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Statement sent to Joseph Saltar regarding the refusal of the Brotherton Indians to leave New Jersey, 20 January 1798
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Statement sent to Joseph Saltar regarding the refusal of the Brotherton Indians to leave New Jersey, 20 January 1798.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1798]
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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Summary
Statement sent to Joseph Saltar that describes meeting in which the Brotherton unanimously agreed to express their refusal to leave our fine place in Jersey in the face of white encroachment. Signed in full by Jacob Skekit and Bartholomew Calvin, and eighteen other Indians. Eighteen years earlier, the same group had expressed alarm over white settlers moving onto their land (see GLC00540.01). Brotherton, New Jersey is now known as Indian Mills in Burlington County, in Southern N.J.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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