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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04425 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0092] November-December 1789 |
| Title | Samuel Waldo to Henry Knox regarding claims on the Waldo patent lands |
| Date | 5 December 1789 |
| Author | Waldo, Samuel (1764-1798) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Discusses business related to the Waldo patent, specifically pertaining to Coopers claim. Expresses his wish that Knox "may tend to obtain a recovery of our claim, which is too valuable to be any longer neglected - it contains 1009 acres, and on computing the several sums my grandfather paid for title deeds, it appears to have cost him about 1230 [lbs] this currency." "Free" handwritten on address leaf with no signature. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Waldo Patent Revolutionary War General Law Landlord and Tenant Boundary or Property Dispute Estate Finance |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Waldo, Samuel (1764-1798) |
| Place written | Portland, Maine |
| Theme | Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |