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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.09263
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0133] January-April 1797 
Title Document sent to the Massachusetts legislature defending Henry Knox's claims on the Waldo patent
Date 7 February 1797
Document Type Land transaction document; Legal document
Content Description Written to the Massachusetts Legislature defending Henry Knox's claims to the Waldo patent against a petition sent to the legislature by many residents of the patent. Argues against the claims made in the petition, and states that the land rightfully belongs to Knox. Part of the sixth page is on a separate sheet, that was once attached.
Subjects Petition  Government and Civics  Boundary or Property Dispute  Waldo Patent  Land Transaction  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Theme Government & Politics; Merchants & Commerce
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859