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Description of Brothertown

This collection comprises records of the Brothertown Indian Nation, an amalgamation of indigenous peoples from the Mohegan, Pequot, Niantic, Narrangansett, Montaukett, and Tunxis tribes from southern New England and New York. Beginning in 1775 the Brothertown settled in today's Deansboro, New York, on land granted them by the Oneida.

Non-digital printed materials can be found in the Special Collections Department of the Hamilton College Library.

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Christian Goodwillie, Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives
E-mail: cgoodwil (at) hamilton (dot) edu
Telephone: (315) 859-4447

Special Collections
Burke Library
198 College Hill Road
Clinton, NY 13323
Regular hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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Agreement between Stockbridge Indians and John Sergeant, Jr. to broker a land purchase in Indiana, December 12, 1819
Agreement dated December 1819 between John Sargent Junior and the Stockbridge Tribe of Indians
Brothertown Indian records 1774-1828
Copies of treaties, assignments of lots within Brotherton lands, accounts forwarded by the Superintendents to the Governor of New York. Large manuscript daybook entitled “Brothertown Records” on the spine, with copies of treaties, assignments of lots, accounts of transactions from 1774-1804.
Field book of the survey of the Indian lands in Brothertown, Oneida Co., New York, S. Curtiss, Superintendent of Brothertown, 1843
Shows manuscript entry for each lot of Brothertown land sold by the Superintendant of Brothertown Indians in the 1820s and 1830s, with description of the lot, date sold, and buyer's name. Small manuscript field book from 1843 which contains information gathered during a survey of Indian lands in Brothertown, NY. Systematically records details of the property such as the owner, size and to whom and... [description clipped]
Letter from Henry D. Pixley to Joseph D. Ibbotson, July 31, 1929
Letter dated July 31, 1929 from Henry D. Pixley to Prof. J.D. Ibbotson for the papers that follow
Transcript of the agreement between Stockbridge Indians and John Sergeant, Jr. to broker a land purchase in Indiana, December 12, 1819
Agreement dated December 1819 between John Sargent Junior and the Stockbridge Tribe of Indians