On May 11, 1762, a petition of Chicken Worrups, a Native living in Kent, Connecticut, was written and presented to the Connecticut General Assembly two days later. Being elderly and in financial trouble, Worrups wished to sell part of his…
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New Feature: This Week in New England Native Documentary History
Watch this space for posts highlighting documents from the Project’s electronic collection. Whether they be correspondence, tribal petitions, court proceedings, governmental reports, or personal journal entries, the selected items will give a glimpse into what was going on in…
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