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March 13, 1773
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
to James Madison re: land and political matters
Mentions: land titles, wills, Cornelius Dixon, Rhode Island affair. Watermark suggests Irish paper.
GLC00099.040
November 13, 1780
to James Madison
Good political content. Activities of the British Army in Virginia and the Carolinas, Virginia House of Delegates. Also mentions: New York (N.Y.), British fleet, Portsmouth (Va.), Gen. Muhlenburg, Gen. Gates-Inquiry into the conduct of, Virginia...
GLC00099.054
1769/10/05
Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776
to George Grenville re: death of Gov. Henry Moore
GLC07654.41
15 July 1790
Hichborn, Benjamin, 1746-1817
to Henry Knox
Writes on behalf of General [John] Glover who wishes to fill the office of collection officer at Marblehead, Massachusetts. Mentions that a Mrs. Danforth "took herself from earthly trouble yesterday by strangling herself." For Glover's appeal to Knox...
GLC02437.04652
25 September 1784
Flucker, Hannah, 1726-1785
Knox's mother-in-law thanks Knox for his efforts to "secure as much as possible of my late Husband's Estate for the benefit of my family." Discusses details of the estate, land situated in the United States. Reports on her own happiness, living...
GLC02437.03051
20 June 1790
Greene, Catharine L., 1755-1814
Writes about her current state of melancholy over her misfortunes. Relates an anecdote about her little daughter finding her crying and declaring, "oh My Dear Mama I wish I could die, that I might lesson [sic] your cares." Reports that this...
GLC02437.04630
4 May 1787
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Diego Gardoqui y Arriquibar
Asks Don Diego de Gardoqui to help a soldier, Captain Thomas Wooster, the son of General David Wooster of Connecticut. Wooster needs to go to Trinidad on personal business and Knox requests that Gardoqui give a letter of introduction to the Governor...
GLC02437.03541
6 January 1784
to Edward Grant
Knox writes to Grant, "I have received your favor of the 4th instant, and accordingly we shall rely entirely upon you that the garrison [at West Point] are not out of provisions." Notes that Daniel Parker & Co., a firm that provided the troops with...
GLC02437.02921
14 June 1791
to William Duer
Writes, "Mr. Samuel Ogden transmitted by the post yesterday to the Massachusetts [committee] a full [renumeration] of my claim on the eastern lands..." Says this will make things easier for Henry Jackson. Discusses the details of two drafts for $5...
GLC02437.04993
26 July 1791
Wilcox, Samuel, fl. 1791
Provides an opinion of John Houston of Georgia, as Knox requested. Does not doubt that Houston has talents of the first order, together with a cultivated mind improved by a liberal education. Believes he completed his education at the Temple in...
GLC02437.05085
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