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Pottel, Daniel, fl. 1788-1798 [Ducktrap settlers' petition to Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04002 Author/Creator: Pottel, Daniel, fl. 1788-1798 Place Written: Maine Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 18 October 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 30.9 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

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.

Pottel, Daniel, fl. 1788-1798
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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