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- GLC#
- GLC02437.06659-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 10, 1796
- Author/Creator
- Parker, Isaac, 1768-1830
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Castine, Maine
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 18.1 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes that on Knox's request, he wrote to Mr. [possibly James] Nesmith about Samuel Ely and his band of insurgents (who believed that Knox was not the rightful, legal owner of his land tracts in Maine). Encloses Nesmith's reply (not present). Briefly touches on the town of Canaan's response to the insurgency. Possibly written by Isaac Parker, a Federalist Massachusetts Congressman, who served from 1797-1799.
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