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A rough estimate of the value of the Muscongus Patent

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Calculations and notes regarding the value of different portions of land in the Muscongus patent.

GLC02437.09169

[Notes from a conversation between John Anstey and Henry Knox]

Notes from a conversation between Anstey and Knox on the subject of property loss in America by Loyalists due to the Revolutionary War. Specifically addresses losses by those who stood to inherit from Brigadier General Samuel Waldo and Thomas and...

GLC02437.09177

to the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Knox writes to the Committee, which includes Leonard Jarvis, Samuel Phillips, Daniel Correy, John Read [Knox spells it "Reed"], and Nathaniel Wells. Seems to be writing on behalf of the...

GLC02437.09178

[List of German settlers who have demands on the Waldo heirs for land]

Author unknown, but docket appears to be in Knox's hand. Extensive list of men who have claims on Waldo patent land, apparently from promises made to them by Samuel Waldo when they were recruited from Germany.

GLC02437.09179

to unknown [incomplete]

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. No addressee listed. Asks the addressee for any information on German settlers who might have a claim on Waldo patent lands, including evidence and details of their situations. Hopes to...

GLC02437.09180

[List]

A list of names from proceedings at Warren, Maine.

GLC02437.09182

[Land agreement]

Signed by Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, and Isaac Winslow. The document also includes a list of signatures of second parties to the agreement. Appears to be a legal land agreement (possibly part of the Waldo patent) involving Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow...

GLC02437.09183

[List]

A list of names of the inhabitants who were present at Thomaston, Maine on 17 September 1788. The names are of inhabitants who did not "compromise" themselves to them [possibly the Waldo heirs?] but now wish to.

GLC02437.09184

[List]

A list of person names (possibly Germans) that have demands on the heirs of Brigadier General [Samuel] Waldo for lands promised to them by Waldo.

GLC02437.09185

[List]

A list of the settlers in the town of Frankfort, Maine in 1788. The list contains the names of the "old" settlers who settled under Colonel Goldthwait and the "new" settlers. Date was taken from the docket. Docket notes, "given by Lt Colonel...

GLC02437.09189

to Benjamin Shute

Document is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Noted as a copy on the docket. Appears to be a land agreement involving Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, and Isaac Winslow in Frankfort, Maine. Instructions are also given to Colonel...

GLC02437.09191

to unknown

Document is not signed but appears to be in Henry Knox's handwriting. Instructions regarding a proposition to the settlers in Frankfort, Maine for purchasing land and supplying the settlers with warrantee deeds. States if any settlers reject their...

GLC02437.09192

[Certificate]

Noted as a copy. A certificate from the inhabitants of Frankfort Plantation showing that Governor Francis Bernard and Thomas Goldthwait did not execute their agreements. States only 18 families were settled and the roads and a church were never...

GLC02437.09193

[Land agreement]

Document is possibly in Henry Knox's handwriting. An agreement between the settlers in Frankfort, Maine and Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, and Isaac Winslow (who are the heirs of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo). The settlers agree to accept Henry Knox...

GLC02437.09194

[Forms]

Appears to be two different agreements separated out as "Form No 1" and "Form No 2." Form 1 is a generic form with blanks filled in by Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, and Isaac Winslow giving their permission for the occupation on a lot of land; name of...

GLC02437.09196

[Land agreement]

Document is signed by Henry Knox and various other people. A land agreement between Henry Knox and the inhabitants of Owls Head, Maine. Knox agrees to supply the inhabitants who agree to his terms with warranty deeds. The land is being sold for...

GLC02437.09200

[Petition]

A draft to petition the General Court for land that was illegally sold to pay taxes. Mentions a resolve passed by the legislature which protects the heirs land rights to the Waldo patent. Letter is not signed but was possibly written by Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09204

[Receipt]

Noted as a copy. Expenses incurred by Henry Knox during a visit to the patent of Beauchamp [Waldo patent]. Document also includes a receipt for a portion of paid taxes by Isaac Winslow to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09207

[Protest]

Possibly a copy. A formal protest to the Eastern Committee by Henry Knox, [Joseph Winslow], Isaac Winslow, and Samuel Winslow concerning the patent [Waldo patent]. The protest appears to deal with the legal boundaries and amount of land that is...

GLC02437.09208

[Protest]

Noted as a copy. A formal protest to the Eastern Committee by Henry Knox, [Joseph Winslow], Isaac Winslow, and Samuel Winslow concerning the patent [Waldo patent]. The protest appears to deal with the legal boundaries and the amount of land that is...

GLC02437.09209

List of subscribers to land in Warren 1788

Later description of previous document, GLC02437.09211.

GLC02437.09212

[Petition to the Massachusetts legislature from the inhabitants of Waldoborough]

The citizens of Waldoborough petitioning for land they believe is owed them from thirty years earlier, due to an agreement with General Waldo when they first settled there. Also petitioning to not have to pay again for their current lands, due to...

GLC02437.09215

[Certificate for land owned by Henry Knox rented to Jonathan Fletcher]

Certifying that Jonathan Fletcher leased from Ulmer "one hundred acres of Land at four shilllings per acre in interest from October 1788 - while I was agent for Henry Knox."

GLC02437.09269

[Warning to people who have usurped land in the Waldo Patent]

Warning to those who have or wish to usurp land in the Waldo Patent that they will suffer the consequences of the law and also serves to notify those who have been "seduced by the temporary impunity of the above usurpers" that they too, could face...

GLC02437.09270

[Petition of Benjamin Bartlet to the Massachusetts Legislature]

Petition on behalf of Bartlet to the Massachusetts legislature, requesting support to help pay for his land and support his family. On verso is the bottom of a printed act of the Massachusetts legislature. A later penciled docket on the first page...

GLC02437.09271