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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10263 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0118] April-June 1793 |
| Title | Henry Knox to unknown about surveying the Waldo patent [incomplete] |
| Date | 25 April 1793 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | States that he would like Captain John Hills, "a celebrated and scientific Surveyor and draughts man" to "make a perfect plan of the Waldo patent which has now become to me very interesting as I have agreed to purchase out the Winslow family." Explains that he is having some difficulty with the patent and wishes the recipient to aid Hills in surveying the land. Content suggests Henry Knox as the creator. Letterpress copy. |
| Subjects | Finance Land Transaction Surveying Waldo Patent Contract |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | The Waldo patent was an area of land in what is now the U.S. state of Maine belonging to General Samuel Waldo, the grandfather of Lucy Knox. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |