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14 May 1738

Woodside, Jean, fl. 1738

Manuscript document signed

Title: [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' in the text.

GLC02437.08886

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