$1,440
Native American Land Deed, 4 December 1707, Signed by Mohegan Chief Owaneco. Single laid-paper leaf. An agreement stating that John Mason of Stonington, Connecticut and Owaneco received four pounds from Samuel Palmer of Windham, purchase price for two hundred and ten acres of land in Windham; signed by Owaneco, with his turkey pictograph, witnessed by John Mason, Jonathan Tracy, and Joseph Fitch; with two small wax seals for Mason and Owaneco, Mason's mostly flaked away; short inscription on verso, old folds, paper evenly toned, one tear along a fold, tacked to mat board at one small spot only, framed, 7 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. The Mohegan Indians were made wards of John Mason by the courts when an earlier dispute over a land sale produced a series of suits. The Mohegans alleged that the sale for the town of Preston, Connecticut, signed by Owaneco in 1687, was illegal because he was intoxicated when he signed the documents.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
