On December 16, 1675, Thomas Hamilton of the Royal Navy in Tangier, Northern Africa, wrote to the Admiralty Board with some observations and recommendations. Onboard Hamilton’s ship, the Margaret Galley, were thirty New England Indians, condemned to slavery by Massachusetts’ magistrates…
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“My mother’s name was Dimiss Occuish…”
In the summer of 1844, Lurea Dick, a Brothertown Indian from what was then Wisconsin Territory, corresponded with the overseer of the Niantic Tribe in East Lyme, Connecticut, seeking a distribution from the Niantic tribal funds. This request was not…
East Haven Quinnipiac Fort
In October of 1761, Ezra Stiles and a companion, Rev. Nicholas Street, explored the remains of an old Quinnipiac fort, which once stood on a hill at the east end of East Haven’s burying yard. As the pair walked…
This Week in New England Native Documentary History
1690 was a bad year for Nathaniel Niles. Three times he was taken captive by French Indians and twice had his property plundered, all within a span of sixteen months. By the fall of 1691, as King William’s War continued,…
Book Notice: Leviathan
A House in Dispute
Book Notice: For Adam’s Sake
We want to call attention to our friend and colleague Allegra di Bonaventura’s new book For Adam’s Sake: A Family Saga in Colonial New England, which traces the astonishing story of five families in the first one hundred years of…