Procurement of Settlers

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Procurement of Settlers

Description

Instructions to Potter for procuring settlers for the associates' (Pickering, Hodgdon, Coxe, and Fisher) land. Includes the terms for the settlers as to improvement of the land, the number of acres to be alotted to each of the settlers, and the terms of payment.

year created

1786

month created

03

day created

17

recipient

in image

note

The first page image gives as addressee "Colonel Henry Lee or commanding officer, Macon County" but does not appear to be associated with the other pages.

author note

Timothy Pickering; Samuel Hodgdon; Tench Coxe; M Fischer.

notable person/group

General James Potter
Timothy Pickering
Samuel Hodgdon
Tench Coxe
M Fisher
agent
settlers
children
Minister of the Gospel
schoolmaster
tenants
Duncan Ingraham

notable location

Philadelphia
Simamehonen Creek

notable item/thing

settlement
lands
surveying
saw mill
grist mill
acres
lots
pounds
cash
surveys
residence
payment
bonds
mortgages
interest
communication
road
wagons
instruction in religion
learning
glebe
school
duties
offices
improvements
propriety
economy
farms
spring
instructions

document number

1786031700001

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (4 pages) EDE20 (4 pages) Collection: Draper-James Potter Papers IPP 100-103

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Timothy Pickering [unknown] Other authors: Samuel Hodgdon, Tench Coxe, and M Fischer
Recipient James Potter [unknown] [n/a]