14 June 1774

Parker, Robert, fl. 1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to give his papers to the man who delivered this letter.

GLC02437.00153

15 June 1774

Oliver, Andrew, 1731-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks about a list of books he requested from Knox. Knox has indicated that some of the books are scarce but said nothing of the others. He wonders if Knox lost the list, since he made the request a year ago. Oliver wrote a similar letter on 7 March 1774 (see GLC02437.00124). Oliver one of the founders of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society.

GLC02437.00154

15 June 1774

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Rivington provides a list of books he has sent to Knox to sell. Mentions other books he was printing. Asks for a list of subscribers Knox has procured, possibly for Rivington's New-York Gazetteer or an edition of Cook's Voyage Rivington was printing. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. Signed on docket page by Knox stating, "Recd only a doz of the within/ H Knox."

GLC02437.00155

20 June 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Suggests collecting payment from Knox's subscribers to Rivington's New-York Gazetteer, since they have had it a year. Requests a list of subscribers to Cook's Voyage, which Rivington was printing. Asks Knox to forward to New York any news Boston receives from England, and comments generally about news dissemination. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00156

26 June 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Requests that Knox buy and send him soap. Also asks Knox to write him a letter describing the state of things in Boston; at the time, the British had just passed the Intolerable Acts, including the Boston Port Bill, which closed Boston Harbor on 1 June 1774. Suggests that committees in New York and Philadelphia will urge payment for the tea, possibly referring to either the tea tax or the tea destroyed at the Boston Tea Party. He believes such an action "will go a great way towards a conciliation of these unhappy Distractions." Congratulates Knox on his marriage. Indicates that he will…

GLC02437.00157

26 June 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Indicates that Dr. Morewood, who has been appointed by Dr. Norton to distribute Maredants Drops, seeks an agent for distribution in Boston. Rivington has recommended Knox. Also asks him to collect money from subscribers to his newspaper, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. Morewood sent a letter to Knox on 26 June 1774 (see GLC02437.00158). Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760.

GLC02437.00159

27 June 1774

Bass, Phillipe, fl. 1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Captain Bass informs Knox that he knew his brother John when they sailed to London together. States that he has "been sick going on three years which has seduced me to the necessity to ask favours from Sundry Gentleman." Asks Knox for a donation.

GLC02437.00160

4 July 1774

Knox, Hugh, 1727-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Henry to help him acquire subscribers for his new publication, which will be printed in New York shortly, possibly referring to "Moral and religious miscellany; or, Sixty-one aphoretical essays, on some of the most important Christian doctrines and virtues." Commenting on the recent passage of the Boston Port Bill, Hugh speculates that it must be damaging to "literary, as well as Mercantile matters." If the proposal is acceptable, he asks that Henry send word to a bookseller in New York named Samuel Loudon. Also asks Henry to respond to him when convenient. Henry was recommended to…

GLC02437.00161

10 July 1774

Ruggles, John, 1742-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Captain Ruggles orders magazines.

GLC02437.00162

13 July 1774

Fletcher, Thomas, fl. 1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Tells Knox that he referred a friend, Hugh Knox, to him for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions for his upcoming publication of religious essays. Although Fletcher feels that the world has enough of such treatises, he thinks it may be of use to local readers, one-hundred of which have already subscribed. Offers sympathy for "the new measures pursued by great Britain," in reference to the Boston Port Bill. Hugh Knox's letter to Henry Knox on the subject was written on 4 July 1774 (see GLC02437.00161).

GLC02437.00163

14 July 1774

Wright, & Gill, fl. 1753-1798

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Indicates that they received Knox's payment. In regard to the Boston Port Bill, they write that they "are extremely sorry for the Situation of our Friends at Boston, and heartily wish that every Difference was so far settled, as that a mutual good will and affection might ever subsist between Brittain and her Colonies." Thanks Knox for making Wright & Gill his exclusive stationary supplier. Wright & Gill was a London stationary company operated by Thomas Wright and William Gill.

GLC02437.00164

30 July 1774

Newell, Andre, fl. 1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Orders a dressing table (toilet) from Knox.

GLC02437.00165

19 July 1774

Dudley, Charles, fl. 1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Inquires about a book order.

GLC02437.00166

20 July 1774

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Explains why he has not written sooner. Discusses working on a fishing ship and being owed money by his employer. He fears the possibility of staying in Newfoundland until the fall, citing that the town lacks amusements, even a "five alley." He also expresses his deep feelings of friendship with Knox and how he will miss him. Wishes Lucy Knox well. Comments sullenly on the lack of news he has. Asks Knox to write. Jackson was colonel of the 16th Massachusetts regiment from 1777 to 1779 and commanded the 9th or Boston regiment from 1779 to 1782. After the Revolution, he commanded the 4th…

GLC02437.00167

21 July 1774

Waldo, Jonathon, fl. 1721-1779

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Comments on his poor health, "a bad cold which has affected my eyes." Asks Knox to send an enclosed letter to his mother. Mentions that he will be visiting Sally Flucker. Expects to see Knox soon.

GLC02437.00168

25 July 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses various issues related to their business dealings. Comments on collecting fees from subscribers to Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. Mentions that he will discuss Knox's terms for business with Dr. Morewood (see GLC024137.00158). Orders soap and printer's ink. Comments on some shipments and delays. Remarks that "all our eyes are fixed upon" the religious conflict between Episcopalians and Presbyterians in Massachusetts that was preventing the "harmony which ought to take place of every other Consideration in this critical State of American Liberty." Mentions the regiment of the…

GLC02437.00169

27 July 1774

Paine, William, fl. 1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Places an orders for paper.

GLC02437.00170

28 July 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that the regiment of Royal Welch Fusiliers has embarked from New York to Boston, and that he has recommended them to Knox's shop. Having heard that Hyson tea was scarce in Boston, Rivington indicates that he has sent four chests of it to Knox and asks him to sell it. The tea will be transported by Captain Horsfall of the Fusiliers. Reports that a large shipment of tea and silk has come into New York from the Island of Ascention, where a New York vessell met up with a ship from the East India Company; on the way back to New York, the ship had "found means to elude all Enquiry…

GLC02437.00171

29 July 1774

Dudley, Charles, fl. 1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Requests another copy of a book that he ordered previously but believes to have been lost.

GLC02437.00172

1 August 1774

Merrill, Hezekiah, 1752-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Wants to know if Knox knows of any bills available for purchase, and if so, at what price.

GLC02437.00173

5 August 1774

Wheeler, William Willard, 1774-1788

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Reverend Wheeler orders religious books, and expects to buy more soon to supply a local school.

GLC02437.00174

6 August 1774

Brown, Christopher, fl. 1772-1774

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Reports shipment of publications to Knox from Thomas Longman, with Brown writing on Longman's behalf. Longman was a London bookseller.

GLC02437.00175

11 August 1774

Bird, Nathaniel, fl. 1774-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Places an order for multiple copies of several plays, listed at the bottom of the first page. In a post script asks for a discount for "ready cash" and requests a catalogue of plays.

GLC02437.00176

11 August 1774

Murray, John, 1742-1793

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Congratulates Knox on his recent marriage to Lucy Flucker. Henry and Lucy wed in June of 1774. Reverend Murray was pastor of the church at Boothbay, in the province of the Massachusetts-Bay.

GLC02437.00177

15 August 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks him to sell his excess tea, and gives details for the transaction. Indicates that a much larger quantity of the tea he sent is already on its way to Boston. Tells him to work with James Seagrove to sell the additional tea. Thanks him for selling his newspaper, Rivington's New-York Gazetteer. Vouches for the honor and integrity of the "Gallant Royals of Wales," British troops on their way to Boston. Congratulates Knox on his recent marriage to Lucy Flucker. The third page is a note to Dr. Goldthwais, in which Rivington authorizes the release of his money to Knox, and in turn, asks…

GLC02437.00178