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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02437.09217
From Archive Folder	The Henry Knox Papers [0087] January-February 1789
Title	Report from George Ulmer to Henry Knox on the settlers in Maine
Date	23 February 1789
Author	Ulmer, George (1756-1825)
Recipient	Knox, Henry
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Regarding Knox's land holdings in Waldo County, Massachusetts, now Maine. Says that the inhabitants of the lands Knox owns are now much more pleased than last year, that many have paid for their lands, and that others are trying to do so. Ulmer was Knox's representative in this matter. Some however still refuse to pay and are becoming troublesome for Ulmer. Also having some difficulty surveying the lots.
Subjects	Surveying Finance Boundary or Property Dispute Waldo Patent Immigration and Migration Land Transaction
People	Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Ulmer, George (1756-1825)
Place written	Ducktrap, Maine
Theme	Merchants & Commerce
Sub-collection	The Henry Knox Papers
Additional Information	Lincolnville is part of the Waldo patent, a land grant of the King of England; after the Revolutionary War the Patent is owned by General Henry Knox of Thomaston. Knox’s agent in Lincolnville is George Ulmer, a rich and powerful mill owner at Ducktrap. Ulmer pressures the poverty-stricken settlers to pay Knox for their land, land which many of them think they are entitled to from their military service. Angry settlers, refusing to pay Knox through Ulmer, sabotage George Ulmer’s property on several occasions by cutting his log booms in Ducktrap and setting his logs adrift all over the Bay.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859

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