Government/Leadership

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Confirmation Deed from Tunxis Indians to Certain Proprietors at Indian Neck

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Resolution of the improper sale of 56 and a half acres of Tunxis land at Indian Neck by way of a 56 pound and 10 shilling payment to the tribe
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Deed from Elnathan Gridley to Fisher Gay

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer to the Tunxis of 10.5 acres and 16 rods in the Southeast Division, 50th Lot and 13 acres, one rood, and 28 rods in 52nd Lot for 22 pounds, 4 shillings
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Deed from Elnathan Gridely to Fisher Gay

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer to the Tunxis of 36 acres and one rood in the 8th Allotment/2nd Division and 21 acres in the 49th Lot/Southeast Division for 23 pounds,3 shillings, 9 pence
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Deed from Samuel Adams to Timothy Root (1775)

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer by representatives of the Tunxis to a Farmington colonist eighteen acres in the 70th Lot in the Southeast Division for nine pounds
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Deed from Samuel Adams to Timothy Root (1776)

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Transfer by the Tunxis to a Farmington colonial of 13 acres, one rood, 28 rods in the 52nd Lot in Southeast Division for eight pounds
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Deed from Elijah Wampey, Solomon Mossuck and Samuel Adams to Timothy Root (1776)

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
The sale of 22 acres 3 roods 28 rods of land in the 52th Lot in the Southeast Division for eight pounds
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Deed from Elijah Wampey, Solomon Mossuck and Samuel Adams to Timothy Root (1775)

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
The sale of 18 acres of land in the 70th Lot in the Southeast Division for nine pounds
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Connecticut General Assembly Resolve on the Memorial of Solomon Cowles

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Connecticut General Assembly Resolve on the Memorial of the Tunxis (1774)

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
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Memorial of Elijah Wampey, Solomon Mossuck, Samuel Adams and the Rest of the Tunxis

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Tunxis
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
With a promise of land from the Six Nations at Oneida, Tunxis leaders request permission to sell their Farmington property and a committee to oversee the process.