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[Estate records]

Estate records for various people, including Thomas Flucker, Henry and Lucy Knox, Daniel Davis, and Samuel Waldo. Includes various transactions, particularly lands sold. Date from docket.

GLC02437.10427

to Henry Knox

Discusses a payment and sales. Year of creation unknown. Most likely written in Portland, Maine.

GLC02437.09914

to Daniel Davis

Knox has received Davis's letter of October 15 with $200. Knox tells Davis to sell the Duck pond lands for cash if possible. Knox says it will take him some time to divide the lands.

GLC02437.07319

to Henry Knox

Davis tells Knox about the progress he is making in his negotiations over Knox's land. In a postscript, Davis tells Knox he received his letter of October 20 (GLC02437.07319). Davis says, "I have been offered what the Duck pond lands were sold at...

GLC02437.07320

to Henry Knox

Davis discusses bank notes and Mrs. Knox's lands. Davis has been in discussions with Samuel Winslow and James Deering, which Davis relates to Knox. He cannot be fully sure that all the information is accurate. "Mr. Merrill," Davis says "wishes you to...

GLC02437.07331

to Daniel Davis

Knox received Davis's letter of November 27. Knox gives Davis orders as to how to pay Henry Jackson and what money to send to him (Knox). Knox thinks differently than Davis about Mrs. Knox's lands. Knox believes they are valuable. Discusses with...

GLC02437.07333

to Daniel Davis

Knox received "yesterday by the post your favor the 18th instant with the sheriff's endorsement on the back of the order of the 1500 Dollars which you paid him." Knox also tells Davis, "I think you are more competent to decide the case of Tuckey than...

GLC02437.07341

to Henry Knox

Says he showed Knox's letter (GLC02437.07628) to Judge Paine regarding the insurrections of the insurgents in Maine. Notes the judge included Knox's letter as part of his "charge" to the Grand Jury. Encloses (not included) a list of names of men...

GLC02437.07632

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox he can now hold both the Solicitor General's and District Attorney's position due to a bill that recently passed in Congress. Discusses the concerns he has of people's view of him accepting both positions. Asks for Knox's assistance in...

GLC02437.07526

to Henry Knox

Davis discusses Knox's lands and possible buyers, particularly about the Duck-pond lands. Much depends on whether the "timber and wood has not been intirely plundered." Davis offers Knox his help if Knox wants to sell his land, but Davis insists he...

GLC02437.07307