20 April 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Says that he always writes "by the post" and wishes she would do the same "as it is now conducted with some regularity." Hopes that her inoculation works, and that both she and their daughter not "have too many or too few" pocks. Wishes Lucy could choose where the pocks go on her face, and hopes the inoculation will not harm either Lucy or the baby's health. Assures her the army is growing. Says that William Knox is now headed for Philadelphia. Believes Lucy's brother is in Augustine. Hears news that Silas Deane is travelling to the Hague and that Prussia, Sweden and "Dane" desire…

GLC02437.00576

20 April 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

The Americans "are getting strong" while "the enemy by all accounts...must be very imbecile." Hopes she is recovering from the smallpox inoculation, and sends his love to her and their daughter.

GLC02437.00577

3 January 1778

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Military advice for George Washington]

Written from Artillery Park of Great Valley (Valley Forge), Pennsylvania. Knox discusses the necessity of recruiting more men. Argues that New York City is of greater importance to the British than any other place due to its accessibility by way of water. Writes, "The disagreeable circumstances to which the loss of New York would reduce the Enemy operate so strongly on my mind, that were the numbers there fully ascertained, their works of defence & ca so as to render the Success of a Coup de Main probable, I should most readily give my opinion to open the Campaign by an attack upon…

GLC02437.00683

January 18, 1778

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: to Benjamin Lincoln

Later copy. Previous catalog record noted that this is a copy. Knox had planned to travel to New England by way of Albany, New York, so he could see Lincoln and Benedict Arnold, but his late departure will prevent him from taking that route. Comments on Lincoln's recovery (his leg was badly injured during the Saratoga campaign in 1777). Congratulates Lincoln on the victory at Saratoga, New York: "The success with which your exertions have been crowned, and the ample security it affords at present to this and the neighboring states must be a pleasing reflection in your pain and confinement…

GLC02437.00691

20 May 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Year and day cited, but no month. Month inferred based on content. Recently visited posts in the Highlands (New York) with General Nathanael Greene. Notes that "Mr. Wm. continues yet quiet in his quarters, but we have still reason to think he intends to evacuate the Jersies, tho' our information is not very perfect as I believe he has pretty much the act of keeping his intentions secret." Has not received new information regarding British General John Burgoyne's intentions to travel toward Boston. Hopes for a successful campaign during the upcoming summer. Wonders why he has not…

GLC02437.00679

May 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [drafts of rough minutes delivered to Doctor Ramsey who is writing the history of the late war & who furnished to me his Sketches & Materials for that purpose. May '86]

Later copy of Knox's notes which he delivered to Doctor David Ramsay to use as reference for his book, History of the American Revolution. Note at top states, "(Inclosed) Notes and explanations of Doctor Ramsay's history respecting the campaign 1777- & the affair of Trenton 1776." Title is from document. Includes historical notes on the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. Asserts, "It was not a general opinion by any means that Sir William Howe would attack Philadelphia by means of the Chesapeake. The first object was supposed to be the complete possession of Hudson River, so as to…

GLC02437.00680

circa 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Note regarding a duel between Samuel Blachley Webb and William Livingston]

Fragment. Relates, "a negotiation in the newspapers will most probably terminate the affair... The affair originates about Miss Wyckham."

GLC02437.00682

3 January- 29 December 1778

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: Ordnance & stores received during the year 1778

Lists items such as cartridge, muskets, bayonets, and drum shell, among others. Marked "No. 1" at the top of page one.

GLC02437.00684

January 22, 1778

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for a horse]

Written at Camp Great Valley [Valley Forge, Pennsylvania], receipt to Samuel Williams and signed by him: "Recd. of Genl Knox by the Hands of Mr. James Gardner one Horse the property of the United States of America..."

GLC02437.00693

1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Statement of troops furnished by the following States, taken from actual returns of the army for the year 1777.

Includes two charts. The first indicates that Congress fixed quotas in September of 1776 for service, requiring three years or service during the war. Lists quotas required, including numbers of battalions and numbers of men for 1777. Includes numbers of Continental troops and militia furnished. Cites total number of Continental troops and militia. Second chart includes a "Conjectural estimate of militia employed in addition to" those listed in the first chart. A note in the right margin indicates the requirements for Georgia's troops, noting that the time of service has expired for…

GLC02437.10466

31 March 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Loves her and thinks of her constantly. Thinks America will soon rise and Britain fall. Sees the recent arrival of arms as a positive sign from above. Feels the war has lost all virtue. If not for her he think he would not have the will to live. Decides to sell his horses to help William Knox raise money. Thinks Colonel Jackson can help with this, feels they are worth one hundred pounds, and hopes to sell them to a jockey named Cook.

GLC02437.00560

January 10,1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Has just received her letter and assures her "my heart is yours although my Country demands my poor pittance to endevor to rescue her from barbarity." Feels this barbarity, exemplified by Indians slaughtering innocents, enslaved people killing their masters, and the general desolation caused by the Hessian mercenaries is all a result of British tyranny. Chastises the "boasted humanity of these people who calls themselves the mother Country!" Repeatedly expresses his love and longing for her. Warns her to "take care of your heart" with Colonel Stewart who will deliver this letter. States…

GLC02437.00517

circa January 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Invoice of payments to Henry Knox from the Unites States] [incomplete]

List of payments made to Knox by the United States between November 1775 and January 1777. Includes dates payments were made, what they were for, how much they were for, and who actually gave the money to Knox. Figures include pay for Knox and his men as well as money for blankets during their expedition to retrieve cannon from Fort Ticonderoga during the winter of 1775-1776, pay and recruiting fees throughout 1776, and money to be distributed as a bounty in January 1777.

GLC02437.00527

January 12,1777 - February 3, 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Invoice of payments from Henry Knox to Jotham Drury]

Lists cash paid by Knox to Drury in order to pay soldiers. Dates are listed for each payment, which total nine hundred and eighty dollars.

GLC02437.00528

February 11, 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Copy of a receipt for pay of Captain Stephen Badlam's company]

Receipt for cash paid to Stephen Badlam, consisting of one hundred eighteen pounds twelve schillings to pay his company for the month and one pound eight schillings and two pence due General Mifflin for clothing. States that this document is a copy.

GLC02437.00530

26 April 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Loves her and is glad she and their daughter are doing well after their inoculation. Longs to see her, but for her own safety and happiness denies her request to join him at Morristown. Believes the British "by no means as formidable as they were last year," since "the enemy are diminishing and we are increasing" in numbers. Confident America will prevail "not for the virtue of the people but because the heavens will it." Laughs when thinking about William Knox "doing the duty of a common soldier." Relates a drinking story. Hopes Billy has raised the necessary money and asks that he be…

GLC02437.00580

1 May 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: Establishment and pay for a company of artillery in the service of the United of America

Date from docket. Lists various posts, from captain to drummer, and their corresponding pay. First page and dated docket in Knox's hand, other docket in Shaw's.

GLC02437.00584

16 April 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: [Orders to Lt. John Pratt]

Orders Lt. John Pratt to return to Connecticut to fill state's quota of recruits, and to deliver the letter below to Gov. Huntington. "You will be careful to recruit men of the best characters for the honesty and sobriety...well formed in his body and limbs - perfectly sound in his organs and health and sufficiently robust to bear the fatigues of the military life...Neither Negroes Molatoes or Indians are to be recruited." Authorizes a half a month's pay to each new recruit as well as shelter and fuel. Once 20 men were enlisted, they were to be sent on to West Point to be outfitted.

GLC09055.01

16 April 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Governor Samuel Huntington

Informs him of Lt. Pratt's orders. See GLC09055.01.

GLC09055.02

29 March 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to paymaster Joseph Howell

Authorizes two month's pay for two artillery companies, one infantry company, and an account of monies due to officers at West Point on 1 April 1790, stationed at St. Mary's River, Georgia.

GLC09060

22 August 1801

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [An affidavit from Henry Knox]

Document is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. An affidavit by Henry Knox concerning a land warrant granted to him for his military services. Appears Knox delivered the warrant to Richard Platt and received a certificate for $1000 from Platt signed by Winthrop Sargent. Note at bottom of the document states "Sworn before Major Wheaton Justice Peace 22 Aug', 1801." Docket notes the affidavit was written from Thomaston, Maine.

GLC02437.07586

25 August 1801

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Indenture for land in Hampden, Maine]

Noted as a copy. A detailed indenture between Henry Knox, Benjamin Lincoln, Henry Jackson, and Thomas Lindall Winthrop. The indenture appears to be for two tracts of land in Hampden, Maine sold to Winthrop by Knox, Lincoln, and Jackson. Indenture includes the boundaries of the land, terms of the agreement, and the amounts to be paid.

GLC02437.07592

3 September 1801

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: to unknown

Document is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Discusses a large barn full of various items such as hay and rye. Also discusses a shed adjoining the barn and the total value of the goods. Letter is likely referring to Mr. Joseph Jones or Mr. Benjamin Bartlett's barn that was burnt down by the settlers in retaliation of Knox's surveying. See George Ulmer's letter to Henry Knox informing him about the fire (GLC02437.07605). Written on verso of a printed document: "Know all men by these presents..."

GLC02437.07603

10 September 1801

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [A list of insurgents]

Document is not signed but appears to be in Henry Knox's handwriting. A list of names of the insurgents. Relays a conversation between James [Cates] and William Whitney (who is one of the names listed as an insurgent). Appears Whitney was trying to find out the whereabouts of the surveyors from Cates who refused to tell him. On the last page there is also a list of names of the residents of Jackson, Maine. Docket suggests letter is written to Joseph Jones. Date was written at a later date in pen.

GLC02437.07609

1 October 1801

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Indictments found by the Grand Jury]

Document is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. A list of names of the men who were indicted by the Grand Jury for riots that took place 4 July 1801. Also includes two different lists of "evidences" (possibly witnesses) the first which is a list of names of men who were summoned to court and the second is a list of names of men who actually appeared at court.

GLC02437.07633