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[Testimony]

Report concerning the Indians in the Penobscot region of Maine and their relations with Samuel Waldo. Attested to by Benjamin Larrabee.

GLC02437.08885

[Testimony]

Testimony of Jean and Anna Woodside regarding an encounter with a Penobscott Indian and his squaw. "She then asked him why the Indians would not lett the English and Irish sett down there, he replyd it spoild their hunting..." Jean appears as 'Jane'...

GLC02437.08886

[Statement]

States that surveyors surveyed a tract of land for a town as accurately as possibly to the best of their ability. Also includes notes regarding the fulfillment of a grant and grants the authority of the proprietors to choose a clerk. Verso page...

GLC02437.08889

to Samuel Waldo and Shem Drowne

Two letters. The first letter to Samuel Waldo from Shem Drowne discusses the protection of the settlements from Indian attacks and what the government is or is not doing. Dated 5 April, Boston. The second letter is to Shem Drowne from Samuel Waldo...

GLC02437.08896

[Indenture contract]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Contract for an indenture between Samuel Waldo and Hugh McLean for the settlement of a tract of land.

GLC02437.08905

[Contract]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Contract for Hannah Speakman and her family to settle on land from Thomas Flucker. Signed by Hannah Speakman's family as well as Daniel Henckman as a witness.

GLC02437.08948

to Samuel Waldo

Discusses the settling of Waldo's eastern lands.

GLC02437.08955

to Samuel Waldo

Discusses having Europeans come to settle their lands, mainly Germans.

GLC02437.08956

[List]

List of people sent to a settlement. Includes unrelated notes regarding finances.

GLC02437.08960

[List]

List of people and supplies.

GLC02437.08965

[Note]

Promise to pay Samuel Waldo £48. Signed by William and Jonathan Grinlay, with James Beveridge and John Wight signing as witnesses. Noted as written in Greenock in North Britain.

GLC02437.08966

[Note]

Promise to pay Samuel Waldo £10. Signed by John Dick with his mark, with William Grinlay and Thomas Anderson signing as witnesses. Noted as written in Greenock in North Britain.

GLC02437.08967

[Note]

Promise to pay Samuel Waldo £10. Signed by John Dick with his mark, with William Grinlay and Thomas Anderson signing as witnesses. Noted as written in Greenock in North Britain.

GLC02437.08968

[Contract]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Contract between Samuel Jamison and Samuel Waldo to settle lands. Signed and witnessed by Francis Waldo, Peter Boyer and Dunbar Henderson.

GLC02437.08970

[Indenture]

Indenture agreement between James Pitts and Thomas Flucker regarding land. Includes signatures of both Pitts and Flucker with Richard Clarke and Samuel Wentworth signing as witnesses. Also includes a note from Joseph Donic, dated Boston 29 November...

GLC02437.08971

[Sale of land]

Contract for the sale of land. Signed by John Philips and Jacob Ridgway as witnesses, with notes of receipt from John Philips, dated 31 December 1753 and Ezekiel Goldthwait dated 8 August 1754.

GLC02437.08972

[List]

Lists passengers from Amsterdam by name and date of arrival.

GLC02437.08973

[Bill of sale]

Bill of sale of land between Henry Wallis and Samuel Waldo.

GLC02437.08977

[List]

List of supplies for Isaac Winslow for a settlement. Transactions listed by date.

GLC02437.08978

[Recapitulation]

Complaints against Mr. [Samuel] Waldo, stating that he has not held up his end of an agreement, and therefore the author is not obligated to stay and is seeking compensation as he turned down a lucrative post of Imperial Secretary in Germany to...

GLC02437.08982

[Receipt]

Receipt of all of the passengers and provisions to settle land.

GLC02437.08984

to Samuel Waldo

Discusses financial business and inquires about the settling lands. Signed with an illegible signature.

GLC02437.08994

to George Jaffrey

Writes about plans for the towns of Peterborough and Hillborough. Mentions a Mr. John [Tufton] Mason.

GLC02437.09027

to Samuel Waldo and Francis Waldo

Written from Fort Pownall, at present-day Stockton Springs, Maine. Addressed to "Col. Waldo or his brother," likely referring to either Samuel or Francis Waldo. Discusses the topography and resources of different land lots and considers whether...

GLC02437.09031

to Thomas Flucker

Written from Fort Pownall, at present-day Stockton Springs, Maine. Discusses surveying, settling and planning a new town with a Mr. Chadwick, possibly on Flucker's land. Adds that he received cider from Mr. Winslow. Touches briefly on "the...

GLC02437.09032