Eastern Pequot Overseer Account from June 16, 1822 to March 1823
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Debit
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1822
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June 16
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To rent of Indian Town paid per order of Thomas Wheeler, Overseer, paid Prudence Fagins
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$ 5.00
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June 18
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2.50
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To James Ned
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5.00
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2.50
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Nabby Hue to cash
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6.40
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June 28
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To Polly Shelly
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2.50
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July 25
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2.50
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September 18
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To paid Court for appointment
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3.34
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July 15
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To order per Sarah Pomp
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2.50
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To James Ned 1 dollar
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1.00
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To Tyra Ned 1 dollar
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1.00
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To Nathaniel Bradford as per receipt
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7.00
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To 7 dollars reserved for James Lanman, Esq. for money paid for support of John Miller1
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7.00
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To making twenty rods wall
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20.00
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To court fee 81 cents, attended court 95 cents
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1.76
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$70.00
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Credit
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1822
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June
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By rent of the Indian pasture
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$50.00
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and 20 rods of wall @ 1 dollar per rod
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20.00
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$70.00
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1823
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March
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To amount debt brought over
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$70.00
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$ 33.342
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20.00
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Twenty rods of wall consider to be worth
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20.00
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$ 73.34
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Thomas Wheeler
Judicial Action:
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Thomas Wheeler, Overseer of Indians in North Stonington, Account. March 1823, Allowed
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Docketing:
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215
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- 1. It is likely that this is referring to John Miller, not Miner, an Eastern Pequot man who married into the Mohegan Tribe and had recently died incurring a variety of different types of debt for the Eastern Pequot Overseer to settle. See other related documents
- 2. In the original document, these last three entries were added on the back side of the report along with the judicial notation.
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