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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10277 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0119] July-September 1793 |
| Title | Henry Knox to James Sullivan about Waldo patent and taxes |
| Date | 28 August 1793 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Sullivan, James |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Writes concerning the Waldo patent and a "petition of sundry of the heirs of Brig Genl Waldo for remission of certain taxes upon the patent." States that someone will assess the land and the tax. Letterpress copy. |
| Subjects | Petition Taxes or Taxation Waldo Patent Land Transaction Finance Government and Civics |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Sullivan, James (1744-1808) Jackson, Henry (1747-1809) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Sullivan was a State court judge in Massachusetts. Although he was elected to represent Massachusetts at the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783 he did not attend. He was the Republican Attorney General of Massachusetts and in 1801 prosecuted the Dedham murderer Jason Fairbanks. He has also served as the Governor of Massachusetts. The Waldo patent was an area of land in what is now the U.S. state of Maine belonging to General Samuel Waldo, the grandfather of Lucy Knox. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |