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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07598 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0146] June-August 1801 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln and Henry Jackson about settler conflict, how he has armed his surveyors |
| Date | 30 August 1801 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Lincoln, Benjamin Jackson, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Letter is not signed but appears to be Knox's handwriting. Discusses the ongoing conflict among the settlers and Knox's surveyors. Informs the gentlemen he sent his surveyors out armed enough to defend themselves against any attacks from the settlers. Also says he has sent three gentlemen to assemble the people at different settlements on the Plymouth Company land that borders Knox's land. The gentlemen have three goals: the first is to have Knox's land surveyed peaceably, if impractical then the second goal is to give the surveyors notice, the third is to obtain evidence against the insurgents. Docket notes letter is written to "Gen Lincoln & Jackson," likely referring to Benjamin Lincoln and Henry Jackson. |
| Subjects | Waldo Patent Landlord and Tenant Boundary or Property Dispute Mobs and Riots Rebellion Surveying Prisoner Weaponry |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Place written | Thomaston, Maine |
| Theme | Law; Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |