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- GLC#
- GLC02437.09215-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 2 January 1789
- Author/Creator
- Thomas, Waterman, fl. 1785-1801
- Title
- [Petition to the Massachusetts legislature from the inhabitants of Waldoborough]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 30 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
The citizens of Waldoborough petitioning for land they believe is owed them from thirty years earlier, due to an agreement with General Waldo when they first settled there. Also petitioning to not have to pay again for their current lands, due to complications with their land owners. Knox is also involved in this transaction. Signed by a number of the citizens of Waldoborough.
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