To the gentlemen of the Council, and gentlemen of the House of Representatives ... : in regard to taking proper measures for defending the settlers against the Indians or rather for preventing the Indians attacking the settlers, 1764 June 5.

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To the gentlemen of the Council, and gentlemen of the House of Representatives ... : in regard to taking proper measures for defending the settlers against the Indians or rather for preventing the Indians attacking the settlers, 1764 June 5.

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Message written at Concord, Mass., June 5, 1764, by Massachusetts governor Francis Bernard, addressed to the province's Council and House of Representatives, containing proposals for the settlement of conflicts between the Norridgewock, Penobscot, and Passamaquoddy Indians residing in the "eastern country" (now Maine) and white settlers and hunters moving into the region.

1 item (2 folded sheets (8 p.)) ; 32 cm.

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