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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10265 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0118] April-June 1793 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Nathan Dane about division of the Waldo patent with the Winslows |
| Date | 4 May 1793 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Dane, Nathan |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Discusses difficulty with "Francis Waldo's proportion." Offers to "co-operate many reasonable measure on the part of the Flucker Family to prevent the Winslows from suffering by the omision of the bond, which I suppose they would have given if required." Asks Nathan Dane to "devise some safe remedy for the evil, if it can be done." Watermarked. Letterpress copy. |
| Subjects | Children and Family Waldo Patent Contract Boundary or Property Dispute Land Transaction |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Dane, Nathan (1752-1835) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture; Children & Family; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Dane was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 through 1788. In 1794 he served on a commission that reviewed and codified the laws of Massachusetts, and also is given credit for the Act of Continental Congress which encouraged European-American settlers into the Northwest Territory and formed the basis of the Constitutions of the five states there (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin). |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |