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[Order for beef]

An order for twenty pounds of beef for General Henry Knox. Also signed by a man named William [Beetton].

GLC02437.01885

[Order to issue 20 pounds of beef for General Knox]

Order written by General Knox's aide-de-camp Major Shaw to West Point Commissary James Forsyth. Tells the commissary to issue 20 pounds of beef for General Knox.

GLC02437.02318

[Note]

Note of receipt of Henry Knox for about £13.

GLC02437.08638

[Memorandum]

Note to pay John Lowell £20. Written as received on behalf of Lowell by Thomas Flucker on the verso and signed by Leonard Jarvis.

GLC02437.08297

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that he believes his life and property are in danger and wishes to make such a statement before a magistrate.

GLC02437.08198

to George Wortham

A list of fourteen prisoners to be sent to Goldsboro, with their ranks and names listed. One is listed as a "Yankee deserter."

GLC02233.53

to George Wortham

A list of sixteen prisoners to be sent to Goldsboro, with their names, ranks and charges against them listed. Includes "Prisoners confined in jail & charges against them…."

GLC02233.54

to John Clements

Scrap of paper on which McParlin presents a bill for $1.80 from July 1864 and indicates that he has received payment. With emendations in another hand confirming payment on 2 November 1864.

GLC02649.41

to John Clements

Scrap of paper on which McParlin presents a bill for $3.85 and indicates that he has received payment.

GLC02649.42

to W. J. Babcock

Scrap of paper on which McParlin documents a payment to Babcock of $54.25 for room and board. Marked paid in the same hand. Written from the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac.

GLC02649.43

Quotation attributed to Daniel Webster

Quotation attributed to Daniel Webster. Includes an envelope with an inscription attributed to Webster's sister-in-law, Harriette Story Paige. The inscription states: "Mr. Webster wrote the enclosed in reply to a message of mine in a postscript to...

GLC01946.64

[Blank permit to leave picket duty for one week]

A blank permit, granting permission to pass the picket for one week from the date of this document. Written at "Headquarters of Richette on Moseley Creek."

GLC02233.21

to Ezekiel Cheever

Asks Cheever to deliver "twenty five yards of that White Duffle you have in your possession & two or three coats" to Lieutenant James Hall. Docket, signed by Hall, states that he received thirty yards of "Duffle," five coats, and "one Laced Hatt"

GLC02437.00533

to Ezekiel Cheever

Asks Cheever to deliver "three coats & fifteen yards white duffle" to Lieutenant James Hall. Docket states that "three Coats & six yds of W Duffell" were received. Endorsed by Jonathan Terry on verso.

GLC02437.00536

Note [in Dutch]

GLC03107.05289

Fragmented address leaf with two seals

GLC03107.05317

Postcard.

Postcard with contrasting images of pre- and post-war Berlin.

GLC06196.283

To: Hilldring.

Honorary command of the British Empire.

GLC06196.261

[Receipt for 450 pounds/1,500 dollars and an account for clothing for Colonel Thomas Mifflin]

Delivered for Henry Knox by Samuel Treat. Composed at Mount Washington.

GLC02437.00471

to William Knox

Sent to Knox but for a man named Philander. Lucinda thanks Philander for lending her books, and although she was very late in returning them, hopes he will recommend and lend some others.

GLC02437.00439

to Henry Knox

After receiving an inquiry from the Continental Congress, General Heath asks Knox how many of the canons brought to Massachusetts from Fort Ticonderoga (for the Siege of Boston) were brought from Cambridge to New York, and how many belong to New...

GLC02437.00405

[Report of the death of Samuel Watson Van Nuys]

Testament reporting the death of Samuel Watson Van Nuys. Date is from post mark. Written on "Head Quarters 3d Brigade 3d Division 18th Army Corps" letterhead (half sheet).

GLC07687.154

to Henry Knox

Has just received a note from Knox, but does not know how many "Cartridges" to order, and requests that Knox send him the number. Also notes that he hopes an officer of Knox's corps will take the ammunition order to General Israel Putnam.

GLC02437.00502

to William Knox

Directs his brother to pay Colonel David Mason sixty dollars. A note from Mason on the verso directs that the payment be made to Hannah Mason.

GLC02437.00417

to William Knox

Directs his brother to pay Robert Cook twenty dollars. A note signed with the mark of [Anne Cook] (spelled "Cooke"), on verso, dated 2 September 1776, directs that the payment be made to Isaiah Doane.

GLC02437.00433