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- GLC#
- GLC02437.07755-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 29 September 1802
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to John Rynier
- Place Written
- Thomaston, Maine
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 28.5 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Informs Rynier he sold Brigadiers Island, present day Sears Island, Maine, to Rowland Center. Requests Rynier to visit the island and to help John Witherspoon with his immediate removal from the island and to also assist Mr. Center. Mentions if Witherspoon cannot find another arrangement he can use the house formerly occupied by Nathan Griffin for the present time. Also discusses various livestock and other farm items Mr. Center may want.
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