Online access and copy requests are not available for this item. You may request to be notified of when this becomes available digitally.
- GLC#
- GLC02437.03612-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 22 July 1787
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Isaac Winslow
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 6 p. : Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Discusses the claims to the Waldo Patent, particularly that of William Wetmore, the husband of Sarah, Lucy Knox's cousin. Makes arrangements with Winslow for a trip to Boston to discuss the claims. Asks Winslow to attend an upcoming meeting of the Ten Proprietors to discuss land surveys and the proprietors's allotments. Requests that he tell them the allotments cannot be given to them until the government legally grants the claim to Knox, Winslow and their associates. Writes a list of points that they need to go over.
Citation Guidelines for Online Resources
- Copyright Notice
- The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.