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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to the Solicitor General

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07628 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 September 1801 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 21.7 x 17.5 cm. Order a Copy

States George Ulmer will present the state of affairs regarding the insurrections by the insurgents in Kennebec County and that northern part of Lincoln County, Maine which borders Knox's patent (likely the Waldo patent). Mentions the affairs have led to a state of destruction of rights and properties and to the shedding of blood. Says a prior arrangement made between himself and his settlers prevents him from leaving home.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ulmer, George, 1756-1825

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