30 October 1772

Boylston, Thomas, 1721-1798

Autograph document signed

Title: [Note]

Note of exchange for £150 to Henry Knox

GLC02437.08298

February 24, 1773

Boylston, Thomas, 1721-1798

Autograph document signed

Title: [Note]

Note of exchange for £100 to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08314

circa October 1794

Barnard, Thomas, fl. 1790

Manuscript document

Title: to Henry Knox

Bill for various items including 35 chests of arms, ammunition and accoutrements. Date inferred from similar document in the National Archives (cited by the Papers of the War Dept. project).

GLC02437.08317

4 May 1773

Boylston, Thomas, 1721-1798

Autograph document signed

Title: [Note]

Note of exchange for £200 to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08325

20 July 1773

Castin, Joseph, fl. 1773

Autograph note signed

Title: [Receipt]

Note of receipt from Boston.

GLC02437.08329

6 January 1774

Clarke, Benjamin, fl. 1774

Autograph document signed

Title: [Note]

Note of exchange for £400 to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08334

18 June 1774

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of goods Henry Knox bought from the firm Breck & Hammat. Items include sugar, chocolate, coffee, brandy and others.

GLC02437.08341

21 June 1774

Bell, Daniel, fl. 1772-1779

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Receipt stating that Henry Knox bought half a barrel of flour from Daniel Bell.

GLC02437.08343

circa 1750-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of various items, including cloth, blankets, hose, and others.

GLC02437.08345

circa 1776-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [List]

List of 25 men, by name, who are to be discharged along with "sums due" and amounts "to be paid."

GLC02437.08347

22 June 1774

Allen, Jeremiah, fl. 1774-1791

Autograph document signed

Title: [Note]

Bill or receipt stating that Knox bought several kitchen items from Jeremiah Allen.

GLC02437.08351

22 July 1774

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

Bill or receipt stating that Henry Knox bought paper from David Black. Signed by a David [Lawion ?].

GLC02437.08352

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

January 13, 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

January 15, 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