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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04726 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0096] July-September 1790 |
| Title | Samuel Winslow to Henry Knox about people wanting to purchase lands |
| Date | 12 September 1790 |
| Author | Winslow, Samuel (fl. 1781-1806) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Winslow tells Secretary of War Henry Knox that two men, Samuel Noyes and Adams Merrill, want to buy some lots of land in Falmouth which Major Merrill had previously applied for. One is also interested in the 104 acres of Piscataqua that Winslow thinks is worth 24 cents an acre. There is a dispute over land owned by Bartholomew and David Thompson among their family. J. Cox has petitioned to partition the eight hundred acres he purchased at Auction. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Revolutionary War General Finance Waldo Patent Boundary or Property Dispute Petition |
| People | Winslow, Samuel (fl. 1781-1806) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Portland, Maine |
| 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 |