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Miniature of Memorial of Chief Francis Joseph Neptune of the Passamaquoddy Tribe to the Governor of Maine requesting reinstatement of Peter Goulding as Agent

Memorial of Chief Francis Joseph Neptune of the Passamaquoddy Tribe to the Governor of Maine requesting reinstatement of Peter Goulding as Agent

Memorial* of the Passamaquoddy Tribe to the Governor and Executive Council expressing regret over the removal of Peter Goulding as Agent, and requesting that he be reinstalled instead of Jonas Farnsworth. Signed by members of the tribe and attested by Deacon Sockbason. "Mr. Goulding has always given them [the tribe] entire satisfaction and they have full confidence in his honesty and ability, and he has always dealt with them like a Father to his children" *A petition or representation made by one or more individuals to a legislative or other body.

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence

Memorial of the Penobscot Tribe informing the Governor of Maine that John Aiteon was deposed as Governor of the tribe

Notification sent to the Governor of Maine regarding the removal of John Aiteon [Atean] as Governor of the Penobscot Nation.

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence

Communication from John Neptune to Governor and Executive Council regarding removal of counselors of the Penobscot Tribe

Communication from John Neptune, Peol Molly, and Pole Susep to Governor and Executive Council regarding removal of counselors of the Penobscot Tribe.

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence

W.O. Chase to Neil Violette, regarding owed pay in his capacity of school superintendent

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence

Resolve on the Address and Application of Several Tribes of Indians

Resolve on the address of the Passamaquoddy Tribe and laying out of two tracts of land for their use on the Schoodic River

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence

Miniature of Letter from John G. Deane, Esq. to the Governor and Executive Council regarding treaty with the Penobscot Tribe for the purchase of the Mattawamkeag townships

Letter from John G. Deane, Esq. to the Governor and Executive Council regarding treaty with the Penobscot Tribe for the purchase of the Mattawamkeag townships

Correspondence (10 pages) from John G. Deane, Esq. to the Governor of Maine and Executive Council regarding treating with the Penobscot Nation for the purchase of the Mattawamkeag townships. The priest to whom Deane refers throughout the letter is likely Father Virgil H. Barber, a Jesuit priest stationed in Old Town until his recall in 1830.

Type: OBJECT
Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence