Manuscripts
Detroit (Northwest Territory). Deed of land granted by the Potawatomi Nation of Indians to Thomas Finchley, Merchant of Detroit. Signed by the totems of seven Indians (were in pencil, inked over). Signed by J. Williams. Glued on board. 48 x 38 cm
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New York, Ulster County. Indian deed to Johannis Hardenbergh for lands adjoining the bounds of Marbleton & Rochester. Kingston, N.Y. Signed by the totem of Nanisinos, Sochem of the Esopus Indians. Witnessed by Cornelis Bogart and the mark of Joseph Stevens. Certified by William Nottingham. 50 x 38 cm
Manuscripts
The American Indian File is an artificially assembled collection which includes miscellaneous pieces and five smaller groups of papers concerning Indians in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The documents are primarily concerned with the transfer of land from Indians to whites and include deeds, indentures, treaties, proclamations and mortgages. Nearly all the papers are dated from 1634 to 1815, with a very few pieces from the late 19th and the 20th centuries. Also included is information on military and political affairs, negotiations and Indian ethnology, primarily between 1780 to 1850. Tribes belonging to the Iroquoian language family, including the Cherokees and Senecas, are most fully represented, but tribes in the Algonquian family, especially in the Great Lakes region are also represented (Ottawa and Saginaw Chippewa).
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[Release to Gov. Thomas Dongan…by the Maquasse Indians.] Schenectady, N.Y. On verso: Hand-drawn map? Signed by totems of three Indians
Manuscripts
The American Indian File is an artificially assembled collection which includes miscellaneous pieces and five smaller groups of papers concerning Indians in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The documents are primarily concerned with the transfer of land from Indians to whites and include deeds, indentures, treaties, proclamations and mortgages. Nearly all the papers are dated from 1634 to 1815, with a very few pieces from the late 19th and the 20th centuries. Also included is information on military and political affairs, negotiations and Indian ethnology, primarily between 1780 to 1850. Tribes belonging to the Iroquoian language family, including the Cherokees and Senecas, are most fully represented, but tribes in the Algonquian family, especially in the Great Lakes region are also represented (Ottawa and Saginaw Chippewa).
HM 3956
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New York, Ulster County. Indian deed to Johannis Hardenbergh for a tract of land extending from the northwest bounds of Marbletown to…Kawiennesinck…northeast to Auguathkouckkill and southwesterly to the west bounds of Marbletown…. Kingston, N.Y. Signed by the totem of Kakawarmin. Witnessed by William Nottingham. Certified by Dirck Schepmoes. 41 x 33 cm
Manuscripts
The American Indian File is an artificially assembled collection which includes miscellaneous pieces and five smaller groups of papers concerning Indians in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The documents are primarily concerned with the transfer of land from Indians to whites and include deeds, indentures, treaties, proclamations and mortgages. Nearly all the papers are dated from 1634 to 1815, with a very few pieces from the late 19th and the 20th centuries. Also included is information on military and political affairs, negotiations and Indian ethnology, primarily between 1780 to 1850. Tribes belonging to the Iroquoian language family, including the Cherokees and Senecas, are most fully represented, but tribes in the Algonquian family, especially in the Great Lakes region are also represented (Ottawa and Saginaw Chippewa).
HM 3961
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Massachusetts (Maine district) – Lincoln County. Deed of lands made over to William Hilton by two Indian Sagamores of the Penobscot Tribe. Signed by the totems of the Indians Caesar Moxus & Gustin. Witnessed by: William Briscoe, Stilson Hilton, Samuel Magere. Also signed by Thomas Rice, 1798, July 23, and Daniel Epes & Stephen Sewall, 1721, November 4. 39 x 31 cm
Manuscripts
The American Indian File is an artificially assembled collection which includes miscellaneous pieces and five smaller groups of papers concerning Indians in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The documents are primarily concerned with the transfer of land from Indians to whites and include deeds, indentures, treaties, proclamations and mortgages. Nearly all the papers are dated from 1634 to 1815, with a very few pieces from the late 19th and the 20th centuries. Also included is information on military and political affairs, negotiations and Indian ethnology, primarily between 1780 to 1850. Tribes belonging to the Iroquoian language family, including the Cherokees and Senecas, are most fully represented, but tribes in the Algonquian family, especially in the Great Lakes region are also represented (Ottawa and Saginaw Chippewa).
HM 3964
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Disbury, Mass. Confirmation of a gift of one mile square of land, from Josias Sachem, to the Christians and Praying Indians of Takemmy. Signed by the mark of Kitshummin, alias Josias. Witnessed by three Indians. Certified by Richard Parson. 41 x 32 cm
Manuscripts
The American Indian File is an artificially assembled collection which includes miscellaneous pieces and five smaller groups of papers concerning Indians in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The documents are primarily concerned with the transfer of land from Indians to whites and include deeds, indentures, treaties, proclamations and mortgages. Nearly all the papers are dated from 1634 to 1815, with a very few pieces from the late 19th and the 20th centuries. Also included is information on military and political affairs, negotiations and Indian ethnology, primarily between 1780 to 1850. Tribes belonging to the Iroquoian language family, including the Cherokees and Senecas, are most fully represented, but tribes in the Algonquian family, especially in the Great Lakes region are also represented (Ottawa and Saginaw Chippewa).
HM 3957
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New York – Ulster & Albany Counties. An Indian deed to Johannes Hardenbergh for a tract of land lying between the Fishkill and Papaconk (Pepachton?) River. Signed and sealed by twenty-three Indians (marks). Witnessed by Evert Wynkoop and Cornelius Elmendorph. 41 x 33 cm
Manuscripts
The American Indian File is an artificially assembled collection which includes miscellaneous pieces and five smaller groups of papers concerning Indians in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The documents are primarily concerned with the transfer of land from Indians to whites and include deeds, indentures, treaties, proclamations and mortgages. Nearly all the papers are dated from 1634 to 1815, with a very few pieces from the late 19th and the 20th centuries. Also included is information on military and political affairs, negotiations and Indian ethnology, primarily between 1780 to 1850. Tribes belonging to the Iroquoian language family, including the Cherokees and Senecas, are most fully represented, but tribes in the Algonquian family, especially in the Great Lakes region are also represented (Ottawa and Saginaw Chippewa).
HM 108