Contributing Institution
Maine State Archives
Document Type
Text
Identifier
29134-F043-I002
Exact Creation Date
8-23-1839
Language
English
Location
Washington County; Pleasant Point
Keywords
Wabanaki; Native Americans; Indians; Passamaquoddy Tribe; Correspondence; Treaties; Maliseet; Caughnawaga
Disciplines
History | Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law | Indigenous Studies | United States History
Recommended Citation
Neptune, Jean-Baptiste; Denis, Etienne; and Neptune, Noel, "1839-08-23 Memorial to Governor Fairfield from the Passamaquoddy Tribe declaring their allegiance to Maine" (1839). Documents. 56.
https://digitalmaine.com/native_tribal_docs/56
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Description
Supplemental memorial from Passamaquoddy Tribe to Governor John Fairfield relating to the Protest of the Passamaquoddy Tribe*, which declared the treaty signed by Sabbatis Neptune regarding the alliance with the Penobscots and Maliseets and pledging allegiance to the British in New Brunswick to be false, and that Neptune signed the treaty without understanding it.
Signed at Pleasant Point with Father William Demillier, Missionary, as the witness.
*See also 29134-F043-I001.