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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07594 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0146] June-August 1801 |
| Title | Thurston Whiting to Henry Knox about the ways settlers/insurgents operate with spies |
| Date | 28 August 1801 |
| Author | Whiting, Thurston (1753-1829) |
| Additional authors | Brackett, Benjamin, fl. 1801. |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Appears to be reporting on the activities of the settlers. States "they [the settlers and/or bandits?] act upon system - that they have their spies out - that they occupy certain posts - & keep up a frequent communication between different parties." Date was taken from the docket. Written from Davistown, Maine which is possibly present day Liberty, Maine. |
| Subjects | Waldo Patent Landlord and Tenant Boundary or Property Dispute Mobs and Riots Rebellion Surveying Prisoner Spying |
| People | Whiting, Thurston (1753-1829) Brackett, Benjamin (fl. 1801) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Liberty, 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 |