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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07621 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0147] September-October 1801 |
| Title | Thomas Waterman to Henry Knox about insurgents saying they're going "bear hunting" |
| Date | 22 September 1801 |
| Author | Thomas, Waterman (fl. 1785-1801) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Informs Knox he did not make a written report due to [Thurston?] Whiting and [Benjamin] Brackett's report on the back country (possibly near the north part of the Waldo patent). Reports on a incident where he met up with approximately 70 armed insurgents. Notes the insurgents mentioned they were going "bear hunting" near [George Ulmer's] neighborhood. |
| Subjects | Waldo Patent Landlord and Tenant Boundary or Property Dispute Mobs and Riots Rebellion Surveying Prisoner Wildlife |
| People | Thomas, Waterman (fl. 1785-1801) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Waldoboro, Maine |
| Theme | Law; Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |