4 July 1805

Ulmer, George, 1756-1825

Manuscript document

Title: Copy of information respecting the Insurrection on the 4th of July 1805

Marked "copy." Relates the experiences of George Ulmer, one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace in Ducktrap, Maine, on 4 July 1805. Received a report that five hundred armed men were assembled in the Davistown area to march to Castine and rescue two prisoners. Discusses his attempts to gather information about the revolt, and the people he found involved. Also relates threats against his life for being a spy.

GLC02437.07952

15 November 1802

Homer, Benjamin, fl. 1802

Printed document signed

Title: [Insurance policy for the passage of thirty-eight horses from Maine to Antigua]

Titled "policy of assurance." Partially printed. Contains the signatures of Homer and six other insurers and their corresponding sums at the bottom of the page. Insures passage of the horses aboard the schooner Harmon from St. George, Maine, to Antigua. Issued by Abraham Touro's office.

GLC02437.10347

29 July 1805

Scales, William, fl. 1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes that he did not pick a side during the war, and was against the war entirely. Now regrets that he is being made to suffer the repercussions of a war he did not support. Discusses importing clergy members from Britain, as well as belief in the supernatural in rural Maine. Explains his belief in religion. Apparently is recommending that Knox ensures that a new clergy member from Britain, a Mr. Chillea, enjoys the approval of local churchgoers before Knox finalizes his employment.

GLC02437.07955

1 August 1804

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Agreement between Henry Knox and Ebenezer Thatcher]

Agreement between Knox and his son-in-law Ebenezer Thatcher (married to Knox's daughter Lucy). Indicates that certain grist mills and logging mills will be kept operational from 1 August [1804]-1 July 1805. Provides instructions for the operation of the mills.

GLC02437.07957

19 October 1805

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Letter about shipping lime] [fragment]

Date added later in pencil. Handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox, but item is a fragment of a longer document. Appears to be a portion of a letter about Knox's lime business, and shipments being sent via Captains Benjamin and Edward Kelleran.

GLC02437.07975

18 November 1805

Cushing, Charles, fl. 1805

Printed document signed

Title: [Receipt for payment between George Storer and Henry Knox, Benjamin Lincoln, and Henry Jackson]

Partially printed. Receipt acknowledging that Knox, Lincoln and Jackson paid George Storer the money they owed from a previous lawsuit. Signed by Charles Cushing, as Clerk. Note on verso signed by George Storer acknowledging receipt of the funds in full by 1 August 1806.

GLC02437.07984

19 November 1805

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Financial agreement]

Declares that Knox is bound to Israel Thorndike and William Prescott for the sum of thirty thousand dollars. Also includes information on lands Knox owns, possibly included as collateral in case of his inability to pay.

GLC02437.07985

1 December 1805

Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

Printed document signed

Title: Establishment of the United States Military Philosophical Society

Partially printed. Letter discusses the establishment of the United States Military Philosophical Society, a scientific society. Informs Knox that the group has elected him a member. Signed by Jonathan Williams as President, and Alexander Macomb as Secretary. Includes the Constitution of the group.

GLC02437.07989

8 January 1806

Houston, Robert, 1765-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Provides information on the quality of land and water on Brigadier's Island in Maine.

GLC02437.07995

6 March 1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: to George Storer

The first page, written and signed by Knox, contains calculations of monies due George Storer. Verso contains two notes, written in an unknown hand, regarding balances due.

GLC02437.08011

24 April 1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Gleason

Discusses a letter Gleason sent him, with news of the malicious behavior of a third party (possibly the firm of Bicknel & Simmons). Comments on his relationship with Bicknel and Simmons, as well as their financial arrangements.

GLC02437.08022

29 April 1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Gleason

Provides information about a carpenter and several other workmen whom he has employed. Has enclosed their employment agreement (not present). Explains the tasks he would like each to perform. Also reports that he sent General [David] Cobb summonses regarding the dispute Knox is having with Mr. Bicknel, and asks for Gleason's help with contacting Mr. Waldo or Colonel Thatcher on the subject.

GLC02437.08023

9 June 1806

Gilman, Jonathan, fl. 1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Gleason

Written from a place titled "Grean Plantacion." Asks Gleason to ask General [Henry] Knox about the fate of a lot of land he is interested in purchasing.

GLC02437.08028

26 June 1806

Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832

Manuscript document signed

Title: to David Sears

Writes to suggest they bargain on the purchase of land belonging to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08031

18 July 1806

Gleason, John, fl. 1796-1811

Manuscript document signed

Title: List of laborers in Genl Knox's employ

List of employees of Henry Knox, sorted by their specialty.

GLC02437.08034

12 August 1806

Taylor, William, fl. 1793-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed pertaining to William Taylor and Henry Knox]

Agreement stating that Knox purchased a particular tract of land from Taylor and that Taylor was paid a sum of money for it. Signed by William Taylor and Joseph Waldron as witness, and William Stevenson as Justice of the Peace.

GLC02437.08035

8 October 1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to Colonel Knowlton

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Discusses a financial transaction relating to William Pendleton and Jonathan Holbrook. Docket indicates the letter is a copy, and also that it relates to Micajah Drinkwater.

GLC02437.08041

28 October 1806

Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson

Writes to inform Jackson that his father, Henry Knox, has died. Relates that Knox swallowed a chicken bone and could not recover. Stresses how miserable his family is because of the death.

GLC02437.08048

October 1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Note lamenting the death of Henry Knox]

An unsigned note, likely written by one of Knox's children, lamenting his death. Explains how the writer was blessed to have Knox as a father.

GLC02437.08049

6 November 1806

Hall, Joseph, 1720-1807

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Knox

Sends his sympathy for the sad event afflicting the Knox family (the death of Henry Knox). Adds that it will unfortunately not be in his power to visit Thomaston in the next few weeks. Also discusses the land survey commissioned for land purchased by Mr. [Isaac] Thorndike, Mr. Sears, and Mr. Prescot.

GLC02437.08050

December 1806

Manuscript document

Title: Monody to the memory of General Henry Knox

Poem lamenting the death of Henry Knox and emphasizing his virtues.

GLC02437.08052

2 January 1807

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

Manuscript document

Title: Indenture

Indenture between Lucy Knox, as "widow and executrix" of Henry Knox's estate, and Thomas Vose. Agreement relates to the Knox limeworks; apparently Lucy agrees to let Vose use the limeworks and manufacture and sell a particular portion of the lime. Signed by Lucy Knox and Thomas Vose, as well as by Ebenezer Thatcher and [Henry Jackson] Knox as witnesses.

GLC02437.08053

3 January 1807

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Knox

Provides advice to Henry Jackson Knox as to how best to arrange financial matters, such as the family business, to provide for the Knox family after the death of Henry Knox. Mentions the possible effects of the European war on pursuing mercantile interests.

GLC02437.08054

January 10, 1807

Morton, Perez, 1751-1837

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Resolution of the Massachusetts House of Representatives]

Resolution of the Massachusetts House of Representatives that they "do sincerely condole with the afflicted relatives in the death of Major General Henry Knox; - That his honorable discharge of the duties of a statesman & citizen entitle him to public appropabtion and reward; His memory shall sweetly dwell in the records of history among those heroes, who have died,- blest with the honors of their country." Also resolve that this resolution will be sent to Mrs. Lucy Knox. Signed by Perez Morton as Speaker, and C.P. Sumner as Clerk.

GLC02437.08055

January 10, 1807

Morton, Perez, 1751-1837

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Writes that he is glad to be able, as Speaker of the House of Representatives, to transmit to Lucy the condolences of the House (see GLC02437.08055). Stresses that he was so beloved that the resolution was unanimous among house members. Believes that community support will soften the blow to Lucy and to Knox's friends, as they will know how highly the community thought of Knox.

GLC02437.08056