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- GLC#
- GLC02437.06645-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1 March 1796
- Author/Creator
- Parker, Isaac, 1768-1830
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Penobscot, Maine
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18.4 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Updates Knox on Samuel Ely, an insurgent trying to rally a group of citizens against Knox, because he believes Knox has no right to particular lands in Maine. Explains what Ely is telling his posse to inspire them to oppose Knox. Discusses the importance of government intervention in apprehending Ely, and believes it is important for the government to show it will not tolerate his sort of behavior. Possibly written by Isaac Parker, a Federalist Massachusetts Congressman, who served from 1797-1799.
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