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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.06000 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0120] October-December 1793 |
| Title | Samuel Waldo to Henry Knox about land division |
| Date | 21 December 1793 |
| Author | Waldo, Samuel (1764-1798) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Wanted to transmit "The Brigadiers plan" in the mail, but it could not be folded small enough to be sent. Says the plan is on a coarse paper and is about 3.5 feet by 3 feet and "I conceive the plan by which a division was first made with the original proprietors - the patent is made to extend to a small point opposite Long Island, then back into the country 30 miles." Will send the plan to Boston, Massachusetts where it will be shipped by water. Postscript asks that Knox send his servant to John Fenno so he can get a subscription to the Gazette of the United States. "Free" handwritten on address leaf with no signature. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Revolutionary War General Estate Waldo Patent Land Transaction Surveying Geography and Natural History Servant Journalism Contract |
| People | Waldo, Samuel (1764-1798) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Portland, 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 |