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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07568 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0146] June-August 1801 |
| Title | Henry Knox to William Sterrit, Samuel Brown and Josiah Reed about settler conflict and wants them to explain to the rioters how the heirs to the Waldo patent are the legal owners |
| Date | 14 July 1801 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Brown, Samuel Sterrit, Samuel Reed, Josiah |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox handwriting. Discusses the ongoing conflict with the settlers on the north part of the Waldo patent. Describes the issues of the conflict and the danger the surveyors are in. Requests the gentlemen show and explain the legal title of Brigadier Waldo and the heirs of that title to the settlers. Explains how the title and map will show who the land legally belongs too. Requests they also explain and show how Knox's lands are separate from the Plymouth Company lands, and that they have been surveyed and delivered by the Commonwealth to Knox. |
| Subjects | Waldo Patent Landlord and Tenant Boundary or Property Dispute Mobs and Riots Rebellion Surveying Prisoner Government and Civics Estate Contract |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Brown, Samuel (fl. 1801-1804) Sterrit, William (fl. 1801) Reed, Josiah (fl. 1798-1805) |
| Place written | Thomaston, Maine |
| Theme | Law; Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture; Government & Politics; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |