[Pettition to Massachusetts legislature for right to remain on land with Waldo patent]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09262 Author/Creator: Place Written: Lincoln, Maine Type: Manuscript document Date: May 1796 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 30 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy
Petition to the Massachusetts Legislature, stating that the many petitioners have lived on part of the Waldo patent for generations, and that this part of the land belongs to them, even though it has been deeded to Henry Knox.
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