circa 1776-1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: [List]

List of various weapons and ammunition "for a siege." Includes poundage and amounts.

GLC02437.08354

17 December 1793

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of goods received by George Bell on account of Samuel Shaw. Items mainly include various types of tea. Includes an illegible signature in the bottom right corner.

GLC02437.08359

June 1774

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bill to Henry Knox]

Bill for goods purchased by Knox. These items include salt, 6 china coffee cups, a china slop bowl, and a cream pot. The total cost was £10.7.0. Signed "Recd. the Above Jno. Adams." This document is not related to President John Adams.

GLC02437.08361

1774

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Robert Bell's account with Henry Knox]

Knox sent Bell 42 copies of Viand's "Voyage with Falconers Shipwreck," 24 copies of Cappipina's "Letters," and 11 copies of "Letters to Blackstone." The total bill comes to £19.8.6 in Pennsylvania currency. Assumed to be Henry Knox's handwriting.

GLC02437.08377

23 April 1775

Bliss, Samuel, fl. 1775

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for money received from Henry Knox]

Bliss notes that he received £40 from Knox at sundry times.

GLC02437.08380

April 1776

Manuscript document

Title: [Bill sent to William Knox]

Thomas Clement sent a bill to William Knox for £4.6.3. This seems to have been for work at Henry Knox's bookshop and includes costs for nails, boards, hinges, boxes, and fixing a window.

GLC02437.08386

1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Book of Accounts - Regiment of Artillery Commanded by Colo. Henry Knox 1776

Account book is written in two hands, one unknown, and the other Samuel Shaw. Relates to officers serving under Knox in the artillery in 1776. Each entry is accompanied by Shaw's notes as to whether the account was settled, adjusted, etc. Many of Shaw's notes indicate, "settled" or "adjusted in account current with Chs. Knowles." Entries relate to officers such as Thomas Foster, Edward Burbeck, Eliphelet Newell, William Perkins, Jotham Drury, Henry Burbeck, Ebenezer Stevens, Stephen Badlam, David Mason, John Crane, William Dana, etc. It is reported on the cover that all expenses in the…

GLC02437.08393

13 January 1777

Chapman, John, fl. 1774-1776

Autograph document signed

Title: [Debts due to John Chapman]

Notes that Knox owed Chapman £12.12.6 for keeping 4 horses for 2 weeks and boarding Knox, Monsieur Colerus, Samuel Shaw, and a servant named John. Boarding included 140 meals. Also paid for an old pair of saddle bags. Chapman signed the document stating he received payment.

GLC02437.08396

15 January 1777

Loring, Joshua, 1716-1781

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bill to William Knox]

William Knox purchased 70 reams of paper, some colored. The total bill was for £116.12. It is noted on the bottom "Rec'd payment Josh Loring."

GLC02437.08397

26 April 1777

Messrs Bowdoin and Read, fl. 1777

Manuscript document

Title: [Bill sent to Henry Knox]

Knox bought 2 loaves of sugar with a total weight of 21 pounds, 15 ounces for £2.14.10. Jonathan Davis signed as the agent for Bowdoin and Read, claiming he received payment.

GLC02437.08403

April 1777

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Autograph document signed

Title: [William Knox's payment to a contractor]

Appears to be in William Knox's hand. William Knox paid the contractor Thomas Clement £1.19.6 for boards, screws, hooks, clasps, and labor. Clement signed the bottom noting he received full payment.

GLC02437.08406

circa 1789-1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Expenses for recruiting]

Written in Knox's hand. List of expenses for the recruiting service. Goods and services include clothing, transportation, bounties, rations, medicine and pay to recruiters. Tens of thousands of dollars was allocated and spent. Page 4 has a reference to the "Indian department." Line items for the "Creek" and Cherokee" add up to $8,000 and a line item for "Indians N West Ohio" is $10,000.

GLC02437.08413

16 July 1778

Bumstead, Thomas, fl. 1778

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bill for repairs made to Henry Knox's chaise]

Noted that Henry Knox paid Thomas Bumstead in full for work on his chaise. Total cost was £22.12.2. Payments were for chains, springs, rivets, seats, lace, buckles, a head rail, and labor for repairs. The work was done March-September 1777, but it seems that Bumstead signed the document on 16 July 1778.

GLC02437.08415

circa 1789-1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Overview of army payments]

Mentions that pay is current up to 31 March, although no year is given. Pay was noted as $55,000. Some other expenses include: $55,000 toward bounties, $35,000 to the Quartermaster's Department, $4,000 to the Hospital Department, and $22,000 to the Indian Department. Notes expenses for rations as well. A total of $254,550 was noted at the end of the account. Undated.

GLC02437.08419

7 February 1778-7 March 1778

Billings, Joseph, fl. 1778

Autograph document

Title: [Bill to Henry Knox]

General Henry Knox's bill from Joseph Billings. It appears that Billings was a tailor. The bill is for various pieces of clothing including coats, waistcoats, and breeches. Also has payments due for various lengths of cloth as well as buttons, hooks, and thread. The total came to £86.3.3. Not signed, but appears to be in Joseph Billings' hand.

GLC02437.08421

4 May 1778

Amory, Jonathan, fl. 1778-1779

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt for William Knox]

William Knox bought 20 dictionaries, a dozen memorandum books, and a dozen small memorandum books. The total is £34.15.4.

GLC02437.08428

13 May 1778

Carter, John, fl. 1778

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt to Henry Knox]

Carter notes he received two looking glasses with a value of £100, and 3 tables, which he promises to return on demand. If there is a fire or they are destroyed by accident, Carter agrees to pay for the goods.

GLC02437.08429

1783-1815

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Memorandum on a copper mine]

Lists costs associated with a copper mine. Includes £6,000 is capital. If 100 tons of ore are extracted at £80 per ton, Knox excepts an annual profit of £2,720. In Knox's hand.

GLC02437.08433

4 July 1778

Callender, Benjamin, fl. 1772-1785

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt to William Knox for a suit]

Total for a suit for William Knox is £9.10.0.

GLC02437.08435

circa 1790

Manuscript document

Title: Expense of Survey for a Navign from Connecticut river to Charles river

Total expenses for travel were £28.0.6 and "Expence of an examination without a Survey" were £12.

GLC02437.08438

15 July 1778

Amory, Jonathan, fl. 1778-1779

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bill for William Knox]

Receipt for the purchase of Bibles from John Armory, Jr. The total cost comes to £39.4.

GLC02437.08441

1783-1815

Manuscript document

Title: [Document on the French Navy] [in French]

Document on the French fleet.

GLC02437.08442

circa 1790-1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Estimates on purchasing bank stock]

Calculations to buy bank stock add up to $57,937 made in several payments. There are many calculations based on varying interest rates. Not dated, but third payment was slated for 1 July 1792 and the fourth payment on 1 January 1793.

GLC02437.08447

15 September 1778

Callender, Benjamin, fl. 1772-1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: [William Knox's account]

Payment for Callender making jacket and breeches. Knox was also charged for silk thread and buttons. The total was £6.

GLC02437.08449

15 October 1778

Amory, Jonathan, fl. 1778-1779

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for William Knox]

Receipt given to William Knox after he paid three months rent to John Amory, Jr. The total was for £12.10.

GLC02437.08450