The Disciples of Samuel Ely: Settler Resistance Against Henry Knox on The Waldo Patent, 1785-1801

Authors

  • Alan Taylor Institute of Early American History and Culture Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/NaN

Keywords:

loyalists, St. George's River, Broad Bay, Penobscot River, Waldoborough, Meduncook, Warren, Thomaston, New Canaan, Ducktrap, Long Island Frankfort, Samuel Winslow, Deacon Brown, Waterman Thomas, Rev. Samuel Ely, Ely's Rebellion, Jonathan Jones, Joseph Thomas

Abstract

The article recounts the controversy and violence that surrounded the claims in the Waldoborough area. This claims were made by General Henry Know and the heir to the Waldo family, British Loyalists, who sought to reclaim the land after the end of the Revolutionary War.

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Published

1986-09-01

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 2 (1986): Maine History Journal

Section

Articles