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29 September 1783
Lillie, John, 1755-1801
[Provision return]
Request for twenty pounds each bread and beef, for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.
GLC02437.02580
1 April 1793
[Salaries for the War Office from January-March 1793]
Possibly in the hand of Philip Audibert. This document provides salary information for the War Department from January-March 1793. The 10 employees made $1,762.22. Knox as the Secretary of War made $750 for the quarter. Page 2 was written on 2 April...
GLC02437.05863
11 July 1783
Brooks, David, 1756-1838
[List of clothing articles]
In the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp but endorsed and signed by Assistant Clothier General David Brooks. A document certifying that General Knox has accounted for articles of clothing received for the Corps of Artillery from December 1776...
GLC02437.02264
GLC02437.02265
22 June 1781
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Captain Anthony Post's discharge]
Written in the hand of Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp. Created at an artillery park at or near New Windsor, where Knox was located in June 1781. The post at Fredericksburgh, New York, has been discontinued with respect to ordnance. Captain Post...
GLC02437.00974
25 September 1783
[Provision order]
Request for twenty pounds of bread and beef each, for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.
GLC02437.02565
26 September 1783
GLC02437.02568
20 December 1792
[Notes]
Later copy. Discusses financial and land dealings involving Henry Knox, William Duer, and William Bingham. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.
GLC02437.05747
10 July 1783
[Provision request]
Order to issue three days provisions to Northwich Evens, an invalid soldier. Signed by Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, Samuel Shaw.
GLC02437.02261
1844/07/18
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
to Gov. William C. Bouck of New York re: campaigning policy, the tariff & Texas
Concerning his election campaign policy, feeling that it is "wrong... for a candidate... to engage personally in the contest." Bouck was governor of New York. One bust engraving of James K. Polk included.
GLC01745
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