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Statement Regarding Fishing Rights in the Penobscot River
- Statement of Penobscot Indian title to certain islands in the Penobscot River for the purposes of fishing signed by George W. Coffin, Land Agent for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Letter from John G. Deane, Esq. to Secretary of State Edward Russell regarding commission and funds
- Correspondence from John Deane of Ellsworth to Secretary of State recommending Joshua W. Hathaway or John Chamberlain as commissioner of justice.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Letter from Virgil Barber to Governor Hunton
- Letter from Virgil Barber to Governor Hunton, enclosing correspondence to Samuel Hussey from Daniel Davis and others regarding the actions of Indian Agent Ebenezer Pope.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Extract from the Treaty between Massachusetts and the Penobscot Tribe Regarding Articles of Production
- Extract of a circa 1795 treaty between Massachusetts and the Penobscot Tribe regarding articles of agricultural production to be distributed to the tribe four times per year beginning in October. Document is not dated. Copied circa 1830 by Samuel Hussey, Indian Agent
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Report of Agent Mark Trafton to Secretary of State asking about proceeds from timber sales and for provisions for tribe
- Report of Agent Mark Trafton to Maine Secretary of State asking about proceeds from timber sales and for provisions for the Penobscot Tribe as fishing is poor
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Letter from Agent Mark Trafton to Governor Samuel Smith regarding two petitions from the Penobscot Tribe
- Letter from Agent Mark Trafton to Governor Samuel Smith regarding the two petitions. See also 29-29134-F035-I001 and 29-29134-F037-I001 for related correspondence.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Letter from Joseph Polis, Peol Molly, and other Penobscot Tribe members retracting their objection to land sale
- Letter from Joseph Polis, Peol Molly, and other Penobscot Tribe members retracting their objection to land sale and declaring they were not cheated by the State of Maine
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Petition of the Penobscot Tribe to the Governor in Relation to the Sale of Their Lands to the State (2/2)
- Two petitions from the Penobscot Tribe against the illegal sale of their land without the tribe's understanding or consent, and deceptive practices of Thomas Bartlett and Mr. Lovejoy. See also 29-29134-F035-I001 and 29-29134-F037-I001 for related correspondence.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
State Accounts with Agents for the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Tribes
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs Requesting 150 Copies of the Treaty be Distributed to the Passamaquoddy Tribe
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History