Ulmer, George, 1756-1825 Copy of information respecting the Insurrection on the 4th of July 1805
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07952 Author/Creator: Ulmer, George, 1756-1825 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 4 July 1805 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 21.8 cm, Width: 18.2 cm Order a Copy
Marked "copy." Relates the experiences of George Ulmer, one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace in Ducktrap, Maine, on 4 July 1805. Received a report that five hundred armed men were assembled in the Davistown area to march to Castine and rescue two prisoners. Discusses his attempts to gather information about the revolt, and the people he found involved. Also relates threats against his life for being a spy.
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