circa 1788-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Agreement]

Agreement regarding settlers' payments of land at Owls' Head Bay in Maine.

GLC02437.08116

circa 1794-1797

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Promissory document]

Promissory document drawn by Knox to have a coach delivered to him with a description of the coach's fixtures and trimmings.

GLC02437.08121

circa 1799-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Remarks on J. Gleasons accounts

Describes how John Gleason performed his duties as a clerk unsatisfactorily and took it upon himself to act as an agent for Knox. Circa date is based on a 1799 reference in the text and Knox's life span.

GLC02437.08124

circa 1790-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Minutes of a counter petition] [incomplete]

Discusses settlers.

GLC02437.08131

circa 3 September 1770-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Announcement]

Discusses grain.

GLC02437.08141

circa 1789-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Thoughts on the government]

Discusses his opinion on how the government should govern the territories: "every regulation which can be formed will operate, in the opinion of the unboundily [sic] avaricious as so many acts of tyranny which he has a right to [treat], therefore force must be used to [curb] such -"

GLC02437.08142

circa 1791-1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Posts from Lake Erie to the Ohio]

Discusses the disadvantages to establishing a chain of posts from Lake Erie to the Ohio region. Includes troop calculations on the last page.

GLC02437.08146

circa 1783-1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Thoughts on the Army and government] [incomplete]

Discusses how military power should be wielded in a republic. Written on an old address leaf.

GLC02437.08150

1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Thoughts on Georgia's right to negotiate with Native Americans] [incomplete]

Discusses issues in Georgia with the Creek Indians. Estimates $1,152,836 as the cost of the campaign, with troops for three years. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08152

1797

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to [Hannah Flucker Urquhart Harwood]

Recipient inferred from content. Knox's discusses bonds, the Muscongus lands, and Falmouth lands with Harwood, his sister-in-law. Written on thin tissue paper; ink is faded.

GLC02437.10351

1783-1815

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to a friend

Discusses supplies. Largely illegible. Written on thin tissue paper; ink is faded.

GLC02437.10352

circa 1789-1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: Indian Expedition & Indian affairs generally

Knox's report as Secretary of War: "Congress were informed in their last Session of the efforts which had been made to accomplish a peace with the hostile Indians north of the Ohio. These having failed it became a duty of the Executive to take such measures, authorized by the laws as should exhibit our power to punish the depredations of the refractory tribes... Humanity however dictates the desire that the deluded Indians may be convinced of the destructive consequences of their obstinacy in persisting to wage war against the United States..." Emphasizes the importance of "an energetic and…

GLC02437.10354

1783-1815

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: to unknown [fragment]

Last page of a letter to an unknown recipient. Encloses bank bills (not included) for "window sashes."

GLC02437.10359

circa 1784-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Letter related to settlement of lands]

Text is nearly completely faded, and there does not appear to be a date, recipient, or place writ cited. Mentions [William?] Bingham, William Duer, and the settlement of lands. Letterpress copy.

GLC02437.10360

December 18, 1779

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Account between Henry Knox to R. & D. Owen

Receipt for tailoring services from R. & D. Owen. Dated from 18 December 1779 to 8 July 1800.

GLC02437.08506

2 July 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Document signed

Title: [Order of payment to Jonathan Fowle]

Orders Henry Jackson to pay Jonathan Fowle £3. Fowle signed the document stating he received payment from Jackson.

GLC02437.08590

17 November 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Notes]

Notes on various accounts and expenditures received from his brother, William.

GLC02437.08615

3 December 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Accounts]

List of money paid when Henry Knox returned from his trip to Boston, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.08616

5 January 1801

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [List]

List of people who are entitled to land in 1788 and have yet to receive their deeds. People listed by name and number of acres, with related comments alongside. Includes notes on the verso by Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08617

circa 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [List]

List of military expenses (primarily payments to officers and troops) for which the paymaster is to credit him. At least some of the expenses date to 1781; the last two entries are dated 1789.

GLC02437.08622

25 May 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

A financial note for the sum of $1,524.33 involving Henry Knox, George Meade, and Samuel Hodgdon.

GLC02437.08692

25 May 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

A financial note for the sum of $2,048.56 involving Henry Knox, George Meade, and Samuel Hodgdon.

GLC02437.08693

7-14 June 1796

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Probate account]

List of transactions regarding Thomas Flucker's estate by date. Includes a note dated 14 June 1796 stating that this was exhibited and accepted by the Probate office. Noted as a copy in the docket.

GLC02437.10391

circa 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Account from the Thomas Flucker estate]

Lists accounts to the Thomas Flucker estate from 1746-1774, including land as well as notes, bonds, and mortgages owed to Flucker. The real estate was valued at £4947.9.7 1/2. The other items in the estate brought the full value to £5806.19.7 1/2. Date added later in pencil.

GLC02437.08371

circa 1784-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: Deeds an[d] other papers related to the patent estate

Lists the deeds and other paperwork from the Flucker estate. Interspersed are Knox's notes, many of them on the margins. The notes relate how valuable the property is in his eyes and also mentions any legal updates on specific pieces of property. Many of the deeds go back as far as the 1720s and 1730s, but the oldest one listed deals with the original deed to New Harbour in 1625. Knox numbers what appears to be the more valuable documents 201-214. The miscellaneous papers, seemingly of lesser importance, are marked 300-320 and deal with issues such as leases, mortgages, deeds for small…

GLC02437.08372