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To all people to whom these presents shall come

Greeting. Know ye that I, Joseph Treat of Bangor in the County of Penobscot Esquire in compliance with, and fulfillment of the conditions of a resolve passed the seventh instant on my petition to the General Court, and in consideration of a Deed this day made to me and duly executed by the Companies of the Land Office of the five thousand acres of land described in said resolve, in con- formity thereto and to my full satisfaction, do hereby for myself and for and in behalf of Richard Winslow named in said resolve release and surrender to said commissioners for the use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts all the right, title, claim & interest which I the said Treat and the said Winslow or either of us have or may have by virtue of any lease or leases, Deed or writings from the Penobscot Tribe of Indians to my land or timber, or meadow grounds belonging to the Common- wealth, and herewith surrender to said Commissioners for the same use all such lease, Deeds & writings made by said Indians to myself and said Winslow or either of us, and all the evidence of our right, title, claim and interest in my Lands, Timber or meadow grounds aforesaid meaning