June 1797

Manuscript document

Title: [Memorial]

Discusses a memorial pointing out an error regarding the Waldo patent in the last survey done of the land.

GLC02437.06998

26 July 1797

Swan, Sally W., fl. 1797

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Julia Knox

Sends her condolences about a still-born baby, possibly a sibling of Julia's and tries to comfort her.

GLC02437.07007

circa 8 August 1797

Beaumez, M. de (Bon-Albert Briois), 1759-1809

Autograph letter

Title: to Henry Knox [incomplete]

Postscript, possibly to GLC02437.07013. Informs Knox of his potential business partner. Most likely written in Calcutta, India, where Beaumez has been living and conducting business.

GLC02437.07014

16 August 1797

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [List]

List of settlers in Canaan. Written in Knox's hand.

GLC02437.07017

16 August 1797

Manuscript document

Title: List of references or persons who have referred their land to the Commissioners

Lists the names of those settlers who have referred their land to the Commissioners.

GLC02437.07018

14 September 1797

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Agreement with John Rynier]

Neater copy of GLC02437.07029. States an agreement with Rynier that Rynier will be employed under Knox as a director and principal farmer on Knox's lands.

GLC02437.07030

December 1797

Sullivan, James, 1744-1808

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Opinion]

Discusses a promissory note and states his opinion on why the note is rendered null and void.

GLC02437.07077

February 1798

Manuscript document

Title: [Arguments]

Discusses the claims of some German settlers on land. Date from docket.

GLC02437.07093

circa 5 March 1798

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Accounts]

Writes that he sent his nephews Thomas and Francis Flucker to pay a Mr. Pemberton, but they only paid half the amount and kept the rest for themselves.

GLC02437.07098

20 March 1799

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Secretary of the Navy

Writes to the Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, concerning two new U.S. Navy vessels and their construction as he has timber he believes would be good to use for the construction of ships.

GLC02437.07108

23 April 1798

MacDonogh, Thomas, fl. 1798-1799

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Certificate]

Certifies that Thomas and a George Francis Waldo Flucker, the sons of Thomas Flucker Esq. are now living in Boston, Massachusetts. George Francis Waldo is most likely Francis Flucker.

GLC02437.07118

28 June 1798

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Lincoln

Letterpress copy. Discusses the expiration of a note, and stresses the fact that he needs the money which is due.

GLC02437.07155

12 August 1798

Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks for Knox's help in possibly obtaining a position in the revenue department as he is having difficulty supporting himself and his family in his current situation.

GLC02437.07162

January 16, 1790

Bourne, Sylvanus, 1761-1817

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to assist in furthering his cause in application for a consul or secretary position dealing with commerce and foreign affairs. Believes that the greatness of the nation is "intimately connected with the extension of her Commerce with other Powers, & having guaranteed by explicit Contract & no longer subject to the precarious tenure of legislative decrees." Goes on to state that he trusts Knox with handling this business and encloses references. Watermarked with a hunting horn inside a crest and the letters "G R" underneath.

GLC02437.10224

11 June 1790

Freeman, Ezekiel, fl. 1790

Manuscript document signed

Title: Henry Knox, Secretary at War in account current with the United States

Accounts for General Knox as of 1789, most likely for his time thus far as Secretary of War. Includes "Accounts opened in Treasury Books for sundry warrants in his favor from the 26th May 1785 to Jan 1789..." deductions from the Ordnance Department, charges to the Hospital Department, Clothing Department, Indian Department and others. Noted in the docket that the "Balance due from [Knox]" amounts to $15,517.34 ½. Created in the Auditors Office, which most likely travelled with Congress. Congress at this time was in New York City. Sewn binding. Watermarked "J Buttanshaw" and with a fleur…

GLC02437.10225

circa 4 April 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Extracts from the instructions to Major General St. Clair] [Incomplete]

Explains duties for General St. Clair under the employ of the United States government concerning conflict with the Indians. States that "[t]he great policy therefore of the general government is to establish a just and liberal peace with all the Indian tribes within the limits and in the vicinity of the [territory ?] of the United States." Describes details of future campaigns and orders. Despite the goal of peace, "[i]t is hardly possible if the Indians continue hostile, that [you] will be suffered quietly to establish a post at the Miami village." Extracts date from March 21, 1791 to…

GLC02437.10228

1 July 1791

Phillips, Samuel, 1752-1802

Manuscript document

Title: [Articles of agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts]

Articles of agreement between Phillips, Leonard Jarvis and John Read for the state of Massachusetts and Henry Jackson and associates for the sale of two million acres "of unappropriated lands in the Eastern parts of [the] Commonwealth..." There are thirteen articles in all. Noted as a copy in the docket. Appears to be held together with sealing wax. Watermarked "Budgen" and with hunting horn inside a crest with "G R" underneath. Docketed by Jackson, "Copy of Contract July 1 1791-2,0000.00 acres at 10 cents."

GLC02437.10230

12 July - 1 September 1791

Manuscript document

Title: [Orders concerning troops in the Ohio]

Header states that "[t]roops should immediately defend the Ohio. I depend upon your executing the transportation of them, as fast as possible; and that you make the arrangements for calling out the Generals for the COunties, as mentioned in my former letters." Noted as extracts. Pages numbered from 27-36 in the upper left corner. Writing is very blurred on many pages, possibly as a result of water damage. Sewn binding. Letterpress copy.

GLC02437.10233

1 November 1791

United States. Congress. House

Manuscript document

Title: [Resolves regarding St. Clair's expedition]

Five House resolutions discussing St. Clair's failed expedition against the Indians in Ohio. Absolves St. Clair from the blame of the failure of the expedition. It was not a "consequence of any defective qualitites, or insufficient quatities of arms, accoutrements, or powder or other military stores furnished for the said expedition." Previously estimated date as 1 November. Writing is faded and pages are stained with four water stains. Letterpress copy.

GLC02437.10238

27 August-14 November 1792

Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798

Manuscript document

Title: [Four unrelated military documents from 1791-1792]

Four separate documents combined. First document lists month pay due to officers, listed by rank as of 4 November 1791. Dated 14 November 1791. Noted as B. No. 12 in the upper left corner. Second document discusses "Money received from W. Howell in my capacity of Pay Master to the troops and the state of the account on the fifth day of November 1792." Dated 5 November 1791. Lists amounts due by date and the balance. Noted as "a true copy of the orginial on file in the War-Office of the United States." Noted as No. 13 at the top of the page. Third document discusses "Recruiting…

GLC02437.10240

10 December 1800

Pilsberry, Levi, 1771-1819

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph B. Varnum

Mentions visiting Varnum's home in Dracut, Massachusetts, but missing him since Varnum was in Congress at the time. Comments on the importance of education, both religious and civil. Discusses the growing strength of Republicanism, and asserts that the "success of the Christian Religion, depends much on the example and patronage of civil Rules." Inquires about the new city of Washington, D.C. Varnum was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1795-1811.

GLC03845.04

13 December 1797

Winthrop, James, fl. 1797-1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph B. Varnum

re: thanks for copy of president's speech, troubles with France, popularity of war with Spain. {6}

GLC03845.01

05 April 1798

Winthrop, James, fl. 1797-1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph B. Varnum

re: thanks for copy of president's message, sending town resolution against war with France [resolutions not included]. {7}

GLC03845.02

24 May 1798

Winthrop, James, fl. 1797-1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph B. Varnum

re: problems in getting people to agree to resolution against the French, local politics. {12}

GLC03845.03

February 13, 1798

Varnum, Joseph B., 1751-1821

Manuscript document

Title: [Mr. Thatcher's Speech] [Fragment]

Possibly in Joseph Bradley Varnum's hand. Mentions, via Harrison Gray Otis, the publication of a Constitutional report by Alexander Hamilton. Also notes George Thatcher claim that the "System was deficient" and that he could write a better Constitution in two hours.

GLC03845.22