Self-Paced Courses: Explore American history with top historians at your own time and pace!
13 August 1736
Bane, Joseph (fl. 1691-1736)
[Report]
Discusses an Indian raid in 1691 where he and other settlers were taken captive. Also signed by Joshua Moody and John Minot, Justices of the Peace.
GLC02437.08875
26 August 1736
Byram, Nicholas (fl. 1736)
[Affadavit]
Report concerning Indians who are living the Penobscot area and their relationship with the settlers. Includes a similar attestation signed by Jedediah Danforth. Noted as written at Saint Georges, a river that runs by Thomaston, Maine.
GLC02437.08876
10 April -10 May 1738
Rutherford, Robert (fl. 1738)
Report regarding Samuel Waldo's difficult relations with the Iroquois Indians living near the lands he recently purchased in the Penobscot region. Says Captain John Gyles, commander of the Block House at St. George "insensed them by telling them, if...
GLC02437.08877
3 December 1737
Cutter, Ammi Ruhamah (fl. 1737)
Report concerning a settlement on the St. Georges River and the relationship between the Indians and Samuel Waldo. Includes several notes stating that the above letter is a true copy, signed by Cutter and also includes a note of witness signed by...
GLC02437.08880
5 December 1737
Unknown
[Petition]
Petition to Governor Jonathan Belcher regarding conflicts with the Indians in Massachusetts. Includes a list of names of people supporting the petition.
GLC02437.08881
12 April 1738
Howard, Samuel (fl. 1738)
Petition regarding the settling of the eastern lands and relations with the Indians. Include two notes, the first dated 13 May 1738 which includes a list an additional list of names to the original group of petitioners and the second dated Falmouth...
GLC02437.08884
10 May 1738
Woodside, William (fl. 1738)
[Testimony]
Report concerning the Indians in the Penobscot region of Maine and their relations with Samuel Waldo. Attested to by Benjamin Larrabee.
GLC02437.08885
14 May 1738
Woodside, Jean (fl. 1738)
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'...
GLC02437.08886
16 June 1738
Dudley, William (fl. 1738)
[Statement]
States that surveyors surveyed a tract of land for a town as accurately as possibly to the best of their ability. Also includes notes regarding the fulfillment of a grant and grants the authority of the proprietors to choose a clerk. Verso page...
GLC02437.08889
15 February 1739
Phips, Spencer
[Certificate]
Certifies various people for the position of Justice of the Peace. Includes an attached seal. Co-signed Jacob Willard, Secry. Text loss at bottom.
GLC02437.08895
5 April - 7 June 1739
Drowne, Shem (fl. 1739)
to Samuel Waldo and Shem Drowne
Two letters. The first letter to Samuel Waldo from Shem Drowne discusses the protection of the settlements from Indian attacks and what the government is or is not doing. Dated 5 April, Boston. The second letter is to Shem Drowne from Samuel Waldo...
GLC02437.08896
7 May 1740
Shirley, William (1694-1771)
to Samuel Waldo
Discusses an expedition and mentions a petition.
GLC02437.08899
21 May 1740
to [Samuel Waldo]
Discusses the possibility of war, an expedition opposed by "our Captn Genl [who] has slept for 10 weeks" and business. The majority of the address has been clipped.
GLC02437.08900
27 September 1742
Cookeller, Middlecott (fl. 1742)
[Orders]
Orders regarding land in Massachusetts and its proprietorship. Includes a note from Edward Winslow dated 2 October 1742 regarding land possession. Noted as a copy in the docket.
GLC02437.08904
27 June 1754
McLean, Hugh (fl. 1742-1754)
Petition to Samuel Waldo regarding protection against Indian raids.
GLC02437.08976
4 June 1755
Wyman, Isaac, (fl. 1755)
to Israiel Williams
Report regarding Indian raids. Noted as written at Fort Massachusetts, state unknown.
GLC02437.08980
6 March 1762
Otis, James (1725-1783)
[Copy of deed relating to Waldo patent]
Marked "copy," and all signed by the same hand. Deed from the Governor of Massachusetts, the Council, and the House of Representatives granting the children and heirs of the late Samuel Waldo a tract of land to be divided between them. Heirs...
GLC02437.09006
15 October 1762
Bollan, William (fl. 1750-1763)
to Samuel Waldo et. al.
Written from "Leicester Square," likely in London, England. Addressed to Samuel Waldo, Francis Waldo, Isaac Winslow, and Thomas Flucker. Discusses the lands being granted to Samuel Waldo and his heirs by the British government. Mentions Governor...
GLC02437.09009
1687
[Instructions and orders]
Details instructions and orders for a Joshua [Pypon?] to scout the rivers in the Penobscot region. With specific instructions for treating with the Indians, "particularly Medockswando, the Chief Sachem." Signed by J. Willard, Secty as a true copy.
GLC02437.09948
1744
The Present State of the Country and Inhabitants, Europeans and Indians...
With five pages of advertisments.
GLC03294
1 June 1645
Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de (1620-1698)
to Marquis D'Humieres
Provides details of the French capture of Rosas during the Catalonian revolt in Spain.
GLC03422
1684-1844
Middlesex County Virginia documents [Decimalized: .01-.85]
A collection of eighty seven documents, many regarding the slave trade in Middlesex County Virginia. Includes by-laws for Colored Ladies Lincoln Association and a document regarding a freeman emancipating an enslaved person who will be his wife....
GLC03434
1734-1737
Various
Collection of 31 documents relating to the establishment of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. See decimalized entries.
GLC02891
4 September 1734
Upham, Ezekiel (fl.1734-)
[land agreement]
mentions an Abraham Harding
GLC02891.001
15 April 1736
Harding, Abraham (fl. 1734-)
mentions Abigail Hinssel
GLC02891.002
Showing results 76 - 100