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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Land Office Boston 5 May 1830
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Land Office, Boston 5 May, 1830
  
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts by their
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by their
Commissioners William Shepard Nathan Dame +  
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Commissioners William Shepard, Nathan Dame +  
Daniel Davis Esquires, made a treaty, with the Pe
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Daniel Davis Esquires, made a treaty with the Pe
nobscot [Penobscot] tribe of Indians, dated the 8th day of August
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nobscot tribe of Indians, dated the 8th day of August
1796, by which said tribe relinquished to said Commonwealth
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1796, by which said tribe relinquished to said Commth
 
the lands on both sides of the river Penobscot lying
 
the lands on both sides of the river Penobscot lying
nearl Cl Jonathan Edder dwelling house at Nichols rock
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near Cl Jonathan Edder dwelling house at Nichols' rock
 
so called and extending up the said river thirty miles on
 
so called and extending up the said river thirty miles on
 
a direct line according to the general course of said river
 
a direct line according to the general course of said river
on each side thereof excepting however and reserving to
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on each side thereof, excepting however and reserving to the the said tribe all the islands in said river above Old Town
the said tribe all the islands in said river above Old Town
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including said Old Town Island, within the limits of the
including said Old Town Island within the limits of the
 
 
said thirty miles, for which an annual consideration
 
said thirty miles, for which an annual consideration
 
was to be paid to said tribe &c.
 
was to be paid to said tribe &c.
  
On the 2d March 1799 a resolve was passed by the
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On the 2 March 1799 a resolve was passed by the
 
Legislature of said Commonwealth appointing Salem Powne
 
Legislature of said Commonwealth appointing Salem Powne
Esqr an agent to sell said lands, and by his deed dated
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Esq an Agent to sell said lands, and by his deed dated
17th June 1805 he conveyed to Joseph Treat nine small
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17th June 1805, he conveyed to Joseph Treat nine small
 
islands including No 4 No 5 called Shad Island & No 6.
 
islands including No 4 No 5 called Shad Island & No 6.
  
On the 26th Feb 1812 (In consequence of complaints
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On the 26th Feb 1813 (In consequence of complaints
 
made by said tribe of Indians that they were interrupted
 
made by said tribe of Indians that they were interrupted
 
in their fishery on said island No 4 5 & 6) a resolve
 
in their fishery on said island No 4 5 & 6) a resolve
 
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 Commth
 
done, and they became again the property of the Commth
 
and by the terms of the act separating the District
 
and by the terms of the act separating the District

Revision as of 15:04, 3 December 2017

Copy: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Land Office, Boston 5 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 Commth 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 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 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.

I do therefore as Land Agent of said Commth having charge of the public lands of said Commonwealth