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Samuel Waldo papers [textual records (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1744.

Reference:

R13204-0-9-E

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3960735

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Samuel Waldo papers
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Date(s):

1744.

Place of creation:

Maine

Added country of publication:

Massachusetts

Extent:

1 microfilm reel.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of letters written to Samuel Waldo, land speculator and proprietor of the Waldo Patent lands in Maine, from the residents there requesting him to acquire from the governor of Massachusetts enlisted men, provisions, and military stores in order to build garrisons to defend themselves against the French and Indians during King George's War. The letters also concern dealings with the local Indians in light of the alliance with the French. His correspondents include Enoch Freeman, Arthur Noble, William Pepperrell, William Burns, and John Oulton.

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Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759

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Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759 : Merchant and land speculator.

Samuel Waldo (1695-1759) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in December 1695. He was the eldest surviving child of Jonathan Waldo of Boston and his wife Hannah, née Mason. He began his business as a merchant and official mast agent with capital advanced by his father. In 1722, he married Lucy, daughter of Major Francis and Sarah (Whipple) Wainwright of Ipswich, Massachusetts, who bore him three sons and three daughters. Land speculation on a grand scale became his chief interest and he is especially notable for his efforts to settle the lands between the Muscongus and Penobscot rivers on the coast of Maine.

In 1730, Waldo purchased from John Nelson, the aged heir of Sir Thomas Temple, the questionable claim to Sir William Alexander's 1621 patent to land in Nova Scotia. He spent a considerable amount of time in London, 1731-1732 and 1737-1738, attempting to validate this claim to virtually all the land "lying between the River St. Croix and St. Lawrence," which he proposed to settle with foreign protestants from Switzerland and the Palatinate. In spite of the Privy Council's rejection of his case, he never abandoned his claims. When the Massachusetts General Court decided to organize an expedition against Louisbourg, 1745, Waldo was commissioned as a brigadier-general and placed as second in command to William Pepperrell. He died of apoplexy, 23 May 1759, at Bangor, Maine. In 1760, his body was removed to King's Chapel Burial Ground, Boston.

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(No finding aid) Some items are individually described in the Massachusetts Historical Society manuscript catalog. (90: Open)

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General note:

Microfilming of the documents was done in 2005, thanks to financial assistance provided by the Cultural Affairs office of the United States Embassy to Canada.

Location of originals note:

Originals are kept by the Massachusetts Historical Society, call number P-448.

Related material:

See also Samuel Waldo fonds (MG21-Add.MSS.-19049), Samuel Waldo collection (MG23-I6), Louisbourg Expedition records (R13210) and William Pepperrell papers (R13200).

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Private

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2009-00732-8
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Microfilm reel [R13204] M-9616

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