11 March 1793

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

Promissory note to pay Samuel Hodgdson $1,390. Signature is struck.

GLC02437.08664

9 August 1793

Hills, Mary, fl. 1793-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Receipt from Henry Knox for $50.

GLC02437.08666

5 November 1793

Lemaire, J.B., fl. 1793

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Note of receipt of Henry Knox for J. B. Lemaire's services as a fencing master.

GLC02437.08667

30 March 1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account]

List of transactions by date between William Knox and Elizabeth [McEuen ?] regarding food and lodging. Noted as signed by [Thomas McEuen ?] on behalf of his mother.

GLC02437.08670

10 April 1794

Hills, John, fl. 1771-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Receipt from Knox for $200.

GLC02437.08671

6 May 1794

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Expenses]

Abstract of expenses for the construction of Henry Knox's house in Thomaston, Maine, listed by date.

GLC02437.08672

circa 27 May 1794

Meade, George, 1741-1808

Autograph document signed

Title: [Drafts]

List of drafts Henry Knox has deposited with Samuel Hodgdson by date.

GLC02437.08674

16 August 1794

Pintard, John M., ?-1811

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Invoice]

Invoice for a pipe and Madeira wine shipped by John Marsden Pintard for Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08678

6 October 1794

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Printed document signed

Title: [Bill of lading for the schooner Paulina]

Partially printed. Attests that Henry Jackson is shipping two trunks, five boxes, a keg and some cheese from Boston to Philadelphia. The goods are to be picked up in Philadelphia by Knox or his assigns.

GLC02437.08682

circa 14 May 1795

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of notes by date that Henry Knox endorsed.

GLC02437.08683

12 December 1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Note of receipt from Henry Knox for $200 of rent. Signed by a John [Laurance ?].

GLC02437.08684

circa 14 May 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Notes]

Notes regarding various business, listed by date. Includes a drawing of a pointing hand on the first page.

GLC02437.08685

29 September 1793

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Agreement with Sarah Waldo, William & Sarah Wetmore]

Document relating to Knox's attempt to purchase a large portion of the Waldo estate. Part of the estate is being given by William Wetmore to Sarah Waldo, as payment for a debt, and will then be sold to Henry Knox. Signed by Knox on the second page, also signed there by Sarah Waldo and William Wetmore, and signed and witnessed by Samuel W. Bayliss and William Lewison. The third page is a later note, dated 29 September 1794, stating that the pact has been completed, and signed by Sarah Waldo and William Wetmore.

GLC02437.09246

May 20, 1793 - December 1, 1793

Jennison, E., fl. 1793

Autograph document signed

Title: Copy of journal kept while on a tour, surveying the Waldo Patent

A journal taken while surveying the Waldo patent, along with Captain Jonathan Hill, Surveyor, for Henry Knox. Written in various locations throughout Maine. Contains "A General description of the land - the Situation - the Various Soils, Timber Rivers Ponds and Principal Stream upon the Patent." Notes that they are being prevented from surveying the shore near Ducktrap by Samuel Ely and his disciples, under the threat of severe punishment. Last entry dated 12 August 1793.

GLC02437.09250

22 August 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Agreement with the 20 Associates]

Agreement between Knox and "the twenty associates" represented by Charles Barrett regarding lands in the Waldo patent. Establishes the boundaries of the lands owned by the associates, and lists other rules reragding this property. The twenty associates were the group that initially owned the Waldo patent, with Samuel Waldo being a member. Also signed by Charless Barrett, David Cobb, John Wills and Thomas Cobb.

GLC02437.09253

February 13, 1795

Manuscript document

Title: [Invitation]

Invitation to Henry Knox, "late Secretary of War," to join a group of merchants for dinner at the City Tavern on Wednesday, the 18th of this month.

GLC02437.09954

circa 1785-1786

Manuscript document

Title: [Agreement]

An agreement between Stephen Sayre, a Lady Anne Poellnitz and Henry Knox concerning Knox renting a house from Poellnitz.

GLC02437.09961

13 October 1794

Burkmar, Thomas, fl. 1771-1803

Manuscript document

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses Knox's division of the Ducktrap plantation and "beg[s] leave to acquiant [sic] you that we the said Subscribers would wish to have the said division incoporated into a Town and we would further respecfully intimate to you that it is the wish of the Major part of the said settlers that it be conporated by the name (Knoxtown) and flatter ourselves if it is agreeable to you that the General Court can have no objection to grant our request ... " Goes on to say that they will wait for Knox's answer before bringing a petition to the General Court. Noted in a postscript at the bottom…

GLC02437.10313

1794

Manuscript document

Title: [Indenture with Samuel Ogden]

Indenture in which Samuel Ogden will hold a certain amount of land in trust from Knox and his wife, Lucy Knox.

GLC02437.10316

1794

Manuscript document

Title: [Plan of house]

Includes lists and plans for the house in addition to a penciled floor plan.

GLC02437.10319

6 September 1795

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of transactions between Henry Knox and Henry Jackson from 14 September 1794 to 4 September 1795.

GLC02437.10394

circa 19 June 1795

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

List of transactions between Henry Knox and Joseph Peirce by date from 29 September 1794 to 19 June 1795.

GLC02437.10395

24 November 1794

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph document signed

Title: [List]

An account of Henry Knox's with Henry Jackson. Appears to be a list of persons names Jackson paid on Knox's behalf from 14 September 1794 to 10 November 1794.

GLC02437.10621

1775/07/09

Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Albany Committee of Safety.

Thanking Albany Committee of Safety for their congratulations on Schuyler's appointment as major general; criticizing British violation of American rights and hoping for peace.

GLC07970

1885/12/24

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Yale Law school.

Offers to fund a black student's education to Yale Law School: "we have ground the manhood out of them & the shame is ours, not theirs."

GLC07971