17 June 1797

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Document

Title: [Bond to Benjamin Lincoln]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by Knox. Bond to pay Lincoln $56,000.

GLC02437.06989

23 June 1797

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Subscription]

Discusses subscriptions regarding the de Grasse family, specifically the daughters.

GLC02437.06991

17 December 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Receipt]

Receipt of Henry Knox for £100. Includes a signature from an E. Lawrence.

GLC02437.08686

8 May 1795

Johnson, Thomas, 1732-1819

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Receipt for items Henry Knox bought from Thomas Johnson, including a large bay mare for $250.

GLC02437.08688

17 May 1795

Pillet, René, fl. 1795

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Bill of attendance for René Pillet, a French teacher, and includes fees for his services.

GLC02437.08689

25 May 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Money order]

Money order to pay Samuel Hodgdon $1,676. Countersigned by George Meade, though both signatures are struck.

GLC02437.08690

25 May 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

A financial note for the sum of $1500.00 involving Henry Knox, George Meade, and Samuel Hodgdon.

GLC02437.08691

27 May 1795

Johnson, George, fl. 1795

Autograph document signed

Title: [Notes]

George Meade's signature has been struck. Financial notes drawn by George Meade for Henry Knox. Lists amounts, dates, and payment terms.

GLC02437.08695

7 September 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Memorandum of notes]

Notes given from Henry Knox to Henry Jackson. Lists dates and amounts.

GLC02437.08697

20 October 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Financial note]

Promises to pay Benjamin Lincoln $120 on demand with interest.

GLC02437.08698

1 November 1793

Hills, John, fl. 1771-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Receipt for $540.90 in cash and $55.49 in provisions paid by Henry Jackson on Henry Knox's account.

GLC02437.08699

21 June 1796

Joy, Benjamin, 1758-1830

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and Benjamin Joy by date.

GLC02437.08703

27 July 1796

Manuscript document

Title: [Orders]

List of items wanted for a frigate, including spruce spars, booms, mizzen yards, poles and others. Noted as written in the Navy yard.

GLC02437.08704

1795-1796

Vose, Spencer, fl. 1795-1796

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bills]

List of tax items levied by Henry Knox for the town of Thomaston, Maine.

GLC02437.08706

17 April 1794

Way, George, fl. 1794-1797

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bill]

List of items Henry Knox bought from George Way, including a coach.

GLC02437.08710

31 May 1797

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Receipt]

Sends various articles of bedding to his nephew Francis Flucker in Billerica, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.08711

3 July 1797

Sigourney, Elisha, fl. 1778-1797

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Note of receipt for $150 from Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08715

19 May 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Agreement with James Swan for land sale]

Agreement granting 25,000 acres in the Waldo patent from Henry Knox to James Swan, also giving Knox the right to buy the land back at a fixed price.

GLC02437.09254

25 May 1795

Meade, George, 1741-1808

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Agreement between Henry Knox and George Meade for sale of land]

Articles of agreement between Henry Knox and George Meade regarding Knox selling Meade one hundred thousand acres in the Waldo patent. Part of the last page has been clipped.

GLC02437.09256

February 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Memorial to the Massachusetts Congress regarding the Waldo patent]

Petition by Henry Knox to the state of Massachusetts arguing that the state has not properly surveyed the Waldo patent and has not alloted enough land to Knox and his partners.

GLC02437.09260

circa 1797-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [List]

List of money delivered to his nephew, Thomas Flucker, for various reasons.

GLC02437.09951

February 1795

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of deeds with Joseph Peirce.

GLC02437.09976

February 4, 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Statement related to the Waldo or Muscongus Patent]

Knox presents an argument to Congress for his share of the patent by relating its history and present state (according to him). Attests that the Patent was granted in 1629 extending "thirty miles square on each side of Penobscot river." Discusses erroneous surveys of the land and his right as proprietor. Notes that he "is aware of the prejudices entertained against possessions of large tracts of land, but he considers the Justice of his Country is superior to the passion of Prejudice." Cites "the liberality and humanity of the proprietors to the people who have in hundreds of Instances…

GLC02437.10322

January 19, 1795

Hills, John, fl. 1771-1796

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and John Hills by date from 10 July 1794 to 6 January 1795.

GLC02437.10396

25 May 1795

Manuscript document

Title: [Acceptances]

List of transactions between George Mead and Henry Knox on behalf of Samuel Hodgden. Noted as a copy in the docket.

GLC02437.10397