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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


Letter to Passamaquoddy Gov. Joseph Nicholas acknowledging a petition regarding the highway
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence


Justin Gove to Neil Violette, regarding Penobscot account funds
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence


Lizzie Sopill to Justin Gove, demanding what is owed to her
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence


Cover: Communications from the Agents of the Penobscot Tribe of Indians, 1823
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence


Invoice from Lothrop Lewis to William King
Request for reimbursement of expenses incurred while negotiating a treaty with the Penobscot Nation.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence


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.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence


Justin Gove to Neil Violette, regarding incidents on Peter Dana's Point
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence



State Order No. 384 regarding the Indian Trust Fund
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence