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30 September 1805
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Samuel Packard
A short note regarding a financial matter involving Knox, Packard, and Benjamin Webb. There is a note written in another hand on the second page.
GLC02437.09874
7 January 1780
Ammunition and apparatus necessary for the following ordnance
Written in the clerical hand of Samuel Shaw, and signed by him for Knox. Lists cannons and corresponding ammunition. Date from docket.
GLC02437.00796
27 May 1800
to Louis de Tousard
Knox discusses his shipments of lime and lumber with Tousard. Mentions the difficulty in getting a "vessel to go to Newport."
GLC02437.07412
3 August 1799
[Memorandum of an agreement]
Agreement made between "Henry Knox and the following settlers on Long Island." Agreement pertains to surveys of the land and the expenses involved. There are 17 signatures associated with the Long Island settlers.
GLC02437.07290
16 September 1790
to P. Brett
Secretary of War Knox thanks Brett for his letter from 7 July (GLC02437.04647) and looks forward hearing from him more in the future. Also mentions General [John] Maunsell (Maunsell had seen Brett in London, and Brett had updated Knox on Maunsell's...
GLC02437.04724
26 July 1781
to Gershom Mott
Written for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Encloses an order from Timothy Pickering, Quartermaster General (order not included). Discusses a wagon which is to be sent to Kings Ferry, New York. Is glad to hear Mott has regained his health....
GLC02437.01089
13 February 1799
[Mortgage deed]
Knox's signature has been heavily redacted. Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Discusses a deed of mortgage between Henry Knox and Edmund Winchester where Winchester now has claims to a tract of land from...
GLC02437.10727
19 October 1781
An account of the Stores in the Magazine & Park of Artillery.
Also signed by Richard Frothingham. Lists quantities of ordnance on hand during the siege of Yorktown. The list was composed by Frothingham, a Deputy and Principal Field Commissary of Military Stores in Knox's artillery train. It was gone over by...
GLC02437.01243
8 June 1788
to Henry Jackson
Discusses a delicate situation in which Henry Jackson invested 10,000 dollars worth of Knox's notes without his permission. Writes, "Having previously built on my notes in my arrangements, as I before informed you it would be unnecessary and...
GLC02437.03889
August 1783 circa
[Disposal of one hundred suits of clothing]
Written and signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Copy of a receipt for the disposal of 100 suits of clothing to the corps of artillery at Middlebrook, New Jersey on 2 July 1777. The clothing was sent from Philadelphia. The suits...
GLC02437.02452
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