Henry Knox
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Request to Forward Letter
Request to forward enclosed letter to Governor Blount.
Executive Papers, Office of Governors LettersRequest to Examine Accounts
Requests that Howell examine the accounts of the state of Connecticut in order to find whether there are any charges by that state against Capt. John Stevens, a hostage during the War at the Cedars.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)Request for Opinion on Scouts and Rangers Protection of Counties
knox requested St. Clair to comment on the expedition to frontier, discipline of troops, and the ability to protect the outlying counties.
Arthur G. Mitten CollectionRequest for Estimate of Transport Cost for Military Stores
Letter, directs estimate of transport cost for public stores.
Jeremiah Olney PapersRequest for Assistance with Supply Contractors
Henry Knox requests that Otho Williams assist contractors in sending supplies to General Josiah Harmar's army in the Northwest Territory. Harmar writes that he is having to pay out of his own purse …
Northwest Territory Collection, M367Reports on the Recent Harmar Expedition
Knox encloses reports from Lieutenant Ebenezer Denny, Governor St. Clair, and Brigadier General Harmar about the recent western expedition, which includes a list of killed and wounded. He references a …
Alfred T. Goodman PapersReports on Harmar's Expedition against the Hostile Western Tribes
Knox's letter to the President includes the General Orders from General Harmer's expedition against the hostile western Indians.
William Short Papers, Mm 77039891Report on the Petition of Thomas Simpson
Report - New Hampshire allowed 1/4 to 1/2 full pay for Simpson due to his injuries. Duties of state and federal government discussed.
First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War [1A-D2] (RG 233) {Reference Microfilm}Report of the Secretary of War Regarding the Petition of Samuel Buffington
Page 4 of doc 16. Report authorizing the adjustment of Debevere accounts. Debevere was a surgeon's mate who was taken prisoner by the British during the Revolutionary War.
First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War [1A-D2] (RG 233) {Reference Microfilm}Report of the Secretary of War Regarding Petition
Report - Virginia denied aforementioned officers half pay for life, Secretary of War concurs.
First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War [1A-D2] (RG 233) {Reference Microfilm}Report of the Petition of Henry Emanuel Lutterloh
Reasons for receiving allowances listed in great detail. Lutterloh petitions for a pension and reimbursement of his passage to America. He left the Duke of Brunswick's guards to join in the …
First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War [1A-D2] (RG 233) {Reference Microfilm}Replacement of Invalids to Pension List
President authorized the return of invalids to pension list after being struck due to refusal of service at Castle or through the governor's proceedings at council.
Benjamin Lincoln PapersRejection of appointment for Jacob Slough
Knox rejects Hand's recommendation of Jacob Slough for appointment as an officer in the army.
Papers of Major General Edward HandReiteration of a Call for the Militia to the Northwest Territory
The Secretary of War, Henry Knox, reiterates to Brigadier General Josiah Harmar previously sent instructions for calling up the militia to defend the frontier against Indian hostilities and states …
Northwest Territory Collection, M367Regarding use of force in response to depredations of Indians
Detailed account of Indian attacks and continental troops defense against raiding and murdering parties of banditti on the frontier along Ohio River. No other solution but to "extirpate those …
First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War [1A-D2] (RG 233) {Reference Microfilm}Regarding the Petition of Joseph Tucker and Others
Report on the petitions of Joseph Tucker, Thomas Hollis Condy, Robert Williams, and Samuel Armstrong. The Sec. of War did not allow the further payment of petitioning officers, whose claim was that …
First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War [1A-D2] (RG 233) {Reference Microfilm}Regarding Payment of Invalid Pensions
Letter, discusses payment of Invalid pensions.
Jeremiah Olney PapersRegarding pay of La Neuville brothers
The War Secretary requests information on the La Neuville brothers, foreign officers who left the service prior to 1780. Asks whether or not they had the depreciation of pay made good to them.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)Regarding Invalid Pensions
Secretary Knox notifies General Lincoln of circumstances that have caused him to update the pay warrant prior to issuance.
Interleaved Document in Washington Irving's Life of George Washington.
