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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.07564
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0146] June-August 1801 
Title Henry Knox to George Ulmer about ongoing conflict with the settlers [copy]
Date 11 July 1801
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Ulmer, George  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Letter is possibly a copy. The letter is not signed but based on the content it is likely from Knox. Continues to discuss the ongoing conflict with the settlers and the surveyors on the north part of the Waldo patent. Informs Knox of rumors of men gathering to head to Castine, Maine to release the prisoners but does not appear to take much stock in the reports. Says, "I cannot believe that a considerable number of men can be found who will go into direct rebellion against [the] laws of there country without [the] least cause who have no claim upon me, who are not upon my lands, & of course are totally unconnected with me." Goes on to describe the steps they should take and the consequences if a large number of settler rise against them. Addressee name was added later in red pen.
Subjects Waldo Patent  Landlord and Tenant  Boundary or Property Dispute  Mobs and Riots  Rebellion  Surveying  Prisoner  
People Ulmer, George (1756-1825)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Place written Thomaston, Maine
Theme Law; Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859