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[Account]

Bill or receipt stating that Henry Knox bought a set of cups and saucers from Joseph Peirce. Includes a signed note of receipt by Isaac Peirce.

GLC02437.08360

[Jane Durham's bill owed to Henry Knox]

Durham owed £3.7.6. Top half in Knox's hand. Durham signed the bottom of the bill stating she "Recd. the Contents."

GLC02437.08363

[John Patten's bill owed to Henry Knox]

Patten bought £4 worth of goods from Knox. These items include hooks, a spit, tongs, a shovel, a piece of chain, and fixing jack. Signed by Patten stating he "Red the Contents."

GLC02437.08364

[Memoranda of payments]

Notes payments to various individuals, including $30 to Joseph Peirce. This appears to be for payments connected to the building of his house in Maine as two payments are for a bricklayer and a gardener. The total payout was $205. Not dated. Date...

GLC02437.08365

[Invoice of goods shipped to Henry Knox by Thomas Longman]

Marked "Copy" on docket. List of books Longman shipped to Knox. It was shipped in 5 packages. The shipment also included chapbooks, plays, and monthly reviews. The cost of trunks, cases, shipping, and insurance is included. The total came to...

GLC02437.08367

[Invoice of goods shipped to Henry Knox by Thomas Longman]

List of books Longman shipped to Knox. It was shipped in 5 packages. The shipment also included chapbooks, plays, and monthly reviews. The cost of trunks, cases, shipping, and insurance is included. The total came to £238.8.6 1/2. Gives a short...

GLC02437.08369

[Bill for cloth and carpet]

Bill for items bought at Greenleaf's auction by Henry Knox: four yards of broad cloth for £13.4 and one Persian carpet for £23, for a total of £36.4. Note at bottom says Chapman acknowledges receipt of payment on behalf of William Greenleaf. Docket...

GLC02437.08373

[Receipts for rent]

Two receipts, each signed by Knox in the text, stating that Knox paid his rent, which was £10 for the quarter. The first receipt is dated 16 December 1774 and the second 16 March 1775. Each is also signed by Joseph Ford.

GLC02437.08374

[Recipe for medicine]

Recipe for medicine states bark and snake root should stand in a pint of brandy in a warm place. Should take a tablespoon a half hour before each meal. Also states that the opium and another illegible ingredient should be put in a jill of spirits....

GLC02437.08375

[Note for Henry Knox]

Lee and Perkins, merchants in Dartmouth, promise to pay Knox £13.16.11 on demand with interest. Docket on verso is signed by Knox and dated 11 October 1790. Knox was asking that they pay his agent, Joseph Peirce, on order.

GLC02437.08378

[Thomas Longman's account with Henry Knox]

Longman's original bill to Knox on 31 March 1775 came to £2035.6.6 1/2. It appears that Knox paid it in several installments over 1792-1794. Payment of interest from January 1794 to July 1804 was £345.9.0. There is an additional note by James...

GLC02437.08379

[List of clothing]

Seems to be a list of military clothing for Henry Knox. Includes shirts, coats, vests, blankets, socks, etc.

GLC02437.08387

[Memorandum of cash paid]

Cash paid for board as well as tailoring and cloth.

GLC02437.08388

[Payments to Colonel Henry Knox's artillery]

Provides a list of payments issued to various commissioned and non-commissioned officers under Colonel Knox's command for "Sundries." The payments were made by Thomas Mifflin, the Quartermaster General. Mifflin's secretarial signature is found on...

GLC02437.08390

Memoranda

Dated 12 November-14 April, although no year is provided. List of payments for sundries, including Indian meal, beef, lamp oil, rum, butter, wine, gloves, sugar, tea, etc.

GLC02437.08391

Expence of travelling from Fishkill to Trentown

Written in Shaw's hand. Travelling expenses for Knox, his adjutant Monsieur Colreuse, and his man John. The total cost came to £7.7.11. Note at bottom says that Shaw borrowed 30 dollars from Knox, part of which was used to pay Knox's account at...

GLC02437.08392

[Bill for lace]

General Henry Knox bought 16 yards of gold lace from Colonel Thomas Crafts. Knox paid £16. Crafts signed the bill stating he "Recd the Contents."

GLC02437.08398

[Henry Knox's asking price for land]

Initialled twice by Knox. This document was sent to James Swan. Will accept a payment of $12,000 and $18,000 loan at 6 percent interest, payable annually, in return for 100,000 acres of land. The land is probably in Maine. Guarantees the land...

GLC02437.08404

to Henry Knox

Discusses his concerns about the Waldo patent lands, particularly that Mr. [William] Wetmore's claims have gone unattended for a long time. Considers Mr. Francis Waldo's portion of the lands, as well as the failing lime business.

GLC02437.09142

to Henry Knox

Writes that he has recently discussed their concerns related to the Waldo patent with Mr. [Edward] Robbins. Relates suggestions as to how best to handle the concerns. Reports that they have even looked at legal records, such as deeds, pertaining to...

GLC02437.09145

to Henry Knox

Writes that he and the rest of the family are upset by the "melancholy information" Knox related in a previous letter (this may refer to the death of Hannah Flucker, or "our Aunt Flucker," as he refers to her, in 1785). Discusses his upcoming...

GLC02437.09150

to Henry Knox

Appears to discuss various accounts possibly concerning land. Also mentions the late Mrs. [Hannah] Flucker's lands that were sold for taxes was done illegally.

GLC02437.09203

[Account between Henry Knox and Thomas Mifflin]

Appears to be payments made by Knox to Mifflin, Quarter Master General of the Continental Army.

GLC02437.09488

[List]

List of goods ordered and bought by Henry Knox to be shipped to Boston. Consists of books on a variety of topics, including Classical Literature, grammar books, medicine and the sciences.

GLC02437.10366

[List]

List of goods ordered and bought by Henry Knox to be shipped to Boston. Consists of books on a variety of topics, including lectures, biographies, and poetry.

GLC02437.10368