25 March 1799

Pemberton, Ebenezer, fl. 1747-1810

Manuscript note signed

Title: [Order]

Requests a pair of strong shoes for Thomas Flucker.

GLC02437.09858

February 2, 1799

Hager, Martha, fl. 1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Flucker Knox

Writes a sad letter to Lucy Knox about the recent deaths in her family. Says her father and two brothers have died and her only remaining brother is sick. Writes she fears he will not make it and does not believe her mother will be around much longer either. Asks for Knox prayers and wishes her family well. Letter is addressed to "Miss Knox," likely referring to Lucy Flucker Knox, daughter of Henry and Lucy Knox. Written from North Santee, present day Santee, South Carolina.

GLC02437.09859

22 April 1799

Hager, Martha, fl. 1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Flucker Knox

Complains about Knox not writing her. Mentions how isolated they are from everyone. Speaks of mutual acquaintances of theirs. Also discusses the recent deaths and sicknesses in her family. Letter is addressed to "Miss Knox," likely referring to Lucy Flucker Knox, daughter of Henry and Lucy Knox. Written from North Santee, present day Santee, South Carolina.

GLC02437.09860

30 April 1799

Foster, Joseph, fl. 1797-1799

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Appears to be a statement on Thomas Flucker's account with Joseph and Samuel Foster through 20 November 1798 to 27 March 1799. The Fosters signed they received payment from Henry Knox on 30 April 1799 at the bottom of the document.

GLC02437.09861

6 June 1799

Hager, Martha, fl. 1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Flucker Knox

Discusses the hard times her family is experiencing. Mentions her mother is still ill and is expected to die soon. Notes her brother's (the only remaining brother out of three) health is still precarious and all of her sisters have had fevers this summer. Discusses her options if she loses both her brother and mother and appears to hint at her wish to live alone if she cannot remain with her sisters. Written from North Santee, present day Santee, South Carolina.

GLC02437.09863

circa 1790-1792

Manuscript document

Title: to the Senate and House of Representatives

Discusses Congress's resolution recommending several states provide payment for troops raised and for their services through 1780. Says the payment due date has expired and the states have not paid the notes. Further describes the terms which the payments were suppose to be made along with the hardships the troops have suffered and the sacrifices they have made.

GLC02437.09887

30 March 1796

Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820

Manuscript document

Title: [Book list and inventory]

Date inferred from a pencil note that states, "With letter of W Sargent 30 March 1796" (GLC02437.06682). Apparently continued from another page. Contains sections 3, 4, and 5, each referring to inventories of trunks or boxes. No. 3 is a book list indicating the number of copies of "More's France, Domestic Memoirs, Roman's Floridas, Stewarts political Economy, Franklin's polil Works... Principles of Taxation, Anderson's Institute's, Mirabeau's Portrait," and others. No. 4 notes uncataloged books and swords. No. 5 lists sconces and papers from the right and left hand side of the bookcase…

GLC02437.10325

4 September 1797

Manuscript document

Title: ["References made to Commissioners" relating to the Waldo Patent]

Includes a list of "referees" with their corresponding acreage and township.

GLC02437.10327

17 October 1798

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Sale of land by Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln and Henry Jackson]

Cosigned by Lincoln and Jackson. Countersigned by Samuel Cooper, Justice of the Peace, and Benjamin Weld as witnesses. Includes some Waldo Patent land and Brigadier's Island. Page four contains the following: 25 October 1798 signature of Samuel Cooper verifying the sale (Boston, Massachusetts); 1 November 1798 signature of Eli Forbes, attesting that this deed was recorded in Hancock County; 14 December 1798 signature of Lucy Knox releasing her right of dower and power of thirds; 14 December 1798 signature of Samuel Cooper and Benjamin Weld verifying Lucy Knox's statement (Boston,…

GLC02437.10328

27 August - 4 November 1798

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Recommendation of field officers for 3 Regiments of [the] Augmented Army]

Title from docket, which also notes, "2 regiments of provisional army and additional field officers 4 Nov 1798." Contains succinct character analyses of thirteen men, including Simon Elliot, Joseph Thomas, Isaac Winslow, and Caleb Gibbs, among others, recommending them for officer positions. Includes the recommended arrangement of officers. Also contains a list of men "whose characters are unknown."

GLC02437.10329

3 April 1799

Manuscript document

Title: [Bond between Henry Knox, Henry Jackson, Benjamin Lincoln, and Benjamin Pickman]

Knox, Jackson, and Lincoln promise to pay Pickman twelve thousand dollars. Contains the terms of their obligation. Docketed 16 December 180[4]: "Cancelled."

GLC02437.10336

3 April 1799

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bond between Henry Knox, Henry Jackson, and Israel Thorndike]

Knox and Jackson promise to pay Thorndike six thousand dollars. Contains the details of their obligation. The signatures of Knox and Jackson are struck. Countersigned by Samuel Cooper and Charles Grinnell as witnesses. Docketed 16 October 1804: "Cancelled."

GLC02437.10337

20 December 1779

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Two letters from Henry Jackson to Henry Knox]

In the first letter, written 20 December, Jackson relates that he and Colonel [Benjamin] Hichborn will meet Knox in Portland, Maine on 1 January 1800. In the second letter, written 22 December, Jackson reports that he forwarded a letter from Knox to Henry Jackson Knox. Discusses financial matters related to Knox, Mr. A. Smith, and Mr. Gorham.

GLC02437.10338

October-November 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Report] [incomplete]

Discusses tension between the Cherokee Indians and the settlers. Letterpress copy. Ink is very faded, making it difficult to read.

GLC02437.10364

1790

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of names and how much each person owes. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.10375

1793

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Estate report] [incomplete]

Discusses the will of the parents of Lucy Knox and Hannah Urquhart Harwood, as Knox and Hannah are listed as its executors. Writes about debts and who has the rights to what. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.10430

circa 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Congressional inquiry]

Discusses the [Congressional] inquiry into the failure of the expedition under Major General Arthur St. Clair - this was St. Clair's Defeat, also known as the "Columbia Massacre," or the "Battle of the Wabash" in 1791 where the Indians were fighting settlers who they felt were encroaching on their land. Date previously inferred, written in blue. Letterpress copy.

GLC02437.10449

1794

Manuscript document

Title: [Indenture between Henry Knox and Samuel Ogden]

Same as GLC02437.10316. Indenture in which Samuel Ogden will hold a certain amount of land in trust from Knox and his wife, Lucy Knox.

GLC02437.10317

1794

Manuscript document

Title: [Indenture between Henry Knox and Samuel Ogden]

Same as GLC02437.10316 and .10317. Indenture in which Samuel Ogden will hold a certain amount of land in trust from Knox and his wife, Lucy Knox.

GLC02437.10318

11 July 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: [A statement on Mr. Greene's evidence]

Letter is not signed but appears to be in Henry Knox's handwriting. Discusses a memorial the late General [Nathanael] Greene had submitted to Congress and the dire financial situation that now threatens Greene's family. Writes a lengthy letter defending Green's character. Describes the measures Greene took in 1782 regarding the army's clothing and provisions and why such measures were needed at the time. Also mentions various communications that took place between Greene and other gentlemen in 1782. Appears to ask Congress to relieve Greene's estate from any obligations Greene entered with…

GLC02437.09816

22 September 1790

Manuscript letter

Title: to Mr. de Lambert [in French]

Noted as a copy. Letter is in French. Letter appears to be about financial exchanges between France and the United States. Document was written between 22-26 September 1790. Author is unknown but it appears to be from a firm with the name Schweitzer.

GLC02437.09817

19 August 1790

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Euphemia Ogden

Discusses her bad habits with her friend Mrs. [Euphemia?] Ogden. Notes she has made some progress and no longer stays in bed until ten but rises at eight. Also mentions they might be their new neighbors.

GLC02437.09819

1790

Manuscript document

Title: [List of persons on the Waldo patent]

A list of persons on the Waldo patent in the year of 1790 according to the United States census.

GLC02437.09820

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

13 September 1792

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Simeon Baldwin

Instructs Baldwin to comply with the enclosed Congressional act ordering that a list of all federal salaries be compiled by the Treasury Department. Baldiwn's reply on verso states that he has complied and enclosed "statements of my fees and expenses."

GLC08960.01