6 October 1794

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses a situation involving a captain's pay. Comments he will need instructions from the Treasury or the War Department to be the captain's paymaster. Speaks of another gentleman who has recently moved to Boston, Massachusetts from England. Notes the gentleman spent some time with the East India Company and appears to be a capable and active gentleman.

GLC02437.06220

30 October 1794

Seagrove, James, fl. 1792-1795

Manuscript document signed

Title: [List of goods to be purchased for the Creek Indians]

An estimate of goods to be purchased for the Creek Indians. The list includes items such as blankets, tailor's thread, saddles, and rifles with an estimated cost of $8.915.

GLC02437.06233

23 November 1794

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Mentions his pleasure hearing that Knox's son (Henry Jackson Knox) had a safe trip and is now with Knox. Notes he has not received any potatoes from Captain [Thomas] Vose, only drafts. Discusses Knox's finances and provides a list of wages paid out.

GLC02437.06251

3 December 1794

Frye, Ebenezer, fl. 1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Agreement for a lot of land in Maine]

An agreement made by Ebenezer Frye to Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, and Isaac Winslow for the purchase of a lot of land in Prospect, Maine. Agrees to pay eight shilling per acre plus interest. Signed by George Darrow as a witness.

GLC02437.06265

3 December 1794

Reas, Daniel, fl. 1794

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt of payment on Thomas Flucker's estate]

A receipt to Henry Jackson for 2 pounds and 14 shillings releasing all rights and demands by Daniel Reas against Thomas Flucker's estate. There is a note at the bottom of the document stating, "received this of Mr. [Joseph?] Peirce."

GLC02437.06266

6 December 1794

Henley, Samuel, fl. 1788-1795

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt of payment on Thomas Flucker's estate]

A receipt to Henry Jackson for 91 pounds one shilling and 4 pence halfpenny releasing all dividends and demands by Samuel Henley against Thomas Flucker's estate. Signed by Joseph Peirce as a witness. There is a note at the bottom of the document stating, "received this of Mr. [Joseph?] Peirce."

GLC02437.06268

December 31, 1794

United States War Department

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt of salaries]

Contains Knox's copied signature. Written from the War Office of the United States to the "Secretary for the Department of War" [Henry Knox]. Receipt of paid salaries for the months of October, November, and December. Signed by 12 War Department employees including John Stagg.

GLC02437.06288

circa 1794

Manuscript document

Title: [List of expenses for the year 1794]

A list of the sums of money disbursed throughout the year of 1794. The expenses include pay subsistence and Forage of the Legion, clothing, bounty, hospital department, repairs , defence protection, Indian department, quartermaster's department, contingencies of War Department, invalid pensions, naval armament, equipment of galleys, fortification of harbors, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, defense of Southwest territory, detachment of militia, building and repairing arsenals, national armouries, and arms ammunition. Total sum for the year is $2,197,805.65.

GLC02437.06291

24 January 1795

Jarvis, Leonard, fl. 1788-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to General Jackson

Appears to discuss property rights and possibly selling land located in Maine. Requests Jackson tells Henry Knox that the people (possibly the Commissioners for the Sale of Lands) will consider themselves at liberty to sell some land in Maine after the 15th of next month. Possibly referring to the land located between the Penobscot River and the Waldo patent land.

GLC02437.06324

February 4, 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Ink is extremely faded and as a result, the document is largely illegible. Most likely about issues involved with the Waldo patent lands. Letterpress copy.

GLC02437.06345

February 4, 1795

Lewis, Samuel, fl. 1795

Autograph document signed

Title: [Salaries for members of the Department of War]

Lists the amount paid for the salaries of the members of the war department by quarter. Noted as written at the War Office.

GLC02437.06348

February 1795

Manuscript document

Title: [Memorial to the legislature of Massachusetts]

Memorial stating that Royal Flint entered into a contract with the Committee regarding the sale of a tract of land in the area of Maine and that surveyors have discovered that the Committee underestimated the actual acreage of the land.

GLC02437.06364

7 March 1795

Manuscript document

Title: Agreement between WB & DC

Confirming the agreement between William Bingham and David Cobb for the maintenance and care on various tracts of Bingham's lands located in Maine (see GLC02437.06368 for the full agreement). Date taken from docket..

GLC02437.06369

10 April 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Note of introduction]

Note of introduction for a Mr. René Pillet from France.

GLC02437.06384

22 April 1795

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript letter

Title: [Statement]

Statement before the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands in Massachusetts regarding the sale of land in Maine. Discusses the discrepancies between the borders and acreage stated in the original contract and what is actually there as documented by surveyors.

GLC02437.06400

4 May 1795

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

Autograph letter

Title: to Mrs. Flucker

Discusses friends and various other related matters.

GLC02437.06408

15 May 1795

Phillips, Samuel, 1752-1802

Manuscript letter

Title: to Henry Jackson

Discusses a dispute by Jackson regarding the location of borders for a tract of land in Maine.

GLC02437.06415

6 June 1795

Shute, Benjamin, fl. 1767-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Lease of land]

Grants permission to occupy a plot of land and details the borders. Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

GLC02437.06437

12 June 1795

Avery, John, 1739-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Resolves of the General Court]

Resolve to grant settlers in a town more time to pay for the sale of the eastern lands. Noted as written in the House of Representatives, most likely that of Massachusetts.

GLC02437.06440

19 June 1795

Goodhue, Benjamin, fl. 1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Pierce

Informs Peirce of the trouble he is having finding proper lodgings for a Frenchman who is visiting.

GLC02437.06445

19 June 1795

Avery, John, 1739-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Resolutions regarding the town of Hempden]

Resolves relating to boundaries and deeds of the inhabitants of the town of Hempden as well as payments for tracts of land. Noted as written at the House of Representatives, most likely that of Massachusetts.

GLC02437.06446

8 July 1795

Ames, Jacob, fl. 1795

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Purchase of land in Ducktrap, Maine]

Statement of purchase for a tract of land in Ducktrap, Maine.

GLC02437.06461

24 August 1795

Maynard, Jonathan, 1752-1835

Autograph letter signed

Title: A Sketch of the Boundaries of the Land Survey'd for Maj'r Swan

Describes by tract, the border lands that have been surveyed.

GLC02437.06500

26 October 1795

Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Apologizes for not writing and discusses the delivery of a parcel and a Lisbon merchant.

GLC02437.06550

26 July 1782

Hall, James, A., 1750-1819

Manuscript document

Title: [Report of shells cast at Salisbury Furnace]

Created by Captain Lieutenant Hall of the 3rd Regiment of Artillery. Contains Hall's signature, possibly copied (document is in the hand of Samuel Shaw). Hall divides his assessment into 8 inch and 5 1/2 inch shells. Docketed 27 July 1782.

GLC02437.10037