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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04168 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0088] March-April 1789 |
| Title | Mr. Henley's statement about his lands in the Waldo patent |
| Date | 4 April 1789 |
| Author | Lowell, John (1743-1802) |
| Document Type | Legal document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Document is unsigned, but docket declares that the statement was given to John Lowell. Statement declares that Zachariah and Bethiah Fowle mortgaged land in Charlestown, Massachusetts to Thomas Flucker in 1750. Samuel Henley purchased the land in 1756 and paid off Mr. Flucker's mortgage. Provides some information about the account. Declares that "Mr. Henley when alive stated these facts to Genl Knox in 1789, who was so well satisfied of the truth of the statement, that he promised to execute the necessary papers when he should come on to Boston." Docket is in Knox's hand. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Mortgage Finance Waldo Patent Estate |
| People | Henley, Samuel (fl. 1788-1795) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Lowell, John (1743-1802) Flucker, Thomas (1719-1783) |
| Theme | Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |