Wabanaki Tribes Petitions and Correspondence

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Quit-Claim Deed selling Cummings Island from Newell Sockabasin to Joseph Neptune
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Tribes Petitions and Correspondence


Stephen L. Peabody to Edgar E. Ring regarding receipts and cut poplar trees
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Tribes Petitions and Correspondence


Stephen L. Peabody to Edgar E. Ring sending checks owed for stumpage
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Tribes Petitions and Correspondence


Agent's Deed for Gusta Neptune, Cummings Island
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Tribes Petitions and Correspondence


Description of Gusta Neptune's Land Parcel
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Tribes 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 Tribes 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 Tribes Petitions and Correspondence


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 Tribes Petitions and Correspondence


Memorial of Chief Francis Joseph Neptune of the Passamaquoddy Tribe to the Governor of Maine requesting reinstatement of Peter Goulding as Agent
Memorial* of the Passamaquoddy Tribe to the Governor and Executive Council expressing regret over the removal of Peter Goulding as Agent, and requesting that he be reinstalled instead of Jonas Farnsworth. Signed by members of the tribe and attested by Deacon Sockbason. "Mr. Goulding has always given them [the tribe] entire satisfaction and they have full confidence in his honesty and ability, and he has always dealt with them like a Father to his children" *A petition or representation made by one or more individuals to a legislative or other body.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Tribes Petitions and Correspondence


Memorial of the Penobscot Tribe informing the Governor of Maine that John Aiteon was deposed as Governor of the tribe
Notification sent to the Governor of Maine regarding the removal of John Aiteon [Atean] as Governor of the Penobscot Nation.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Tribes Petitions and Correspondence