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1783-1815
[Detailing the history of the Waldo Patent] [Fragment]
Document describing the early history of the ownership of the Waldo Patent. Written after 1762.
GLC02437.09296
circa 1784-1806
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Memorial regarding lands in Waldo patent]
Memorial to the government of Massachusetts, requesting that they deal with certain issues regarding lands within the Waldo patent.
GLC02437.09297
[Proposal to sell one hundred thousand acres in the Waldo patent]
Offers 100,000 acres for sale, and describes the positive characteristics of this tract of land.
GLC02437.09298
[Regarding interest in the borders of the Waldo patent]
States that two men are interested in the boundaries of the Waldo patent, and discusses the surveys used to establish these bounds.
GLC02437.09299
[Discussing proposal regarding settlers on Waldo patent]
Regarding the terms on which the settlers on the Waldo patent can continue to live on their lands. There was an ongoing debate between Knox and these settlers over who these lands belonged to.
GLC02437.09300
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