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[Account]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and Wright & Gill, a London firm, by date, starting from 5 April 1771 to 6 July 1773. Noted as a copy in the docket.

GLC02437.08332

[Receipt to General Henry Knox]

Knox bought three pounds of the "Best Green Tea." The total was from £22.10.

GLC02437.08426

[Account with William Knox]

William's account with Yancey includes sealing wax, shoes, tax, thread, various types of cloth, stockings, sugar, playing cards, etc. The total for this bill came to £837.11.3. Signed by Yancey stating he received payment.

GLC02437.08460

[Account with William Knox]

Account between William Knox and James Yancey. Includes women's shoes and credit for sugar. Signed by Yancey.

GLC02437.08463

[Receipt]

Receipt of $30 from Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08665

[Receipt]

List of items Captain Spalding bought from Woodworth.

GLC02437.08713

[Receipt]

Receipt for a turnpike road for Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08798

[Receipt]

Receipt of $50 from Stephen Young to be deducted from the amount Young owes to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08802

[Testimony]

Report concerning the Indians in the Penobscot region of Maine and their relations with Samuel Waldo. Attested to by Benjamin Larrabee.

GLC02437.08885

[Testimony]

Testimony of Jean and Anna Woodside regarding an encounter with a Penobscott Indian and his squaw. "She then asked him why the Indians would not lett the English and Irish sett down there, he replyd it spoild their hunting..." Jean appears as 'Jane'...

GLC02437.08886

to unknown

Discusses the sale of cargo, including boards, and cattle.

GLC02437.08946

to Thomas Flucker

Discusses the recent visit of Mr. [possibly Stephen] West, who is considering purchasing part of Woodbridge's "Glasswork grant." Believes that this will help the grant, as it is already split into portions by the "Housatonnock river." Imagines...

GLC02437.09041

[Relative to lands in Worcester]

Docket suggests the letter is a copy of a letter to [Major Denny]. Discusses lands belonging to Brigadier Waldo in the county of Worcester, which had apparently been sold to several other parties before his death.

GLC02437.09058

[Account of payment made by Thomas Flucker to John Homer]

Includes account information from 29 August 1772. Appears to be signed on verso by Homer. Flucker pays Homer for tomb stones, fire stones, and hearth stones.

GLC02437.09474

[Account of payment made by Thomas Flucker to Thomas Crafts]

Includes account information from 24 December 1772-25 October 1773. Signed on verso by Crafts 16 March 1774, certifying that Flucker paid his account in full. Flucker paid Crafts for various painting jobs.

GLC02437.09478

[Account of payment made by Thomas Flucker to Thomas Crafts]

Contains account information from April and July 1774. Flucker pays Crafts for painting work, and for "case stone colour at the House Admiral Graves lives in" (possibly referring to Admiral Samuel Graves).

GLC02437.09486

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for James Wheland]

Carleton, Lieutenant Commander of the Invalid Regiment, recommends Wheland for a thirty day furlough so he may spend time with his wife, who is sick. Directs his recommendation to Major Doughty (possibly John Doughty).

GLC02437.09558

[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Major Perkins]

Colonel Crane recommends Perkins for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09605

[Deed]

Signed by [Pelatiah] Freeman. Thomas L[illegible] and William Freeman signed as witnesses and Oliver Parker signed as a Justice of Peace. A land deed between Pelatiah Freeman and Isaac Jones Woodworth. Freeman acknowledges he received $180 from...

GLC02437.09865

to unknown

Discusses renting out a farm at Mount Pleasant to [Henry] Knox. Edward Shippen and Tenth Coxe were noted in red pen at a later date.

GLC02437.09889

[List of items Knox ordered from Wright & Gill]

Addressed to Henry Knox, "Mercht" [merchant]. Lists Knox's order, followed by a note at the bottom of the page: "The present serves to bring you the above Invoice which is all we could possibly get on board this Ship, will forward the remainder of...

GLC02437.09998

[Certification of the creation of a return of ordnance and military stores after the Siege of Yorktown]

Marked as a copy. Knox attests that he ordered the creation of an ordnance and military stores return. Adds, "But from the confused state in which the British stores were, and even our own, which were divided in the trenches, at the Park, and on...

GLC02437.10125

[Invoice]

Invoices of goods ordered and bought by Henry Knox to be shipped to Boston. Consists of various types of stationery, quills, boxes, pencils, and others. Also includes a note of receipt dated 20 February 1773.

GLC02437.10379

[Invoice]

Invoices of goods ordered and bought by Henry Knox to be shipped to Boston. Consists of various types of stationery, quills, blotting paper, ink, and others.

GLC02437.10383

[Return of goods drawn from Continental Army stores from September 1775 to January 1776]

Lists the names of 40 men in Captain Craft's Company, with a numeric figure. Docketed in graphite.

GLC02437.10437