Description: The grantors reserved their planting grounds and rights to fishing and nut harvesting as well as the receipt of damages for crops spoiled by the settler's cattle.
Description: At the close of King Philip's War, William Hubbard commissioned this woodcut map to illustrate his The history of the Indian wars in New England: from the First Settlement to the Termination of the War with King Philip in 1677. The maps shows the locations of towns between the Connecticut and Kennebec Rivers. Mount Wachusett (Princeton, MA), where significant diplomacy occurred in 1676 for the return of captured settlers is labeled Wujusei Hill. [show more]
Description: This quit claim deed, sighed by Josiah Wampatuck, was likely sought by The Massachusetts Bay Colony to counter the annulment by England of its original 1629 charter which had been granted by Charles I in 1628.
Description: Based upon a drawing by Thomas Jeffrys, this view of nascent Halifax, Nova Scotia, was published in London in 1750. The settlement sparked fierce Acadian and Micmac resistance.
Description: The timing of this advertisement reflects growing English confidence that Britain's coming victory in the Seven Years War would free New England's eastern region for settlement.
Description: Military maps of this sort reflect British exploration of their newly acquired territory along the St. Lawrence River following the Treaty of Paris in 1763. It probably dates between 1782 and 1787 and draws from one or more earlier maps.
Description: 1795 Resolve Regarding a Treaty Between the Passamaquoddy and Massachusetts. https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=native_tribal_docs.