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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05118 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0101] July-August 1791 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Alexander Stewart on lands in Peterborough, New Hampshire |
| Date | 12 August 1791 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Stewart, Alexander |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Writes in references to lands in Peterborough, New Hampshire that his late father-in-law Thomas Flucker purchased from Richard Gredley. Says there has been illegal sales of some of these lands for the non-payment of taxes by squatters. Notes he has employed a Mr. Otis (Harrison Gray Otis) of Boston to help him with this situation. Comments "As soon as the lands shall be entirely disentangled, which will not be a work of much difficulty they will be for sale." Reports that Otis can inform him on how the matter currently stands. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Land Transaction Finance Estate Law Taxes or Taxation Boundary or Property Dispute |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Stewart, Alexander (fl. 1791) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| 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 |