April 1785

Manuscript document signed

Title: Receipt

Freight receipt from Webber and Co. to Captain John Young. Noted on the bottom that the money for the account was received by James Swan of "Heny Jackson Esqr."

GLC02437.08576

2 July 1785

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph document signed

Title: Paid for Mrs. Knox

Shaw notes that payment was made for purchases by Lucy Knox at the French milliner Mrs. Barre and at Luke Baker's store. Also noted that money was given to pay Mr. Sheppard's account. The total came to £3.1.4. Shaw mentions that Henry Jackson gave him the money.

GLC02437.08586

20 August 1785

Fenno, Ephraim, fl. 1776-1784

Document

Title: [Ephraim Fenno received payment from Henry Jackson]

Fenno received £5.7.10 from Henry Knox. Henry Jackson paid out the money.

GLC02437.08589

2 July 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Document signed

Title: [Order of payment to Jonathan Fowle]

Orders Henry Jackson to pay Jonathan Fowle £3. Fowle signed the document stating he received payment from Jackson.

GLC02437.08590

circa 4 July 1786

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and James Rivington from 1 December 1785 to 4 July 1786.

GLC02437.08594

circa 21 June 1785

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List for sundry medication and various other items by date. Noted as for Henry Knox in regards to the estate of Joseph Gardner.

GLC02437.08595

28 October 1786

Tate, Robert, fl. 1786

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Tax receipt]

Tax receipt regarding £2, 2s. in taxes. Includes two notes of receipt on the verso signed by John Hobby. Noted as written in Falmouth, state unknown.

GLC02437.08599

19 May 1788

Pratt, John, 1753-1824

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Note of receipt for $60 in account with Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08606

1788

Manuscript document

Title: [List] [incomplete]

List of various transactions listed by date. The top portion is cut off.

GLC02437.08607

1788

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of expenses incurred by Mrs. Lucy Knox, her family, and household by date, including corks, wages for servants, pickles, brandy and other household expenses.

GLC02437.08612

2 August 1788

Manuscript document

Title: [Accounts]

Lists expenses for various things, such as washing, household goods, and other related household expenses.

GLC02437.08613

17 November 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Notes]

Notes on various accounts and expenditures received from his brother, William.

GLC02437.08615

3 December 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Accounts]

List of money paid when Henry Knox returned from his trip to Boston, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.08616

circa 1788-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [List]

List of people who were entitled to land starting from 1788 but have yet to receive their deeds. People listed by name, town and acreage, with related comments written alongside.

GLC02437.08619

circa 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [List]

List of military expenses (primarily payments to officers and troops) for which the paymaster is to credit him. At least some of the expenses date to 1781; the last two entries are dated 1789.

GLC02437.08622

8 January 1789

Collister, Thomas, fl. 1789

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

Note of receipt of Henry Knox for 30s. for Trinity Church.

GLC02437.08623

circa June 1785

Autograph document

Title: Dementions & cost of a 16 inch wall for a fore wall at the magazine at Springfield

Document states each side wall will be 116 feet long and the ends will be 52 feet wide. Provides costs for 70,560 bricks, sand, boards, timber, and the labor to lay the bricks. The total comes to £179.9.0. Though dated in pencil with the year 1779, this document is apparently an enclosure for GLC02437.03152, a letter to Henry Knox from June 1785. The letter was accompanied by several estimates for buildings and construction projects at the Springfield armory. One of the enclosures described in that letter matches the title of this document.

GLC02437.08362

circa 1784-1806

Manuscript document

Title: The following is a list of the names of persons with whom D. Fales in behalf of Gen Knox entered into Reference, viz.

List of 24 names whom Fales, probably an agent for Knox in Maine, gave references to in Knox's name. The place of residence in Maine is noted for each name.

GLC02437.08366

circa 1784-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: Deeds an[d] other papers related to the patent estate

Lists the deeds and other paperwork from the Flucker estate. Interspersed are Knox's notes, many of them on the margins. The notes relate how valuable the property is in his eyes and also mentions any legal updates on specific pieces of property. Many of the deeds go back as far as the 1720s and 1730s, but the oldest one listed deals with the original deed to New Harbour in 1625. Knox numbers what appears to be the more valuable documents 201-214. The miscellaneous papers, seemingly of lesser importance, are marked 300-320 and deal with issues such as leases, mortgages, deeds for small…

GLC02437.08372

1783-1815

Knox, William, 1756-1795

Autograph document signed

Title: [Request to deliever one quart of wine]

William Knox asks that the bearer be given a quart of wine both on 24 April of an unknown year and another on Easter Monday of an unknown year. Signed twice by William.

GLC02437.08381

1783-1815

Manuscript document

Title: List of those persons that are suppos'd to be entitled to Meadow

Title taken from docket. Lists 47 original people who were entitled to meadow, apparently on Knox's Maine lands. A second column lists their representative if the original person has moved or died. Several names have numbers written to them. Docket ends with the sentence "NB all of 'em must produce their Deeds for our satisfaction."

GLC02437.08384

1783-1815

Map

Title: Map from Stratford to Poughkeepsie

This printed map appears to be cut out of a larger book or atlas. Neither Stratford nor Poughkeepsie is on the map. Has slight water damage/staining.

GLC02437.08401

circa 1784-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Miscellaneous calculations and notes]

List of seemingly random figures being added up. Notes are on his chances of obtaining land along the Kennebec River. Docket says "Agreement with the State of Massachusetts for 2,000,000 acres of Land."

GLC02437.08416

1783-1815

Manuscript document

Title: [List of prices of bank stock]

List of bank stock prices. Note about the progression of the prices.

GLC02437.08468

circa 1784-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Plan for selling land]

Discusses different methods to sell land.

GLC02437.08153