Winslow, Isaac, 1736-1806 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03688 Author/Creator: Winslow, Isaac, 1736-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 October 1787 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 24 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy
Hopes that the current session of the Massachusetts General Court will help "settle the Limits of the Patent." Reports that his contacts on the Eastern Committee, who will be deciding the matter, do not seem to think it will be difficult to draw suitable boundaries on the Waldo patent. Mentions that several members of the Committee, such as General [Rufus] Putnam, are friendly to their cause. Also discusses surveying the Waldo lands, collecting taxes on them, and handling inheritance claims by other members of their extended family (Isaac Winslow was a distant cousin to Henry Knox through Knox's wife Lucy). "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.
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