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Byram, Nicholas, fl. 1736 [Affadavit]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08876 Author/Creator: Byram, Nicholas, fl. 1736 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 26 August 1736 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.4 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Report concerning Indians who are living the Penobscot area and their relationship with the settlers. Includes a similar attestation signed by Jedediah Danforth. Noted as written at Saint Georges, a river that runs by Thomaston, Maine.

Byram, Nicholas, fl. 1736
Danforth, Jedediah, fl. 1736

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