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2 August 1788
Audebert, Philip, fl. 1788-1796
[Receipt of warrants from General Henry Knox]
Audebert, possibly a clerk in the War Office, signs twice.
GLC02437.03954
16 August 1788
Price, William, ?-1790
[Account of expences on the road between Exeter, New Hampshire and Boston]
Covers 14 and 15 August, including the cost of meals and lodging.
GLC02437.03964
circa 20 August 1788
[Account information related to the estate of the late Thomas Flucker]
Accounts related to the Flucker estate, likely obtained by William Winthrop (1753-1825), who wrote to Knox on the subject (refer to GLC02437.03966).
GLC02437.03967
8 October 1788
Knox, Lucy Flucker (ca. 1756-1824)
to Sarah Lyons Flucker
Lucy writes to her sister-in-law in Antigua. Notes that the Thybou family, now in New York, are returning to Antigua. Lucy transmits this letter with the Thybous, along with a barrel of beef, "being told that good beef cannot be purchased in your...
GLC02437.03991
11 October 1788
Ogilvie, Alexander, fl. 1788
[Receipt for a cask for Lucy Knox]
Ogilvie notes receipt of a cask from Lucy Knox directed to Sarah Lyons Flucker in Antigua (refer to GLC02437.03991). The cask will be sent on the ship Hercules.
GLC02437.03994
14 October 1788
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
[to Lucy Knox]
Possibly to her daughter, Lucy. Contains four large areas of text loss. Writes, "I begin to count the hours until I shall have the pleasure to embrace you... may god bless you my precious daughter." Possibly to another daughter; in one partial...
GLC02437.03999
26 November 1788
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
[Receipt of a settlement note]
"Received of my friend Henry Knox one of Peirces final settlement notes..."
GLC02437.04035
1 December 1788
Beaumez, Sarah Lyons Flucker, fl. 1784-1801
[to Lucy Flucker Knox]
Recipient inferred. Beaumez writes to her "sister," likely Lucy Knox, her sister-in-law. Worries that her daughter, Harriett, has consumption. Thanks Lucy for sending barrels of beef, noting her plans to save the choice cuts for Christmas....
GLC02437.04042
16 December 1788
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Record of Jeremiah Wadsworth's payment of 1500 dollars to William Knox]
Pertains to William Knox and John Stagg.
GLC02437.04054
1788
[Statement regarding the Constitution]
Date added later in pencil. Author writes, "'The new federal Constitution in its principal Articles meets my Ideas & I wish it may be adopted.' We do hereby certify that the honble. A Lee Esq. read the above Paragraph to us containd in a letter...
GLC02437.04065
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