Calvin, Bartholomew, fl. 1780-1798 [Statement opposing white settlement on Indian land in Brotherton, New Jersey]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00540.01 Author/Creator: Calvin, Bartholomew, fl. 1780-1798 Place Written: Indian Mills, New Jersey Type: Document signed Date: 6 January 1780 Pagination: 1 p. ; 32 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
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 offense to one another. Jacob Skekit and Bartholomew Calvin sign in full, and six others signed with marks. Brotherton is now known as Indian Mills in Burlington County, in Southern N.J.
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