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27 September 1788

Manuscript document

Title: [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 [Benjamin?] Shute, Capt Black and others."

GLC02437.09189

27 September 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: 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 Benjamin Shute for protecting the above mentioned names property rights. Two inserts are included.

GLC02437.09191

27 September 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: 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 [likely Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, Isaac Winslow who are the heirs and representatives of the late Brigadier General Samuel Waldo] proposition they will not be obligated to offer the deal again at a later date. One insert is included.

GLC02437.09192

27 September 1788

Shute, Benjamin, fl. 1767-1801

Manuscript document

Title: [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 built.

GLC02437.09193

27 September 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [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, Samuel Winslow, and Isaac Winslow's proposition for purchasing lots of lands in Frankfort. The terms and conditions of the sale are also provided.

GLC02437.09194

29 September 1788

Manuscript document

Title: [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 occupier and amount of land are left blank. Form 2 is also a generic form with blanks that a subscriber (which is left blank) would sign agreeing to the terms of payment. The generic forms possibly could be intended for the use of George Ulmer, Henry Knox and Samuel and Isaac Winslow's land agent, when making agreements with the settlers.…

GLC02437.09196

2 October 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [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 four shillings an acre or 2/3 of a dollar per acre. The document contains the full terms of the agreement along with details about surveying the land. Document appears to be a duplicate of GLC02437.09199.

GLC02437.09200

29 October 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [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

22 November 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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

22 November 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [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 part of the [Waldo?] patent.

GLC02437.09208

22 November 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [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 part of the [Waldo?] patent. Appears the heirs of the Waldo patent are missing 39,088 acres of land from the patent.

GLC02437.09209

31 May 1759

Manuscript document

Title: [Burial of Samuel Waldo]

An announcement of General Samuel Waldo's death. The notice describes the history of Waldo's death and the location of his burial. Noted on last page, "Printed in the N.Y. Historical & Genealogical Register for October 1882."

GLC02437.09210

26 May 1800

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Printed document

Title: [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 prosecution as "surveyors or abettors [sic] in such nefarious designs." Noted as from Montpelier, which is the Knox home in Thomaston, Maine, located by the St. Georges River.

GLC02437.09270

25 March 1783

Bushnell, David, 1740-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Requests a furlough for Josiah Robbins to go to Wethersfield, Connecticut. Written at Constitution Island.

GLC02437.09701

29 May 1783

Ten Eyck, Henry, fl. 1777-1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for two prisoners]

Also signed by John Lillie of the A. W. Camp. Covers the period of one day. Contains a note on page two signed by John Waid, who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09747

28 May 1783

Douglass, Richard, fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for two prisoners]

Also signed by Samuel Shaw. Covers the period of one day. Contains a note on page two written by [Ebeneezer] Gilbert, who confirms receipt of rations.

GLC02437.09748