Henry Knox

2405 documents

Extension of Ban on Foreign Ships' Mounting Arms in American Ports
07/01/1794 Letter Signed
Discusses a uniform policy on belligerent nations' ships equipping themselves in American ports. Notes that the mounting of new guns and/or carriages is forbidden, though also noting the difference …
Josiah Bartlett Collection
Expenses on Indian treaties and presents
03/10/1794 Printed Document
The Secretary at War reports to the Speaker of the House of Representatives a statement of the gross sum of money which was expended in the year 1790, in making the Creek treaty of New York. Includes …
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Expenses on Indian treaties and presents
03/10/1794 Printed Document
A statement of the gross sum of money which was expended by the United States in making the Creek treaty of New York, in August 1790. Includes presents which have been made to the Creek and Cherokee …
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Estimates Relative to the Militia Army
11/05/1794 Letter/Document (contemporary copy, in third hand, unsigned)
The Secretary of War asks Hodgdon to furnish the Department of War with the estimates relative to the militia army.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Estimates of the expenses of building and equipping frigates
01/04/1794 Transcription/modern copy (hand written)
Letter, discusses three estimates of the expenses of building and equipping frigates.
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Estimates of expenses of building and equipping frigates
01/04/1794 Copy of document
Encloses estimates of expenses of building and equipping frigates. First one was made in Philadelphia and is described as most perfect. Second is estimate made in Boston; fairly accurate, but not …
Handwritten Transcripts
Estimate of Expenses of the War Department for 1795
11/18/1794 Letter fragment
This is an estimate of the expenses of the War Department for the year 1795, made by the Secretary of War, and dated in his office the 18th of November, 1794 including the probable expenses of the …
Second Congress: Excerpts From Official Correspondence About the Security of the Frontier of Georgia, 1793 [2A-F1] (RG 233)
Estimate of expenses for troops
1794 Printed Document
Estimate of the expenses surrounding the raising and arming of 2,000 non-commissioned officers and privates, regular troops, for three years. Knox includes costs for clothing, arms, and subsistence, …
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Estimate of expenses for mounted volunteers
1794 Printed Document
Estimate of expenses surrounding the raising and paying of 2,000 mounted volunteers, of Kentucky, for four months, exclusive of forage and subsistence. Total expenses come out to $264,996.
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Estimate of amount of timber for a frigate from Joshua Humphreys
05/08/1794 Letterbook
Responding to Knox's request of 10 April, Humphreys provides an estimate of the quantity of timber and plank for a frigate 147 feet keel, 43 feet beam, 14 feet hold. He estimates it will take 55 men …
Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters To
Estimate for Monthly Subsistance
04/01/1794 Autograph Letter Signed
Request for estimate of month expense so officers may receive subsistence on first day of the month rather than the last day.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Estimate for 44-gun frigate
06/26/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Knox transmits to Secretary Hamilton Captain Thomas Truxton's estimate of masts and spars for on of the frigates of 44 guns. The 36 gun frigates will be but little inferior in size.
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Establishment of a uniform militia
12/10/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Knox, in obedience to the orders of President Washington, reports on the difficulties and inconveniences that have occurred in the execution of the act entitled, "An act more effectually to …
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Establishment of a uniform militia
12/10/1794 Printed Document
In obedience to the orders of President Washington, Secretary Knox submits to the House of Representatives a statement of the difficulties and inconveniences that have occurred in the execution of the …
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Establish Magazine and Arsenal in South Carolina
11/14/1794 Autograph Letter Signed
Proposed purchase of land to build arsenal and magazine. Requested Moultrie obtain the necessary permission from the state legislature.
Governor's Messages
Erecting the Building for Making Molds
06/21/1794 Autograph Letter Signed
Knox writes that there should be no delay in erecting the building for making molds and it should be done after negotiating with the cheapest carpenters.
Joshua Humphreys Correspondence
Engineers and Fortifications
07/24/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Knox transmits to Secretary Hamilton a circular letter to engineers employed for fortifying certain ports and harbors in the United States. Requests that Hamilton take measures for the …
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Engineer to fortify the harbor of New York
04/01/1794 Letter Signed
Writes General John Lamb - the Collector of the Port of New York - concerning the appointment of an engineer for the purpose of fortifying the harbor of New York.
Manuscript Ticknor
ENCLOSED: Orders and Thanks for Quelling Western Insurrection
12/05/1794 Document Signed
Enclosed official thanks of House of Representatives to the militias of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia for their successful expedition to quell western insurrection.
William Irvine Papers
Enclosed Thanks from Congress
12/05/1794 Autograph Letter Signed
Unanimous thanks to militia for the suppression of recent insurrection near Virginia (Whiskey Rebellion).
Executive Papers, Office of Governors Letters
Enclosed List of Invalid Pensioners
08/05/1794 Autograph Letter Signed
List of pensioners in Pennsylvania, orders to disperse funds due pensioners. Advertisements placed in local papers regarding payment dispersal.
Boudinot Papers
Enclosed letters from Governor Blount
12/17/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Knox encloses letters from Governor William Blount of Southwest Territory, requesting that they be laid before Congress immediately.
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Enclosed letters from General Wayne
12/16/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Knox asks President Washington's secretary, Tobias Lear, to submit to the President the enclosed letters from General Anthony Wayne.
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Enclosed letters
12/13/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Knox encloses letters to President Washington from Governor William Blount of Southwest Territory, Lieutenant Colonel Gaither, and Constant Freeman.
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Enclosed letters
10/17/1794 Printed Document
Secretary Knox encloses copies of two letters received from Governor William Blount of the Southwest Territory, along with letters from Major Isaac Craig and Alexander Macomb of New York.
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