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Legal-sized copy of the release of claims between the Penobscot tribe and Massachusetts
- Legal-sized copy of the release of claims between Maine and the Penobscot Tribe; certified by Maine Secretary of State Ashur Ware. Signed by John Atien, John Neptune, Francis Lolor, Etien Mitchell, Piel Mitchell, Sock Joseph, Piel Marie, Luasin Neptune, Awasoos Mitchell, John Orson, Joseph Marie Neptune, Joseph Lion, Glocian Awasoos, Nicholas Tomah, and Sabatis Tomah. Witnessed by William Williamson, William Emerson, Joseph Treat, Stephen L. Lewis, John Blake, and Eben Webster.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Resolves Ratifying and Confirming A Treaty with the Penobscot Nation
- Resolves ratifying and confirming a treaty with the Penobscot Nation relating to the Act of Separation and Maine statehood.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Petition of Joseph Butterfield regarding fish weirs in the Penobscot River depleting the salmon catch of tribes
- Petition of Joseph Butterfield regarding fish weirs in the Penobscot River depleting the salmon catch of tribes. Statement also made by Paul Dudley and Eben Webster.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History
Letter from John Deane to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and officers of the Penobscot Tribe
- Correspondence from John G. Deane, Esq. to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and officers of the Penobscot Tribe regarding the proposed settlement up the Penobscot River and the construction of a military road. Deane conveys the State's proposal that the townships at the mouth of the Mattawamkeag be purchased for clearing and cultivation.
- Type: OBJECT
- Collection: Wabanaki History