Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Warning to people who have usurped land in the Waldo Patent]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09270 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Printed document Date: 26 May 1800 Pagination: 1 p. : 30 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy
Warning to those who have or wish to usurp land in the Waldo Patent that they will suffer the consequences of the law and also serves to notify those who have been "seduced by the temporary impunity of the above usurpers" that they too, could face prosecution as "surveyors or abettors [sic] in such nefarious designs." Noted as from Montpelier, which is the Knox home in Thomaston, Maine, located by the St. Georges River.
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