30 September 1798

Bingham, William, 1752-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses debts and Knox's potential sources for money to pay off his debts.

GLC02437.07175

16 October 1798

Brooks, John, 1752-1825

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Relays a message concerning the son of a mutual acquaintance who offers his services to Knox. Noted as written in Medford, state unknown.

GLC02437.07180

8 November 1798

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to William Bingham

Discusses issues with the land the possibility of selling their farms.

GLC02437.07187

30 November 1798

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses his family and their health and setting up a business. Also asks for news about Knox and his family as well as Beaumez's stepsons and complains that he has never received a letter from them.

GLC02437.07197

3 December 1798

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to Clement Biddle

Knox tells Biddle that he has received from the "bank of the US, the dividends on a share...in the name of my late daughter Julia." Knox has misplaced the certificate. Knox tells Biddle he is trying to acquire money to improve his estate.

GLC02437.07201

23 December 1798

Borland, Leonard Vassall, 1759-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John L. Borland

Leonard writes his brother John. The letter is "delivered to you by Mr. Henry Jackson Knox, midshipman on board the United States Frigate Constitution." Leonard explains that "Mr. Knox is son to General Knox, who was one of our first military characters during the revolutionary war with England, and is now one of the most respectable men in the United States."

GLC02437.07211

1798

Manuscript document

Title: [List Provisional Army Officers]

List of Provisional army officers including Alexander Hamilton as Inspector General "with rank of Major General," Charles Pinckney as "Major General," Henry Knox as Major General, etc.

GLC02437.07216

January 24, 1799

Bingham, William, 1752-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Bingham acknowledges receipt of Knox's letter of 30 December 1798. Bingham sees that Knox has "not as yet made a final arrangement with the Holders of your Notes, - but which I hope will be speedily terminated." Bingham is pleased to know that after Knox pays off his debts, Knox will enjoy a considerable income from his estate. Talks about Knox's timber in Maine and says that regarding the "our lands, which remain to be disposed of," Bingham is "persuaded that my News of effecting a Sale must be confined to Europe." In American, "the Capital is by no means sufficient." Bingham is sure…

GLC02437.07227

February 1799

Boyd, John P., fl. 1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Cryptic letter to Knox outlining the Colonel Boyd's military resume in the West Indies. Perhaps seeking a position from Knox.

GLC02437.07238

25 March 1799

Bingham, William, 1752-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Bingham has anxiously awaited a reply from Knox. Bingham is happy to learn that Knox "arrangements with most of your Creditors and that you are likely to be relieved from your temporary Embarassments." Bingham asks Knox if he would consult with attorney Mr. Davis regarding a lawsuit involving Bingham and confiscation of cargo on neutral vessel "in the last War." Bingham's feeling are terribly hurt by this matter and points out that there have not been any documents shown to the court to prove the plaintiff's claims. "The interests of the United States are very much implicated in the…

GLC02437.07248

6 April 1799

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Beaumez writes to Knox about how valuable letters from his friends in America are. He mentions the letters from Mrs. Knox and their daughter Lucy, as well as Thomas Flucker, Beaumez's stepson. Beaumez say, "though I am but an adoptive citizen of the U.S., I feel all proper sense of Duty and attachment towards the country that has afforded me so much hospitality and protection." Beaumez is disgusted with French treatment of America. He talks of his commercial interests and gains both in America and in India. Beaumez explains that "no foreigner, and even no English Subject has a right to fix…

GLC02437.07254

14 April 1799

Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Lucy Knox's sister, Mrs. Beaumez, writes Knox of her concerns for her sons. She is happy for Thomas Flucker's good behavior, but worried about Francis. She is considering sending them to England and expresses her wish that peace come to France and America. Talks of her husband's business affairs in India and doesn't think they should leave until he has more money.

GLC02437.07257

23 April 1799

Bingham, William, 1752-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Bingham acknowledges Knox's letter of 17 April 1799. Bingham realizes his legal counsels must receive payment, but he believes since the United States government benefits from this, the government should compensate. "However, Bingham says, "I shall take your hint and remit Mr. Davis a handsome fee." Bingham goes on to complain about the injustice of the suit against him. "I do not know what he means by obtaining a revision of the Judgment-The Object of the Secretary of State, was to have this Cause removed to the Circuit Court of the United States, where alone it can be placed on a proper and…

GLC02437.07259

18 May 1799

Dunlap, John, 1738-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Cosigned by Benjamin Jones Porter and Charles Coffin. Dunlap, Porter, and Coffin thank Knox for being "one of the principle patrons" of Bowdoin College and asks him to donate lime to help with a foundation of a new building (the college's first). See GLC02437.07268 for the original copy.

GLC02437.07267

25 May 1799

Bingham, William, 1752-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Bingham declares to Knox that, though difficult, he finished paying the state of Massachusetts the sum of $328.02. Bingham discusses his land selling possibilities and the help he has hoped to receive from Knox. If Bingham cannot sell, he will have to make money by mortgaging his land. He complains that taxes on the land would take a toll on its value. In a postscript he tells Knox what "Genl Cobb" and "Mr. Richards" have told him regarding the Legislature and the land.

GLC02437.07270

27 May 1799

Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Ralph Wormeley, Esq. delivers this letter from Carrington to Knox. Carrington thanks Knox for kind words Knox said about Carrington to a neighbor and hopes to be able to visit Knox soon.

GLC02437.07271

2 June 1799

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Adams

Knox writes to President Adams, urging him to allow Knox's son Henry to be promoted from midshipmen to Lieutenant in the US Navy. (Knox Jr. was midshipman on the USS Constitutionl). The docket reads, "The President on the receipt of this letter dd Henry a Commission of Lieutenant in the Navy, filled up with his own hand."

GLC02437.07272

30 June 1799

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Bingham

Knox tells that he and General Cobb have discussed at length "the subject of accelerating the value of the upper and Lower millions" parts of Maine. Knox explains the need and his ideas for surveying and pricing the land and the lumber.

GLC02437.07274

3 July 1799

Talbot, Silas, 1751-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Adams

Talbot thanks President Adams for receiving the commission of Captain of the Navy and "also another to Cotton Thayer as Second Lt. of Marines." Talbot has difficulty accepting this commission because he fears he will be a junior officer to someone who does not deserve to be ranked ahead of him, citing [John] Barry, [Samuel] Nicolson, and [Thomas] Truxton. "I consider a commission only as a certificate or evidence of an appointment, why then have I not untill this day been furnished with the Evidence of my first appointment under the present Government as well, or instead of the Letter."…

GLC02437.07279

12 July 1799

Bingham, William, 1752-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Bingham received Knox's letter of 30 June 1799. Bingham agrees with Knox that the "the Kennebec Tract has a fair chance of attracting a full Portion of Settlers." Bingham believes, however, that Knox needs to make the Lands attractive to purchasers for "Establishments." Bingham says he "is trying to Experiment on a large Scale, with the lower Tract." Tells Knox that the sooner these land deals are sorted out, the better.

GLC02437.07285

26 August 1799

Cheever, Abijah, 1760-1843

Manuscript document

Title: [Mortgage Agreement]

Agreement between Henry Knox, Benjamin Lincoln, Henry Jackson, and Abijah Cheever about notes and mortgages.

GLC02437.07302

3 October 1799

Blagge, John, fl. 1783-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Blagge asks Knox to put in a good word about him to President Adams. Blagge wants to be Surveyor of the Port of New York.

GLC02437.07314

31 October 1799

Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801

Autograph letter

Title: to Lucy Knox

Mrs. Beaumez writes her niece Lucy Knox. She says her last letter were "dismal" because here "health and spirits were bad." Now they are well. She speaks of missing her children back in America, of what she hears from them, and of the little gifts she has sent to her family there. Mrs. Beaumez says she will soon be traveling to the country 100 miles from Calcutta.

GLC02437.07322

7 November 1799

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Beaumez relates his troubles for "being borne in France," as the government general in Calcutta wants him to return to America. Beaumez talks about the dangers he faces should he be captured by a French ship. He says that his reputation has allowed him to get an extension to stay for six months.

GLC02437.07323

8 November 1799

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Contract]

This agreement says that "the subscriber expecting dayly to receive from Daniel Davis Esq. of Portland, an account of the sales of property in Falmouth hereby pledges himself as soon as he shall receive such account ...that he will transmit to Mrs. Bridge...an order for the amount which will probably be from 1400 to 1500 Dollars." Docket notes this document was given to Moses Copeland for Mr. Bridge.

GLC02437.07325