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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03058 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0073] August-December 1784 |
| Title | Mason Wheaton to Henry Knox discussing the Waldo patent |
| Date | 18 October 1784 |
| Author | Wheaton, Mason (1733-fd.) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Colonel Wheaton discusses "the subject of the Waldo patent and more particularly of the part of it which belonged to Mr. [Thomas] Flucker." Reports that the Patent was divided in four sections between Thomas Flucker, Francis Waldo, Samuel Waldo, and Isaac Winslow. Mentions squatters on the Waldo land. Expresses his interest in selling lime (for use in masonry). |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Estate Loyalist Law Finance Industry Commerce Revolutionary War General |
| People | Wheaton, Mason (1733-fd.) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Thomaston, Maine |
| Theme | Children & Family; Merchants & Commerce; Industry |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Possibly Mason Wheaton of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (b. 1733). |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |