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Wheaton, Mason, fl. 1784-1798 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03058 Author/Creator: Wheaton, Mason, fl. 1784-1798 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 October 1784 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Wheaton discusses "the subject of the Waldo Patent and more particularly of the part of it which belonged to Mr. [Thomas] Flucker." Reports that the Patent was divided in four sections between Thomas Flucker, Francis Waldo, Samuel Waldo, and Isaac Winslow. Mentions squatters on the Waldo land. Expresses his interest in selling lime (for use in masonry).

Wheaton, Mason, 1733-?
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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