Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Paul Dudley Sargent, Oliver Parker, Thomas Phillips
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07445 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Manuscript letter Date: 14 August 1800 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy
Knox relates to Sargent, Parker, and Phillips the assaults and death of his surveyors by "unlawful and armed combinations of individuals" who had only murder as their intention on July 18, 1800. Knox asks that they bear in mind the "law of the Commonwealth passed the 20th day of February 1787, entitled "an act for the more speedy and effectual suppression of Tumults and insurrections in the Commonwealth." Knox wants these perpetrators punished.
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