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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Shirley Erving

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03564 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 June 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 16.9 cm Order a Copy

Knox acknowledges the receipt of a letter from Erving on 22 May 1787 related to a claim of the descendants of General [William] Shirley to a portion of General Samuel Waldo's Penobscot lands (present-day Maine). Knox promises to investigate the claim, but does not think it will turn out to be valid.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Erving, Shirley, fl. 1787
Shirley, William, 1694-1771
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Land Transaction
Law
Estate
Genealogy
Creating a New Government

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