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Woodside, Jean (fl. 1738) [Testimony]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08886 Author/Creator: Woodside, Jean (fl. 1738) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 14 May 1738 Pagination: 1 p. ; 19.3 x 19.1 cm. Order a Copy

Testimony of Jean and Anna Woodside regarding an encounter with a Penobscott Indian and his squaw. "She then asked him why the Indians would not lett the English and Irish sett down there, he replyd it spoild their hunting..." Jean appears as 'Jane' in the text.

Woodside, Anna, fl. 1738
Woodside, Jean, fl. 1738

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