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8 August 1783
Blake, Edward, fl. 1753-1800
[Provision return]
Return for men discharged from the Massachusetts artillery. Countersigned by John Crane and Samuel Shaw, with the docket signed by Jesse Jordan.
GLC02437.02377
1 August 1783
Return for men discharged from the Massachusetts artillery. Countersigned by Samuel Shaw with the docket signed by Silas Barber.
GLC02437.02380
13 August 1783
Pearsee, Jonathon, fl. 1780-1797
[Request for rations]
Request for thirty days' worth of provisions for Indians going to "Niagia." Note of receipt signed with a mark by a Peter Quenungedau.
GLC02437.02382
15 August 1783
Gibbs, Caleb, fl. 1748-1818
to Henry Knox
Very difficult to read due to faded ink. Discusses a treaty and the position of the troops. Noted as written at a "Camp near Philadelphia."
GLC02437.02389
9 August 1783
[Provision Return]
Return for men discharged from the regiment. Countersigned by John Callender and Samuel Shaw, with the docket signed by Jesse Jordan.
GLC02437.02392
18 August 1783
Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818
Request for provisions for Indians. Noted as written at Head Quarters. Countersigned by a Captain Joseph.
GLC02437.02396
circa 20 August 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
[Provision returns for army rations issued]
Provision return for one man discharged from the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery from 11-20 August. A total of ten rations was issued over the ten days. Signed by Edward Blake, a quartermaster of artillery, and Lillie as an aide-de-camp to General...
GLC02437.02401
23 August 1783
[Provision return for army rations issued]
Provision return for four men in Lieutenant Wright's company employed in the ordinance department from 23-31 August. Also includes three women. Those seven people were issued 81 rations over the nine days. Signed by Lieutenant Wright and Captain...
GLC02437.02408
24 August 1783
Brooks, David, 1756-1838
to Samuel Shaw
Discusses a delivery of clothing and issues that they have had in the past regarding its transportation. "Public service" written on address leaf with no signature.
GLC02437.02412
1 August 1783- 25 August 1783
Hull, William, 1753-1825
Return for prisoners. Docket signed by George Ferris.
GLC02437.02415
14 August 1783
Peirce, J., fl. 1783
Gen. Knox in account with the United States
Copy created by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Lists account information from 20 June 1780 - 3 November 1781.
GLC02437.10126
28 July 1783
Swartwout, Cornelius, fl. 1776-1783
[Return of ordnance and stores at Stony Point and Verplanks Point]
Swartwout signed as Captain Lieutenant commanding Artillery at Kings Ferry.
GLC02437.10519
21 December 1788
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to George Washington
Knox's retained draft, riddled with struck text and insertions. Acknowledges receipt of applications Washington sent for admission into the Society of the Cincinnati. Comments on the Constitution at great length: "In the states of New Hampshire...
GLC02437.04058
12 February 1789
Writes that upon receiving his note, Knox sent to all the shops that might sell American broad cloth but was "exceedingly chagrined to learn there were none in town at present." Found that some cloth was expected in town very soon, in light grey...
GLC02437.04108
16 February 1789
Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810
Relates the Virginia Electoral Council's votes for President, and declares that 10 votes were cast for [George] Washington, five for John Adams, three for [George] Clinton, one for [John] Hancock and one for [John] Jay. Relates that Antifederalism is...
GLC02437.04117
19 February 1789
Writes that he is sending along 13 1/2 yards of bottle green cloth, of Hartford manufacture. Would have sent more, but only 13 1/2 yards of this color came, and the other colors were too mean and coarse. Estimates that "[t]here will probably be...
GLC02437.04120
23 March 1789
Writes to report on the Congressional election results from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, and explains when the First Federal Congress will be assembled in New York. Adds that it seems probable that Mr. Chas [Charles] Thomson, the current...
GLC02437.04153
18 June 1789
Barrett, Samuel, 1739-1798
Marked "copy." Apologizes for being a stranger and having the nerve to write directly to such a superior as the President. Discusses his business misfortunes during and after the war, and asks for his help finding a position with the federal...
GLC02437.04247
7 July 1789
Written from the War Office. Provides an extensive analysis of the United States's relationship with the Creek Nation in the Ohio territories as well as Georgia. Also provides information on other nations, such as the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and...
GLC02437.04272
17 November 1789
[to Henry Knox]
Asks the recipient, likely Knox, to pass an enclosure (not included) to George Washington. Hopes that Washington will consider him for the position of "collecting the Duties of Excise in case Congress, assuming the State Debts, shall see fit to form...
GLC02437.04416
31 January 1790
Talbot, Silas, 1751-1813
A copy of Talbot's letter to Washington, which Talbot is now forwarding to Henry Knox (see GLC02437.04490). Applies to Washington to his "being again employed in some public service in case any should offer, in which I might be thought adequate to...
GLC02437.04491
11 February 1790
Wishes Washington a happy birthday, "permit me my dear dear friend to felicitate you on the return of your birth day." "I do not wish you long life as the greatest blessing, believing strongly the immortality of the mind, and that the next grade of...
GLC02437.04508
17 April 1790
Bourne, Sylvanus, 1761-1817
Signed in text. Note left for Knox as he was not home when Bourne came to call. States that he wanted to discuss with Knox about "when the foreign arrangments [sic] will take place..." Asks Knox to speak to the President, George Washington, on his...
GLC02437.04585
to Sylvanus Bourne
Replies to Bourne's letter (GLC02437.04585) that he received earlier that morning. Says that he will assist Bourne with his pursuits (an appointment abroad in the public agency) and gives him advice on how to best handle the business. Recommends...
GLC02437.04587
20 June 1790
Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
Mentions acquaintances who recently arrived from Switzerland. Notes that they saw George Greene, presumably George Washington Greene, in Paris for one day. Encloses a letter from George to Mrs. [Catharine] Greene (letter not included) and asks Knox...
GLC02437.04632
July 1790
Moultrie, William, 1730-1805
Writes to Washington on behalf of the South Carolina branch of the Society of the Cincinnati to complain that the Secretary General "is not sending forward in proper time the notice required by the letter from the Chairman of their standing Committee...
GLC02437.04664
7 August 1790
A draft of a letter to Washington from Secretary of War Knox sketching out elements of a treaty with the Creek Indians. Signed a public treaty with the Creeks, represented by Alexander McGillivray and all the Creek leaders able to attend....
GLC02437.04673
14 September 1790
Bowles, Ralph H., 1757-1813
Bowles asks Secretary of War Knox for assistance in obtaining the post of collection officer for the port of Machias. Bowles does not want to bother President George Washington about this. Bowles lists his credentials as a former soldier and good...
GLC02437.04728
23 September 1790
Secretary of War Knox informs President Washington that "the differences between England and Spain have been accommodated." Signed "HK." Knox's retained draft.
GLC02437.04732
April 1788
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Discusses the politics of Europe, including conflicts with the Turks. States that the Turks have "numerous flocks of armed men - their Cavalry, which in the first shock, is not despicable, has it is said, surrounded three thousand of the Austrians...
GLC02437.10213
19 April 1788
[Account between Jeremiah Wadsworth and Henry Knox]
Account between Jeremiah Wadsworth and Henry Knox. Pertains to warrants drawn by the Board of Treasury on William Imlay, receiver of Continental Taxes for the State of Connecticut. Duplicate of GLC02437.03848.
GLC02437.03846
26 April 1788 - 25 August 1789
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
10 June 1788
to Elizabeth Checkley
Relates that a sum is due to Checkley's family from the estate of Thomas Flucker, his late father-in-law. Hopes to be in Boston within one month's time so he can resolve the "embarrassments and entanglements" related to the estate.
GLC02437.03891
24 June 1788
Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841
[Warrants drawn by the commissioners of the Board of Treasury in favor of Henry Knox, Secretary at War]
Includes warrants from 1 January 1787 - 24 June 1788. Location inferred.
GLC02437.03912
28 June 1788
[Order to pay Captain John Bryant]
Signed by Knox as Secretary at War. Includes the copied signature of Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth. On verso, Bryant signs a note authorizing that his pay be given to Samuel Henley. Henley signs, noting receipt of the sum.
GLC02437.03915
9 July 1788
Audebert, Philip, fl. 1788-1796
[Receipt of a warrant in favor of Captain David Zeigler]
Audebert, possibly a clerk at the war office, notes the warrant was for one month's pay of Zeigler's company.
GLC02437.03930
14 July 1788
Submits an account of rations. Marked as private on address leaf. Writes, "We are fondly hoping that Congress will determine to form the new Government at this place, in which Case I expect we shall have the pleasure of your & Mrs. Knox's Company-"
GLC02437.03935
21 July 1788
[Receipt for a warrant from Henry Knox payable to Ezra Hill]
Possibly signed by Audebert as clerk at the War Office.
GLC02437.03939
to Clement Biddle
Thanks Biddle for offering to procure him a house in Philadelphia in case Congress moves to that city. Plans to leave in a few days for "the eastward," and promises to pay [Captain] Zeigler's account when he returns.
GLC02437.03942
to Richard Butler
Discusses the possibility of Butler's reappointment [as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Northern district]. Marked private.
GLC02437.03944
26 July 1788
Bancker, Christopher, fl. 1788
Bancker solicits a position in the War Office, saying that William Livingston assured him of Knox's promise to let Bancker fill the next vacancy. Writes, "the Late War has Reduced me to the necessity of this application... for it will be a pleasing...
GLC02437.03948
28 July 1788
to Christopher Bancker
Replies to Bancker's request to obtain an open position in the War Office (see GLC02437.03948). Notes that the position, formerly occupied by Mr. [Robert] Pemberton, will not be presently filled. Writes, "If an appointment should hereafter take...
GLC02437.03949
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
Pratt, John, 1753-1824
[Receipt of funds from Jeremiah Wadsworth]
Pratt, a recruiting officer, verifies receipt of funds from Wadsworth on account of the Recruiting Service.
GLC02437.03953
29 August 1788
to Henry Burbeck
Informs Captain Burbeck, commander at West Point, that Noah Hall, the bearer of this note, hopes to purchase "some of the old unserviceable iron cannon at West Point." Instructs Burbeck to sell Hall fifteen tons of the cannon at fourteen dollars per...
GLC02437.03978
20 October 1788
Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790
Signed in text as "Mr. Bowdoin." Sends his compliments, and asks Knox who will pay the debt owed him by Thomas Flucker's estate (Flucker was Knox's late father-in-law).
GLC02437.04005
25 August 1789
[Henry Knox's account with Jeremiah Wadsworth]
Includes account information from April- November 1788. Account information is not written by Knox, however Knox dockets, noting "...this is a copy, signed by me to Colonel Wadsworth this 25 of August 1789." Relates to military expenses.
GLC02437.04024
23 November 1788
to James Bowdoin
Written in the thrid person and signed in text. Informs Bowdoin that he will depart for New York on 24 November, and offers to transmit letters to Lady Temple. Notes that the "Marquis de Santa Cruz, and Duque de Almodovar are the [Grandees] of Spain...
GLC02437.04033
24 November 1788
Agrees to propose the admission of two Spanish noblemen to the Academy of Arts and Sciences based on Knox's request (GLC02437.04033). Asks Knox to inform him of their titles and "literary character." The Spanish noblemen are the Marquis de Santa...
GLC02437.04034
20 December 1788
Comments on the United States Constitution in Virginia. Notes that he was banished from the house of delegates, but returned to "one of the most antifederal assemblies that could possibly have been collected from amongst the people. This body met...
GLC02437.04057
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