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�Whereas the State of Maine by here Commissioner Lothrop Lewis Esqr has engaged to assume and perform all the duties and obligations of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts toward us and our said tribe, whether the same arise from any writing of indenture, treaty or otherwise at present existing, and whereas said State of Maine has obtained our consent and that of our said tribe to said assumption and arrangement -- Now Know all people to whom this presents shall come, That we whose hands and seals are hereunto affixed, for and behalf of ourselves, and the Penobscot Tribe of Indians, so called, to which we belong and which we represent, in consideration of the premises, do hereby release to said Commonwealth of Massachusetts all claims and stipulations of what name or nations so ever which we or all or any of us or our said tribe have on or against said commonwealth, arising under any indenture, treaty or otherwise, existing between said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and said Penobscot tribe of Indians [line] In witness whereof, we the undersigned chiefs Captains and men of said tribe, representing the whole thereof, have ehereunto set our hands and seals this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty. [split into two columns, left column first] Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of us }

Wm D Williamson Joseph Treat Ebenezer Webster William Emerson Stephen L. Lewis John Blake Eben Webster

[right column] Governor John Etien x his mark L.S. [circled] Liet. Governor John Neptune his x mark L.S. [circled] Francis his x mark Lolon - Captain L.S. [circled] Capt. Etien his x mark Mitchell - L.S. [circled] Piel his x mark Mitchell Capt L.S. [circled] Juck his x mark Josep Capt L.S. [circled] Peel his x mark Marie Capt L.S. [circled] Juasin his x mark Neptune Capt L.S. [circled] Awasoos his x mark Mitchell Capt L.S. [circled]