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1 May 1784

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: [Receipt to Joshua Brackett]

Receipt for lodging and food to Joshua Brackett.

GLC00634.03.07

7 June 1784

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: [Copy of a receipt for John Pierce]

Copy of a receipt that states Greene has received payment from John Pierce. This copy was made by Benjamin Mifflin from "the original on file in the Office of the Accountant of the War Department." Mifflin signs as a clerk. Greene's signature appears, though it is unlikely it is actually in his hand.

GLC00634.03.08

December 17, 1784

Groome, Francis, fl. 1784

Autograph document signed

Title: [Promissory note to Richard Sharpe]

Promissory note for Richard Sharpe, sent to Nathanael Greene. The note is from Mary Airey, but written and signed by Francis Groome. Sharpe signed on verso.

GLC00634.03.09

1783-1815

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Manuscript document

Title: [Statement that he quartered at Mr. Coggerhalls]

States that he once quartered with Coggerhalls in Newport, and the Coggerhalls "furnished...articles" for troops and officers.

GLC00634.03.10

1783-1815

Manuscript document

Title: [Day average expenses of express riders]

Lists the names and average expenses of four express riders.

GLC00634.03.11

1783-1815

Sartain, John, 1808-1897

Engraving

Title: [Engraving of Abigail Adams]

Engraving made from a painting by Gilbert Stuart, with a copy of Adams signature underneath.

GLC08917.02

circa 1801

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

A list of settlers who have received bonds and given security. List includes settlers names, amount of acres, amount of bonds and notes, and the names of the townships. Title taken from the docket.

GLC02437.07703

1833

Manuscript document

Title: [Standing committe formation]

Lists of standing committee members by year and other notes.

GLC02437.08072

circa 1783-1794

Selfridge, Thomas, fl. 1783-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Summons for Knox to present a petition (not included) to the governor and council. Written in the third person and signed in the text.

GLC02437.08075

circa 1784-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph note

Title: [Announcement of a sale]

Informs the recipient of arrangements to sell some land.

GLC02437.08093

circa 1785-1792

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript document

Title: [Petition]

Petition to the United State Congress on behalf of the Massachusetts line for public credit. Marked as a "copy."

GLC02437.08094

circa 1801

Blake, Willing, fl. 1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Certificate]

Statement regarding the people of the back settlements on land Knox owns (possibly in Maine). Circa date taken from a similar document (GLC02437.07622).

GLC02437.08097

circa 1784-1820

Platt, C., fl. 1784-1820

Autograph note

Title: to unknown

Writes on behalf of Mrs. Lucy Knox to thank the recipient for the offer to accompany her to a play.

GLC02437.08103

circa 21 October 1788

Johonnot, Samuel Cooper, 1768-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Points supporting his request for a commission in the army]

Written in the third person and signed in the text. Originally enclosed with GLC02437.04014.

GLC02437.08107

circa 1788-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Agreement]

Agreement regarding settlers' payments of land at Owls' Head Bay in Maine.

GLC02437.08116

circa 1785-1788

Walden, Frederick H., fl. 1785-1788

Autograph document signed

Title: [Plan of contract]

Plan of a contract proposed to the "United States of America in Congress assembled or any of them separately" for the minting and import from Sweden of copper coins, and the import of cooper sheeting for roofing.

GLC02437.08126

circa 1789-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Thoughts on the government]

Discusses his opinion on how the government should govern the territories: "every regulation which can be formed will operate, in the opinion of the unboundily [sic] avaricious as so many acts of tyranny which he has a right to [treat], therefore force must be used to [curb] such -"

GLC02437.08142

circa 1783-1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Thoughts on the Army and government] [incomplete]

Discusses how military power should be wielded in a republic. Written on an old address leaf.

GLC02437.08150

1783-1815

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to a friend

Discusses supplies. Largely illegible. Written on thin tissue paper; ink is faded.

GLC02437.10352

circa 1789-1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: Indian Expedition & Indian affairs generally

Knox's report as Secretary of War: "Congress were informed in their last Session of the efforts which had been made to accomplish a peace with the hostile Indians north of the Ohio. These having failed it became a duty of the Executive to take such measures, authorized by the laws as should exhibit our power to punish the depredations of the refractory tribes... Humanity however dictates the desire that the deluded Indians may be convinced of the destructive consequences of their obstinacy in persisting to wage war against the United States..." Emphasizes the importance of "an energetic and…

GLC02437.10354

1783-1815

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: to unknown [fragment]

Last page of a letter to an unknown recipient. Encloses bank bills (not included) for "window sashes."

GLC02437.10359

circa 1784-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Letter related to settlement of lands]

Text is nearly completely faded, and there does not appear to be a date, recipient, or place writ cited. Mentions [William?] Bingham, William Duer, and the settlement of lands. Letterpress copy.

GLC02437.10360