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17 December 1793
[Account]
List of goods received by George Bell on account of Samuel Shaw. Items mainly include various types of tea. Includes an illegible signature in the bottom right corner.
GLC02437.08359
June 1774
Adams, John, 1735-1826
[Bill to Henry Knox]
Bill for goods purchased by Knox. These items include salt, 6 china coffee cups, a china slop bowl, and a cream pot. The total cost was £10.7.0. Signed "Recd. the Above Jno. Adams." This document is not related to President John Adams.
GLC02437.08361
1774
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Robert Bell's account with Henry Knox]
Knox sent Bell 42 copies of Viand's "Voyage with Falconers Shipwreck," 24 copies of Cappipina's "Letters," and 11 copies of "Letters to Blackstone." The total bill comes to £19.8.6 in Pennsylvania currency. Assumed to be Henry Knox's handwriting.
GLC02437.08377
23 April 1775
Bliss, Samuel, fl. 1775
[Receipt for money received from Henry Knox]
Bliss notes that he received £40 from Knox at sundry times.
GLC02437.08380
April 1776
[Bill sent to William Knox]
Thomas Clement sent a bill to William Knox for £4.6.3. This seems to have been for work at Henry Knox's bookshop and includes costs for nails, boards, hinges, boxes, and fixing a window.
GLC02437.08386
1776
Book of Accounts - Regiment of Artillery Commanded by Colo. Henry Knox 1776
Account book is written in two hands, one unknown, and the other Samuel Shaw. Relates to officers serving under Knox in the artillery in 1776. Each entry is accompanied by Shaw's notes as to whether the account was settled, adjusted, etc. Many of...
GLC02437.08393
13 January 1777
Chapman, John, fl. 1774-1776
[Debts due to John Chapman]
Notes that Knox owed Chapman £12.12.6 for keeping 4 horses for 2 weeks and boarding Knox, Monsieur Colerus, Samuel Shaw, and a servant named John. Boarding included 140 meals. Also paid for an old pair of saddle bags. Chapman signed the document...
GLC02437.08396
15 January 1777
Loring, Joshua, 1716-1781
[Bill to William Knox]
William Knox purchased 70 reams of paper, some colored. The total bill was for £116.12. It is noted on the bottom "Rec'd payment Josh Loring."
GLC02437.08397
26 April 1777
Messrs Bowdoin and Read, fl. 1777
[Bill sent to Henry Knox]
Knox bought 2 loaves of sugar with a total weight of 21 pounds, 15 ounces for £2.14.10. Jonathan Davis signed as the agent for Bowdoin and Read, claiming he received payment.
GLC02437.08403
April 1777
Knox, William, 1756-1795
[William Knox's payment to a contractor]
Appears to be in William Knox's hand. William Knox paid the contractor Thomas Clement £1.19.6 for boards, screws, hooks, clasps, and labor. Clement signed the bottom noting he received full payment.
GLC02437.08406
circa 1789-1795
[Expenses for recruiting]
Written in Knox's hand. List of expenses for the recruiting service. Goods and services include clothing, transportation, bounties, rations, medicine and pay to recruiters. Tens of thousands of dollars was allocated and spent. Page 4 has a...
GLC02437.08413
16 July 1778
Bumstead, Thomas, fl. 1778
[Bill for repairs made to Henry Knox's chaise]
Noted that Henry Knox paid Thomas Bumstead in full for work on his chaise. Total cost was £22.12.2. Payments were for chains, springs, rivets, seats, lace, buckles, a head rail, and labor for repairs. The work was done March-September 1777, but it...
GLC02437.08415
[Overview of army payments]
Mentions that pay is current up to 31 March, although no year is given. Pay was noted as $55,000. Some other expenses include: $55,000 toward bounties, $35,000 to the Quartermaster's Department, $4,000 to the Hospital Department, and $22,000 to the...
GLC02437.08419
7 February 1778-7 March 1778
Billings, Joseph, fl. 1778
General Henry Knox's bill from Joseph Billings. It appears that Billings was a tailor. The bill is for various pieces of clothing including coats, waistcoats, and breeches. Also has payments due for various lengths of cloth as well as buttons...
GLC02437.08421
4 May 1778
Amory, Jonathan, fl. 1778-1779
[Receipt for William Knox]
William Knox bought 20 dictionaries, a dozen memorandum books, and a dozen small memorandum books. The total is £34.15.4.
GLC02437.08428
13 May 1778
Carter, John, fl. 1778
[Receipt to Henry Knox]
Carter notes he received two looking glasses with a value of £100, and 3 tables, which he promises to return on demand. If there is a fire or they are destroyed by accident, Carter agrees to pay for the goods.
GLC02437.08429
1783-1815
[Memorandum on a copper mine]
Lists costs associated with a copper mine. Includes £6,000 is capital. If 100 tons of ore are extracted at £80 per ton, Knox excepts an annual profit of £2,720. In Knox's hand.
GLC02437.08433
4 July 1778
Callender, Benjamin, fl. 1772-1785
[Receipt to William Knox for a suit]
Total for a suit for William Knox is £9.10.0.
GLC02437.08435
circa 1790
Expense of Survey for a Navign from Connecticut river to Charles river
Total expenses for travel were £28.0.6 and "Expence of an examination without a Survey" were £12.
GLC02437.08438
15 July 1778
[Bill for William Knox]
Receipt for the purchase of Bibles from John Armory, Jr. The total cost comes to £39.4.
GLC02437.08441
[Document on the French Navy] [in French]
Document on the French fleet.
GLC02437.08442
circa 1790-1791
[Estimates on purchasing bank stock]
Calculations to buy bank stock add up to $57,937 made in several payments. There are many calculations based on varying interest rates. Not dated, but third payment was slated for 1 July 1792 and the fourth payment on 1 January 1793.
GLC02437.08447
15 September 1778
[William Knox's account]
Payment for Callender making jacket and breeches. Knox was also charged for silk thread and buttons. The total was £6.
GLC02437.08449
15 October 1778
Receipt given to William Knox after he paid three months rent to John Amory, Jr. The total was for £12.10.
GLC02437.08450
The present number of troops
Notes the number of troops stationed in Ohio, Florida, the North Carolina frontier, Georgia. Troop totals add up to 1,680. Lists reasons for the proposed troop augmentation. These reasons include: to awe the Wabash and Creek Indians, to draw "a...
GLC02437.08454
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