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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07547 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0146] June-August 1801 |
| Title | George Ulmer to Henry Knox about investigation of men who shot at Knox's surveyors |
| Date | 20 June 1801 |
| Author | Ulmer, George (1756-1825) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Discusses his continuing investigation of the men who shot at the surveyors on Knox's patent. Describes the conversations he had with various men and the settlers public opinion of Knox. Also recommends employing more surveyors and spreading them out in order to complete the surveys this year. Notes the surveyors should be good firm men, and paid sufficient funds to insure they attend to the business. Encloses (not included) a list of suspects who are against the surveying. |
| Subjects | Waldo Patent Landlord and Tenant Mobs and Riots Rebellion Surveying Law |
| People | Ulmer, George (1756-1825) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Ducktrap, Maine |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Law; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |