Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Samuel Waldo, a wealthy landowner from Falmouth, served with William Pepperrell of Kittery during the capture of Louisburg, Cape Breton, in 1745 from the French.
He also was a proprietor for the Waldo Patent, lands in Maine bounded by the Muscongus and Penobscot rivers in what is now Waldo County.
In this letter from Boston, Waldo refers to a dispute he is having and tells Pepperrell he will tell him about it in person.
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About This Item
- Title: Samuel Waldo letter to William Pepperrell, 1748
- Creator: Samuel Waldo
- Creation Date: 1748-07-04
- Subject Date: 1748
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Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Kittery, York County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 420, Box 9/30
- Collection: John S. H. Fogg autograph collection
- Object Type: Text
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- Autographs
- Landgrants--Maine
- Letters
- Pepperell, William, Sir, 1696-1759--Correspondence
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- United States--History--King George's War, 1744-1748
- Waldo, Samuel--1695-1759--Correspondence
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