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20 February 1791
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
to [Henry Knox]
Writes that "Mr. Bruce call'd on me with your letter to him." Mr. Bruce is interested in purchasing a piece of land that is to be divided soon.
GLC02437.04862
20 March 1791
to Henry Knox
Informs Knox he received Knox's letter of the 20th but has not received the two letters "under cover from Mr. Swan" that Knox said were coming. Insists that Knox has "very wrong Ideas respecting Mr. J.J.'s situation his Children are all well...
GLC02437.04883
1 April 1791
United States War Department
[Salaries for War Department employees]
Record of salaries owed and paid by the War office for the months of January, February, and March of 1791. Includes salaries for the Secretary of War (Henry Knox), John Stagg, Reiner John Van den Brock, Benjamin Bankson, Philip Audebert, and Caesar...
GLC02437.04895
circa 1788-1806
A statement of the property of the late Thomas Flucker Esq as far as has come to the knowledge of the subscriber [Fragment]
Lists the properties owned by Thomas Flucker at the time of his death, and their appraised values. Also discusses the taxes and debts on the estate. Written after October 1788. The last pages of the document are missing.
GLC02437.09295
1783-1815
[Detailing the history of the Waldo Patent] [Fragment]
Document describing the early history of the ownership of the Waldo Patent. Written after 1762.
GLC02437.09296
circa 1784-1806
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Memorial regarding lands in Waldo patent]
Memorial to the government of Massachusetts, requesting that they deal with certain issues regarding lands within the Waldo patent.
GLC02437.09297
[Regarding interest in the borders of the Waldo patent]
States that two men are interested in the boundaries of the Waldo patent, and discusses the surveys used to establish these bounds.
GLC02437.09299
[Discussing proposal regarding settlers on Waldo patent]
Regarding the terms on which the settlers on the Waldo patent can continue to live on their lands. There was an ongoing debate between Knox and these settlers over who these lands belonged to.
GLC02437.09300
16 November 1781
Carthy, Daniel, fl. 1780-1782
Report of wood and fireplaces & c.
Lists the amount of fireplaces and wood held by General "Patterson" (possibly John Paterson), Colonel Crane, Colonel Jackson (possibly John Crane and Michael Jackson), an artillery corps, and several regiments of infantry.
GLC02437.10028
circa August 1798
[Regarding land disputes on Waldo patent] [Fragment]
Document regarding the issues of land ownership between Henry Knox and settlers on the Waldo patent. Written on the verso of a printed land sale deed that was left blank. Both the beginning and end of the document are missing. Written some time after...
GLC02437.10651
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