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13 August 1736
Bane, Joseph, fl. 1691-1736
[Report]
Discusses an Indian raid in 1691 where he and other settlers were taken captive. Also signed by Joshua Moody and John Minot, Justices of the Peace.
GLC02437.08875
26 August 1736
Byram, Nicholas, fl. 1736
[Affadavit]
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.
GLC02437.08876
April 10 - May 10, 1738
Rutherford, Robert, fl. 1738
Report regarding Samuel Waldo's difficult relations with the Iroquois Indians living near the lands he recently purchased in the Penobscot region. Says Captain John Gyles, commander of the Block House at St. George "insensed them by telling them, if...
GLC02437.08877
3 December 1737
Cutter, Ammi Ruhamah, 1705-1746
Report concerning a settlement on the St. Georges River and the relationship between the Indians and Samuel Waldo. Includes several notes stating that the above letter is a true copy, signed by Cutter and also includes a note of witness signed by...
GLC02437.08880
12 April 1738
Howard, Samuel, fl. 1738
[Petition]
Petition regarding the settling of the eastern lands and relations with the Indians. Include two notes, the first dated 13 May 1738 which includes a list an additional list of names to the original group of petitioners and the second dated Falmouth...
GLC02437.08884
7 May 1740
Shirley, William, 1694-1771
to Samuel Waldo
Discusses an expedition and mentions a petition.
GLC02437.08899
21 May 1740
to [Samuel Waldo]
Discusses the possibility of war, an expedition opposed by "our Captn Genl [who] has slept for 10 weeks" and business. The majority of the address has been clipped.
GLC02437.08900
27 June 1754
McLean, Hugh, fl. 1742-1754
Petition to Samuel Waldo regarding protection against Indian raids.
GLC02437.08976
18 February 1747
Henderson, Thomas, fl. 1747
[Thomas Henderson's declaration regarding a settlement in the Eastern part of Massachusetts Bay]
Henderson attests that he became a settler on the Eastern part of Massachusetts Bay in 1728. Took up a lot of land on St. George's, a colony of which Colonel [Samuel] Waldo was the proprietor, in 1735. Moved to Lincoln (present-day Maine) in 1736...
GLC02437.10409
1703
Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de, fl. 1703
Compilation of 16 engravings taken from : Nouveaux Voyages de Mr. Le Baron de Lahontan, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale
The plates depict American Indians in various scenes. In upper left a small map of Canada's East cost and a profile view of Quebec.
GLC09517
1867
Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887
Landing of Roger Williams.
One engraving entitled "Landing of Roger Williams" dated 1867. Depicts the landing of Roger Williams in Rhode Island in 1636. Native American Indians greet him. From a painting by Alonzo Chappel. Published by Johnson, Fry & Co.
GLC08878.0006
circa 1860
Oertal, Johannes Adam Simon, 1823-1909
Elliot, the First Missionary Among the Indians.
One engraving entitled "Elliot, The First Missionary Among the Indians" circa 1860. Depicts John Eliot (mispelled as Elliot), a Puritan missionary, holding a bible and preaching to a group of Native American men, women, and children. From a painting...
GLC08878.0007
8 December 1759
Richardson, John, fl. 1759
to Thomas Adams
Richardson, a medical officer, to Thomas Adams in Albany, a lengthy and detailed description of the Indians and the English armies as he travels up the Hudson through New York. "I accidentally met with Brigadier General Gage…who was traveling the...
GLC09239
1687
[Instructions and orders]
Details instructions and orders for a Joshua [Pypon?] to scout the rivers in the Penobscot region. With specific instructions for treating with the Indians, "particularly Medockswando, the Chief Sachem." Signed by J. Willard, Secty as a true copy.
GLC02437.09948
17 March 1743
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 744 (March 17, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Address from House of Lords to King George II and His Majesty's reply. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured...
GLC06670.009
24 March 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 745 (March 24, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.
GLC06670.010
7 April 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 747 (April 7, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Extracts from the journal of the House of Commons published. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Extract of a letter regarding book burning and religious...
GLC06670.011
14 April 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 748 (April 14, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.
GLC06670.012
21 April 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 749 (April 21, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Letter to the House of Lords from the prince of Orange and Nassau regarding his promotion to Lieutenant General. Letter from the magistrates of Edinburg to their representative...
GLC06670.013
12 May 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 752 (May 12, 1743)]
Includes a comprenhensive overview of political affairs in Europe from the January 1743 issue of the "Gentleman's Magazine." Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of...
GLC06670.014
19 May 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 753 (May 19, 1743)]
Includes an interview with Count Zinzendorff regarding the Law under Gospel Dispensation and religious conversion. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the...
GLC06670.015
26 May 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 754 (May 26, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. "David's Lamentation on the Death of Saul and Jonathan," a seventeen verse poem based on 2 Samuel 1, 17-27, printed. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section...
GLC06670.016
2 June 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 755 (June 2, 1743)]
GLC06670.017
9 June 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 756 (June 9, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Address of the Synod of Philadelphia printed and directed to George Thomas, Lieutenant Governor and Commander in chief of...
GLC06670.018
16 June 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 757 (June 16, 1743)]
GLC06670.019
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