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Typed transcription of the manuscript on page 21.

Manuscript transcription, apparently by William Bosson (1806-1887) from an original by his father William Bosson (1753-1823 or 1824). The Declaration of Independence arrived in New York for General Washington to read to the Army. Description of the parade held by the Army "to signify acceptance." Procession, celebration, and removal of King George-related paraphernalia and imagery in New York. Removal of a monument made of lead in Bowling Green; removal of the King's Arms from St. Paul's Church. Concluding note highlights the death toll of Independence to "citizens."

Typed transcription of the manuscript on page 25.

Manuscript transcription, apparently by William Bosson (1806-1887) from an original by his father William Bosson (1753-1823 or 1824). Brief biographical sketch of General Henry Knox's life, with special attention given to his marriage to Lucy Flucker. William Bosson (1806-1887) added a note, which states that his father was a personal acquaintance of Knox because they lived close to one another and belonged to the same artillery service during the "great struggle for freedom."

Legal document obligating William Bosson's (1753-1823 or 1824) brother-in-law Thomas Mayo to pay him 38 pounds, four shillings, and five pence by the first of January 1790. Witnessed by Sam[ue]l Quincy and John Davis. A manuscript note by William Bosson (1806-1887) states that his father married Prudence Mayo and, following her death, her sister Susannah Mayo. He further remarks that the money referred to in the legal document was Susannah Mayo's inheritance from her father's estate.

Typed transcription of the manuscript and contextual notes on page 26.

Typed transcription of the letter and note on page 26 (duplicate transcription).

Typed transcription of the Mayo Bosson letter on page 31.

Would like William to seek out and visit the family of Colonel or Major Fanning, Harriet and Caroline Fanning, Samuel Abbot, "friend Fox," and others. Thomas Mayo would like William to have the Foxes send him "the Chines coppy" presented to him by Abraham "as a relic, of a friendship I shall never cease to cherish." Advises William to treat the people he meets with "the strictest propriety," "put on an air of confiding, free and friendly interest, as though you was at home, do not exhibit in your conduct a shade of vanity, arrogance, or indifference, even in retaliation, it will only provoke an increase of bad feeling, without being of the slightest advantage..." In a manuscript note, William Bosson (1806-1887) explains that his brother Thomas Mayo Bosson (1785-1850) sent him the letter on the occasion of his first visit to Roxbury, Massachusetts, since birth.