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12 March 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
[Recommendation for a leave of absence for Samuel Mills]
Captain Patten recommends Mills for a thirty-four day leave of absence. Directs his request to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09687
September - October 1797
[Account]
List of transactions between Henry Knox and John Jones for the months of September and October, listed by date.
GLC02437.08717
26 June 1806
Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832
to David Sears
Writes to suggest they bargain on the purchase of land belonging to Henry Knox.
GLC02437.08031
20 September 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Provision order]
Request for twenty pounds of beef for General Knox. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.
GLC02437.02543
24 May 1795
Meade, George, 1741-1808
[Drafts]
Drafts Henry Knox deposited with Samuel Hodgdson listed by date. Docket written in pencil.
GLC02437.08676
1 April 1781
Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796
[Certifies that Jedidiah Waterman served as conductor of military stores from 1 June 1779- 1 April 1781]
Ruddock, Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at Fishkill, attests that Waterman served with "fidelity." Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide, signs a note on verso confirming that Waterman is entitled to his pay. Shaw signs 13 February 1783 at West Point on...
GLC02437.00931
29 June 1789
Sayre, Stephen, 1736-1818
to Samuel Ogden
Writes to Ogden and asks Ogden to show the present letter to Henry Knox, because feels that if he wrote to Knox directly, the letter might get stopped. Declares that he is still expecting a response from Knox to several letters and is still...
GLC02437.04262
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
[Request for goods]
Request for twenty pounds of bread for General Henry Knox and his family.
GLC02437.02546
28 June 1783
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Andrew Billings
Written by Major General Knox to Captain Major Billings. Says that General Washington directed him to forward two cannons to Billings to be engraved in a similar fashion to the cannon done for Count De Rochambeau (see GLC02437.02198). These cannons...
GLC02437.02199
22 August 1783
to William Heath
Written and signed in a secretarial hand for General Knox by his aide-de-camp Major Samuel Shaw. References Heath's letter of 7 August. Says with respect to John Shaw he can only extend his furlough as only the commander in chief can offer a...
GLC02437.02405
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