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[Brotherton statement of refusal to leave New Jersey]

Statement sent to Joseph Saltar that describes meeting in which the Brotherton unanimously agreed to express their refusal to leave "our fine place in Jersey" in the face of white encroachment. Signed in full by Jacob Skekit and Bartholomew...

GLC00540.02

[Statement opposing white settlement on Indian land in Brotherton, New Jersey]

A strong statement signed by eight Indians showing alarm over white settlers moving onto their land, forbidding it in the future, making illegitimate leases null and void, and voicing hopes to "live in Quietness among one another without giving any...

GLC00540.01