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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 Nations Petitions and Correspondence


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 Nations Petitions and Correspondence


Blank Lease for lots on Indian Township
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence


Letters to Justin Gove requesting material assistance
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence


State Accounts with Agents for the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Tribes
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence



Copy of a Letter to Massachusetts in Relation to the Indian Subsidies
Copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in relation to payment of Indian subsidies and the separation of Maine from Massachusetts.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence


Justin Gove to Neil Violette, mentions an epidemic [unclear where, assumed on a reservation]
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence


Letters and Petition related to the appointment of Francis Tomah as constable
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence


Report of David Gordon, Agent for the Passamaquoddy Tribe in Calais
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence