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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05827 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0117] January-March 1793 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Isaac Winslow on his acceptance of the conditions to purchase the Winslow family's interest in the Waldo patent |
| Date | 20 February 1793 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Winslow, Isaac |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Initialed by Knox. Encloses his acceptance of the conditions to purchase the Winslow family's interest in the Waldo patent (see GLC02437.05777 and GLC02437.05828). Will also purchase the islands. If anyone else in the family wants to sell their land, Knox is willing to oblige. Will pay $12,500, half the selling price, to the Winslows by 1 May. Place writ is not listed; however, another letter (GLC02437.02828) from Henry dated the same day places him in Philadelphia. |
| Subjects | Waldo Patent Land Transaction Revolutionary War General Finance Estate |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Winslow, Isaac (1763-1806) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | 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 Samuel Waldo to Henry Knox discussing various land claims against the Muscongus patent in Maine Letter from Henry Knox to Isaac Winslow, Samuel Winslow, Samuel Waldo, and George Irving agreeing to pay them $25,000 for their interest in the Waldo patent lands |