4 September 1839

Sprague & Gray, fl. 1839

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Holmes

Appears to be discussing a financial matter involving discharging a debt. Docket is written in blue pen likely at a later date.

GLC02437.09878

circa 1789-1794

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

Autograph document

Title: [Notes]

Notes dealing with the United States relationship and treaties with the Indians. A portion of the documents states, "Instead of acknowledging the Indians to be the proper owners, may it not be as well to change the idea, so as to say, that the U.S. have no right to take their lands without a contract with them." Creator inferred from content and handwriting.

GLC02437.09880

circa 1773-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Land claims]

A sketch of the claims and titles of several claimants under the original ten proprietors of the Muscongus patent. A list of names and the amount of acres is also included.

GLC02437.09881

circa 1779

Manuscript document

Title: to unknown

Appears to be a document describing the estate of the late General Brigadier Samuel Waldo. Notes the estate was divided into parts; two shares went to Samuel Waldo, the eldest son; one share went to Frances Waldo; once share to Hannah Waldo Flucker; and one share went to Lucy Waldo Winslow. Thomas Flucker, who married Hannah Waldo, then purchased Samuel Waldo's two shares of the estate. Discusses in further detail the line of the Waldo estate.

GLC02437.09882

April 30, 1818

Manuscript document

Title: [Note]

Appears to be a note about Lucy Knox, wife of the late Henry Knox. Describing her life and character, the note was possibly written as a retrospect after her death. Author and date is not listed. A circa date of 1806-1824 was taken from the death dates of Henry and Lucy Knox; states "late Gen Henry Knox," he died in 1806, Lucy Knox died in 1824. It is possible the note was written at a later date.

GLC02437.09883

circa 1773

Autograph document signed

Title: [Inventory]

Inventory of sundry tracts of land from the estate of Thomas Flucker in the counties of Cumberland and York, [Maine?]. Includes land that was released to Flucker from Frances Waldo along with other detailed listings. Document is signed by [S.W.]. The date of the letter was not listed, however, 1773 was mentioned in the text of the letter.

GLC02437.09884

circa August 1781

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document

Title: [List]

"Ordnance & stores necessary for the intended operations Southward, to be provided immediately at Philadelphia by the Commissary General of Military Stores." List includes 25 cannon, two mortars, one howitzer, tens of thousands of shells, shot, etc., and 140,000 pounds of powder. "Omitted-slow match" is written at the end of page two in Henry Knox's hand. See GLC02437.01156 and .01160-.01163 for related documents.

GLC02437.09885

circa 1790-1792

Manuscript document

Title: to the Senate and House of Representatives

Discusses Congress's resolution recommending several states provide payment for troops raised and for their services through 1780. Says the payment due date has expired and the states have not paid the notes. Further describes the terms which the payments were suppose to be made along with the hardships the troops have suffered and the sacrifices they have made.

GLC02437.09887

circa 1784-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Introduces Col. John Nelson, who is soliciting donations from gentlemen of "benevolence and piety" in Boston to rebuild the meeting house in New Brunswick, New Jersey which was damaged during the "late war." Knox notes that the town was "almost erased by the malignancy of our enemies in 76 and 77."

GLC02437.09890

circa April 1777

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hannah Urquhart

Lucy writes to her sister Hannah, she mentions writing to her mother, Hannah Flucker, during the siege of Boston but never hearing back from her or her family. Begs her sister to write. Mentions she and Henry Knox had a baby girl. Says the [Revolutionary] War is tearing families apart. States, "how horror is the war, Brother against Brother, and the parent against the child." Date added later in pencil.

GLC02437.09891

8 August 1861

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amanda Wilkinson

Sends Dr. Fuller to his wife to explain to her what occurred at the Battle of Bull Run. Explains that Dr. Fuller is a good friend and she should ask him any questions she has. Writes that he has been in the hospital for a day or so. Tells his wife that much of the regiment will return home, however, he wants to re-enlist, which could last as long as three years. Says it will depend somewhat on her wishes.

GLC03523.13.009

18 April 1862

Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amanda Wilkinson

Written on board the [schooner] Donelson, Chesapeake Bay. Writes that he is lonely because he has been thinking of her and the baby so much. He was delayed for a while in Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, Virginia. Thinks that he will be sent into action soon and that the Michigan Regiment will begin the attack. Believes that they will have a "good victory" and that the rebels' days are numbered. As he is writing the letter he arrives near Yorktown, Virginia and states that he can hear the roar of the cannon. States that General George B. McClellan has "things fixed so that they [the…

GLC03523.13.038

30 March 1796

Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Book list and inventory]

Date inferred from a pencil note that states, "With letter of W Sargent 30 March 1796" (GLC02437.06682). Apparently continued from another page. Contains sections 3, 4, and 5, each referring to inventories of trunks or boxes. No. 3 is a book list indicating the number of copies of "More's France, Domestic Memoirs, Roman's Floridas, Stewarts political Economy, Franklin's polil Works... Principles of Taxation, Anderson's Institute's, Mirabeau's Portrait," and others. No. 4 notes uncataloged books and swords. No. 5 lists sconces and papers from the right and left hand side of the bookcase…

GLC02437.10325

4 September 1797

Manuscript document

Title: ["References made to Commissioners" relating to the Waldo Patent]

Includes a list of "referees" with their corresponding acreage and township.

GLC02437.10327

17 October 1798

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Sale of land by Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln and Henry Jackson]

Cosigned by Lincoln and Jackson. Countersigned by Samuel Cooper, Justice of the Peace, and Benjamin Weld as witnesses. Includes some Waldo Patent land and Brigadier's Island. Page four contains the following: 25 October 1798 signature of Samuel Cooper verifying the sale (Boston, Massachusetts); 1 November 1798 signature of Eli Forbes, attesting that this deed was recorded in Hancock County; 14 December 1798 signature of Lucy Knox releasing her right of dower and power of thirds; 14 December 1798 signature of Samuel Cooper and Benjamin Weld verifying Lucy Knox's statement (Boston,…

GLC02437.10328

27 August - 4 November 1798

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Recommendation of field officers for 3 Regiments of [the] Augmented Army]

Title from docket, which also notes, "2 regiments of provisional army and additional field officers 4 Nov 1798." Contains succinct character analyses of thirteen men, including Simon Elliot, Joseph Thomas, Isaac Winslow, and Caleb Gibbs, among others, recommending them for officer positions. Includes the recommended arrangement of officers. Also contains a list of men "whose characters are unknown."

GLC02437.10329

3 April 1799

Manuscript document

Title: [Bond between Henry Knox, Henry Jackson, Benjamin Lincoln, and Benjamin Pickman]

Knox, Jackson, and Lincoln promise to pay Pickman twelve thousand dollars. Contains the terms of their obligation. Docketed 16 December 180[4]: "Cancelled."

GLC02437.10336

3 April 1799

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bond between Henry Knox, Henry Jackson, and Israel Thorndike]

Knox and Jackson promise to pay Thorndike six thousand dollars. Contains the details of their obligation. The signatures of Knox and Jackson are struck. Countersigned by Samuel Cooper and Charles Grinnell as witnesses. Docketed 16 October 1804: "Cancelled."

GLC02437.10337

20 December 1779

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Two letters from Henry Jackson to Henry Knox]

In the first letter, written 20 December, Jackson relates that he and Colonel [Benjamin] Hichborn will meet Knox in Portland, Maine on 1 January 1800. In the second letter, written 22 December, Jackson reports that he forwarded a letter from Knox to Henry Jackson Knox. Discusses financial matters related to Knox, Mr. A. Smith, and Mr. Gorham.

GLC02437.10338

January 1800

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Mortgage from Knox to Henry Jackson]

Knox mortgages 50,000 acres of Waldo Patent land to Henry Jackson as security for the payment of "sundry notes of hand." Pertains to a financial matter concerning James and Hepzibah Swan, John Coffin Jones, and Joseph Russell.

GLC02437.10339

9 December 1801

Gleason, John, fl. 1796-1811

Map

Title: [Copy of a survey map of land sold by Henry Knox to B. Joy of Boston]

Gleason and Robert Houston sign as surveyors. Depicts 16,340 acres of Waldo Patent land flanked by these notations: "Green, Waldo Heirs, Knox, Belfast, Northport, Lincolnville, and Bonapartte." A list of names is written in pencil within the area of land depicted. Date reflects survey date. Measurements indicate the size of this map unfolded; map is stored folded, measuring 37.7 x 23.5 cm.

GLC02437.10341

9 March 1802

Strong, Caleb, 1745-1819

Printed document signed

Title: [Henry Knox's seven-year appointment as Justice of the Peace for Lincoln County]

Signed by Massachusetts Governor, Caleb Strong. Signed by John Avery as Massachusetts Secretary of State.

GLC02437.10342

1 April 1802

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: Copy of a conveyance to Joseph Hall

Title from docket. Pertains to a mortgage payment and land. Signed by Knox. Contains a note written April 1802 at Boston signed by [William?] Sullivan, Justice of the Peace. Docketed by Knox.

GLC02437.10343

24 June 1802

Avery, John, 1739-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: Copy of an Act to establish the Kennebeck and Penobscot Corporation

The corporation is also referred to as the "first Maine Turnpike Corporation." Contains the following copied signature of John C. Jones (Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives), David Cobb (President of the Massachusetts Senate), and Caleb Strong (Governor of Massachusetts). John Avery signs as Massachusetts Secretary of State. Henry Knox is a member of the corporation. Location inferred.

GLC02437.10345

22 June 1804

Strong, Caleb, 1745-1819

Printed document signed

Title: [Appointment of Knox as Justice of the Peace in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts]

Strong signs as Massachusetts Governor. Also signed by John Avery, Secretary of State. Verso contains a note dated 25 February 1805 signed by Lieutenant Governor Edward Robbins. Much of the text of this note, including part of Robbins's signature, is missing due to text loss.

GLC02437.10348