Deed conveying land sold by Henry Knox of Thomaston, County of Lincoln, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and his wife Lucy, to Alexander Kelloch, Junior, War Veteran, Yeoman, for Seventy Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents, for a tract of land in Warren containing 100 acres, bordering the Saint Georges River, above the Head of Hart's Falls, signed by Henry and Lucy Knox, 29th October, 1796. Witnessed by David Fales and David Fales, Junior, Docketed by Thomas Price Aug 7, 1797.
To clarify the geographic reference: Thomaston, Maine was then Thomaston, Massachusetts. The split occurred in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise when Maine became the 23rd state.
Lucy Flucker was born into a wealthy loyalist family who expected her to marry accordingly. She received tutoring in a home with a large library. Apparently Lucy loved books and wanted more, which is how she came to meet Henry, a bookseller. She was 17. The "problem," of course: Henry was merchant class. Her parents disowned her and fled to London when Loyalists left Boston at the end of the siege. She never saw her family again. She did accompany her husband and the army and see him rise through the ranks to become a Major General in the Continental Army and then the first Secretary of War of the new nation. Quite an extraordinary outcome for Mr. and Mrs. Knox and for the now independent colonies.
As you can see, the document is between two plates of glass, and the reflection off the glass made it difficult to get good photos with the set up I usually use, so also photographed it with another set of light simply on a table.
The document is closer in color to what is shown in the first two photos. And note in the second photo how you can see part of the watermark.
An excellent signature and a rare document in that it contains the signatures of both of them.
Document dimensions: 13.25" x 8.25"
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