24 August 1798

Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses possibly settling on the Waldo Patent.

GLC02437.07166

3 March 1799

Wilson, Life, fl. 1799-1800

Letter

Title: to Henry Knox

Wilson has received Knox's letter of December 12, 1799 and is sorry that Knox is not happy with the saws he received. Wilson is working hard to correct that and get Knox "a single saw agreable to your Request." Wilson says the "intention of this Letter is to have you send me some Mill saws."

GLC02437.07241

23 December 1799

Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Dane has received Knox's letters of the 23rd and 26th of November. He tells Knox, "I will no endeavour to have an early meeting of the Commissioners in order to finish the business as soon as possible."

GLC02437.07343

January 1795

Dandridge, Bartholomew, 1737-1785

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Forwards a letter Knox had requested and says the president has no objection to his letter of the 30th being published. Dated "Thursday." Written in the third person and signed in the text.

GLC02437.08120

23 May 1799

Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Note of receipt of Henry Knox for $71.06. Also includes a note of receipt signed on the verso by an Eleazer Homer.

GLC02437.08752

31 May 1789

Winslow, Isaac, 1736-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discussing financial issues related to Waldo's patent, a large tract of land owned by Knox that previously belonged to his wife's family. Discusses taxes on the land, the desire of the residents of the patent to have their lands surveyed, and settling financial affairs with various tenants.

GLC02437.09221

30 March 1793

Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Promises to give his attention to a letter he has just received from Knox, regarding "certain conveyances &c" on the Waldo patent.

GLC02437.09241

17 April 1793

Dane, Nathan, 1752-1835

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

A rough draft of a document lisiting various claims on the Waldo patent, relating to Knox's attempts to buy these lands. Has gone over all available documents and notes any possible problems with the deeds, competing claims or lack of proper documentation on the lands Knox wishes to purchase.

GLC02437.09242

4 May 1793

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathan Dane

Discusses difficulty with "Francis Waldo's proportion." Offers to "co-operate many reasonable measure on the part of the Flucker Family to prevent the Winslows from suffering by the omision of the bond, which I suppose they would have given if required." Asks Nathan Dane to "devise some safe remedy for the evil, if it can be done." Watermarked. Letterpress copy.

GLC02437.10265

28 August 1793

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathan Dane

Asks Dane to give General Jackson any advice concerning a petition to the General Court over land. Also allows him to make any modifications to the petition as he sees fit. Watermarked "Watt & C Patent Copying/Sold by J Woodmason/London." Letterpress copy.

GLC02437.10278

February 13, 1799

Winchester, Edmund, fl. 1799-1805

Manuscript document

Title: [Mortgage deed cancellation]

Edmund Winchester agrees that when Knox pays a specified note, Winchester will "cancel the mortgage Deed which he has Executed to me of this Date."

GLC02437.10332

circa 1797

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

Account of orders drawn by L. Wilson from 6 December 1797 to 26 May 1798. Various names and dollar amounts are listed. Date taken from docket.

GLC02437.10627

17 September 1790

Constable, William, 1721-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Constable tells Knox he transmitted Knox's letter from 23 July "to the party for whom I was in treaty respecting the Lands bordering on the St. Lawrence." Constable has received orders to purchase the land "agreeable" to Knox's terms, and asks Knox to answer him as soon as possible.

GLC02437.04729

1 November 1791

Constable, William, 1721-1791

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Reports that he will sail to London in ten days and wants to have his interest in the Kennebeck Company defined. Adds, "Duer being now with you may I request that you will forward me some sort of memorandum for my share in that Concern." Would have written to Duer on this subject, but has not received an answer to his last three letters to him. Stamped "FREE" on verso.

GLC02437.05218

3 November 1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Constable

Has received his recent letter about Constable's stake in the Kennebunk Company (see GLC02437.05218). Writes, "In answer to which I can only say [inserted: that] as you were one of Mr Duers associates that I must refer you" to him. Wishes him a good voyage.

GLC02437.05222

21 September 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Daniel Cony

Asks Doctor Daniel Cony if the survey of the Plymouth Patent is complete.

GLC02437.06527

2 October 1795

Cony, Daniel, fl. 1777-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses the Waldo Patent and the Plymouth company.

GLC02437.06533

14 December 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Draft]

Complete draft of Knox's cover letter to his December 14, 1792 report to the U.S. House of Representatives on invalid pension claims (printed in U.S. State Papers, Claims v.1, pp. 56-57.) Docket, in Knox's hand, reads: "This is to be copied out a wide Margin for corrections. - "

GLC02437.08234

February 4, 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

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

Duplicate of GLC02437.10322. Written on fragile, transparent paper.

GLC02437.10324

May 24, 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Marquis de Lafayette

Knox says it is a long time since he has heard from Lafayette. He is glad that the packets between American and Europe will soon be re-established. When he can communicate better says he will update Lafayette on affairs in America. Says "You will have been informed already that our Constitution is established and fully in operation - That the Glorious Washington is at its head, and that therefore it will have the fairest chance for success." Ends by introducing a Mr. Colden (there is a space where the first name was supposed to be filled in) of New York. Colden wants to go to France to study…

GLC02437.04218

24 June 1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Knox signs with his initials. References receiving several letters from William since 7 April. Has no excuses for why he has not written more often. Says this letter will not be long because there is a ship in port that is just about to leave for Liverpool and this note needs to be on it. Says they are all well and situated comfortably near the city at Bush Hill, Vice President John Adams's house. Adams was away at Braintree, Massachusetts, so the house was available. Reports he is going into a good house in Philadelphia in the autumn. Is surprised that William is living "in a strange…

GLC02437.05027

October 15, 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to Marquis de Lafayette

Knox writes that he is thankful to be able to send this letter by Count de Moustier, who was returning from his time as French minister to America. He will enclose the diplomas for the French officers in the Society of the Cincinnati. Says "The importance of the revolution in France is astonishing - one looks round in amazement and asks is it not a delusion, can it be true? This is a new Lesson to the Gods of the earth that there [distinction] is but a phantom of the imagination that an [illegible] people will know and ought to repress the abuses and oppressions of their rulers." Asks for…

GLC02437.04391

November 7, 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to Marquis de Lafayette

Knox sends his sincere wishes for Lafayette's happiness. Mentions mutual friends, including the Marchioness de Bréhan, who was wary of returning to France due to the "state of affairs" there (the French Revolution). Reports that "We are all peace - Our beloved chief is on a journey to the Eastern States - He is received every where with all possible demonstrations of affection - long may he live to be the cheif of the U.S." Encloses a letter from Catharine Greene for her son, who was studying with Lafayette in France (not included here).

GLC02437.04407

4 September 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Informs his brother William Knox that he has given him power of attorney to sell his lands. Says he sent a map of the lands that are jointly held with Alexander Macomb, Philip Schuyler, John Taylor, Robert Morris, among others. Describes the lands and the waters around it. Tells William he also authorized him to sell "25000 acres laying in the Waldo Patent." Says he is selling the land because he needs the money, and will accept a lower asking price. If William can't sell the land, Knox expects him to "raise a sum of money thereon by way of Loan giving the Land as a security for the…

GLC02437.04714

6 September 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Tells William he is anxious about his sister-in-law Mrs. "Horwood" (Hannah Flucker Harwood) paying a debt Henry Knox owed to Mr. Longman. Writes, "I hope there is no unnecessary delay on the part of Mrs Horwood - She appears to have answered the business with judgment and fidelity." Also asks about the state of the St. Lawrence lands and Mr. Malcolm's "state of mind respecting the balance."

GLC02437.04720