Social History

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Patient Medical Records (mixed genders)
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Patient Medical Records (1840-1910)


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



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






Clothing and Pension Receipts
Two receipts for clothing and ten yards of calico, and one receipt from Governor Francis Joseph for pension payment
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki History