Geography, Land, & the Environment

Exploring both natural and human-made environments in Native New England space, including reservations, land loss, land use rights and ownership.

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Deed from Abigail Shilling to Isaiah Rowe

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer of six acres in the Indian reservation at Lot 21 by a Tunxis woman to a Farmington resident
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Chart of Indian Land

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Map showing lots of East Haven proprietors and Indian Neck proprietors [incomplete]
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Deed from Elijah Wampey to Timothy Root

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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John Hooker's Legal Brief re: Mossuck and Claim

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A legal analysis regarding potential fraud in the disposition of Daniel Mossuck's property
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Connecticut General Assembly Resolve on the Petition of the Selectmen from Canaan and Cornwall

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Connecticut General Assembly Resolve Authorizing John Mix to Sell Land in Farmington for the Care of Molly Meazon
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Deed from David Bristoll to Israel Freeman (1781)

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer of five acres and three roods of land in the 3rd Lot in the 1st Division for 70 bushels of wheat by a Farmington resident to a man of color
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Deed from Israel Freeman to John North

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer of one and a half acres of land with a house, barn, and blacksmith shop by a man of color to a Farmington resident
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Deed from David Bristoll to Israel Freeman

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer of property from a Farmington colonist to a man of color through an exchange of land
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Deed from Israel Freeman to Noadiah Hooker

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer of one acre of land situated at the corner of Main St. and Mountain Road of Freeman's house lot
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Deed from Abner Curtis, Administrator of the Estate of Solomon Adams, to Timothy Lee

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer of a little more than ten acres of land west of the Pequabuck river owned by a deceased Tunxis man for 21 pounds.