12 July 1799

Shute, Benjamin, fl. 1767-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Shute writes Knox for instructions about taking care of Knox's land and dealing with roaming cows.

GLC02437.07284

1 May 1792

Shute, Benjamin, fl. 1767-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Land purchase guarantee]

Authorizes Robert Treat to occupy and improve a tract of land in the Town of Frankfort that he is purchasing from Henry Knox and Isaac and Samuel Winslow. Signed by Benjamin Shute, as agent to Treat, as well as by two witnesses. See GLC02437.05438 for a related document.

GLC02437.05439

6 June 1795

Shute, Benjamin, fl. 1767-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: [Lease of land]

Grants permission to occupy a plot of land and details the borders. Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

GLC02437.06437

16 October 1767-24 December 1767

Shute, Benjamin, fl. 1767-1801

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Memorandum of an agreement between Thomas Goldthwait and Benjamin Shute]

Documents the sale of a tract of land from Goldthwait to Shute. Marked "copy." Signed by Goldthwait and Shute, as well as several witnesses. Thomas Flucker and Francis Waldo also sign their acceptance to the agreement.

GLC02437.09047

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