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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03688 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0082] October-December 1787 |
| Title | Isaac Winslow to Henry Knox about Massachusetts Court and the Patent |
| Date | 30 October 1787 |
| Author | Winslow, Isaac (1763-1806) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Hopes that the current session of the Massachusetts General Court will help "settle the Limits of the Patent." Reports that his contacts on the Eastern Committee, who will be deciding the matter, do not seem to think it will be difficult to draw suitable boundaries on the Waldo patent. Mentions that several members of the Committee, such as General [Rufus] Putnam, are friendly to their cause. Also discusses surveying the Waldo lands, collecting taxes on them, and handling inheritance claims by other members of their extended family (Isaac Winslow was a distant cousin to Henry Knox through Knox's wife Lucy). "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Government and Civics Boundary or Property Dispute Surveying Taxes or Taxation Finance Estate Children and Family Revolutionary War General |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Winslow, Isaac (1763-1806) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Law; Merchants & Commerce; Agriculture; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Rufus Putnam was very active in providing lands for military veterans after the war. He was also trained as a surveyor, and was involved in a Massachusetts project to survey lands in Maine, where Knox owned territory. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |