Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Adams
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06630 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 February 1796 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 33.2 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy
Addressed to the Governor of Massachusetts, who in this period is Samuel Adams. Attaching copies of two letters from Samuel Waldo and from Thomas Vose (see GLC02437.06621 and GLC02437.06623), Knox petitions the government to protect his property against the lawless "banditti," including Samuel Ely, who Knox argues was involved in the 1786 insurrection in western Massachusetts and is "a person said to be obnoxious to the laws."
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