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Parker, Isaac, 1768-1830 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06659 Author/Creator: Parker, Isaac, 1768-1830 Place Written: Castine, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 March 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 18.1 cm Order a Copy

Writes that on Knox's request, he wrote to Mr. [possibly James] Nesmith about Samuel Ely and his band of insurgents (who believed that Knox was not the rightful, legal owner of his land tracts in Maine). Encloses Nesmith's reply (not present). Briefly touches on the town of Canaan's response to the insurgency. Possibly written by Isaac Parker, a Federalist Massachusetts Congressman, who served from 1797-1799.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Parker, Isaac, 1768-1830
Ely, Samuel, fl. 1796-1797
Nesmith, James, fl. 1796

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