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1786
[Henry Knox's account with Jeremiah Wadsworth]
Account between General Henry Knox and Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth for the year 1786. Docket reveals a balance due to Knox. Additional calculations on verso.
GLC02437.03402
1 August 1788
Broglio, Francois, comte de, fl. 1786-1788
to Henry Knox [in French]
Discusses the Society of the Cincinnati. Appears to have been written from Fort Dauphin in Santo Domingo (Saint Domingue, in the present-day Dominican Republic).
GLC02437.03952
13 September 1786
Written from "Quartier Dauphin." According to the docket, written from Saint Domingue to recommend the Baron de la Valletiere for membership in the Society of the Cincinnati.
GLC02437.03299
28 August 1794
Moustier, Éléonor François Élie, marquis de, 1751-1817
Letter is in French.
GLC02437.06186
2 May 1790
D'Estaing, Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, 1729-1794
Discusses diplomas for the Society of the Cincinnati.
GLC02437.04593
14 August 1783
Flint, Royal, 1754-1797
[Knox's account with Daniel Parker]
Includes account information from 3 April 1783 - 13 August 1783. Docket indicates that this document pertains to Daniel Parker & Co., a trading company.
GLC02437.10127
24 October 1782
Rostaing, Juste-Antoine-Henri-Marie-Germaine, marquis de, 1740-1826
Docket, in English, notes "From the Marquis Rostaing acknowledging the receipt of two mortars taken in the enemy redoubts at York Town in Virginia... "
GLC02437.09556
28 April 1782
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794
Mostly written in French, introducing Brigadier General Le Comte De Bennofsky , of the French Army. Short paragraph in English reads: "Lt. Philips is taken. A Treaty of diffensiv & offensiv alliance signed between France & Holland. Huza my friend...
GLC02437.01397
20 June 1784
Offers sentiments of friendship. Written at the "Louvre." Contains a note, written later in pencil at the bottom of the page: "This was a house in the present 57th in NY- why called the 'Louvre' is not known. Steuben was living there at the date...
GLC02437.03020
20 May 1794
Discusses the French Revolution and mentions St. Domingue [Haiti]. Mentions obtaining a title [or introduction?] for an acquaintance. Refers to George Washington. Also speaks of affairs in Europe. States, "La France sera une monarchie" (predicts...
GLC02437.06101
4 August 1789
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Account between John Stevens and Henry Knox]
Account of monies exchanged between John Stevens and Henry Knox between December 1788 and May 1789.
GLC02437.04315
2 October 1776
Anspach, Peter, fl. 1775-1783
[Payments to Colonel Henry Knox's artillery]
Provides a list of payments issued to various commissioned and non-commissioned officers under Colonel Knox's command for "Sundries." The payments were made by Thomas Mifflin, the Quartermaster General. Mifflin's secretarial signature is found on...
GLC02437.08390
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
11 February 1776
Harrod, Benjamin, 1741-1793
[Request for rent from William Knox]
Harrod asks that William Knox pay £10 for the quarterly rent to his agent Joseph Bliss. The rent was due on 25 January. This could possibly be rent on Henry Knox's bookstore, which William was watching while Henry was fighting.
GLC02437.08385
22 February 1782
Eyen, Frederic, fl. 1782-1787
Written from Burlington, likely in New Jersey. Mentions John Doughty. Cannot go to Philadelphia due to a broken arm sustained in a fight, possibly with Doughty. Appear to have served as a cook.
GLC02437.01358
31 May 1796
[Agreement between Henry Knox and William Bell]
Witnessed and signed by Thomas C. Lowden. Agreement that Bell will hire, for Knox, a gardener from England named Thomas Roebuck, who will come work for Knox in America. Outlines Roebuck's terms, including wages for the first three years of...
GLC02437.06756
30 March 1782-9 May 1782
[Bill for milk to Henry Knox]
Henry Knox paid £1.14.8 to Abigail Welch for 52 quarts of milk. Welch signed the document with an "X" for her mark.
GLC02437.08547
1783-1815
[Jane Durham's bill owed to Henry Knox]
Durham owed £3.7.6. Top half in Knox's hand. Durham signed the bottom of the bill stating she "Recd. the Contents."
GLC02437.08363
19 May 1779-12 June 1779
Davis & Benson, Company, fl. 1779
[William Knox's account with Davis & Benson]
Knox purchased sugar, 165 gallons of molasses, and 16 gallons of rum. The total came to £1413.10.3. There was a previous balance of £86.9.9, for a total balance of £1500.
GLC02437.08488
18 May 1779
Clement, Thomas, fl. 1778-1779
[Receipt for payment from William Knox]
Signed by Clement stating he received £200 from William Knox. The money was "sound & free from all Blemishes whatever."
GLC02437.08487
26 April 1788 - 25 August 1789
[Account between Jeremiah Wadsworth and Henry Knox]
Docketed by Knox with an initialed note on the docket indicating "delivered the account of what this is a copy signed by me to Colo Wadsworth this 25th of August 1789."
GLC02437.03858
30 April 1782
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to Henry Knox and Gouvenor Morris
Discusses Morris and Knox's progress regarding "the commission you were charged with by me" (possibly a commission to negotiate prisoner exchange with the British in Elizabethtown, New Jersey). Has received Morris and Knox's dispatches, as well as...
GLC02437.09309
2 July 1777
Maud, John, fl. 1777
[Bill for William Knox's regimental uniform]
Maud billed William Knox for his regimental "suit." The total cost was £7.3.9. Bill includes costs for thread, silk, buttons, hooks, eyes, canvas, and labor for tailoring. Signed by Maud that he received payment.
GLC02437.08409
8 August 1780
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801
[Conclusion of letter to Brigadier General Henry Knox ] [incomplete]
Concluding portion of the letter including only the close and signature, stating, "Please to present my best respects to Mrs. Knox ... " With initialed postscript by Arnold, "A line from you at any time when you are at leisure will be very...
GLC02633
20 March 1780- 20 March 1782
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Henry Knox's account with Samuel Shaw
Account of monies received and expended for General Henry Knox by Samuel Shaw. Includes payments for sundry items such as cloth, food, coffee, etc., household expenses, and services rendered. On page 3, "Paid Cato Bradish at 4 payments per recd on...
GLC02437.08535
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