Social History
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Letter from Governor McDonald to Governor Kent Requesting Extradition of Philbrook and Kelleran
- Letter from James J. McDonald, Governor of Georgia, to Maine's Governor Edward Kent renewing the demand for extradition of Captain Daniel Philbrook and First Mate Edward Kelleran [Kellerun or Killoran] in order to "preserve amicable relations between the States of Georgia and Maine, two members of this great confederacy, and to maintain the harmony of the Union."
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Black History
B. Bradbury's Report to Governor John Dana on the Case of Albert Wood
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Black History
Letter Between Virgil Barber and John G. Deane, Esq. regarding the Penobscot Nation's reconsideration of land sale
- Correspondence between Virgil Barber and John Deane in which Barber notifies Deane that he has "prevailed on the Indians to reconsider their resolution respecting the sale of their lower Townships. Accordingly I have the satisfaction to say, that they have requested me to inform you they are ready to hear any proposals you are disclosed to make...and that if the terms can be agreed on, they are willing to sell." Barber was a Jesuit priest assigned to Old Town until his recall in 1830.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Declaration of Peol Tomer as Plenipotentiary and Minister Extraordinary representative of the Penobscot Tribe
- Declaration of Peol Tomer as Plenipotentiary and Minister Extraordinary representative of the Penobscot Tribe
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Report of the Standing Committee on Indian Affairs referring to Treaty with the Passamaquoddy Tribe
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Petition in favor of the appointment of George Nutt of Perry as agent for the Passamaquoddy Tribe
- Petition in favor of the appointment of George Nutt of Perry as agent for the Passamaquoddy Tribe. Signed by Pierre Nicola Dana, Sabine Emery, and other residents.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History