Social History

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Joseph Treat Deed to Shad Island
Extract of Joseph Treat deed of purchase of Shad Islands from Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1805, and his transfer of the islands back to Massachusetts in 1813.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1805-01-01


Report of Agent Peter Avery on the Passamaquoddy census and the conditions at Pleasant Point in Perry and at Indian Township
Report of Peter Avery, agent for the Passamaquoddy Tribe, regarding the census and the conditions at Pleasant Point in Perry and at Peter Denny's Point in Indian Township. References the act of "digging knees" as a primary source of support for the tribe. Knees are a shipbuilding and housewright term referring to the bend where the trunk of a tree meets the supporting roots.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1853-01


Letters in favor of the appointment of Seth W. Smith as an agent to the Passamaquoddy Tribe
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1857


Note from E. Francis to Justin Gove requesting wood, undated
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence


Winfield Swasson requesting money for improvements
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1931-04-13


Penobscot Governor George C. Dana forwarding an enclosed letter from a solicitor to Neil Violette
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1930-05-03


State Order No. 293 regarding funds transferring into Penobscot and Passamaquoddy Accounts
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1930-05-21


Percy Higgins to Neil Violette, regarding a family in need of financial assistance
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1930-01-06


Justin Gove to Neil Violette, regarding people he helped and those he didn't
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1930-07-19


Affadavit of Joseph A. Lee regarding purchase prices of potatoes
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: Wabanaki Nations Petitions and Correspondence
  • Date: 1858-04-019