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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Land Office, Boston 5 May, 1830
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Land Office, Boston 3 May, 1830
  
 
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by their
 
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by their
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Daniel Davis Esquires, made a treaty with the Pe-
 
Daniel Davis Esquires, made a treaty with the Pe-
 
nobscot tribe of Indians, dated the 8th day of August
 
nobscot tribe of Indians, dated the 8th day of August
1796, by which said tribe relinquished to said Commth all
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1796, by which said tribe relinquished to said Comm'th [Commonwealth] all the lands on both sides of the river Penobscot lying near Col Jonathan Eddy's dwelling house at Nichols' rock so called and extending up the said river thirty miles on a direct line according to the general course of said river on each side thereof, excepting however and reserving to the the said tribe all the islands in said river above Old Town including said Old Town Island, within the limits of the said thirty miles, for which an annual consideration was to be paid to said tribe etc.
the lands on both sides of the river Penobscot lying
 
near Cl Jonathan Edder dwelling house at Nichols' rock
 
so called and extending up the said river thirty miles on
 
a direct line according to the general course of said river
 
on each side thereof, excepting however and reserving to the the said tribe all the islands in said river above Old Town
 
including said Old Town Island, within the limits of the
 
said thirty miles, for which an annual consideration
 
was to be paid to said tribe &c.
 
  
 
On the 2 March 1799 a resolve was passed by the
 
On the 2 March 1799 a resolve was passed by the
Legislature of said Commonwealth appointing Salem Powne
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Legislature of said Commonwealth appointing Salem Powne Esq an Agent to sell said lands, and by his deed dated 17th June 1805, he conveyed to Joseph Treat nine small islands including No 4 No 5 called Shad Island & No 6.
Esq an Agent to sell said lands, and by his deed dated
 
17th June 1805, he conveyed to Joseph Treat nine small
 
islands including No 4 No 5 called Shad Island & No 6.
 
  
 
On the 26th Feb 1813 (In consequence of complaints
 
On the 26th Feb 1813 (In consequence of complaints
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was passed authorizing the Agent for the sale of Eastern
 
was passed authorizing the Agent for the sale of Eastern
 
lands to purchase from said Treat a release to said
 
lands to purchase from said Treat a release to said
Commth of said islands No 4. 5 + 6. which was accordingly
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Commth of said islands No 4. 5 & 6. which was accordingly done, and they became again the property of the Comm'th [Commonwealth] and by the terms of the act separating the District of Maine from this Comm'th [Commonwealth] the public lands in Maine
done, and they became again the property of the Commth
 
and by the terms of the act separating the District
 
of Maine from this Commth the public lands in Maine
 
 
became the undivided joint property of both States.
 
became the undivided joint property of both States.
  
I do therefore as Land Agent of said Commth
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I do therefore as Land Agent of said Comm'th
 
having charge of the public lands of said Commonwealth
 
having charge of the public lands of said Commonwealth

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Copy: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Land Office, Boston 3 May, 1830

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by their Commissioners William Shepard, Nathan Dame + Daniel Davis Esquires, made a treaty with the Pe- nobscot tribe of Indians, dated the 8th day of August 1796, by which said tribe relinquished to said Comm'th [Commonwealth] all the lands on both sides of the river Penobscot lying near Col Jonathan Eddy's dwelling house at Nichols' rock so called and extending up the said river thirty miles on a direct line according to the general course of said river on each side thereof, excepting however and reserving to the the said tribe all the islands in said river above Old Town including said Old Town Island, within the limits of the said thirty miles, for which an annual consideration was to be paid to said tribe etc.

On the 2 March 1799 a resolve was passed by the Legislature of said Commonwealth appointing Salem Powne Esq an Agent to sell said lands, and by his deed dated 17th June 1805, he conveyed to Joseph Treat nine small islands including No 4 No 5 called Shad Island & No 6.

On the 26th Feb 1813 (In consequence of complaints made by said tribe of Indians that they were interrupted in their fishery on said island No 4, 5 & 6) a resolve was passed authorizing the Agent for the sale of Eastern lands to purchase from said Treat a release to said Commth of said islands No 4. 5 & 6. which was accordingly done, and they became again the property of the Comm'th [Commonwealth] and by the terms of the act separating the District of Maine from this Comm'th [Commonwealth] the public lands in Maine became the undivided joint property of both States.

I do therefore as Land Agent of said Comm'th having charge of the public lands of said Commonwealth