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[Report on the insurgents in the Waldo Patent]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09279 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 22 September 1801 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Reports on the plans and whereabouts of the insurgents on the Waldo patent who have attacked and threatened Henry Knox's surveyors. The report was written for the surveyors, in order to help them avoid attack. A number of names are written on the bottom half of the page, appearing to be the names of those suspected to be insurgents.

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