Wesumbe deed, Nov. 28, 1668
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Wesumbe, an Indian Sagamore known as Capt. Sandy, sells twenty square miles of land lying between the Great and Little Ossipee Rivers to Francis Small of Kittery, an Indian trader who operated a trading post at the site, for the sum of two large Indian blankets, two gallons of rum, two pounds of powder, four pounds of musket balls and twenty strings of Indian beads.
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- Title: Wesumbe deed, Nov. 28, 1668
- Creator: Wesumbe,
- Creation Date: 1668-11-28
- Subject Date: 1668-11-28
- County: York
- State: ME, NH
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. S-1262
- Object Type: Text
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LC Subject Headings
Manuscripts
Saco River (NH. and Me.)--History
Ossipee River (N.H. and Me.)--History
Names, Indian
Indians of North America--New England--History--17th century
Landowners--Maine
Deeds--Maine--York County--17th century
Indians of North America--Maine--Land tenure
Indians of North America--New England
Indians of North America--Maine--Trade
People
Sandy, Capt.
Small, Francis
Chadborn, Humphrey
Yobarly, Samson
Hogan, Paufam
Other Keywords
Indian deeds
Land titles
Native Americans
Nichewono River
Ossipee Rivers (N.H. and Me.)
Sagamore Indians
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