature there to recruit new…

GLC02437.01354

25 August 1782

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Writes that a friend of William's [name illegible but might be Mr. Samuel Hodgdon] will be travelling to France and will see William, so Knox felt he had to take the opportunity to write. Thanks William for his last several letters. Comments that he thinks William's motives are just for remaining in Europe till peace is achieved. Mentions the recent defeat of Comte de Grasse, and also relates that General George Washington has appointed him Commandant of West Point. Reports that he and his family resided in Philadelphia until they moved to the North River. Writes, "All my little family have…

GLC02437.01539

20 December 1782

Lamb, John, 1735-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Written by Colonel Lamb to Major General Knox. Is angry about complications with his leave of absence. Says he thought his friends would help him procure the proper documentation to prove his rank, but they disappointed him. Says he has since looked into the matter and believes in the justice of his "pretentions." Says that a recent report by the Board of General Officers was wrong in its interpretation of General Washington's general order allowing state commissioned officers into the Continental Army on the same date as their state commissions. Claims it is a "mistake." As he previously…

GLC02437.01753

December 14, 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Marquis de Lafayette

Knox says he wrote Lafayette "several letters" expressing his affection for him. Says America as a nation believes the same thing and that "you must not regard [such expressions] as compliments but the language of sincerity." Goes on to say "Our independence is now established and we feel the warmest gratitude to all the means what have contributed to effect it." Reports that "The English have at last left us to ourselves, with the full expectation that we shall not know how to govern the ship of state and that we must apply to the Steady and well experienced pilots of Britain." Says "Our…

GLC02437.02830