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to Joseph Copeland

Letter is signed by Henry Knox, Joseph Copeland, and John Gleason as a witness. Appears to be an agreement between Henry Knox and Joseph Copeland regarding Knox's Eastern lands. Knox complains about people cutting his timber on the Warren lands and...

GLC02437.07499

to Joseph Martin

Discusses land deals in Hampden and Bangor, Maine. Mentions the number of settlers in the townships and the amount of their claims. Appears to be asking for legal assistance regarding land. A copy of a note dated 29 December 1801 is on the last page...

GLC02437.07533

to William Sterrit, Samuel Brown and Josiah Reed

Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox handwriting. Discusses the ongoing conflict with the settlers on the north part of the Waldo patent. Describes the issues of the conflict and the danger the surveyors are in. Requests the gentlemen show...

GLC02437.07568

to Benjamin Shute

Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Requests Shute informs the people that Knox will remain in Thomaston, Maine until the first of August to provide the settlers with their deeds. A portion of the letter, including Knox's...

GLC02437.07601

[Indictments found by the Grand Jury]

Document is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. A list of names of the men who were indicted by the Grand Jury for riots that took place 4 July 1801. Also includes two different lists of "evidences" (possibly witnesses) the first...

GLC02437.07633

Prospectus of an historical and allegorical picture, entitled the Siege of York

Title continues: "or, the British surrendering their arms to General Washington after their defeat at York-Town, in Virginia, in the month of October, 1781." States that John Francis Renault is the creator of the work. Contains a description of the...

GLC02437.10361

[Quit Claim]

Signed by Joseph Dean. David Fales and John Gleason signed as witnesses. A land deed for 11acres of land in "Newcanaan" (possibly New Canaan, Connecticut) for the sum of $10 paid by Henry Knox to Joseph Dean.

GLC02437.07665

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox of the men who have signed the petition to the Legislature [possibly for a turnpike road] and the amount of money each man subscribed. Notes several men were missing from the meeting. Also says the men would like to change the distance...

GLC02437.07697

to Samuel Thatcher

Inquiring whether is it better "to bring the action in the right of" Lucy Knox or Henry Knox for the purposes of ejecting an intruder from the Waldo patent. Also explains how he and Lucy came to be in possession of the Waldo patent.

GLC02437.09273

to Charles Vaughan

Appears to discuss a land agreement made between Henry Knox, Charles Vaughan, Thomas Winthrop, and George Ulmer.

GLC02437.07536