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4 January 1784
[Bill for Henry Knox to pay Daniel Parker]
Knox is to pay $22.87 to Daniel Parker & Co., who furnished supplies for troops at West Point. Possibly created by Parker, fl. 1781-1790.
GLC02437.02912
9 January 1784
Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819
[Receipt for a tombstone for Knox's daughter Julia]
Knox orders William Neilson to pay on his behalf for a "marble tomb stone six feet in length and three feet wide for his Daughter Deceased." Signed by Dr. Samuel Adams. Adams also signs verso 16 June 1784 confirming receipt of payment for the...
GLC02437.02932
8 December 1784
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Payment receipt penned on Lease agreement between John Singleton Copley and Henry Knox]
A receipt written and signed in text by Knox (on page three) for £25 paid to Mary Pelham. Also signed by Mary Pelham who confirms receipt of £25 for: "one quarters rent advance of the mansion of John Singleton Copley Esq Situated at the North part...
GLC02437.03074
June 1785-January 1786
Sayre, Stephen, 1736-1818
[Account between Henry Knox and Stephen Sayre as agent for the Baron von Poellnitz]
Account listing, by date, the charges paid by Henry Knox for rent on the Baron von Poellnitz's house, with Stephen Sayre acting as agent. See GLC02437.03183 for a related document.
GLC02437.03236
22 November 1786
[Memorandum related to Robert Morris and Jeremiah Wadsworth]
Describes a series of meeting in October - November 1786 involving Knox, Robert Morris, Jeremiah Wadsworth, Gouverneur Morris, and Samuel Osgood to develop Knox's proposal to loan money to Congress to clothe, feed, pay and house the troops. Congress...
GLC02437.03314
13 January 1787
Sullivan, James, 1744-1808
[Bond for Henry Knox]
Bond declaring that James Sullivan of Boston owes Henry Knox of New York 900 pounds lawful money. Pertains to settling the Estate of the late Thomas Flucker, Knox's father-in-law. Signed by two witnesses, B. G. Amory and William Amory.
GLC02437.03414
18 April 1787
O'Connor, Matthias, fl. 1787
[Bill for tuition]
Bill for teaching services provided to Henry Knox's daughter, Lucy and a girl named Betsey, both at boarding school and at home. Docketed by Knox, "for teaching my daughter Lucy and Betsey to write." Date added later in pencil.
GLC02437.03526
circa January-June 1787
[Memorandum of accounts]
List of accounts dealing with corn, rye, and other supplies. Date added later in pencil.
GLC02437.03597
21 August 1787
[An impulse of the moment]
Title taken from docket. Knox's beliefs concerning spirituality. Writes "[t]he mind of an intelligent man is overpowered with the extent magnitude and effulgence of inanimate nature Infinitely diversified indeed but every part having an essential...
GLC02437.03641
27 August 1787
An Estimate of the annual expense of family &c in New York for the year 1785 86, and 87.
Lists the estimated annual cost for the family while living in New York City. Includes items such as dinners, keeping two horses, wine, and others.
GLC02437.03646
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