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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.09112 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0073] August-December 1784 |
| Title | Memorial of Hannah Flucker |
| Date | ca. 1784 |
| Document Type | Legal document; Land transaction document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Date of 1784 added later in pencil. Addressed to the "Commissioners Appointed by Act of Parliament for enquiring into the Losses & Services of the American Loyalists." Discusses the lands and properties to which she is entitled as heir to her father Brigadier General Samuel Waldo, as well as her brother Samuel Waldo. Outlines the history of the Waldo patent, beginning with King Charles I granting the Muscongus patent to the Council of Plymouth. Enumerates the acreage and value of lands to which Hannah Flucker has a claim. |
| Subjects | Muscongus Patent Estate Finance Waldo Patent Land Transaction Woman Author Women's History Loyalist Government and Civics Global History and Civics |
| People | Flucker, Hannah (1726-1785) Flucker, Thomas (1719-1783) |
| Theme | Law; Government & Politics; Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |