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4 July 1785

Phillips, Samuel, 1752-1802

Printed document

Title: Resolve confirming a grant of land of thirty miles square to the heirs of Birgadier Waldo, on certain conditions, July 4, 1785

Resolution by a General Court committee regarding lands given originally to Beauchamp and Leverett but now perhaps part of the Waldo patent. Authored by Phillips, Wells and Dane as members of the committee. Read and accepted by the Senate and approved by the Governor. Attested as a true copy by John Avery, Secretary.

GLC02437.09128

4 July 1785

Manuscript document

Title: Report of the committee which was accepted the 4th of July 1785, established a contract between the Commonwealth & the proprietors for thirty miles square

Discusses the implications of the report made by a General Court committee on a portion of the Waldo patent lands (see GLC02437.09128). Considers how the committee's recommendations may be put into action.

GLC02437.09129

4 July 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Report of a committee which was accepted the 4th of July, 1785 established a Contract between thte Commonwealth & the proprietors for thirty miles square

Copy of GLC02437.09129 but contains additional content, some of which appears to be written in the hand of Henry Knox.

GLC02437.09130

13 October 1785

Hunt, William, fl. 1785-1792

Manuscript document

Title: [Notes from the Muscongus property meeting]

Notes taken at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern in Boston, Massachusetts. Lists those present as representatives for proprietors of the Muscongus patent, as well as members of a committee appointed to confer with the General Court committee on the subject. Discuss how best to divide up the land in the Muscongus patent, to follow the General Court's instructions and to "prevent future Controversy."

GLC02437.09134

14 October 1785

Hunt, William, fl. 1785-1792

Manuscript document

Title: [Agreement with William Hunt]

Contract stating that Henry Knox, Samuel and Isaac Winslow, and Samuel Waldo are "held & stand firmly bound & Obliged unto William Hunt of Boston" for the Muscongus patent. Declares that Hunt is writing as clerk of the ten original proprietors of the patent. States the details of the arrangement. Docket asserts that this document was sent to Knox by William Hunt, but that he did not sign it, and instead signed a later copy.

GLC02437.09135

14 October 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bond with the ten proprietors]

Largely identical to GLC02437.09135, but signed by Henry Knox, Isaac Winslow, Samuel Winslow, Isaac Winslow the 2nd, Elizabeth Winslow, and Sarah Tyng Winslow (though all names are written in the same hand). Also signed by Henry Jackson, John Hall, and [Amnri] Hall as witnesses.

GLC02437.09136

14 October 1785

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Bond with the ten proprietors]

Copy of GLC02437.09136. Signed by Isaac Winslow, Samuel Winslow, Isaac Winslow the 2nd, Elizabeth Winslow, and Sarah Tyng Winslow (though all names are written in the same hand). Also signed by [Cobb] Blodget, [Abial] Morton, William Davis, Jr. and Martha Winslow as witnesses. Unsigned by Knox, but marked as copy and discussed in Knox's hand in the docket.

GLC02437.09137

1 November 1785

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript document

Title: [Bond to Thomas Ivers]

Marked "copy." Bond to Thomas Ivers, the treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for a sum of money to be paid by the heirs of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo. Jackson signs on behalf of Henry Knox. Also signed by Isaac Winslow, Samuel Winslow, Isaac Winslow the 2nd, Elizabeth Winslow, and Sarah Tyng Winslow (though all names are written in the same hand).

GLC02437.09139

March 22, 1786

Manuscript document

Title: [Extracts from tax acts]

Contains extracts from three tax acts, passed 22 March 1786, 25 March 1788, and 14 February 1789. Each act pertains to the heirs of Brigadier General Samuel Waldo and the lands they inherited.

GLC02437.09146

22 March 1786

Manuscript document

Title: [Extract from Tax Act passed March 22nd 1786]

Extract from a tax act passed by the Massachusetts General Court pertaining to the Waldo patent lands.

GLC02437.09147

19 April 1786

Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes to inform Knox of an inquiry he has made regarding taxes levied on the Waldo patent lands. Provides a report on the taxes and suggests that he, Knox, and their associates present a list of their grievances to the next session of the General Court. Adds that if Knox cannot be in town at the appropriate time, he might like to write to his friends [Benjamin] Hichborn and [Edward H.] Robbins for further advice.

GLC02437.09151

August 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Memorandums respecting the Muscongus Patent]

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox; also has Knox's initials in the upper right on page 1. Document contains a variety of notes about portions of land in the Waldo patent, the land's owners, and features of the land.

GLC02437.09152

24 March 1785

Manuscript document

Title: [Extract]

Extract of an agreement between Thomas Flucker and Francis [Bortand ?] regarding mortgages on land, dated 1 April 1756. Noted as a copy.

GLC02437.08983

circa 1789-1794

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

Autograph document

Title: [Notes]

Notes dealing with the United States relationship and treaties with the Indians. A portion of the documents states, "Instead of acknowledging the Indians to be the proper owners, may it not be as well to change the idea, so as to say, that the U.S. have no right to take their lands without a contract with them." Creator inferred from content and handwriting.

GLC02437.09880

circa 1784-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Introduces Col. John Nelson, who is soliciting donations from gentlemen of "benevolence and piety" in Boston to rebuild the meeting house in New Brunswick, New Jersey which was damaged during the "late war." Knox notes that the town was "almost erased by the malignancy of our enemies in 76 and 77."

GLC02437.09890

January 1800

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Mortgage from Knox to Henry Jackson]

Knox mortgages 50,000 acres of Waldo Patent land to Henry Jackson as security for the payment of "sundry notes of hand." Pertains to a financial matter concerning James and Hepzibah Swan, John Coffin Jones, and Joseph Russell.

GLC02437.10339

circa 1789

Manuscript document

Title: [Deed]

Record of a deed for two plots of land. Includes a diagram at the bottom, possibly the blueprint of a building. The transaction involves the Library Company of Philadelphia.

GLC02437.10363

circa 1787-1806

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Fragment]

Fragment of a larger document discussing a payment involving "Mr. [Thomas] Jefferson, Mr. Vaughan," and "D Cou[l]teaux," as well as an order of claret for Jefferson.

GLC02437.10365

4 October 1787

Hunt, William, fl. 1785-1792

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt]

Receipt of money for land William Hunt sold to James Sullivan. Signed by Edmund Quincy and James Perkins as witnesses.

GLC02437.10418

10 September 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Notes]

Notes regarding a meeting of the inhabitants of the land around the St. Georges River discussing the estate of the late Brigadier General Samuel Waldo. Signed by Samuel Watt, Andrew Robinson, Enoch Ripley and many others.

GLC02437.10419

14 November 1788

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Petition]

Petition to the legislature of Massachusetts and the general court in regards to land patents. Includes a "signature" from Isaac Winslow, possibly written in Knox's hand.

GLC02437.10421