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Description
This letter was written by Johnson Harmon and Joseph Heath to Col. Goffe recounting a raid on the settlement at Norridgewock where Jesuit priest Father Sebastien Rasles (Rale) lived.
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: Letter about Abenaki village raid, 1721
- Creator: Johnson Harmon
- Creation Date: 1721-01-21
- Subject Date: 1721-01-21
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Locations:
- Norridgewock, Somerset County, ME
- Brunswick, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 365, Box 1/9
- Collection: Doggett family papers
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Jesuit missions--Maine--Norridgewock
- Abenaki Indians--Maine
- Missions--Maine--Norridgewock
- Dummer's War, 1721-1727--Manuscripts
- Manuscripts
- Rasles, Sebastien, 1657-1724
- Indians of North America--Maine--History
People
- Goff,
- Goffe,
- Harmon, Johnson
- Heath, Joseph
- Minot, Stephen
- Rale, Sebastien
- Rasle, Sebastien
- Rasles, Sebastien
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