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circa 1781-1783
Nicolas, Lewis, 1717-1807
[Plan]
Outlines an alternate, cost-saving plan to the proposal for promoting all colonels and putting them on brigadier's half pay.
GLC02437.09899
circa 20 December 1791
Turner, George, 1750-1843
to Henry Knox
Notes on the distances from the Wabash River and observations on its navigation. Includes notes of errors in Thomas Hutchinson's map. The dating inferred from dated copy in the Papers of James Madison at the Library of Congress. Turner was a judge...
GLC02437.09904
circa 1750-1820
[Notice]
A notice [possibly an advertisement] for Mr. Enoch's house in Plymouth County, Massachusetts to be sold at public auction.
GLC02437.09906
circa 1775-1776
Morton, Dimond, 1743-1792
[List]
Lists Captain Morton's men lodging and travel expenses before they joined their commissions. Circa date based on Morton's military service in the Artillery.
GLC02437.09907
circa 29 March 1748
[Memo]
A memo regarding the inventory conducted in 1748 on James Bowdoin's estate in Suffolk County, [Massachusetts]. The inventory includes "warehouse goods & the whole."
GLC02437.09908
circa 1791
Henri, Pierre, fl. 1760-1822
"Henri," an artist, sends samples of his work (not present) and asks for the addressee's patronage. He gives his address, and notes he can also do portraits in crayon. Location and date of creation inferred from dates of Henri's presence in...
GLC02437.09910
1777
Reasons for Springfield being preferable to Brookfield as a place proper to have Magazines Laboratories &c.
Both towns are in Massachusetts, but Springfield is near the Connecticut River and other waterways, making it, according to the author, a more suitable place for a magazine. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.
GLC02437.09912
[Accounts]
Lists transactions for a Mr. Flucker, most likely Thomas Flucker, and others.
GLC02437.09918
circa 1784-1817
Hichborn, Benjamin, 1746-1817
Memo discussing Samuel Waldo's estate.
GLC02437.09919
circa 30 November 1750-1820
[Account]
List of transactions relating to £45 and how it was spent. Year of creation unknown. Address "For Mr. Flucker."
GLC02437.09920
Lists names of people with ages, gender, date of death and freight payment. Appears to relate to early German settlers on the Waldo Patent, but it is not clear whether it is an early, original document or a late 18th century summary of information.
GLC02437.09922
circa 17 December 1786-1806
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Note]
Discusses a mortgage. Year of creation unknown.
GLC02437.09926
circa February 6, 1750
Pemberton, Ebenezer, fl. 1747-1810
[Request]
Places an order to have a pair of shoes made for Thomas Flucker. Year of creation unknown.
GLC02437.09929
[Agreement]
Agreement between Samuel Waldo and settlers in the St. Georges region regarding the division of land.
GLC02437.09931
circa 1784-1806
[Arguments]
Arguments relating to a contract between the commonwealth, most likely Massachusetts, and proprietors of a particular plot of land. Likely related to Knox's land dealings in Maine.
GLC02437.09938
circa 1750-1806
[Minutes]
Minutes regarding land.
GLC02437.09941
1746
Shirley, fl. 1746-1749
to Mr. Pelham
Discusses the situation regarding field officers and promotions. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.
GLC02437.09943
1783
Lists the officers of the invalid regiment who had accepted provisions at West Point, New York by name. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.
GLC02437.09944
1790
Sullivan, James, 1744-1808
List of questions for Henry Knox, regarding financial business. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.
GLC02437.09946
8 August 1861
Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863
to Amanda Wilkinson
Sends Dr. Fuller to his wife to explain to her what occurred at the Battle of Bull Run. Explains that Dr. Fuller is a good friend and she should ask him any questions she has. Writes that he has been in the hospital for a day or so. Tells his wife...
GLC03523.13.009
13 August 1861
Tells his wife that he is continually thinking of her, and that the thought of being with her again gives him courage. A young man whom his wife had written about in one of her letters was killed from a shot to the head in the 1st Michigan Infantry...
GLC03523.13.010
1 August 1861
Tells his wife that his sister, Wink, wrote to him that she had heard some incorrect things about his regiment's casualties. He reports that they had "very few wounded." He also reports that he was in the hardest part of the battle. States that the...
GLC03523.13.011
4 September 1861
He is sorry to hear that his wife is unhappy. From the letter it appears that Amanda and Frederick's mother do not get along. Notes that there is a rebel battery not far from his position and he can see 200 or 300 soldiers there. States that there...
GLC03523.13.012
11 September 1861
Compliments his wife saying that the last letter he received from her was the best she has ever written. He is impressed with her penmanship and her composition and wishes for her to keep practicing by writing to him. Says he is not worthy of all the...
GLC03523.13.013
26 September 1861
Writes that he loves and misses his wife very much. Instructs her to take the enclosed money and spend it to make herself comfortable. Suggests that she should continue to stay with her mother because of her present condition.
GLC03523.13.016
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