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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.09057 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0004] 1760-1769 |
| Title | Complaint from settlers at Broad Bay |
| Date | 22 February - 11 March 1769 |
| Author | Schnaudiel, John Willhem (fl. 1769) |
| Additional authors | Hill, John (fl. 1765-1769) |
| Document Type | Legal document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Signed by Schnaudiel as well as over twenty others. The authors, all German by birth, allege that in 1753, they were approached in Germany by Samuel Waldo, Jr. and offered settlement at Broad Bay in New England. The authors sold their homes in Germany and traveled to Broad Bay, where Waldo reneged on his promises, giving them less land, and land in poorer locations. Note on page 3 indicates that some of the signatories presented the petition to John Hill, Justice of the Peace, who signed it as a witness. |
| Subjects | Immigration and Migration Boundary or Property Dispute Petition Waldo Patent Land Transaction |
| People | Hill, John (fl. 1765-1769) Waldo, Samuel (ca. 1723-1770) Schnaudiel, John Wilhelm (fl. 1769) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Agriculture; Law; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |