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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.09155 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0077] January-August 1786 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Samuel Brown, Jonathan Crocket, and Robert Jameson suggesting regulations regarding settlers on land in the Waldo patent |
| Date | 26 August 1786 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Additional authors | Winslow, Isaac (1763-1806) |
| Recipient | Brown, Samuel Crocket, Jonathan Jameson, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Legal document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Signed by Knox and Isaac Winslow Jr., though both signatures, as well as the letter's content, are in Knox's hand. Addressed to Brown, Crocket and Jameson as members of a Committee for Thomaston. Document suggests regulations and procedures for settlers on land belonging to Winslow and Knox, acting as representatives for the heirs and executors of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo. |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Law Boundary or Property Dispute Land Transaction Waldo Patent Immigration and Migration |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Winslow, Isaac (1763-1806) Winslow, Isaac (1709-1777) Winslow, Lucy (1724-1768) Waldo, Samuel (1695-1759) Waldo, Francis (ca. 1728-1784) Flucker, Hannah (1726-1785) Flucker, Thomas (1719-1783) |
| Place written | Thomaston, Maine |
| 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 |