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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.09045 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0004] 1760-1769 |
| Title | John Palairet to an unknown recipient about the sale of some land in the Waldo patent |
| Date | 22 September 1767 |
| Author | Palairet, John (fl. 1767-1768) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Addressee unknown, but may be Samuel Waldo, as Palairet corresponded with Waldo in subsequent letters on the same subject (see GLC02437.09054). Declares that the bearer, his friend Mr. Hulton, has recently been appointed to a position as Commissioner of His Majesty's Customs for America. As a show of friendship, has offered to sell Mr. Hulton his choice of Palairet's lands in the Waldo patent. Asks the addressee to answer any questions Hulton might have and show him the lands belonging to Palairet and his son, so he might make his choice. Discusses business accounts, as well as the receipt of a letter from Francis Waldo. Reports that the previous year, he lost his wife and youngest daughter, and he "had a great deal of trouble & affliction: but thank God I am pretty well now. I grow old and weak and very tired of business. I shall be glad of any opportunity to serve you to the utmost of my power." |
| Subjects | Business and Finance Finance Land Transaction Waldo Patent Taxes or Taxation Government and Civics Children and Family Health and Medical Death Women's History |
| People | Palairet, John (fl. 1767-1768) Waldo, Francis (ca. 1728-1784) |
| Place written | London, England |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Banking & Economics; Health & Medicine; Children & Family; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Preliminary research discovered a John Palairet (1697-1774) living in London when this was written, but there was no biographical information to confirm that he is the same man as the author of this document. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | John Palairet to Samuel Waldo about land claims and acquisitions |