12 March 1757

Phillips, Anderson, fl. 1757

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Note]

Note stating that Thomas Flucker has paid Phillips.

GLC02437.08985

18 July 1757

Bearsman, Henry, fl. 1757

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bill of sale]

Sale of various items to Thomas Flucker, including a pan to boil sugar, copper ladles and other items. Also signed by William Belcher and James Hills as witnesses.

GLC02437.08989

7 May 1760

Manuscript document

Title: [Account]

Accounts for the late James Bowdoin, with an inventory of his estate. Notes that James Pitts is his executor.

GLC02437.08999

15 October 1762

Bollan, William, fl. 1750-1763

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Samuel Waldo et. al.

Written from "Leicester Square," likely in London, England. Addressed to Samuel Waldo, Francis Waldo, Isaac Winslow, and Thomas Flucker. Discusses the lands being granted to Samuel Waldo and his heirs by the British government. Mentions Governor [Francis] Bernard and Mr. [Thomas] Pownall.

GLC02437.09009

8 July 1762

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to William Bollan

Illegible signature. Apparently discusses claims on land bordering the Earl of Stirling's land, possibly in the Waldo patent.

GLC02437.09010

24 April 1763

Bollan, William, fl. 1750-1763

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Samuel Waldo et. al.

Marked "duplicate." Written from "Leicester Square," likely in London, England. Addressed to Samuel Waldo, Francis Waldo, Isaac Winslow, and Thomas Flucker. Writes, "The enclosed copy [not present] of the Petition which I have presented to His Majesty in Council on your behalf will shew you what measures have been taken to obtain the Royal approbation of your grant." Apparently is trying to counter the Crown's claim on lands between the Penobscot and St. Croix Rivers in Maine, which Waldo et. al. consider part of the Waldo patent. Also asks that they pay him as soon as is convenient.

GLC02437.09014

June 14, 1763

Manuscript document

Title: to William Bollan

Unsigned, but author may be Samuel Waldo, Francis Waldo, Isaac Winslow, or Thomas Flucker, as the letter is a response to a letter Bollan wrote to them (see GLC02437.09014). Thank him for going to all the trouble of submitting a petition to His Majesty and the Court for receiving compensation for a portion of land. Are unsure how much of a financial recompense is suitable to pay him, so ask him to mention a sum.

GLC02437.09018

29 July 1763

Bollan, William, fl. 1750-1763

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Francis Waldo et. al.

Written from Leicester Square, likely in London, England. Addressed to Francis Waldo, Isaac Winslow, and Thomas Flucker. Summarizes to them his letter from 24 April (see GLC02437.09014). Expresses frustration at their inquiries regarding what fees they owe him as well as the fees they owe the court, and believes they "sat down to write before you had given your own business the hundredth part of that consideration which I had taken of it." Provides a detailed assessment of the status of their petition.

GLC02437.09019

1765-1769

Adams, Edward, fl. 1765-1772

Manuscript document

Title: [Account with Thomas Flucker]

Financial account between Edward Adams and Thomas Flucker between 1765 and 1769.

GLC02437.09026

10 July 1767

Adams, Edward, fl. 1765-1772

Autograph document signed

Title: [Obligation to James Pitts & Thomas Flucker]

Promise from Adams to deliver particular goods for Pitts and Flucker to sell.

GLC02437.09043

7 April 1768

Pemberton, Samuel, 1723-1799

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Indenture between the Waldo heirs and the Twenty Associates]

The heirs of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo and their spouses agree to sell the original twenty associates of the Lincolnshire Company certain tracts of land in the Waldo patent, which were promised to the associates by Brigadier General Waldo.

GLC02437.09050

25 April 1768

Adams, Edward, fl. 1765-1772

Manuscript letter signed

Title: [Account with Thomas Flucker]

Financial account between Flucker and Adams from 1767 to 25 April 1768.

GLC02437.09052

February 22, 1769-March 11, 1769

Schnaudiel, John Willhem, fl. 1769

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Complaint from settlers at Broad Bay]

Signed by Schnaudiel as well as over twenty others. The authors, all German by birth, allege that in 1753, they were approached in Germany by Samuel Waldo, Jr. and offered settlement at Broad Bay in New England. The authors sold their homes in Germany and traveled to Broad Bay, where Waldo reneged on his promises, giving them less land, and land in poorer locations. Note on page 3 indicates that some of the signatories presented the petition to John Hill, Justice of the Peace, who signed it as a witness.

GLC02437.09057

28 February 1771

Adams, Edward, fl. 1765-1772

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account with Thomas Flucker]

Financial account between Edward Adams and Thomas Flucker.

GLC02437.09068

7 April 1771-1 January 1772

Bullock, John, fl. 1771

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Power of Attorney given to Francis Waldo]

Agreement that John Bullock has given power of attorney to Francis Waldo, in order for Waldo to recover a bond given by the late Samuel Waldo to the late Josiah Bullock. Signed by John Bullock, as well as William Harper as witness. Also present is a note signed by Francis Waldo acknowledging receipt of a sum of money from Thomas Flucker, relating to John Bullock's bond.

GLC02437.09070

25 June 1772-20 April 1774

Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Thomas Caldwell and Ephraim Cummings [incomplete]

Contains several letters, all of which discuss lands in New Hampshire in which the heirs of Brigadier Samuel Waldo have interest.

GLC02437.09076

22 April 1773-29 April 1786

Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed to Richard Clarke]

Marked "copy." Notes that the Superior Court of Massachusetts granted the authors, as surviving executors of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo's estate, the power to sell lands of Waldo's to pay his debts. The present deed documents the sale of a land lot to Richard Clarke in exchange for a particular sum of money. Signed on behalf of Francis Waldo, Isaac Winslow, and Thomas Flucker, as well as by Samuel Quincy and Increase Sumner Jr. as witnesses. Below the signatures is a note declaring that Enoch Freeman copied the above on or about 29 April 1786; Enoch Freeman also signs the note.…

GLC02437.09080

May 1773

Manuscript document

Title: [List of German settlers on east side of Broad Bay]

List of German settlers on the east side of Broad Bay received from the Schoolmaster in May 1773.

GLC02437.09082

February 1, 1774

Bernard, Francis, 1712-1779

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Flucker

Writes that he has been waiting to hear about Flucker's son's commission, but has not yet. Is very unhappy about the status of Colonel [Thomas] Goldthwait's application to settle the town of Frankfort, in the Waldo patent, and discusses how it contradicts his wishes. Accepts his offer of a land grant.

GLC02437.09089

26 August 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Samuel Brown, Jonathan Crocket, and Robert Jameson

Signed by Knox and Isaac Winslow Jr., though both signatures, as well as the letter's content, are in Knox's hand. Addressed to Brown, Crocket and Jameson as members of a Committee for Thomaston. Document suggests regulations and procedures for settlers on land belonging to Winslow and Knox, acting as representatives for the heirs and executors of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo.

GLC02437.09155

9 July 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to John Anstey

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Reports that two British citizens, Lord Loughborough [possibly Alexander Wedderburn, subsequently 1st Earl of Rosslyn] and John Skinner, have an interest in a portion of the Muscongus patent. Explains how these two individuals got involved with the land, which belonged to Francis Waldo through his father, Brigadier General Samuel Waldo.

GLC02437.09176

21 September 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [List]

Document is not signed but appears to be in Henry Knox's handwriting. A list of islands and its inhabitants lying east of Carvers Island, Maine. Date was added later in pencil.

GLC02437.09187

23 September 1788

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Land agreement]

Document is signed by Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, Isaac Winslow, and numerous others inhabitants. A land agreement involving Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, Isaac Winslow (the heirs and representatives of the late Brigadier General Samuel Waldo), and the inhabitants of Penobscot Bay and Canaan, Maine. The heirs agree to supply the inhabitants who agree to their payment terms with warrantee deeds. The land is being sold to the inhabitants for four shillings, or 2/3 of a dollar, per acre without interest as long as payments are timely made. A list of the inhabitants and the amount of acres…

GLC02437.09188

October 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to the inhabitants

Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Writes a letter to the inhabitants of Canaan, Maine assuring them that the agreement they made with [likely Henry Knox, Isaac Winslow, and Samuel Winslow] will be a great advantage to them and their children. Notes they have no objections to the people petitioning the General Court becuase they [likely Waldo and/or Winslow] are acting within the law.

GLC02437.09205

1783-1815

Manuscript document

Title: [List of islands and inhabitants east of Carver's Island]

List of three islands and the people who live on them.

GLC02437.09213