November 1782

Manuscript document

Title: [Major Villefranche's estimate of boards necessary to repair the long barracks]

Contains a pencil note on verso.

GLC02437.10065

5 December 1782

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Instructions to officers at West Point]

Written by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide, and signed by Shaw on Knox's behalf. Covers many aspects of the defense of West Point and the need to avoid a surprise attack. Knox gives instructions pertaining to arms and ammunition, sentries, guardhouses, closing of the gates, provisions, alarms, and signals. Signed by eight officers commanding redoubts and forts in the vicinity of West Point. These men acknowledge receipt of Knox's instructions.

GLC02437.10066

2 April 1779

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: The United States of America in account current with Brigadier General Henry Knox, commanding the artillery of the same.

Title continues: "For monies and warrant on the Pay Master General delivered to sundry persons for the following." Lists account information from December 1776-June 1777. Lists pay to officers for recruiting, ordnance, and other purposes. Knox signs twice: 2 April from Artillery Quarters in New Jersey, and another time certifying that the account information cited is accurate. Signed 3 April 1779 by Nathaniel Ayers, Justice of the Peace for Somerset County, New Jersey. Signed 6 April 1779 by James Johnston, Auditor of Accounts for the Main Army. Appears to be the same as GLC02437.10471.

GLC02437.10470

2 April 1779

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: The United States of America in account current with Brigadier General Henry Knox, commanding the artillery of the same.

Title continues: "For monies and warrant on the Pay Master General delivered to sundry persons for the following." Lists account information from December 1776-June 1777. Lists pay to officers for recruiting, ordnance, and other purposes. Knox signs twice: 2 April from Artillery Quarters in New Jersey, and another time certifying that the account information cited is accurate. Signed 3 April 1779 by Nathaniel Ayers, Justice of the Peace for Somerset County, New Jersey. Signed 6 April 1779 by James Johnston, Auditor of Accounts for the Main Army. Appears to be the same as GLC02437.10470.

GLC02437.10471

February 21, 1865

Coleman, George W., fl. 1857-1886

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Addresses letter "Dear Cousin." Apologizes for not writing more frequently. Says he is sick with a violent cold and severe headache as is his baby Carrie. Reports he sees Joseph's mother and brother daily. Informs Joseph of the many church revivals and conversions in the county. Expresses his desire for a "more respectable house of worship" for the Methodists. Mentions that Bell is all right.

GLC03523.10.162

February 22, 1865

Maitland, Ann, 1813-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Maitland's mother writes to her son. Expresses hope he will be home in the spring. Reports she attended a funeral for an eighty-year-old neighbor. Comments there has been a revival of religion in the county. Includes a detailed accounting of their financial situation. Mentions his brother Grier bought a coat for twenty dollars: "...I have to let him get some things for himself or he gets out of heart and thinks he has to work and gets nothing..." Worries about the amount of work that needs to be done on the farm during the summer and the scarcity of help.

GLC03523.10.163

03 March 1865

Maitland, William G., 1846-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Grier writes to his brother Joseph. Asks him to write to a church member who has been raising the membership. Complains "...we will never have anything of a revival until we have a house fit to serve God in." Letter continues the following day. Remarks "I don't know whether our rich folks have raised enough money to clear the township from draft or not, they lacked one thousand dollars the last meeting they held." Discusses putting new fencing around the whole property in the spring.

GLC03523.10.165

05 March 1865

Coleman, Henry, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Letter addressed "Dear friend Joseph." Says they will be shucking corn all day. Reports that Joseph's brother Grier bought four sheep for ten dollars and they are now worth thirty dollars. Informs he went to a church meeting and heard a blind man preach. Letter includes four cutouts of hand-drawn animals.

GLC03523.10.166

7 March 1865

Mary, fl. 1865-1883

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Letter addressed "My Dear Cousin." Reports on the general health of family members. Mentions many visits from neighbors and relatives. Inquires about his health. Letter is signed "Your Affect [affectionate] Cousin."

GLC03523.10.167

9 March 1865

Wharton, Bell, 1843-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Letter addressed "My Dearest Joe." Expresses pleasure at receiving his letters. Complains news is scarce and it is difficult to write two letters a week with anything interesting to say. Reports she attended a "sing" at the Baptist Church. Informs a neighbor has typhoid fever. Complains of a sore throat and toothache. Asks, "Wasn't that disgusting about A. Johnson being drunk the day he was inaugurated?" (Possibly referring to President Andrew Johnson, who was in office 1865-1869 and was inaugurated 15 April 1865, after the date of this letter. May therefore be referring to his inauguration…

GLC03523.10.168

10 March 1865

Maitland, Joseph M., 1836-1918

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bell Wharton

Letter addressed "My Dear Bell." Expresses deep pleasure at receiving her letters. Reports he will not apply for a furlough and hopes to be home in five months. Encourages her to gain his mother's affections; "Perhaps you can see the object of this, if you can't maybe you will some day." Says he has rheumatism in his shoulder. Complains "This thing of sleeping alone don't pay."

GLC03523.10.169

12 March 1865

Maitland, Ann, 1813-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Ann writes to her son informing him of her poor health. Says there were many visitors at the house. Informs him of all the local news about the neighbors. States the weather is very cold and the ground is still frozen. Reports they will simply repair the fences and wait for his return to replace them. Asks his opinion on taking in boarders for the summer to offset costs.

GLC03523.10.170

13 March 1865

Maitland, Joseph M., 1836-1918

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bell Wharton

Joseph writes to "Dear Darling Bell." Comments how fast her letter reached him, "...not three days on the road...." Proclaims his love for her and imagines her lips. Says he received three other letters from friends and relatives and relays their news to her. Reports the Mississippi River is very high and still rising, enabling the boats to travel quickly. Informs a man in his regiment died of typhoid after surviving the Battle at Nashville. Comments "I don't think it is an exhausting business for you to write two letters a week- and I don't think it would hurt you to write three."

GLC03523.10.171

14 March 1865

Maitland, William G., 1846-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Grier writes to his brother informing him of the parties in the neighborhood. Gives detailed physical descriptions of three young ladies new to the neighborhood. Reports the possibility of a new road going in near their farm. Anticipates a property value increase of ten dollars per acre if the road goes in.

GLC03523.10.172

24 March 1865

Maitland, Joseph M., 1836-1918

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bell Wharton

Joseph writes to Bell expressing his belief that she thinks it a task to write to him. Claims "...when surrounded with all kinds of the "Fair Sex" here, I remain true to one at home..." Reports he received a copy of the Urbana Union through the mail. Says the weather is clear and cool, but the streets are very dusty. Mentions there will be a "Ball" next week and asks her if "... there is any harm in dancing?"

GLC03523.10.173

28 March 1865

Maitland, Joseph M., 1836-1918

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bell Wharton

Joseph writes to Bell informing her he has been relieved of his clerkship and must report to his Regiment. States Union General Edward R. Canby sent the order to relieve all clerks from Memphis. Hopes to get a clerkship in Vicksburg or New Orleans. Says he doesn't know where she should send her letters.

GLC03523.10.174

2 April 1865

Wharton, Bell, 1843-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Bell writes to Joseph expressing her desire for him to be there. Reports she went home for the funeral of a cousin. Mentions severe rain and flooding. Says she is glad to be done teaching and will not teach at all in the spring. Reports on an unhappy marriage between friends.

GLC03523.10.175

4 April 1789

Lowell, John, 1743-1802

Manuscript document

Title: [Mr. Henley's statement]

Document is unsigned, but docket declares that the statement was given to John Lowell. Statement declares that Zachariah and Bethiah Fowle mortgaged land in Charlestown, Massachusetts to Thomas Flucker in 1750. Samuel Henley purchased the land in 1756 and paid off Mr. Flucker's mortgage. Provides some information about the account. Declares that "Mr. Henley when alive stated these facts to Genl Knox in 1789, who was so well satisfied of the truth of the statement, that he promised to execute the necessary papers when he should come on to Boston." Docket is in Knox's hand.

GLC02437.04168

11 April 1789

Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Certificate respecting monies owed to William Palfrey]

Declares that Congress, on 11 December 1780, ordered the Board of Treasury to provide a sum of 3200 dollars to Mr. William Palfrey, Paymaster General, and that the money was drawn upon Benjamin Franklin (see GLC02437.04175 for related information). Possibly written in Nourse's hand.

GLC02437.04175

11 April 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Note for Mrs. Palfrey regarding monies owed to her late husband, Colonel Palfrey]

First section of the letter is an unknown hand and includes a short excerpt from William [Carty]. The second section of the document is unsigned, but handwriting suggests its author is Henry Knox. Provides details regarding monies owed to Colonel William Palfrey, Mrs. Palfrey's late husband. (See GLC02437.04174 and GLC02437.04175 for related documents.) Docketed by Knox. Date taken from docket.

GLC02437.04176

13 April 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate of Captain-Lieutenant Guion's service]

Certifies that Captain-Lieutenant [likely Isaac] Guion served under his command in the artillery during the war, and deserves his reputation as a good officer.

GLC02437.04179

14 April 1789

Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses obtaining iron for [Samuel] Shaw. Includes an extract from a letter by a Mr. Haglehunt [name slightly illegible] discussing the improbability of procuring the iron from Philadelphia. Provides some ideas on how best to acquire the iron. Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey.

GLC02437.04180

5 May 1789

Webber, James, fl. 1784-1797

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Copy of GLC02437.04193 with an additional post script noting that newspapers were sent in February.

GLC02437.04194

11 May 1789

Swan, James, 1754-1830

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Howell

Written from the "War Office." Writes that a Lieutenant Colonel Monbarrot of Colonel Fennuiel's regiment claims a right to be in the Society of the Cincinnati. Declares that the Secretary of War (Henry Knox) would like Howell, Paymaster General, to research the veracity of his claim using documents in the pay office, in order to see whether he is eligible to join. Marked "private" on docket.

GLC02437.04199

12 May 1789

Stevens, John, 1749-1838

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for monies received from Henry Knox]

Notes that John Stevens received from Henry Knox the sum of one hundred dollars "in part of rent of my fathers House in the Broad Way."

GLC02437.04203