8 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request for goods]

Request for four pounds of soap for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02477

9 September 1783

McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786

Autograph document signed

Title: [Supply order]

Request for fifteen pounds of putty.

GLC02437.02487

11 September 1783

Dodge, Levi, fl. 1777-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for a detachment of troops travelling to West Point, New York from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

GLC02437.02493

13 September 1783

Tearse, Peter Bailey, fl. 1776-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision return]

Return for men returning from captivity in Canada on their way to East Jersey. Endorsement signed by Silas Cook.

GLC02437.02507

14 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Order for bread for the Knox family]

Order issued by Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to Major General Knox, for 12 pounds of bread to be delivered to the Knox family. Note on verso signed by a Jacob Johnson states that the bread was received.

GLC02437.02511

16 September 1783

Lillie, John, 1755-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Provision order]

Order for one quart of rum, charged to General Henry Knox's account.

GLC02437.02521

29 July 1774

Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

Autograph document

Title: [Invoice of goods shipped to Henry Knox by Thomas Longman]

List of books Longman shipped to Knox. It was shipped in 5 packages. The shipment also included chapbooks, plays, and monthly reviews. The cost of trunks, cases, shipping, and insurance is included. The total came to £238.8.6 1/2. Gives a short list of books out of print or unavailable in England.

GLC02437.08369

6 December 1774

Chapman, Joseph, fl. 1774-1776

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bill for cloth and carpet]

Bill for items bought at Greenleaf's auction by Henry Knox: four yards of broad cloth for £13.4 and one Persian carpet for £23, for a total of £36.4. Note at bottom says Chapman acknowledges receipt of payment on behalf of William Greenleaf. Docket says "paid."

GLC02437.08373

16 December 1774

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipts for rent]

Two receipts, each signed by Knox in the text, stating that Knox paid his rent, which was £10 for the quarter. The first receipt is dated 16 December 1774 and the second 16 March 1775. Each is also signed by Joseph Ford.

GLC02437.08374

1774

Manuscript document

Title: [Recipe for medicine]

Recipe for medicine states bark and snake root should stand in a pint of brandy in a warm place. Should take a tablespoon a half hour before each meal. Also states that the opium and another illegible ingredient should be put in a jill of spirits. 40-50 drops of this medicine should be taken 3 times a day and the cold air should be avoided for a half hour after taking.

GLC02437.08375

11 March 1775

Lee & Perkins, fl. 1775

Manuscript document

Title: [Note for Henry Knox]

Lee and Perkins, merchants in Dartmouth, promise to pay Knox £13.16.11 on demand with interest. Docket on verso is signed by Knox and dated 11 October 1790. Knox was asking that they pay his agent, Joseph Peirce, on order.

GLC02437.08378

March 31, 1775-February 22,1805

Manuscript document

Title: [Thomas Longman's account with Henry Knox]

Longman's original bill to Knox on 31 March 1775 came to £2035.6.6 1/2. It appears that Knox paid it in several installments over 1792-1794. Payment of interest from January 1794 to July 1804 was £345.9.0. There is an additional note by James Lloyd, the lawyer for the Longman estate (Longman died in 1797), making reference to other payments in 1804-1806. Docket in Henry Knox's hand mentions making further payments.

GLC02437.08379

circa 1775-1783

Autograph document

Title: [List of clothing]

Seems to be a list of military clothing for Henry Knox. Includes shirts, coats, vests, blankets, socks, etc.

GLC02437.08387

6 July 1776-27 July 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Memorandum of cash paid]

Cash paid for board as well as tailoring and cloth.

GLC02437.08388

2 October 1776

Anspach, Peter, fl. 1775-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Payments to Colonel Henry Knox's artillery]

Provides a list of payments issued to various commissioned and non-commissioned officers under Colonel Knox's command for "Sundries." The payments were made by Thomas Mifflin, the Quartermaster General. Mifflin's secretarial signature is found on page 13. The same names appear over and over. The total pay out was for £3,031.1.1 3/4, spanning from 16 November 1775 to 2 October 1776. Docketed by Henry Knox as "Colonel Henry Knox."

GLC02437.08390

1783-1815

Manuscript document

Title: Memoranda

Dated 12 November-14 April, although no year is provided. List of payments for sundries, including Indian meal, beef, lamp oil, rum, butter, wine, gloves, sugar, tea, etc.

GLC02437.08391

29 November 1776-5 December 1776

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: Expence of travelling from Fishkill to Trentown

Written in Shaw's hand. Travelling expenses for Knox, his adjutant Monsieur Colreuse, and his man John. The total cost came to £7.7.11. Note at bottom says that Shaw borrowed 30 dollars from Knox, part of which was used to pay Knox's account at the Widow Sills Tavern in Trenton. Page 2 says the amount is to be charged to the Quartermaster General.

GLC02437.08392

1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Henry Knox's asking price for land]

Initialled twice by Knox. This document was sent to James Swan. Will accept a payment of $12,000 and $18,000 loan at 6 percent interest, payable annually, in return for 100,000 acres of land. The land is probably in Maine. Guarantees the land will not cost more than 30 cents per acre.

GLC02437.08404

17 October 1777

Skinner, Thomas, fl. 1777

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for Henry Knox]

Captain Thomas Skinner received an eight-year-old black horse from General Henry Knox for $320. Docket appears to be in Samuel Shaw's hand.

GLC02437.08420

27 April 1778

Gilbert, Jonathan, fl. 1778-1785

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bill to Henry Knox]

Bill for 5 pairs of shoes. Total comes to £3.18.0. Signed by Gilbert that he received payment.

GLC02437.08424

1783-1815

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: Statement &c

List of potential costs and profits for a mine. Gives a run down of amounts based on annually mining 100 tons of an unknown material (although it could be copper, see GLC02437.08433). Wants to have £12,000 capital. Part of the capital would go to rent, an engine, and the works to extract the material. Document in Knox's hand.

GLC02437.08425

circa 1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: Statement - troops

Dated 18 September and 11 or 12 October, but no year provided. On 18 September there were 2,120 effective troops. Received an additional 242 troops on 11 or 12 October. Notes 600 killed and wounded, leaving 1,762 troops. After receiving additional troops he notes a total of 2,320 soldiers at the bottom of the document. In Knox's hand. Title taken from docket.

GLC02437.08427

13 May 1778

Badger, John, fl. 1778

Manuscript document

Title: [List of books bought at vendue]

List of books bought at vendue. Includes Pliny's "Letters," Cole's "Dictionary," and "Telemachus. All in all about 50 books seem to have been purchased. The total came to £31.7.0. Signed by Badger that payment was received.

GLC02437.08430

circa 1802-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Memorandum relative to notes]

Lists notes not applied for, not received, and notes relinquished and bonds given up for what appears to be residents on Knox's Maine lands. The total amount adds up to $61,401, of which $52221 was principal and $9,181 was interest. According to the docket the document appears to have been sent to Joseph Hale.

GLC02437.08453

January 20, 1779-February 4, 1779

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account of sundries purchased by Major Samuel Shaw]

Acccount Samuel Shaw had with John Fisher in Philadelphia. These items were "charged to Gen Knox" and Shaw signed it, verifying the charges. The bill was for $77.75. Some of the items bought included shoes, shirts, combs, hair powder, snuff, paper, sealing wax, quills, etc. It is also noted that mending and washing of clothes was done. Docket in Shaw's hand.

GLC02437.08462