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7 June 1797
Rynier, John, fl. 1797-1802
to Henry Knox
Forwards a document from Portland (not included). Noted as written at Montpelier, most likely Knox's home in Thomaston, Maine.
GLC02437.06983
21 August 1797
Updates Knox on the developments on Brigadier's Island in making the land fit for grazing.
GLC02437.07020
25 August 1797
Explains why he is changing his mind to now undertake some sort of position for a contract of five years, when he had previously turned it down.
GLC02437.07023
5 December 1797
Relates news about the development of Knox's many industries on Brigadier's Island.
GLC02437.07060
21 January 1798
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to John Rynier
Discusses various industries and expresses his trust in Rynier.
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31 January 1798
Forwards Knox a monthly return of the people employed and a record of the weather (not included). Goes on to discuss other business related to land and Knox's estate. Includes a chart of who's doing what for the month of January at Brigadier's...
GLC02437.07083
17 March 1798
Discusses the status of the estate and asks Knox to send goods such as rice and coffee.
GLC02437.07106
24 March 1798
Sends the letter by a carpenter he has hired and discusses his plans for a farmyard.
GLC02437.07110
12 May 1798
Discusses the quality of the soil at Brigadier's Island and mentions shipping some barley. Also writes concerning taxes.
GLC02437.07126
31 May 1798
Informs Knox that he has received his letter with $60 and a cask of seeds. Discusses feeding cattle, and the cows and oxen themselves.
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4 September 1798
Informs Knox that he will be going to Boston the next day.
GLC02437.07169
14 November 1798
Describes his efforts to keep Knox's property from "being ransacked & torn to peices [sic]."
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29 November 1798
Russell, Daniel, fl. 1798
Forwards Knox letters from his nephew.
GLC02437.07196
14 January 1799
Russell, Charles C., fl. 1799
Russell thanks Knox for writing to Secretary of Navy Benjamin Stoddert on his behalf. Stoddert said he did not know that Captain Nicholson "should take on himself the right to retain the Lieutenants Commissions, only to Midshipman and petty officers...
GLC02437.07224
16 February 1799
Rynier is disappointed that Knox has not discharged Rynier's notes in nearly ninety days. Rynier writes, "And I have been called upon to fullfill and discharge my notes, by your disappointing me, I have not been enabled to do it." Rynier has to pay...
GLC02437.07235
12 May 1799
Rynier tells Knox he has relieved "the Bearer Mr. Philip Davenport" of his duties on Brigadier Island before his time is up on May 29, 1799. He writes Knox that a "ballance" of $86 is due Davenport.
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19 August 1799
Knox talks about his cattle and lots of land, as well as his money troubles which make it difficult for him to pay his bills. He can only send Rynier ten dollars.
GLC02437.07298
30 August 1799
Knox directs Rynier to survey the Townships of Prospect, Frankfort, Hampden, and Bangor. Knox wants to know how many settlers are there. Knox expects Rynier to send his reports to him (Knox).
GLC02437.07305
18 September 1799
Rynier informs Knox he has been bequeathed some land in Europe and must terminate his five-year contract with Knox. Rynier needs Knox's help tying up a case against him in Boston regard "cloathing" and needs "one hundred dollars."
GLC02437.07308
2 October 1799
Rynier enclosed an account statement for Knox to see.
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22 November 1800
Ruggles, Joseph, fl. 1791-1800
Ruggles sends this letter to Knox via a "Mr. Durant" whose brother Ruggles has recommended to Knox as a clerk.
GLC02437.07487
29 September 1802
Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Informs Rynier he sold Brigadiers Island, present day Sears Island, Maine, to Rowland Center. Requests Rynier to visit the island and to help John Witherspoon with his immediate removal...
GLC02437.07755
circa 1797-1802
to Henry Knox [incomplete]
Informs Knox of his efforts to find sheep and that many are suffering from rot and dying nasty deaths. Mentions the possibility of finding more oxen if Knox needs them and discusses business relating to several other crops and goods such as salt...
GLC02437.08203
[Account]
Discusses an account with Henry Knox regarding his term of services and salary.
GLC02437.08758
4 September 1791
St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818
Collection of eight letters. Letters dated 4 September, 14 September, 16 September, 23 September, 10 October, 17 October, 21 October, 1 November. Discusses the transportation of goods, supplies and horses. Mentions problems with raising troops and...
GLC02437.10237
24 June 1794
to Thomas Russell
Written as an introductory letter for Mr. Tallerand and Beaumetz of France who are "on a visit to the eastern states ..." Describes them as "two characters eminent in France, for their talents, their virtues, and their rank in society." Notes that...
GLC02437.10304
11 February 1776
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Invites Knox to join him for "Dinner to day at 2 o Clock." The year is not given, but has to be 1776 as Knox was a Colonel then.
GLC02437.00531
6 March 1777
to Lucy Knox
Expresses his love for her and his sadness at being forced to part again. Mentions his travel plans as well. After months apart the couple was finally able to see each other when Washington sent Knox to Boston to recruit men and examine artillery...
GLC02437.00544
10 March 1776
"His Excellency," George Washington, compliments Colonel Knox, asks him to come to headquarters immediately, and invites him to dinner at 2 o'clock that night. The letter must be from 1776, since this is the only year in which Knox is a Colonel in...
GLC02437.00546
16 March 1777
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Colonel Crane has been authorized to give twenty pounds as a bounty to those he enlists in the regimental artillery. But Boston is offering a town bounty of fifty pounds for anyone who joins the local army, and this is making recruiting very...
GLC02437.00550
20 March 1777
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Mentions his plan to "enter the Service" once he raises a certain sum, which he is confident he will have soon. He has bought two hundred pounds worth of quills, paper, and similar articles from Newburry, and thinks they will be easy to turn a...
GLC02437.00555
23 March 1777
to William Knox
Says that since William's happiness is important to him, he will not prevent his brother from joining the army once William has completed certain essential family business. Arranges for William to pick up his baggage from various spots in New...
GLC02437.00556
1959/02/06
Allred, William David, 1933-1996
to Sam Houston Allred
Writes to his brother about a chat he had with Senator John F. Kennedy. Dave had mentioned Sam in their conversation and Kennedy remembered him from the previous summer. Kennedy commented on his namesake, Sam Houston, being featured in his book...
GLC02530.02
1902
Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930
Theodore Roosevelt, President - at his desk in the White House, Washington, U. S. A.
The president sits turned away from his desk and towards the photographer, turned slightly off center, but gazing straight ahead. A globe on the desk behind his left shoulder occupies the center of the picture.
GLC06449.17
H. C. White Co.
President Roosevelt in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, U. S. A.
Formal portrait standing. Facing 1/4 proper left. Note: Publisher's number 9902.
GLC06449.18
President Theodore Roosevelt in his office - the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, U. S. A.
Roosevelt stands in front of the corner of the cabinet room table, with a paper in his right hand. The room is artfully disarranged: one chair is moved back as though the president has just risen from it.
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1902/02/24
Strohmeyer & Wyman
The East Room of the White House arranged for the State Dinner to Prince Henry
Lighted chandeliers, lavishly decorated tables, and garland-draped pillars and ceilings in the empty East Room.
GLC06449.20
1903
Universal View Company
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the U. S., In His Private Office, White House.
President Roosevelt sits in a cane chair at his desk. He holds a pen in his right hand, and faces proper right with a slightly forward orientation. He is looking slightly downwards.
GLC06449.39
1905
President Roosevelt and Booker Washington reviewing the 61 "Industry" floats .
Roosevelt and Washington are in the center of the picture, flanked by a sizable crowd. A lone black man stands guard in the foreground.
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11 February 1777
[Copy of a receipt for pay of Captain Stephen Badlam's company]
Receipt for cash paid to Stephen Badlam, consisting of one hundred eighteen pounds twelve schillings to pay his company for the month and one pound eight schillings and two pence due General Mifflin for clothing. States that this document is a copy...
GLC02437.00530
12 February 1777
to Joseph Hoff
Orders Hoff to deliver to Colonel Stewart an order for "ten tons Grape Shot mostly the larger with some small." Sent to Hoff at Hibernia Furnace, New Jersey. Docket states that the document is a copy.
GLC02437.00532
13 February 1777
Treat, Samuel, fl. 1775-1777
to Ezekiel Cheever
Asks Cheever to deliver "twenty five yards of that White Duffle you have in your possession & two or three coats" to Lieutenant James Hall. Docket, signed by Hall, states that he received thirty yards of "Duffle," five coats, and "one Laced Hatt"
GLC02437.00533
16 February 1777
Sutton, Thomas, fl. 1776-1777
[Receipt for coats and a hat]
States that three Regimental Coats intended for enlisted artillery soldiers and one lace hat had arrived from ordnance. Promises to be accountable to General Knox for these goods. The name at the bottom of the document is illegible.
GLC02437.00535
27 February 1777
Asks Cheever to deliver "three coats & fifteen yards white duffle" to Lieutenant James Hall. Docket states that "three Coats & six yds of W Duffell" were received. Endorsed by Jonathan Terry on verso.
GLC02437.00536
February 26, 1777
Hill, Stephen, fl. 1777
[Receipts for coats and duffle]
States that Murphy received a coat and two and a half yards white duffle for ordnance, and that Hill received a coat and four yards white duffle. Each has signed their name next to the goods they received. Murphy's name is spelled Murffey, and he...
GLC02437.00537
25 February 1777
[Request for coat]
Requests one coat for Sergeant Petty. Written to "the Conductor of Artillery at Fishkills." Written at Fort Constitution. Endorsed on verso by Abiel Pettie.
GLC02437.00538
26 February 1777
Noyes, Dudley, fl. 1775-1779
[Receipt for a coat and duffle]
States that Noyes received one "Regimental coat" and two and a half yards of white duffle.
GLC02437.00539
1 March 1777
to Abraham Livingston
Orders Captain Livingston to obtain 5000 tents for next spring for General Thomas Mifflin. Orders him to "get the cloth for tents and get them made into tents each to hold six men." Also orders him to draw any necessary funds from General Mifflin.
GLC02437.00540
Construction of a carriage for cannon which have their trunnions broken off [incomplete]
Drawing of a special carriage for a cannon, with the comment "A carriage for a Cannon if the trunnions be broken off. Many Cannon are mounted upon this construction at Boston." Trunnions are the knobs on both sides of a cannon that form the axis on...
GLC02437.00541
3 March 1777
[Description of an artillery laboratory]
Plans for an artillery laboratory with "room for 60 men to work," store rooms, "an air furnace," shops for fifty carpenters, forty smiths, twenty wheel makers, as well as tin men and harness makers, "in all about 200 artificers." Plans also call for...
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