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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.09175 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0083] January-March 1788 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Leonard Jarvis about Rufus Putnam's plan relating to the Waldo patent |
| Date | 16 March 1788 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Jarvis, Leonard |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Marked "copy." Relates that General [Rufus] Putnam told him about a plan developed by the Massachusetts legislature's Committee of Eastern Lands regarding the Waldo patent. In this plan, a quantity of disputed territory would be added at the "head" of the patent; apparently, the Plymouth Company also has a claim on this land. Discusses the implications of this plan. |
| Subjects | Waldo Patent Land Transaction Boundary or Property Dispute Government and Civics |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Jarvis, Leonard (fl. 1788-1795) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Agriculture; Law; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |