Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
William Hiscock, Eliab Eaton and William Read gave this deposition to the Pejepscot Company regarding Pere Pole's character. Pere Pole, an Abenaki from the Androscoggin River region, provided descriptions of local rivers within the Pejepscot Land Grant as part of a court case brought against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Pejepscot Company was also known as the Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick or the Pejepscot Proprietors.
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: Deposition reagarding the charcter of Pere Pole, 1792
- Creator: Moses Starling
- Creation Date: 1792-05-19
- Subject Date: 1792-05-19
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Locations:
- Androscoggin County, ME
- Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 15 cm x 19 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 61, Box 5/16, V7 p. 507-508
- Collection: Pejepscot Proprietors papers
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Abenaki Indians (Me.)
- Androscoggin River (N.H. and Me.)--History
- Indians of North America--Maine--Abenaki--Depositions
- Land grants
- Land settlement
- Landowners
- Manuscripts
- Pejepscot Purchase Company--Depositions
- Proprietors Of The Township of Brunswick--Records and correspondence
- Rivers--Maine
People
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