2 December 1799

Gleason, John, fl. 1796-1811

Manuscript document

Title: [Note]

Note or receipt stating that Isaac Heal has paid $26 for land.

GLC02437.08762

18 December 1802

Manuscript document

Title: [Ledger]

Ledger booklet with a list of names, towns, dates and amounts. Appears to be related to mortgages.

GLC02437.08792

17 March 1802

Colfin, P., fl. 1802

Document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Receipt of Henry Knox's claim on the Waldo patent.

GLC02437.08796

3 October 1803

Greeley, Philip, fl. 1803

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

Payment for Greeley's services as a surveyor. Also includes a note of receipt signed by Greeley.

GLC02437.08818

5 March 1802-31 March 1804

Green, Richard, 1783-1873

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

Note regarding the examination of the claims of settlers for land. Noted as written at "Salem Towne." Includes a note of receipt signed Boston, 31 March 1804 by Richard Green.

GLC02437.08822

10 August 1734

Manuscript document

Title: [Extract]

Extract of a deed from Samuel Waldo regarding land in Maine.

GLC02437.08864

27 March 1734

Jones, Stephen, fl. 1734-1738

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

States that Stephen Jones and Adam Richardson have been appointed to survey a tract of land for Samuel Waldo. Noted as written in Georgetown, state unknown.

GLC02437.08865

20 November 1734

Manuscript document

Title: [Extract]

Extract of a deed from Samuel Waldo to Adam Winthrop regarding money and land.

GLC02437.08867

8 July 1735

Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Patent]

Discusses the settling of various pieces of property.

GLC02437.08869

13 May 1738

Gregg, Thomas, 1703-1748

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Land Transactions]

Agreements with a several people regarding land settlements.

GLC02437.08870

circa 24 July 1736

Longley, John, fl. 1736

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Report]

States that he was taken captive by Indians in 1694, lived with them for four years, serving for two as the chief's servant.

GLC02437.08874

4 August 1793

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [An article of Francis Waldo's will]

Document pertains to issues regarding the division of the estate once belonging to Francis Waldo. Knox hopes to secure the portion of the Waldo patent left to Hannah Harwood. Believes he is entitled to it because Harwood once deprived Lucy Knox of over four thousand dollars that she was meant to inherit from Francis Waldo, when Harwood lost the money as a debt. This discussion is related to Knox's desire to buy the Winslow family's share of the Waldo patent. Contains a transciption of part of Francis Waldo's will, stating that over two thousand dollars be divided among the children of his…

GLC02437.09245

16 August 1794

Wetmore, William, 1749-1830

Autograph document signed

Title: [Land transfer certificate]

Agreement relating to the transfer of 6,000 acres of land within the Waldo patent.

GLC02437.09252

19 August 1789

Waldo, Samuel, fl. 1723-1770

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes to discuss a possible dispute over a piece of property he is interested in, and the related financial situation. Signed by either S. Waldo or I. Waldo. Letter has no recipient, but was likely written to Knox, since the author states "Mrs. W. presents her reards to you, Mrs. K, and family."

GLC02437.09227

23 October 1789

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to Samuel Waldo [fragment]

Discussing financial transactions regarding properties in Maine that Knox and Waldo are involved with.

GLC02437.09228

October 1790

Wetmore, William, 1749-1830

Manuscript document

Title: [Judgement regarding land in Waldo patent]

Judgement regarding the ownership of lands within the Waldo patent. Pertains to a disagreement between Sarah Waldo and William Wetmore who are disputting the ownership of lands within the patent. The judgement divides the land between them. Docket states that the judgement was made as an agreement between Henry Knox and William Wetmore.

GLC02437.09234

December 1, 1791

Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876

Document signed

Title: [Deed for sale of land in the Waldo Patent]

Deed of sale for part of the Waldo patent from Oliver Smith to Henry Jackson. A deed certifying the sale of around 65,000 acres of land purchased by Smith at auction from the estate of Thomas Flucker. Describes in detail the specifics of the land being sold and the history of the land's ownership. Also signed with the names of Hannah Spanell, Oliver Smith and Anee Smith. Cooper signs as the "Justice of the Peace."

GLC02437.09237

21 July 1791

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Document signed

Title: The estate of the late Thomas Flucker Esqr to Henry Knox agent of said estate

A list of expenses for Thomas Flucker's estate, mostly regarding upkeep of the Waldo patent.

GLC02437.10425

February 16, 1798 - February 23, 1798

Sumner, Increase, 1746-1799

Document signed

Title: [Resolution regarding distribution of lands in the Waldo patent]

Appointing a surveyor to settle a dispute over lands within the Waldo patent. Some of the lands recently granted to Waldo's heirs were withing the holding of the Plymouth company, and this overlap must be resolved. Also signed by Samuel Phillips, John Avery and Edward Robbins. Identical text to GLC02437.09264.

GLC02437.09265

February 16, 1798 - February 23, 1798

Sumner, Increase, 1746-1799

Document signed

Title: [Resolution regarding distribution of lands in the Waldo patent]

Appointing a surveyor to settle a dispute over lands within the Waldo patent. Some of the lands recently granted to Waldo's heirs were withing the holding of the Plymouth company, and this overlap must be resolved. Also signed by Samuel Phillips, John Avery and Edward Robbins. Identical text to GLC02437.09265, possibly a copy.

GLC02437.09264

4 April 1798

Document

Title: An estimate of the value of lands remaining unalienated in the Waldo Patent

Listing of "unalienated" properties within the Waldo patent, and their value.

GLC02437.09266

20 July 1799

Davis, Thomas, fl. 1794-1799

Document

Title: [Assessment from Thomas Davis to Henry Knox]

Results of Thomas Davis' assessment of parts of the Waldo patent, awarded lands to Henry Knox. The Massachusetts Legislature had voted to award Knox extra lands within the patent to make up for lands never properly awarded to him, and had commisioned Davis to survey the area and choose what lands to award him.

GLC02437.09268

29 October 1800

Ulmer, George, 1756-1825

Document signed

Title: [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

circa 1800

Bartlet, Benjamin, fl. 1800-1801

Document

Title: [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 states that the document was written in either 1800 or 1801.

GLC02437.09271

19 May 1795

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Agreement with James Swan for land sale, with later endorsements]

Agreement granting 25,000 acres in the Waldo patent from Henry Knox to James Swan, also giving Knox the right to buy the land back at a fixed price. Signed twice by Knox with his initials. Later endorsement at bottom of second page, dated 7 November 1798, stating that Knox is buying the land back from Swann. A second endorsement, dated 29 November 1799, states that Swan has yet to transfer his holdings to anyone.

GLC02437.09255