- Samuel Waldo (merchant)
Samuel Waldo (
1695 –May 23 1759 ) was a merchant, land speculator, soldier and political figure inMassachusetts .He was born in
Boston , the son of Jonathan Waldo and Hannah Mason. In 1722, he married Lucy Wainwright. In 1730, he purchased title to a large tract of land inNova Scotia with the intent of establishing a colony there; the title did not stand up when he proposed this plan to the authorities inEngland . Waldo acquired a large tract of land near the Penobscot and Muscongus rivers in what is nowMaine where he settled a group of German families in 1740. He served as brigadier-general in the attack onLouisbourg in 1745 and served on the temporary council that administered the settlement until Peter Warren was named governor. In 1757, he submitted a plan to William Pitt which served as a basis for the recapture of Louisbourg from the French the following year. Waldo died ofapoplexy nearBangor, Maine in 1759 while participating in a military expedition.References
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first = George A
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title = Samuel Waldo
encyclopedia =Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
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date = 1974
url = http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=1708
accessdate = 2008-10-02See also
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Waldo Patent
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