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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.07172 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0163] Undated: Knox as Landlord |
Title | Land Deed |
Date | 29 September 1798 - 2 April 1799 |
Author | Copeland, Moses (fl. 1786-1807) |
Additional authors | Copeland, David (fl. 1798); Lowe, Samuel (fl. 1797-1798); Reed, Josiah (fl. 1798-1799) |
Document Type | Land transaction document; Legal document |
Content Description | Partially printed document with subsequent information filled in by hand. Certifies that Moses Copeland has sold land to Henry Knox and that he relinquishes all his claims to that particular property. Signed by David Copeland and Samuel Lowe as witnesses. Also contains a verification by Josiah Reed as the Justice of the Peace, dated Thomaston 2 April 1799. |
Subjects | Land Transaction Contract Waldo Patent |
People | Copeland, David (fl. 1798) Copeland, Moses (fl. 1786-1807) Lowe, Samuel (fl. 1797-1798) Reed, Josiah (fl. 1798-1805) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Place written | Thomaston, Maine |
Theme | Law |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Additional Information | Preliminary research suggests a man by the name of Moses Copeland was born in 1741 and died in 1817 in Warren, Maine, but it is unclear whether he is, in fact, the Moses Copeland of this document. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |