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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07453 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0143] May-August 1800 |
| Title | George Ulmer to Henry Knox about visiting the Sheriff talks about thousands of insurgents and their raids |
| Date | 23 August 1800 |
| Author | Ulmer, George (1756-1825) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Ulmer traveled with Robert Houston to see Paul Dudley Sargent and Oliver Parker, but did not get to see the Sheriff Thomas Phillips. Ulmer reports, "the Insurgents say they are two thousand strong --and keep spies out Continually to watch the movements of Government." Ulmer says the cost of all this will be significant and that the raids have done a lot of damage. |
| Subjects | Waldo Patent Boundary or Property Dispute Law Crime Criminals and Outlaws Rebellion Surveying Assassination Injury or Wound Mobs and Riots Spying Government and Civics Finance |
| People | Ulmer, George (1756-1825) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Sargent, Paul Dudley (1745-1828) Phillips, Thomas (fl. 1787-1800) Parker, Oliver b. 1760) |
| Place written | Ducktrap, Maine |
| Theme | Law; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |