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Invoice from Lothrop Lewis to William King
Request for reimbursement of expenses incurred while negotiating a treaty with the Penobscot Nation.
1820

Letter from Samuel Hussey, Agent for Indian Affairs, to Governor and Executive Council
Letter from Samuel Hussey, Agent for Indian Affairs, to Governor and Executive Council of Maine, enclosing a population census of the Penobscot tribe for the purposes of creating a school, and also a census of quality of land available for agriculture as a means of supply due to the decline of hunting and fishing. Hussey also mentions insufficient travel payment to Lieutenant Governor John Neptune and Hussey's defrayment of the expense without timely compensation from the Maine Legislature.
1820





Petition of the Penobscot Tribe to Governor Kent, expressing anger at the former Fairfield administration
Petition of the Penobscot Tribe to Governor Kent, expressing anger at the former Fairfield administration and requesting that the $250 withheld from the Reverend Thomas O'Sullivan be paid.
1841