Agreement between Thomas Mayhew and the sachem Kochanomin, 1670
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- 1670-01-09
- Description
Contemporary copy of an agreement, Jan. 9, 1670, between Thomas Mayhew and the sachem Kochanomin (Josias?) confirming that Mannitootan would remain forever in the possession of the "praying men", that the town would be enlarged when twenty families had settled there, and that the government of the town would be placed in the hands of Thomas Mayhew and his posterity. Additional signatures were added to the original document, Jan. 5, 1694. This cop...
- Creator
Mayhew, Thomas, 1593?-1682
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- Newberry Library
- Subjects
- Christianity
Religion
Missionaries
Human settlements
Land tenure
Kochanomin, sachem
Indians of North America - Type
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- Records (Documents)Agreements
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- Mayhew, Thomas, 1593?-1682. Agreement between Thomas Mayhew and the sachem Kochanomin, 1670. 1670-01-09. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/15265. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Mayhew, Thomas, 1593?-1682, (1670-01-09) Agreement between Thomas Mayhew and the sachem Kochanomin, 1670. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/15265
- MLA citation style
- Mayhew, Thomas, 1593?-1682. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/15265>.