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Winfield Swasson requesting money for improvements

1931

1818 Treaty between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Penobscot Tribe

1818

Joseph Treat Deed to Shad Island

Extract of Joseph Treat deed of purchase of Shad Islands from Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1805, and his transfer of the islands back to Massachusetts in 1813.

1805

W. Duren recommends Isaac Bearce as Passamaquoddy Agent

1858

Citizens of Calais recommend Isaac Bearce for Passamaquoddy Agent

1858

Report of Agent Peter Avery on the Passamaquoddy census and the conditions at Pleasant Point in Perry and at Indian Township

Report of Peter Avery, agent for the Passamaquoddy Tribe, regarding the census and the conditions at Pleasant Point in Perry and at Peter Denny's Point in Indian Township. References the act of "digging knees" as a primary source of support for the tribe. Knees are a shipbuilding and housewright term referring to the bend where the trunk of a tree meets the supporting roots.

1853