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Little, Joshua, fl. 1796 [Deposition of Captain Joshua Little and Lieutenant Samuel Carleton]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06827 Author/Creator: Little, Joshua, fl. 1796 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 26 September 1796 Pagination: 2 p. ; 28.3 x 17.8 cm. Order a Copy

Written from "Lincoln County." Includes questions put to Little and Carleton, and their answers, about Samuel Ely's attempts to start an insurrection on Knox's land in Maine.

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