Procurement of Settlers
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
author
recipient
in collection
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
