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25 March 1814
Polk, David P., fl. 1814
to James Winchester
Thanks Winchester for the loan of $25.00 and encloses repayment. Also requests promotion to 1st lieutenancy. Written at Quebec Prison, Quebec, Canada.
GLC06997.040
3 November 1814
Winchester, James, 1725-1826
to Maria Breedlove
"I sometime ago offered you your choice of my negresses ….I have not heard of your making a selection. I also offered you a choice of my riding horses. …
GLC06997.041
24 November 1814
Richard, William Smith, fl. 1814
to Andrew Jackson
Request for an additional doctor "at the special instance [sic] of Captain Laval" because the regular surgeon, Dr. Armstrong, is ill.
GLC06997.042
8 December 1814
General Winchester writes his daughter on the subject of women's dress. He has just returned from a ball, which he attended out of curiosity to see the local ladies, whom he found them much less attractive than the women of Quebec. He adds a...
GLC06997.043
15 December 1814
Robertson, William H., fl. 1814
The size of the fleet at Bon Secour exceeds former reports. Also, Admiral Sterling's surgeon came ashore at Pensacola to attend Lavall and Tilournoy. Written at Bon Secour
GLC06997.044
17 December 1814 - 20 December 1814
Hobart, Philip, fl. 1814
[Report on the movements of ships in the vicinity of Petit Bois, N. Island and R. Island.]
Report on the movements of ships in the vicinity of Petit Bois, N. Island and R. Island. Note: A transcript exists. A note on the transcript reads: "Evidently a report on movements of the British fleet in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of the...
GLC06997.045
22 December 1814
Gaines, George S., fl. 1814
Gaines lacks time to write himself, but encloses a report, which contains information Winchester wants about navigation. Apologizes for extraneous detail about "removal of the Factory."
GLC06997.046
Arbuckle, Matthew, 1776-1851
Asks Winchester to appoint an officer to the position of Assistant Adjutant General to help maintain order in the camp.
GLC06997.047
27 December 1814
McIntosh, fl. 1814
Awaits instructions, reports on latest movements of his troops and British forces. Concludes from intelligence received from Indians that an attack on Georgia may be expected.
GLC06997.048
31 December 1814
Winston, William O., fl. 1814
Charges of drunk and disorderly conduct against General Coulter, commander of a militia brigade from East Tennessee.
GLC06997.049
6 January 1815 - 12 February 1815
Butler, Robert, fl. 1815
[General Orders to James Winchester]
1. All surgeons to report to their posts. 2. General Court martial of Col. G. F. Ross of the 44th Infantry "and such prisoners as may be brought before it" to be held on 02/14/1815. Brigadier General James Winchester "hereby authorized to constitute...
GLC06997.051
15 January 1815
Personal letter about family affairs.
GLC06997.052
15 March 1815
Long, John B., fl. 1815
Response to Winchester's orders of the 22nd. Current state of the troops.Written at Fort Montgomery
GLC06997.053
30 March 1815
Thompson, George W., fl. 1815
[Report of Military Store]
including short table of grocery items and list of armaments.
GLC06997.054
26 October 1815
to David Winchester
Letter of sympathy to his brother. Written at Cragfont .
GLC06997.055
25 January 1818
to Maria E. Breedlove
Letter to daughter, enquiring after her sisters and brother and providing family news. Written at Cragfont .
GLC06997.056
1 February 1818
Repeats enquiry about her brother and sisters, provides additional news.Written at Cragfont .
GLC06997.057
4 March 1818
Campbell, James H., fl. 1818-?
Reply to Winchester's of the 24th. Campbell discusses artillery command assignments. He writes, "I had reason to of [sic] hoped from the Friendly Attention I had received from the General that my rights privilages [sic] and standing would not be...
GLC06997.058
5 March 1818
Seaton, Gales P., fl. 1818
The office has published Winchester's sixth number, and has received the eighth, but is missing the seventh and would like Winchester to supply a copy.
GLC06997.059
4 May 1818
Winchester, Susanah, 1818-?
Mrs. Winchester is happy that her daughters and her new granddaughter are well. She sympathizes with Maria's domestic difficulties, occasioned by "grumbling servants of colour and newly imported German girls," but says that "without pain trouble and...
GLC06997.060
28 March 1819
Received Maria's letter and presents. Sends news of Maria's brothers and sisters. Written at Cragfont.
GLC06997.061
24 April 1819
to John C. Calhoun
Winchester will delay running the Chickasaw line until after the treaty with the Chickasaw nation has been concluded.
GLC06997.062
11 May 1819
Writes regarding plans to lay out new town. Written 30 miles above Chicksaw Bluff on the Mississippi River
GLC06997.063
June 6, 1819
Bruton, J., fl. 1819
[James Winchester's bill]]
James Winchester's bill for setting south boundary of the State of Tennessee.
GLC06997.064
July 1819
Blackmore, Reuben, fl. 1819
to Reuben Blackmore
Bill for payment to Reuben Blackmore, chain carrier on surveying project forouth boundary of Tennessee. Docketed by Blackmore.
GLC06997.065
25 October 1819
Winchester, Susan, 1819-?
Reply to letters of Maria and her husband. Mrs. Winchester is happy that they and the new baby are well, but is anxious about the unhealthy conditions in New Orleans. Written at Cragfont .
GLC06997.066
Complaints of the Chickasaw chiefs regarding the recent establishment of the Tennessee state line. Winchester lists their major complaints, which he then answers.
GLC06997.067
8 November 1819
to James Breedlove
Winchester writes regarding the settlement of Memphis, Tennessee. Written at Cragfont .
GLC06997.068
1 January 1820
Apology for not writing sooner. Plans for Maria's visiting her parents with her children. News of family and neighbors. Written at Cragfont .
GLC06997.069
13 February 1820
Thanks for letter, apology for not answering sooner. "You know my daughter my misfortune, to be entirely without education, else your letters should never remain a week unanswered." Sends family news, plans to visit in the coming summer if possible...
GLC06997.070
24 January 1826
Overton, William, 1826-?
Encloses a letter from William Lawrence, with a proposal for publication he thinks worthy of consideration. Would like the General's opinion on the subject.
GLC06997.072
23 November 1829
Smith, Thomas, fl. 1829
pamphlet, newspaper publication
GLC06997.073
6 October 1832
Quigerly, Jacob, fl. 1832
[State of Kentucky Court of Appeals]
Certification: J. Wrightman Smith permitted to practice as a counselor and attorney.
GLC06997.075
26 March 1833
Winchester, Lucilius, 1833-?
to James W. Breedlove
Statement of Mr. Breedlove's account
GLC06997.076
10 November 1838
Cassedy, Charles, 1838-?
Cassedy is currently writing a biography of Mrs. Breedlove's father, James Winchester. He asks Mrs. Breedlove to have an engraving of her father made as a frontispiece for the book, which should be "as faithful to the truth of the countenance as the...
GLC06997.077
13 June 1839
Written on the occasion of Breedlove's retirement from office. Cassedy does not believe current newspaper reports regarding Breedlove's mishandling of funds. He writes: "The allegation … is probably intended to affect the popular tide of the next...
GLC06997.078
1 August 1850
Smith, Urilda, fl. 1850
[Receipt for funeral transactions]
Receipt for transactions involving shipment of husband's body.
GLC06997.079
30 July 1944
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Diamond writes that the rain in the tropics "stops all, paralyzes life". Diamond describes a conversation with Capt. Holmes, a medic who patches up "Jap prisoners" in the nearby evacuation hospital.
GLC09120.469
13 January 1788
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Mary McNeill
Presents McNeill with a certificate of a sum owed to her late husband. Enclosed the certificate in a letter to Henry Jackson, who will transmit the certificate to McNeill. Writes, "I most sincerely wish that its present value was equal the sum...
GLC02437.03761
7 August 1783
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
to Henry Knox
Discusses the commutation of Captain Patten's pay. Hopes Patten will signify to Congress his acceptance of it. Marked as private.
GLC02437.02372
20 August 1783
to Benjamin Lincoln
Written and signed for Knox by Major Samuel Shaw. Says the bearer of this letter, Mr. Peck, was in a company of artillery artificers under Captain Post. Says that this unit was raised for 2 years and is therefore excluded from any allowance for the...
GLC02437.02404
26 March 1783
Discusses buttons needed to repair the clothing of the two artillery regiments stationed at West Point. Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp.
GLC02437.09700
8 February 1783
McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786
Contemporary copy. Report of the Committee of the Army at Philadelphia. Discusses issues of commutation of half pay in the army and mentions how various states voted on this matter.
GLC02437.10515
6 January 1782
Marked "copy." Writes in response to receiving from Lincoln a proposal by Colonel Timothy Pickering to send the artificers from the Park of Artillery to General Nathanael Greene's Southern Army. Writes that this proposal was made "without a...
GLC02437.01326
7 June 1783
Discusses the construction of an ammunitions magazine to house munitions, arms and stores. Gives details concerning the dimensions and the amount of stores and equipment the building should hold as well as building materials. Signature has been cut...
GLC02437.02151
May 1776
The United Colonies to Henry Knox commander of the Regiment of Artillery
Duplicate of GLC02437.00325. Lists costs to the colonies for pay and supplies for Knox's entire regiment.
GLC02437.00324
1 May 1776
Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848
An abstract of officers and soldiers, under the command of Lieut Henry Burbeck, in the regt. of artillery, commanded by Henry Knox Esqr. from the first of [February] to the first of May.
Includes names and pay of officers and soldiers.
GLC02437.10461
11 November 1787
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804
Informs Knox that there is no money in the treasury of the Connecticut branch of the Society of the Cincinnati. Adds that he will ensure the money they owe to Major L'Enfant (for Society egale medals) will be paid to him as soon as possible.
GLC02437.03699
1 July 1783
Barber, Silas, fl. 1783
[Petition for redress to Henry Knox]
This is "A True Coppy" of a petition first written on 24 March 1783. Says at the beginning of the year 1780 they empowered Lt. Col. Popkin to "do us the Strictest Justice" to get their notes from the state of Massachusetts from 1777-1779. He received...
GLC02437.02219
17 February 1777
Crafts, Thomas, 1740-1799
[Bill for lace]
General Henry Knox bought 16 yards of gold lace from Colonel Thomas Crafts. Knox paid £16. Crafts signed the bill stating he "Recd the Contents."
GLC02437.08398
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