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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Committee for the Germans on west side of the "Medumack" River]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07675 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 19 November 1801 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 30.4 cm, Width: 17.4 cm Order a Copy

Document is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Docket states, "Committee for the Germans on West Side of the Medumack [Medomak] River [in Maine]. Appears to discuss land claims involving Henry Knox, Brigadier Samuel Waldo, Waldo heirs, and the Germans on the Waldo patent lands. Title and date was taken from docket. See the following GLC numbers for other letters regarding the German settlers: GLC02437.07674, GLC02437.07676, and GLC02437.07677.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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