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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07952 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0156] July-December 1805 |
| Title | Copy of information respecting the Insurrection on the 4th of July 1805 |
| Date | 4 July 1805 |
| Author | Ulmer, George (1756-1825) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Marked "copy." Relates the experiences of George Ulmer, one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace in Ducktrap, Maine, on 4 July 1805. Received a report that five hundred armed men were assembled in the Davistown area to march to Castine and rescue two prisoners. Discusses his attempts to gather information about the revolt, and the people he found involved. Also relates threats against his life for being a spy. |
| Subjects | Prisoner Mobs and Riots Spying Government and Civics Judiciary Boundary or Property Dispute Waldo Patent |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Ulmer, George (1756-1825) |
| Theme | Law |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |