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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04129 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0088] March-April 1789 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Isaac Winslow, Sr. about managing the Waldo lands [incomplete] |
| Date | 1 March 1789 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Winslow, Isaac |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Previous research determined that the addressee is Isaac Winslow, Sr. Received his last letter respecting the Waldo patent lands and learned from it that their predecessors agreed to sell to several different parties. Discusses legislation allowing them to sell the deeds. Comments on how best to proceed with the sales, as well as on how to handle pricing and payment. Also discusses the appointment of agents to manage the country, including Thomas Vose, as well as how best to handle the people living on the patent. Possibly connected to GLC02437.08195. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Waldo Patent Revolutionary War General Law Finance Boundary or Property Dispute Landlord and Tenant |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Winslow, Isaac (ca. 1743-1793) Vose, Thomas (1753-1810) Winslow, Isaac (1763-1806) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Law; Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Henry Knox to an unknown recipient concerning land in Maine [incomplete] |