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[Agreement with William Hay]

Agreement between William Hay and Henry Knox, for Knox to employ Hay as a gardener for a period of two years. Date from docket.

GLC02437.07071

[Acceptance of a draft]

Notes the acceptance of a draft, $700 and a bill from Benjamin Hodgdon's father, Samuel Hodgdon. Appears to be written in Henry Knox's hand.

GLC02437.07072

[Memoranda]

Lists deficiencies and other amounts.

GLC02437.07074

[Estimate of costs]

Estimates the cost for digging and trenching to be done at Montpelier, his estate in Thomaston, Maine.

GLC02437.07076

[Agreement with Daniel Wells]

Agreement between Wells and Knox for Wells to come to Thomaston, Maine and work for Knox as a groom for one year on his estate of Montpelier.

GLC02437.07079

[Agreement]

Agreement between Knox and Waterman Thomas concerning land in the Waldo Patent. Signed by both Thomas and Knox.

GLC02437.07088

[Agreement]

Agreement between Knox and Stephen [March ?] that March will settle on a piece of property of about 119 acres.

GLC02437.07104

[Agreement]

Agreement between Rynier on behalf of Henry Knox and Zenas Lothrop regarding Lothrop's employment with Knox to cut and transport lumber.

GLC02437.07113

[Account]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and Benjamin Joy by date.

GLC02437.08703

[Orders]

List of items wanted for a frigate, including spruce spars, booms, mizzen yards, poles and others. Noted as written in the Navy yard.

GLC02437.08704

[Bill]

List of items Henry Knox bought from George Way, including a coach.

GLC02437.08710

[Receipt]

Sends various articles of bedding to his nephew Francis Flucker in Billerica, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.08711

[Receipt]

Note of receipt for $150 from Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08715

[Account]

List of transactions between Henry Knox and John Jones for the month of August, listed by date.

GLC02437.08716

[Receipt]

Receipt for $45 on behalf of Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08721

[Receipt]

Receipt of a pair of pens worth about $70 from Joseph Dean on behalf of Henry Knox.

GLC02437.08722

[Bill]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Bill for state taxes, which also include those for the town and county. Includes some calculations on the verso.

GLC02437.08724

[Note]

Note listing interest to an academy by year, starting from 1797 to 1804.

GLC02437.08725

[Account]

Account of various items for Sarah Lyons Flucker paid by the late Henry Knox. Items listed by date.

GLC02437.08727

[Receipt]

Note of receipt from Henry Knox and Thomas Vose for $200.

GLC02437.08729

[Account]

Lists transactions regarding the amount of beef killed at Montpelier farm in Thomaston, Maine by weight of the cattle, person who gave the meat, the rate received and amount.

GLC02437.08730

[Certificate]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Certifies that Henry Knox has paid the $6 tax on his four-wheeled carriage.

GLC02437.08732

[Receipt]

Receipt for five dozen peach trees and three dozen plum trees that Henry Knox bought from J. Kendrick Jr.

GLC02437.08733

to unknown

Noted as a copy. Discusses Sarah Lyons Flucker Beaumez's children's hereditary rights to the Waldo patent. Provides a thorough background on the late Mrs. Hannah Flucker's estate and her will. Mrs. [Lucy] Knox is mentioned as the rightful heir to...

GLC02437.09879

[List]

List of money delivered to his nephew, Thomas Flucker, for various reasons.

GLC02437.09951

[Sale of land]

Discusses the sale of land by Thomas Flucker's heirs to a Thomas Warson.

GLC02437.09970

[List]

List of deeds with Joseph Peirce.

GLC02437.09976

[Mortgage deeds]

List of mortgage deeds and who has them for what amount.

GLC02437.09995

[Account]

List of transactions between John Jones and Henry Knox by date from 1 June to 25 July 1797.

GLC02437.10398

[Accounts]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and John Marston by date, starting from 25 March 1798 to 19 July 1799.

GLC02437.10728

List of horses & colts belonging to Genl Knox

Lists all of Henry Knox's horses by name and their foals by age along with their respective height.

GLC02437.07130

[Note]

Promissory note stating that Henry Knox promises to pay Henry Jackson $3,752.78. Signature is struck.

GLC02437.08734

to Dr. Lyman Abbott

Regarding controversy over black appointments: "Have you noticed that Collier's Weekly attacks me because I have gone too far in my policy of doing justice to the negro while the Evening Post declines to support me because I have not gone far enough...

GLC08002

[Memorandum]

Discusses a sale of land. Docket appears to be written by Henry Knox.

GLC02437.07188

[Notice]

Announces the dissolution of the partnership between himself and Thomas Vose.

GLC02437.07193

to Moses Michael Hays

Knox lists sums for which he is accountable to "Michael Moses Hays."
Knox notes, "Mr. Hay is secured for an endorsement by my mills, locks and canals on the St. George River which are worth at least 30000 Dollars." Knox ends with the passage that...

GLC02437.07205

[to Jedediah Morse]

Knox informs Reverend Morse that "Mr. Volney when in Boston in the spring of 97 himself gratified at the progress of the spirit of the french revolution." Knox quotes Volney as saying, '"'England said he will be revolutionized, the same spirit will...

GLC02437.07214

to Samuel Smith

Knox goes over the prices of the oak plank. He says that William Smith will obtain grey and yellow oak plank "at the vicinity of Boston...."

GLC02437.07246

[Note]

Note for Benjamin Lincoln from Henry Knox to pay Henry Jackson $5,000 on his account. Signature has been clipped.

GLC02437.08739

[Calculations]

Calculations related to a John Jones from May to July of 1798.

GLC02437.08741

[Promissory note]

Promise to pay Henry Jackson $2,300. Appears to be written on the back of a scrap piece of paper. Signature is struck.

GLC02437.08743

[Account]

Accounts for the disposal of salt for Henry Knox by John Lillie. Lists transactions by date, recipient and number of bushels.

GLC02437.08744

[Account]

Lists transactions between John Rynier and Henry Knox by date from 8 September 1798 to 2 October 1799.

GLC02437.08745

[Account]

Appears to be either an account or bill regarding some sort of transactions between Henry Knox, Henry Jackson and John Coffin Jones, listed by date.

GLC02437.08749

[Account]

Lists transactions regarding lumber sawed on a weekly basis at Henry Knox's mills for the month of October 1798. Transactions listed by week and location.

GLC02437.08750

[Account]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and Jonathan Eames by date. Most are related to expenses of various towns in the Maine lands.

GLC02437.08766

[Note]

Appears to be either a money order or a note for $130 to be paid to Ceasar Lloyd. Note also appears to have been crossed out.

GLC02437.09857

[Bond agreements related to Henry Knox, Henry Jackson, and Benjamin Lincoln]

Contains financial agreements dated 22 August, 17 October, and 1 December 1798. Related to bonds and mortgages pertaining to Knox, Jackson, and Lincoln.

GLC02437.10330

[Deed between Henry Knox, Benjamin Lincoln, Henry Jackson, and John Gore]

Partially printed. Land sale of three thousand acres to John Gore. Cosigned by Jackson and Lincoln, whose signatures are struck. Countersigned by witnesses Samuel Cooper, Justice of the Peace, and John Norton. Again signed by Cooper 19 December...

GLC02437.10331

[Statements related to Knox's inability to pay financial notes]

Knox had hoped to absorb unpaid notes with the sale of Waldo Patent land and finds himself in a financial predicament, noting that his wishes were not "realized owing principly [sic] to the circumstances of the European War..." Admits that he had to...

GLC02437.10333