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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05043 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0100] May-June 1791 |
| Title | Articles of agreement made and entered into this day of June one thousand seven hundred & ninety one |
| Date | June 1791 |
| Document Type | Land transaction document |
| Content Description | This is a copy of the legal agreement negotiated by Henry Jackson and Royal Flint as agents for Henry Knox and William Duer for two million acres of land in the District of Maine, sold by a committee of the Massachusetts General Court. The names of the seller are left blank while the buyers are noted as "Henry Jackson & Royal Flint for themselves and associates." The document is divided into ten articles and proclaims that the buyers are getting a price of ten cents per acre to be payable in nine payments for a total of $243,802. Stipulates that the buyers need to get 2,500 settlers to move to the lands in twelve years and that they will need to pay thirty dollars of the six percent stock of the United States for each person if there is a deficient number of settlers. Date of 1 July added later in pencil, though June is listed in the body of the document. See GLC02437.05049 for Henry Jackson's letter to Henry Knox concerning this agreement. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Contract Land Transaction Waldo Patent Finance Immigration and Migration |
| People | Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) Flint, Royal (1754-1797) |
| Theme | Law; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from Henry Jackson to Henry Knox regarding land boundaries and purchases and the land claim of the Penobscot Indians Letter from Henry Jackson to Henry Knox on the deeds for a two million acre land purchase |