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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04002-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 18 October 1788
- Author/Creator
- Pottel, Daniel, fl. 1788-1798
- Title
- [Ducktrap settlers' petition to Knox]
- Place Written
- Maine
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 30.9 cm, Width: 18.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Signed by Pottel and fifteen others. Settlers on Knox's Ducktrap lands (in present-day Maine) apply to him for relief "as children to a Parent." Recently signed a contract requiring them to pay for the land. Complain they did not have time to consider the details of the contract. Attest that they previously paid for the land, and should not have to pay again. Express worry that they have little or no provision to support their families through the winter. Threaten to seek the protection of the General Court if Knox refuses to give them relief.
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