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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.09278 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0147] September-October 1801 |
| Title | Draft petition for protection of Henry Knox's lands from the government of Massachusetts |
| Date | ca. September 1801 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Petition requesting that the Massachusetts government protect his lands against hostile squatters who live nearby, and who have repeatedly attacked his surveyors and threatened violence to his lands. States that the government has promised protection, and has previously aided him, but that his lands remain threatened. Details the history of the attacks on his lands, and the opposition of these squatters and neighbors. Written some time shortly after August 1801. |
| Subjects | Petition Government and Civics Waldo Patent Land Transaction Boundary or Property Dispute Mobs and Riots Rebellion |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Theme | Government & Politics; 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 |